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Okay, we juuust took some deeelishush Chocolate Chip Cookies out the oven, so I'm jus' gonna add them to this page, since it's yet another thing to do with Chocolate Chips, and maybe you'll want to try this, the next time you make chocolate chip cookies, or any kind of cookie, really - it's a simple little trick, the kids will love it, and so will you! Yum!
One, I always just use a knife to mix the dough, now - wish I'd thought of THAT, years ago - soo much faster and easier than the wooden spoon - who knew? Now we both do - lol!
So, (two? haha!), I just rolled the cookie dough, that I had to knead very quickly and easily into a ball, anyway, otherwise, I was jus' gonna 'pour' the cookie dough right onto the parchment paper, cook it in one giant piece, like a cake, sort of, right? Then score it into 1" squares, but then the dough didn't look like what I thought it was gonna look like, when I started out....
It's always good to be adaptable, in the kitchen - and then in the rest of your life, too - who knows what amazing new thing you'll think up next! (Me know you iz very smart!: )
So, I already make little rolls - snakes, like plasticine snakes you made as a child - with my Shortbread Cookies, but I've never done that with Chocolate Chip Cookies, but now I'm thrilled that I did, and very excited at how super-cute they turned out - so little - just right!
However you would normally make a 'snake' for your cookie dough, make it waaay thinner - maybe an inch, around... you're gonna love it, and it's gonna make soo many more cookies - we ended up with 5 rounds, 3 are in the fridge for another day, and that plate of cookies (minus the ones we've already eaten, right away - haha!), that's on a giant plate, not a little plate - that's just 2 of the rounds - that's ah'mazing, right? Yay! Tons o' teensy tiny cookies!
And, of course, smaller cookie, less calories... but, really, I don't count calories, I would rather Count Sips of Water... and I hope you try that, to - I'm all full o' good ideas! And Good Cookies! haha!
Okay, on with the show... What else to do with your Chocolate Chips - which I buy when they're on sale : )
Okay, this is my latest in my new Melted Chocolate Chip 'creations' - and I looove it! Soo delicious, sooo easy to make - if you can stir, and melt stuff in the microwave, you can make it! lol!
So, melt a package of Chocolate Chips in the microwave, about 2 minutes outta do it...
It'll stir up so prettily - looks lovely, already!
You can use this melted chocolate as a frosting, if you like, or to drizzle over, cake, say... or over a C
heesecake... or
Cheesecake Mousse - yum!
But I love to just stir some cereal into the melted Chocolate Chips - fast, easy, stretches out your chocolate, gives you a lovely treat with some health features (the cereal - lol!)
Omg, it's soo good! Pop it in the fridge, let it col - I cut it into 1 inch squares, but, then, I just take out a little marshmallow bit, when I go to have a wee bite... so, the next time I make this, I'll use a
GIANT bag of mini-marshmallows, since that's the part that I love the most, it turns out - and I only put the mini-marshmallows in, because I happened to have soo many of them in the house, thought, well, it's worth a try - and that's how most of my favorite recipes are born (and two children? hahahaha! Well... sorta'! haha!)
AND, the next time around, I'll definitely use the biggest bowl I have, since it was a little tricky adding this amount of the mini-marshmallows - the next time, I really
DO plan to add in a zillion of them (might be a
slight exaggeration - as in quite a few o' mah' wee stories - bah'hahaha!)
Okay, so I happened to have these extra bags of mini-marshmallows - mah' lucky day, since I looove the mini-marshmallows covered in the chocolate -covered
Harvest Crunch Granola Cereal - yum!
I always use
Parchment Paper - Parchment Paper used to be so hard to come by, and a stooopid price, but now you can just pick it up at your local Dollar store - or if it's a good price at the regular store... but you'll hardly have any clean-up, and is so easy to use - and great for baking, too - just lift the Parchment Paper right out of the pan - and seems like nothing ever burns on the Parchment Paper, too? Don't hold me to that, jus' a little theory - lol!
And if there's any chance you haven't tried cooking, say, Butterflied Shrimp, the one that's prepared and frozen, on the Parchment Paper, you're in for a treat - is just as if you'd deep-fried it, but you've really cooked it in the oven - soo much healthier for you, and super-delicious!
I'm all about the Healthy and Delicious! It doesn't have to be one or the other, it can and should be both, right? We gots'ta enjoy our healthy choices!
So, all very involved - you just need to open, melt, stir - haha!
Make sure you stir the Harvest Crunch Granola Cereal in first, make sure it's cool enough before you add the mini-marshmallows, or they'll melt (or whatever is your own favorite - I happen to
looove the Harvest Crunch, I add a handful of Oatmeal, mix that with mah' fingees, is one of my favorite meals with milk - yum! Fills you up, keeps you going, and
you KNOW how much I love Oatmeal! Little Miracle food that it is! : )
Oh, and if the marshmallows did happen to melt, that would be okay, too, now you just have very fancy, very chocolatey
Rice Krispie Squares, but with different cereal - yum! Hey, maybe we should try this with Rice Krispies, too - but, frankly, we loove our Rice Krispie Squares the traditional way, they're amazing just the way they are - but, you know, we're always open to new ideas! lol! : )
YUM! It's INSANE - you'll go mad for how delicious this is - and you could easily make this like I would make 'Church Windows', where you use the multi-colored mini-marshmallows, I used to make them with Chocolate, melted, Walnuts, maybe Graham Crumbs? Can't quite remember, has been a while since I've made the Church Windows, but you get out some plastic wrap, make a 'log' out of the marshmallow chocolate mix - i would either crush the Granola, or just leave it as it is, but would cut easier, and more neatly, i think, if whatever you've mixed in isn't all lumpy... stand to reason - lol!)
Anyway, you make that into a log, wrap the whole thing up, make a bunch of them, pop the chocolate logs into the fridge, slice down - when you slice them, they'll look like little stained glass 'church windows' - so cute! and super-yummy!
So, here's the next plan of action - We're thinking (this 'we' is me an' mah' wonderful, hilarious son - he likes to be involved in the creative and eating processes - haha! But I do think it's fantastic to teach your children how to cook healthy food, for themselves, when they are older, and for their families-to-be - and friends, and whatnot!)
We're thinking, crush the Harvest Crunch Granola, mix in the melted chocolate chips - press into the pan - with parchment paper, for super easy cutting and cleaning...
Full layer of marshmallows, then my addition is to cut up some caramels (literally, just use your kitchen scissors - or, you, know, if you feel like using a knife - lol!), toss the caramels on top of the marshmallows...
Bake a little bit - maybe 10 - 15 minutes, let set, but pour chocolate chips on top, sprinkle them on the top, they'll melt very quickly, then spread the melted chocolate chips with a knife...
Let that cool and then score into 1" squares - now, doesn't that sound amazing? We gotta try it! That'll be our next batch - will post pics when we try it, but isf you try it, send me your pics, we'll get them all posted on here, for us all to see!
Does Food, Glorious food, come to mind? lol! Yum!
Okay, now that Easter has passed, I just make this lovely and super-easy Chocolate and Cereal Treat, any time I feel like I really DO want some chocolate,but I also want it to be pretty healthy... soo, that's how I justify it in mah' own mind! hahaha! Use any justification you want, as long as it leads you right back to some delicious chocolate! lol!
Took about 3 minutes to melt the chocolate chips in the microwave - chocolate bars - like the Giant Dairy Milk Chocolate Bar I used after Christmas - yum! That was delish!
Anyway, seems to take the chocolate chips a bit longer to melt in the microwave,and this time, I tossed in a little butter - just a little, but you can put in as much as you like - it's fun to experiment in the kitchen, find new treats lovely new things for yourself and your lovely family : )
Just use a soup spoon, seems to be the easiest to mix the cereal into the chocolate, with... fast and easy - they should be mah' middle names! haha! (That's an old joke, too, but me sure you iz already thinkin' of it! hahaha!)
And, as you have prolly guessed, I looove Raisin Bran - is healthy, is delicious with chocolate (or just milk - haha!), but you can use any cereal you like, or happen to have around the house, and you can fancy it up with nuts - walnuts or pecans, whatever you happen to have on hand...
And I put the whole thing onto parchment paper - soo easy!
It'll break in your hands when you pick it up - or keep it as one giant piece, use it as a cake - lo! ah would make me laugh!
I just slide my hand under it, crack it into bits and pieces - is so deelish! You'll love it! : )
AND, you could use this melted chocolate to spread on a cheesecake, that's always lovely, especially an Orange cheesecake, that's delicious, a very nice flavor combination... or Add Icing Sugar, Some Cream or Milk, Butter, whip that up, will be a gorgeous Chocolate Icing : )
See, I'm all full o' da ideas! lol! Enjoy!! Just in General, Enjoy Your Life!! : )
I just tossed in a whole bag of Chocolate Chips - I usually just grab the Semi-Sweet Chocolate Chips, but I think I'll try the Milk chocolate Chocolate Chips, the next time we make this - and it takes about, oooh, 5 minutes to make, including the microwave time to melt the chocolate - haha! My point is, couldn't possibly be any easier, you'll love it, the kids will love it - the kids can MAKE it! So easy!
Look how cute! Me yuv! Little Individual Birds Nests with Pastel Chocolate 'Eggs'!
So this time I used about 3/4 of a bag of Chocolate Chips - was very surprised that it took so much longer to melt the chocolate chips in the microwave - I put them in a minute at a time, and it took 2 minutes, I think... just take the bowl out periodically, see if it'll stir easily.. and go ahead and start stirring before the chocolate chips look like they're melted - they'll stir down to a really nice, smooth chocolate, and the last chocolate chips will melt with the heat there, already.
You can melt chocolate on the stove, too, in a double burner, but hardly anyone goes to that much work, any more, do they? But you can, if you want to - lol!
Then just add as much cereal as you can - you just stir in a bit at a time, keep stirring until you've got a nice mix, all the cereal is covered in chocolate - yum!
Place about a spoon of the chocolate cereal into each Cupcake Holder, then put the M'nM Pastel Easter 'Eggs' - I tried to find the Cadbury Eggs, but they were all sold out - but any pastel colored 'eggs' will be cute - or jelly beans, anything at all : ) #SoCute!
See how much it makes? I put the rest in the regular pan on some parchment paper - then you just pop them in the fridge for them to set, and we just break the chocolate cereal in pieces - so you can have a little bit, any time you like : ) #Yum!
Raisin Bran Chocolate Treats #Yum!
Yum, this is seriously deelish, and sooo easy, you'll laugh...
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We got a LOT o' Chocolate for Christmas, and there does come a point where you say to yourself, hmmm, what else can we do with all this chocolate? Other than eat it with bananas, which, well, me do love to do - hahaha! I'll go get you a pic!
Well, this was my obsession for a little while, there - I'm over it, now, but for a while there, I just loooved a bite of banana with a little tiny bite of chocolate, preferably a little tiny bite of the Jersey Milk Bar... and then a bite of apple, and a bite of the Apple Chewy Granola Bar... man.... that was tasty, but now I'm back to just the fruit, please, and nothing but da fruit - lol!
So here's all you need - whatever chocolate you have around the house - chocolate chips, chocolates from a lovely box of chocolates - you can melt all that stuff, is super-easy, just pop it in the microwave for about a minute, or so, until you can easily stir it so it's smooth...
Anyway, you can see we had a massive amount of DairyMilk chocolate - we got 2 of those giant chocolate bars - soo much fun to get - yahoo!! Until we got to the point where I thought, okay, how can we health this up a little? lol! That was a LOT o' da chocolateh! haha!
So there's the chocolate, all melted - maybe 60 seconds in the microwave - they used to say you had to melt chocolate on the stove, in a double-boiler, but that's so old-fashioned, and unnecessary - I just like things that are straight-forward and normal, and accept that times they have a'changed, and we all need to move forward with the march of time... you know the deal, I hate when people refuse to change something to make it easier or better... me no gots time for dat! haha!
So, put whatever chocolate you have, in a microwavable bowl, just stand there and keep an eye on it - if it's been in the fridge, you'll have to put it in a bit longer, but you know the drill, just add 30 seconds, check it when you feel like you should have a wee look, see how melty your chocolate is, see if you can stir it easily...
And I used a metal soup spoon - that is easier to work with, the chocolate doesn't stick to the spoon, like it would with a wooden spoon...plus, chances are super-high that you have a soup spoon - lol!
Here's the Raisin Bran info - see all that good stuff? Now you've added some healthy stuff to your lovely chocolate Treats!
Whammo, Healthy Treats! hahaha! #HealthyTreats
Oh, and I used about 6 cups of Raisin Bran, but you pour it in a bit at a time, so I would go with about 2 or 3 cups of cereal, mix it, add more cereal, as you like it, so it's all evenly coated with chocolate - and it depends on how much chocolate you have - you'll know... : )
And for this batch, I used 2 bars of 8 squares, but I first figured out the recipe when I had 4 squares left over from when I was having my Dairy Milk with a banana - hahaha! I didn't want to waste the last 4 wee squares - lol!
So you can make a small batch of the chocolate covered cereal, no bother - just melt whatever chocolate you have, pour in some cereal, mix it up really nicely, Bah'Dow! Now you've got a much bigger treat, and it's healthier, too! : )
Then it's just a matter of pouring in the cereal - I love the chocolate with the Raisin Bran, because chocolate covered raisins are deeelish, but you can use any cereal - in fact, if you happen to have the darker chocolate, the 72% Cacao bars, sometimes they're just too bitter to have fun eating (I wasted mine, last year, and wish I'd thought of doing this, way back then, darn it! lol!) (
AND, they were all the large Godiva Chocolate Bars, waaaah! What me thinking? How did I forget all about the
GODIVA chocolate bars?? haha!)
So, then (how long is this story?? haha!), just gently mix in the cereal to the melted chocolate, so it's very lightly coated with chocolate, and then add some more cereal, so you've got a nice big bowl of chocolate covered cereal - yum!
See how I have some Parchment Paper in the pan? I loove me some Parchment Paper, it makes all baking soo easy - and is great for baked foods, like, say, mah' fave Butterfly shrimp, that you bake in the oven, taste like they're fried.. much better for you...
Anyway, you just pour the chocolate covered cereal into a pan, kind of flatten it out, gently, so the cereal doesn't get crushed,and pop that in the fridge, break apart with your hands, and then you've got a massive amount of chocolate treats for you and your family, or friends, or sweetie...
IF you feel like sharing it - haha! Is really good!
So you've basically taken a chocolate bar, or 2 (ish), and made it into a giant 9" X13" pan of chocolate treats - what a great idea, right? Is brilliant! And soo Yum!
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