Decadence your butt off.
May 19, 2008 at 5:33 pm | In blahblah |
because good old peanut butter chocolate chip cookies (as soft and unsatisfying to me as they may be) aren’t decadent enough on their own, they deserve to have my favorite chocolate peanut butter soy yogurt-based mousse added to them?
the answer couldn’t be simpler: hell yes.
update: since several people asked about it, I simply adapted them from here by subbing turbinado sugar for the two sugars in use, as well as 1/4 cup plain, unsweetened soy yogurt for the egg. if you like soft cookies, I suppose you will get a kick out of these.
if I ever make them again, I’ll probably go for the Ener-g egg replacer some people seem to loathe so much: I personally have nothing bad to say about it!
it turns out that they, when used as a frozen sandwich, totally rock my world. I’m serious. could I possibly make up my mind?
the mousse was simply made of 12oz unsweetened plain soy yogurt [vanilla would be great!], 4 T agave nectar, 1 cup semisweet chocolate chips, and a few generous spoonfuls of chunky natural peanut butter. top one of the cookies with some of it, top it off with another cookie, chill in fridge for a few hours and there you have it: a perfectly sinful dessert to satisfy even the most constipated [not literally...I hope] guests you’ll ever have to host.
a bit less decadent, because I can be somewhat of a smaller glutton at times: a crunchy carob almond granola extremely loosely based on Dreena’s Hemp-anola from Eat, Drink & Be Vegan.
don’t ask me what’s in there exactly: I just threw in a little bit of this, a helluva lot of that and there you go: breakfast is baked, then served.
update: ok, you can ask me what’s in there now, ’cause here’s the recipe.
it can sometimes be refreshing to not make something and have a recipe at the end of it, but instead to just busy yourself in the kitchen for the sake of enjoying it. at least that’s what I keep on telling myself today!
(I’ll try & catch up on comments and e-mails soon!)
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Okay, that cookie-sandwich AND the granola should be illegal - NOTHING should look that decadent!! Yum!!
Comment by VeggieGirl — May 19, 2008 #
I just fainted! I second what veggie girl said. This stuff should be illegal!
Comment by Mihl — May 19, 2008 #
ha! Mihl, I totally misread “I just fainted”, but I won’t tell you the (obvious) thing I read instead. ho-hum.
do I get a fine or something?
Comment by Celine — May 19, 2008 #
I’d think that cakey PB cookies made into whoopie-pies with mousse filling. . . .well, they’d be. . . illegal?? Maybe, but also FABULOUS. The granola would make a good chaser!
Comment by Ricki — May 19, 2008 #
Celine, you’re just too good at making me passing over cookies like this! I would be happy just to eat the photo!
Comment by Lovliebutterfly — May 19, 2008 #
omg…these look soooooo good. especially in this miserable 95 degree weather!
Comment by Dorothy — May 19, 2008 #
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Comment by Sunny — May 19, 2008 #
I agree! I like experimenting and not having an actual final recipe sometimes. Sometimes you need to just mix a little of this, some of that and then a little more of this to make it work. I did it just the other day, at first feeling bad for not taking tons of pictures and writing down the recipe, but then it felt good to just try something different and undocumented. We’re slaves to the blogs!
Comment by Nick — May 20, 2008 #
Those cookies - OMG!!! and carob granola - I’m dying!
Comment by atxvegn — May 20, 2008 #
I’d say that is the ultimate indulgence cookie:) I think a mousse filling would be preferable in a soft cookie over a hard cookie, yum!
Comment by LisaRene — May 20, 2008 #
Today you deserve a triple WOW :-D
You add to those fantastic cookies and the more fantastic mousse and you have a heaven!
that mousse should be delicious! :-D
Very good honey
Have a nice day..:-( here it’s still raining and raining
Kiss
Silvia
Comment by Silvia — May 20, 2008 #
what a great additions to what seemed to be a perfect cookie! I like my cookies soft and chewy, so those peanut butter ones were practically calling my name (through the computer screen). Crazy. I know.
Comment by Antonio — May 20, 2008 #
Oooh, yummy! I love a good cookie sandwich.
Comment by melisser — May 20, 2008 #
A cookie sandwhich is the childhood - memory of a perfect world- living on soy ice cream sandwiches wouldn’t be bad, either!
Comment by shellyfish — May 20, 2008 #
Ooo, that granola looks awesome!
Comment by vaala — May 20, 2008 #
[...] my brain and managed to remember most of how I made the crunchy carob almond granola I talked about yesterday. I know the dried fruits and eventual carob/chocolate chips are usually added once the granola is [...]
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Pingback by Peanut Butter. Chocolate. Cookie. Sandwich. « love like a vegan — May 21, 2008 #
I’ve never had a cookie sandwich! it looks so yummy.
Comment by Bonnie — May 30, 2008 #
you deserve a cookie sandwich, Bonnie! give it a try soon.
Comment by Celine — May 30, 2008 #