In article <FMj7h.4$7a2.0@trndny06>,
"Janet Puistonen" > wrote:
> Melba's Jammin' wrote:
> > I HAVE searched for this without avail. My string might be off,
> > though. And I should've taken a freakin' picture of them before we
> > ate the bloody things!
> >
> > The gist: A dark-colored chocolate log maybe 1-1/2" diameter covered
> > with the Krispie Treats mixture (I don't think it had pb in it), then
> > sliced into coins maybe 1/2" thick.
> >
> > The ones I bought looked like two of those coins side by side and
> > smooshed together a bit. Like if you assembled it this way: a thin
> > rectangle of the Krispie Treats mixture, two of the chocolate logs
> > laid parallel to the short sides, maybe 2" in from the edges, then
> > the RKT rolled over them from both sides so that the end result was
> > two of these RKT-covered chocolate logs side by side with a common
> > bottom, then sliced. There's a pastry that looks like that.
> >
> > It's the chocolate center that's got me. It was kind of fudgy but I
> > wouldn't say it was fudge. I would be surprised if any cooking were
> > involved.
> >
> > Anybody have a name for what I'm looking for, or any good suggestions
> > for faking the chocolate log?
> >
> > I await your counsel.
> >
> > -Barb, Mother Superior, HOSSSPoJ
>
> Sounds easy to make. You can make the center using the simple condensed milk
> and bittersweet chocolate fudge method. (The recipe is probably on the can,
> or there are plenty of them online if you google. It's just bittersweet
> chocolate melted with condensed milk and perhaps a little butter and
> vanilla) Form the fudge into logs when it has thickened enough. Make rice
> crispy treat stuff--the recipe's on the box--and form it around the fudge
> logs. Chill and slice.
Yeah, I figured out the part about the RKT - it was the chocolate log
that I'm curious about. The texture of it was just the slightest bit
chewy. Thanks for the suggestion for the condensed milk fudge thing.
If I can't ferret out the recipe, i'll give it a go.
--
-Barb, Mother Superior, HOSSSPoJ
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