On 27 Nov 2010 06:33:42 GMT, Wayne Boatwright
> wrote:

> On Fri 26 Nov 2010 01:40:32p, Goomba told us...
>
> > Jim Elbrecht wrote:
> >
> >> Flavor or texture? I remember a cheesecake that took crushed
> >> Oreo cookies & butter for a crust.
> >>
> >> Jim
> >
> > Sweetness actually. Sometimes people make things so unnecessarily
> > sweet that you lose the other flavor components (dairy; lemon or
> > vanilla; fruit, etc).
> > Oreos would pretty much ruin it for me, I imagine? It would
> > overtake any subtle flavors.
> >
>
> When I want a chocolate crumb crust for a cheesecake or some type of
> pie, I use Famous Chocolate Wafers. They are not particularly sweet,
> if fact the crust recipe on the box has additional sugar in it, but I
> either use none or just a bit. The wafers are harder to find these
> days, but I can still get them in one of our suparmarkets. They are
> intensely chocolatey.
>
> <http://www.amazon.com/Famous-Chocolate-Wafers-9-Ounce-
> Boxes/dp/B000FA38ZE>

I like those too! I'll never understand the reasoning behind Oreo
cookie crusts. I don't want the filling in my chocolate crumb crust
and I'm not going to stand there and scrape it off every cookie - one
by one. Have you ever made the dessert pictured on the box. It was a
teenaged favorite of mine... I ate it, I didn't make it. I always
think about making one, but end up using the cookies for something
else.

--

Never trust a dog to watch your food.

sf wrote:
> On 27 Nov 2010 06:33:42 GMT, Wayne Boatwright
> > wrote:
>
>> On Fri 26 Nov 2010 01:40:32p, Goomba told us...
>>
>>> Jim Elbrecht wrote:
>>>
>>>> Flavor or texture? I remember a cheesecake that took crushed
>>>> Oreo cookies& butter for a crust.
>>>>
>>>> Jim
>>>
>>> Sweetness actually. Sometimes people make things so unnecessarily
>>> sweet that you lose the other flavor components (dairy; lemon or
>>> vanilla; fruit, etc).
>>> Oreos would pretty much ruin it for me, I imagine? It would
>>> overtake any subtle flavors.
>>>
>>
>> When I want a chocolate crumb crust for a cheesecake or some type of
>> pie, I use Famous Chocolate Wafers. They are not particularly sweet,
>> if fact the crust recipe on the box has additional sugar in it, but I
>> either use none or just a bit. The wafers are harder to find these
>> days, but I can still get them in one of our suparmarkets. They are
>> intensely chocolatey.
>>
>> <http://www.amazon.com/Famous-Chocolate-Wafers-9-Ounce-
>> Boxes/dp/B000FA38ZE>
>
> I like those too! I'll never understand the reasoning behind Oreo
> cookie crusts. I don't want the filling in my chocolate crumb crust
> and I'm not going to stand there and scrape it off every cookie - one
> by one. Have you ever made the dessert pictured on the box. It was a
> teenaged favorite of mine... I ate it, I didn't make it. I always
> think about making one, but end up using the cookies for something
> else.
>

They do (or did?) sell just the wafers without the filling. That
being said, I am not partial to chocolate cheesecake.

--
Jean B.

On Sat, 27 Nov 2010 09:52:51 -0700, "Jean B." > wrote:

> sf wrote:
> >>
> >> When I want a chocolate crumb crust for a cheesecake or some type of
> >> pie, I use Famous Chocolate Wafers. They are not particularly sweet,
> >> if fact the crust recipe on the box has additional sugar in it, but I
> >> either use none or just a bit. The wafers are harder to find these
> >> days, but I can still get them in one of our suparmarkets. They are
> >> intensely chocolatey.
> >>
> >> <http://www.amazon.com/Famous-Chocolate-Wafers-9-Ounce-
> >> Boxes/dp/B000FA38ZE>
> >
> > I like those too! I'll never understand the reasoning behind Oreo
> > cookie crusts. I don't want the filling in my chocolate crumb crust
> > and I'm not going to stand there and scrape it off every cookie - one
> > by one. Have you ever made the dessert pictured on the box. It was a
> > teenaged favorite of mine... I ate it, I didn't make it. I always
> > think about making one, but end up using the cookies for something
> > else.
> >
>
> They do (or did?) sell just the wafers without the filling. That
> being said, I am not partial to chocolate cheesecake.

Not chocolate cheesecake. Chocolate crust... goes with grasshopper
pie, for instance.

--

Never trust a dog to watch your food.