Philadelphia Chocolate Cream Cheese Review

 Okay, before I get started, I want you all to know that I am over the moon that we finally got this product in Canada.  I read about it on some blogs I think and right away I was all "We need to move south!!" And Hubby just rolled his eyes, and said something about liking being around family or whatever.  But he hates cream cheese, so I cannot really expect him to get it.  But I know you guys will. Seriously I have only used this a few times already and it is going to change your life.  I know, dramatic, but I just need you to understand, you need this item, right now!!!!!

  Anyway, I saw on face book we finally had this and I went right to the store after work with Pork Chop, I had to bribe him by buying him a pound or so of olives, but I got what I went for.  As I was cashing out the cashier was all "have you tried that, it looks weird!"  And I was all "I have so many plans for it, you need to try it!" And she sort of just gave me a crazy look, because she probably doesn't understand the impact this is going to have.  Or something like that.

My first simple test.

So for my first try I just wanted something really simple, because I wanted to actually try the product how it was made.  Trust me I already have about 50 ideas in my head, and I don't have the money to buy that much cream cheese.  If you are out there makers of Philly Chocolate Cream Cheese of the Gods, feel free to send me about 100 tubs.  That should last me at least a month. Give or take.

It looked like chocolate, pure and simple!

 So firstly, I had no idea this product was a spread before I saw it, I always assumed it was in block form. I didn't really care, I got two tubs and I bought these super fat lady finger cookies.  I figure simple would let me really try it.  And Oh. My. Gosh!  It was good.

 So it looks like this is being marketed akin to Nutella.  But with I think 50% less sugar. It was on the tin foil label, but I was in a rush to taste it, so I sort of tossed that out fast.  Anyway.  I don't agree.  Nutella is it's own beast, I mean it is thick and rich and super sweet and almost like peanut butter.  Where as this, well it's hard to describe.  The flavour is out of this world, and the texture is perfect for spreading, or if you are one of those weird people that likes fruit, it could be an instant fruit dip.  But I won't go there.  Sorry.

I didn't put too much, I was being stupid, you want to put lots, trust me.

 In my first use, I just made cookie sandwiches.  I just spread a bunch in between two soft cookies, and then I ate them.  It was so good, it has this almost tart kick to it, like a sour cream.  But it was sweet but in a way that is was not over powering like Nutella can be.  I personally don't think I would eat this on toast, it is just not the same to me.  But the things I have planned, oh you just wait..  I am honestly going to spend a lot of time with this and make a few things.

Try to ignore the fact my fingers are almost as chubby as the cookies.

I really liked the taste of it just like this, and even found myself using it as a dip for cookies.  It really is good. And I sound like a girl with a high school crush, and gosh darn it, I am so happy with this.  I have read about products and waited for them only to feel blah about them.  So far this is a keeper.  So stay tuned I have plans, and I will be sharing them.  Then I will invest in cream cheese stock, or just hoard the stuff.

So these only lasted 12 hours and that is because I was sleeping, they were gone really fast.

Have you tried it yet?  What do you think?

Chocolate Covered Oreo's

  This is going to be one of my easiest posts ever. I made these in like 5 minutes and I love how they turned out.  I also made another variation a few days later but we will get to that.

  Also we had my work holiday party this past Friday.  I now have seen it all, well if you count a fake Rod Stewart trying to pull my dress up everything, well then I have seen it.  I had a blast, I don't drink, and Hubby hardly dances but this year he did.  So it was all good, I didn't win any prizes but I got to dance and stay out late and wear a dress and you know, not do anything else.  So all in all it was awesome, now back to the cookies.

I may have made a few things this day, but this is the cookie box. It is sort of pretty actually.

Firstly I must admit, that I am not an Oreo cookie lover.  I mean I used to eat them, or more truthfully I ate the middle, then tried to give away the cookie part.  They are not bad, just not my idea of a cookie I want to always eat.  Now you make something with an Oreo and that I will eat, and want more of.  It's weird, but so am I, so don't even bother trying to figure it out.

I had three molds, if I had four it would have done the whole box, but whatever it was so fast I just did one mold twice.

  When we were grocery shopping the last time at Wal mart I saw these peppermint Oreo like cookies.  And I figured, well I got cookie molds so I better use them before the season passes.  As I have had molds like this for a few years, and every year I say I am going to use them.  And so I finally did, even for the right season, I am impressed with myself if I do say so.

That is as close to 2/3 full as I can figure out, they need marks on the mold or something.

 So all you need for this is the cookies, plain oreos or whatever;  I think any cookie of the same size would work.  And you need chocolate and the molds.  That's it, and it looks really fancy when you are all done, so get ready to be "Super amazing cookie maker of the year!"

  Or you know, just get ready to eat some cookies.

And see how the chocolate was all lop sided and not covering the cookie, that did not make me happy.

 So firstly you need to melt your chocolate.  Some of the molds just had a simple pattern, others had an actual image, like Santa and stuff.  If you had time and the skill, or even if you really cared, you could use coloured chocolate to make the picture and then just fill the rest with regular chocolate.  But as we all know how lazy I am, and that each step keeps me from having a cookie sooner, I did milk chocolate.

As you can see I tried to fill in the lop sided empty spaces, it just made a mess.

I melted the chocolate and put it into a large squeeze jar thingy. Then according to the instructions I filled the candy mold about 2/3 of the way full.  Then I tapped the mold to make the chocolate settle and get rid of air bubbles.  Then I just put a cookie in and pressed it down until it made the chocolate reach the top of the mold.  I was hoping the cookie would get fully covered, but that didn't happen.  Oh well.

They did turn out to be pretty cute though.

So then I just put the molds in the freezer and in like 10 minutes they were done and I popped them out.  Now I liked them, and my friends really did too, but I found that the chocolate was so thick on the top of them that it was not a great combination.  So I did them again another way, which I will share later.  But either way they were good, and looked really cute.

This was the simple mold, just snow flake outlines.  Simple but fancy.