While trying to come up with a title for this post, I was hit by a disgustingly sweet and delicious bit of inspiration… It’s going to be amazing, even better than these wonderful and fairly easy treats, which, for the moment, don’t go together (unless you really want them to…).
Oreo truffles are easy and delicious
Omnomnom. Slutty brownies are her favourite treat, hence choosing to top those with this amazing frosting
Slutty brownies were the request for the evening (I don’t blame them) but marshmallow frosting was just like sugar overload and excessive but amazing of course.
Slutty brownie cupcakes
Cupcake versions of the slutty brownie worked pretty well
The Marshmallow frosting is something that I am still working on – it was delicious, but it needs a bit of refining. I will share the recipe with you, give it a try, maybe it works out better for you (but how wrong can you go with that much sugar and egg whites? Meringue is one of the best things in the world!).
Mmm foamy…
Meringue and marshmallow is so satisfying when it is a success
Not enough sugar in the marshmallow stuffed choc chip cookies from this recipe, apparently more frosting was required on the top as well
I ended up with a fair amount of leftovers, so obviously we had to get rid of it in the classiest manner possible
The Oreo truffles are the easiest little gems to whip up – super delicious, practically fool proof, and a very short list of ingredients. And the flavours complement each other spectacularly: you have the sweet Oreos mixed with the almost-savoury cream cheese, and dipped in a bitter dark chocolate which offsets the extreme sweetness of the Oreos. Well, this is what I have heard, I didn’t think the Oreo centre was that sweet at all, but I’m just not as sensitive to that sort of thing. Go ahead, give me more sugar!
I may have a slight Oreo addiction
I’ve only recently learnt to truly appreciate cream cheese (glad it didn’t happen even later in my life, I would have missed out on so much!)
Neat little balls of Oreos and cream cheese
I used my new chocolatier to melt my chocolate – it’s a seriously handy little device!
Marshmallow frosting inspired by Martha Stewart’s High Hat frosting
Ingredients
- 2 1/2 cups Caster sugar
- 6 egg whites
- 1/2 cup water
- 1/2 tsp cream of tartar (not tartaric acid which almost happened in a lapse of concentration)
- 1 tbsp vanilla extract
Method
- Place sugar, water, egg whites and cream of tarter in a heat proof bowl, and beat with an electric mixer until foamy
- Place bowl over a pot of water simmering at low heat. Continue to beat on high speed for about 10 minutes until stiff peaks start to form
- Remove from heat and add the vanilla extract
- Pipe onto whatever tickles your fancy, and a bit of toasting might go down well as well
Oreo Truffles
Ingredients
- 16 Oreos
- 110g Plain cream cheese
- 110g melted Bournville (or dark chocolate of your choice – Bournville is still nice and sweet and not too bitter)
Method
- Crush the Oreos – liquidize them or place them in a plastic bag and beat with a rolling pin if you feel like letting off a bit of steam
- Add the cream cheese to the crushed Oreos, mix well (can be done in the mixer) until there is cream cheese all throughout the mixture (it mustn’t be too white and visible though)
- Form into balls
- Melt the chocolate, and dip the Oreo balls in the chocolate, ensuring they are fully covered
- Leave to set on wax paper or
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