I was just reading this other blog that I really like, and it got me thinking that I haven't talked to you guys in a while. It also served as a reminder that 30 Days of Tacos is now officially themeless.
Last weekend, Derek and I went to his homeboy-from-back-in-the-day Paul's new place for a housewarming party. He lives in a totally swanky building in St. Paul. Derek and Paul hardly ever saw each other when Paul lived 5 blocks away. Maybe that was too close, and now that they have some physical space they can talk more often?
Whatever, their problem.
So, on the invite, Paul had said that we could, if we felt so inclined, bring a dessert to the party. And I thought, "EURUEKA!" (I just spelled that correctly on my first try, boom) I've been wanting to try making Cake Pops since we had them at Jake and Patti's wedding reception. Cake Pops are so cute, extra tasty, and can be eaten without dirtying any dishes.
I found a recipe for them (thanks, internet!), and was terribly disappointed to find that, while cake pops aren't acutally all that much work, there is way too much waiting around involved for me to be capable of making them.
The instructions are something like:
1. bake a cake
2. cool completely.
3. break the cake into crumbs and mix with frosting.
4. chill.
5. form into balls.
6. chill
7. put balls on sticks
8. chill.
9. cover balls on sticks in chocolate
10. chill.
NO, THANK YOU. I get bored just thinking about putting them in the refrigerator that many times. So instead, I made Oreo Balls on Sticks. There's, like, 3 less steps.
MINT OREO BALLS ON STICKS
Ingredients:
1 pkg Oreo's (NOT double stuf)
1-8 oz pkg cream cheese, softened
1 pkg meltable white chocolate
1 tsp mint extract (optional)
Sticks (found at craft store)
Chunk of foam to stick the sticks into to dry (also from the craft store)
Instructions:
1. Gradually add all of the Oreos to a food processor until completely ground into fine crumbs. Eat at least one or two of the Oreos while you do this, for happiness reasons.
2. Gradually add cream cheese and mint extract (if using) until mixture resembled dough. (steps 1 and 2 can be done in batches if necessary).
3. Put dough in a bowl, refrigerate until dough is cold and easier to handle.
4. Form dough into walnut-sized balls, shove sticks into them. Put them on a cookie sheet, and put the cookie sheets into the fridge/freezer while you finish with the rest of the dough.
5. Melt the chocolate per package instructions. Dip each cooled pop into chocolate, then stick into foam to dry. If you're going to use sprinkles to decorate, now's a great time to do that, while the chocolate is still wet.
6. When they're dry, put the pops into the refrigerator to store. Decorate however you want.
They ended up looking like this:
As it turns out, the green sprinkles were a mistake. I thought they looked nice on the pops, but they dyed everyones mouths green. Oops!
I didn't quite know how to transport these things, so I put the foam I used in step 5 into a box, covered everything with tissue paper, and stuck all the pops in. While I was doing it, I felt very crafty and creative.
Then we got to the party.
The door opened, and the apartment was full of strangers who were staring at us. That is the moment that I realized that the tissue paper was too much. Then Derek was all, "You brought the 'Look At Me' dessert!"
And damnit, he was completely right. I didn't do it on purpose, I just wanted to make some cake pops! sadface.
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I just checked my Twitter feed, and it looks like the Olympic Wine Drinking Team of which I am a member is talking about having practice some time soon. Goodie! (What does it say about me that my first thoughts are about what food stuffs I'm going to make?) I really like all of my OWDT team mates. Maybe we should get jerseys.
There's this other dessert recipe I've been wanting to make, but I can't make it for just Derek and I beause there is absolutely no excuse for us to have this many calories in the house. The OWDT, however, is full of athletes. Like, I try to work out 6 days a week, and I am easily the least athletic member of the team. On any given day, they have probably ridden a zillion bike miles, run half-a-zillion foot miles, and done 58,000 downward-facing dogs. Point is, they can eat whatever they want.
It's called a Deconstructed Chocolate Chip Cheese Ball.
Did you just go to that link? Doesn't it look insane?!?!?!!?!!
I want to show you guys really cute pictures of my niece, Ellie, who is the cutest, most photogenic baby in history, but I don't know the rules about blogging other peoples' photography, so I'll hold off for now. Just know that she's so cute that it almost hurts.
Ok, so I guess that's it for now. I'm gonna go start the crock pot here in a little bit, before I go work out. We're going to have Chicken Edamame Chowder for din-din tonight. I'll let you know how it is.
Maybe the theme of this blog will be reviewing recipes that I find in Yahoo. Maybe some day I'll make my own recipe...
... that doesn't seem likely...
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