Yes, I know, Rexy and the Bears lost the Super Bowl tonight. (honestly not a big surprise, one can't win a major bowl game with a lame QB and a kickass coach and field goal kicker alone!)
However, the O family was invited to a Super Bowl party and in normal Mr. O fashion, we brought a shit-ton of food. My contibution to the cause was a recipe I heard about last week on WTMX 101.9, "the MIX." A caller described their favorite Bear game recipe for "
1 package Oreo cookies (I chose the Double Stuf variety for the extra creamy fillingness)
1 8 oz. package of cream cheese (no fat free shit!)
Whiz them together in a food processor. [I gave away the 3 (yes three!) regulation size food processors I received as wedding gifts in 1989 but I did replace them with a small model. So therefore I used the small FP to chop the Oreos into oblivion and then used the big-ass KitchenAid mixer to make a happy family out of the cream cheese and cookie crumbs.]
Melt chocolate dipping shtuff or semisweet chocolate morsels or whatever form of chocolate coating that makes you happy in a chocolate fondue pot or similar thingimajigger doohicky.
Take cookie/cream cheese mixture and scoop melon-baller/cookie ball scooper sized balls and roll into nice balls (wash your nasty hands first! Jeez!) and dip into chocolate dipping mixture. Leave to cool/firm up on waxed paper covered cookie sheets.
If you are feeling artsy-fartsy you can microwave some white chocolate squares and drizzle that over the balls for a very Martha Stewart moment. If one is a big fan of white
If one prefers their balls unshaven, they could roll them in cocoa sprinkles and make them fuzzy balls. (Didn't even want to think of a way to make Shweaty Balls, thank you very much!)
**Inclusion of the above recipe is the first in a series of recipes that will be included in the upcoming book, Yarn Balls and the Men that Inspire Them. As my friend, Jodee pointed out, all good knitting books should have room for recipes. So therefore all my upcoming entries for my *books* will include recipes. The unique spin I'm putting on them is that all will follow the "ball" theme. Afterall, there is nothing more appetizing or funnier than balls! Mr. O has already started working on a recipe for Jerk Rub Balls, there is comedic genius just waiting to happen!
Oh my God. Shweaty balls! Hee!
ReplyDeleteThis recipe does sound really good though. Wow.
Mmm, oreos and deliciousness. Chocolate and double entrendre in one neat package - what more could you ask for in a recipe? I may have to try these.
ReplyDeleteOohhhhh. My daughter made some things like these at Girl Scouts one day. They had the nerve to call it "cooking." Ooohhh, they were yummy! I kept the recipe for in case of emergency. You know, the kind of emergency where you're run out of chocolate chips but you do happen to have Oreos and cream cheese and some chocolate to melt, and no one is watching you so you can eat it all. That kind of emergency.
ReplyDeleteI think it might happen soon. Call the overindulgence ambulance.
Oh yum scrum those look delectable...drool city over here!
ReplyDeleteLOL! How about Chef's Chocolate Salty Balls? Shweaty ones would be easy -- just freeze some of the regular ones and then take them out of the freezer to thaw. They'll develop condensation...
ReplyDeleteThey look really good.