This is a riff off of the previously posted Peppermint White Chocolate covered Creme Cookies. They are a hit according to my oldest, who was the official taste tester.
Just like the previous cookies I used the Glutino Creme Sandwich cookies, only this time I added food grade lemon oil to the chocolate. I garnished with candied lemon peel.
You could do this with orange, lime, or any other oil that fits your fancy.
I taught myself how to make these when Trader Joe’s came out with their candy cane filled oreo style cookies. (I call them oreos, but I think legally they are ‘sandwich cookies’)
I would dip the cookies in dark chocolate and top with crushed candy canes. Yum.
But now that my daughter is gluten intolerant, I just simply use the Glutino brand creme sandwiches, both chocolate and vanilla and dip them in both white and dark chocolate. These are vanilla flavored creme sandwich cookies dipped in white melting chocolate and topped with candy canes. I did the same with some chocolate creme cookies and dark chocolate.
Easy and beautiful, and sure to impress at a holiday open house, cookie exchange or simply to have around as the kids flow through your house, looking for something to curb the sweet tooth.
A helpful tool to make these is a truffle fork. I looks like a flattened out pitchfork, and allows the excess chocolate to drip off while holding the treat. Let harden on a Silpat.
Enjoy!
I’m just not one to spend money on what I would choose to call ‘frivolous’ expenditures. In the summertime, I have a garden full of perennials to keep my home full of flower arrangements, but winter time is a chance for me to be a little more creative in my penny pinching.
Our local craft supply store is always putting things on clearance, and these poinsettias were just the thing for my front door. I have lots of various pines and evergreens on my property, so with a little decorators foam, my rod iron hanging basket and pruning sheers, I came up with this. My outside wreaths and swags are contemporary in nature, silver balls, white and silver ribbon, mini-ornament balls. I am quite pleased with the way it turned out, and for the cost of a fancy cup of coffee, I have a beautiful (and freeze-safe) front door welcoming arrangement.
Rockin the Mom Role 