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Friday, January 10, 2014

Valentine Selection: Creamy Cookie Cranberry Chocolate Bar

Creamy Cookie Cranberry Chocolate Bar - Dream of Your Own



Make 2 chocolate bars

 Ingredients:

White melting chocolate/ white chocolate wafer                       2 Cup

Milk/ Dark chocolate wafer ( for drizzles/ garnish on top)      1 Tbsp

Oreo cookies                                                                                             2 cookies

Rice Krispy                                                                                                 ¼ Cup / 4 Tbsp

Dried Cranberry                                                                                       2 Tbsp

Mini Marshmallow                                                                                  20 -25



Directions:


1.       Decide on the shape / size of the chocolate you  want to have. If  you do not have a chocolate mold, simple use any baking pan.

Pick a pan that  can  hold the amount of your recipes you are going to made. If you are making  only 1 chocolate bar, use a small baking pan approx. 4” x 10”.

2.       Spray chocolate mold with a very thin layer of oil or butter. If using baking pan, trace a pan on top of a parchment sheet (baking paper) or wax paper, and place it in the bottom of pan.

3.       Using a knife to scrape off cream in oreo cookies. Put oreo cookies in a food plastic bag ( Ziploc bag).  Use rolling pin to break cookies to crumbles. Set aside.

4.       Using double boiler methods to melt white chocolate wafer. If you do not have a double boiler like me, please follow the next step.

5.        Boil 2 cups of water, pour in the a shallow container or bowl or a pan. Place a tall bowl or plate ( preferably a metal/ steel ware – help in heat transfer from hot water to melt chocolate.)  it is important to have a bowl that are taller than the bowl containing the hot water, preventing water mixing in with the chocolate.

6.       Stir chocolate till melted.  Add it cookie crumbles. Mix well.

7.       Pour half chocolate mixture into prepared pan. Spread evenly making a thinly layer of chocolate base.

8.       Add in rice Krispy, use spoon to press rice Krispy in the chocolate mixture.

9.       Pour in rest of the chocolate mixture on top. Spread well.

10.   Drop in dried cranberries and marshmallow.

11.   Use same method in step 1 and 2 to melt milk chocolate.  ( In this case, since it is only a small amount of chocolate, it would be safe to use microwave to melt chocolate wafer. Microwave for 30 seconds, stir every 15 seconds, re heat for 15 sec if mixture is not smooth/ not melted well enough.

12.   Put melted chocolate in another food plastic bag ( right in a bottom corner). Cut a tiny hole at corner, squeeze and decorate chocolate on surface with drizzle.

13.   Sit in room temperature until set or put in freezer for 10 minutes. ( Do not over freeze)

14.   Turn over pan to take out chocolate bars.

15.   Run a big knife under hot water for 10  seconds, dried. Cut chocolate into desired size. Repeat this step if needed. The heat  helps cutting chocolate easily.