Monday, October 29, 2007

More Difficult Than It Should Be

We had to bring a snack to the Halloween Party that we attended and I was so excited to make Scribbit's witch hats to bring with us. What an easy and fun idea...this SHOULD have been.

I didn't realize it, but after visiting three grocery stores, I was unable to find the chocolate cookies that I needed to complete the project.

I had to get a little more creative than usual so I used Christina's Chocolate Crinkles recipe and patted the cookies into a very flat shape. To insure that they stayed flat, I patted them when I removed them from the oven.

The shapes were still not even so I used my great-grandma's biscuit cutter (a favorite piece in my kitchen) to cut out perfect circles.

I found Hershey Kisses filled with caramel and used these to rest on top. A frosting bow did complete the look.

The kitchen was short of a disaster and this turned into a little more work than I had intended to put into the snack.

I must say that the results were great and I was proud of how they turned out. The cookies probably tasted better than the store-bought version and who couldn't appreciate how festive they looked?

Thanks to Michelle for the great treat idea!! I just thought I would share my substitute in case you have as much trouble as me finding these cookies!

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5Comments:

Blogger SAHMmy Says
"Wow--great job! Those are too cute! I love that you cut the round cookies into PERFECT rounds with the biscuit cutter :)"

at 4:02 PM  

Anonymous amygcb
"So cute! I couldn't find the round cookies either. They aren't typically in the cookie section--try the ice cream topping section. The manager of my Publix said they are usually there."

at 5:32 PM  

Anonymous Anonymous
"So cute! Try the ice cream topping section for the chocolate cookies."

at 5:33 PM  

Anonymous Hollie
"these look beyond yummy!"

at 10:39 PM  

Blogger Scribbit
"Oh no! So sorry to destroy your kitchen! If other people have trouble finding these, try ginger snaps, chocolate Nilla wafers, or look in the fancy gourmet cracker/cookie section of the store. You know where they'd keep the things like ladysfingers and biscotti?

But they turned out cute and I bet they tasted great."

at 1:44 PM  

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