I hope you had a great holiday this past weekend. I’ve been busy with life and work lately, so my posts have been a bit sporadic I’m afraid. I hope you’ll forgive me.
The weather here in the Midwest is warming up – in fact it feels like summer, hot & humid already! Meals around my house have been on the lighter side with salads, fruit, grilled dishes and of course with the heat, ice cream is always a favorite.
Last weekend for Memorial Day I wasn’t really sure what we were doing. I didn’t know if we’d be going someplace, or if my husband and I would be dining just the two of us, or if our kids would be here. At the last minute I found out both kids would be joining us. Not sure what to prepare other than having some chicken breasts on hand, and chocolate chips, I looked through my cabinets trying to come up with some creative recipes.
The weather was warm that day but with a nice breeze – I felt like we were in the Caribbean. I spotted all sorts of goodies in my cabinets, that I’ll be sharing in my next post, where I decided to create Caribbean Chicken Breasts over Coconut Rice topped with a Mango Salsa. It was wonderful! More about that in my upcoming post.
As for dessert – since we’re all fans of sweets in my house, I found some chocolate sauce in the refrigerator and frozen vanilla yogurt along with a bag of mini Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups, and Heath Bar chips, to go with my chocolate chips. Hmm, what should I create?
I decided to make Cookie Tacos using the recipe my family loves best, Chocolate Brickle Sensations. Then with each Cookie Taco I’d top it with 2 scoops of frozen vanilla yogurt, chocolate sauce, sprinkles and cut up pieces of mini Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups.
Well, you can imagine what a hit these were! With the one I created for this photo I placed it in the freezer after photographing so it wouldn’t melt everywhere. Guess who ate it? Yes, my husband – bit by bit as I would head back to the freezer it slowly disappeared until just the plate was left. My husband is my biggest critic so when he devours something, I know it’s a winner.
This recipe is really quite simple. The trickiest part is taking your cookie and lying it over a rolling pin or the cardboard that paper towels wrap around (wrap with foil). The cookie will separate a bit when you do this, but if left to cool completely it will shape firmly into what resembles a taco. They’re so fun to look at, and fill with your favorite goodies!
Here’s my recipe………….
For a fun twist on cookies with a bit of pizzazz, try my Cookie Tacos!
Enjoy!!!
I only made enough Cookie Tacos to serve my family and the one I photographed. The rest of the dough I made little cookies to nibble on. Our Cookie Tacos, and cookies are long gone!