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Chocolate Mousse Dessert Shot
2 tablespoons butter
6 ounces semi-sweet chocolate chips (1 cup)
1 tablespoon Godiva chocolate liqueur
1 teaspoon vanilla
2 eggs, separated
2 tablespoons sugar
1/2 cup heavy cream
8 Oreo cookies
1/2 cup chocolate fudge sauce
Canned whipped cream
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Chocolate Mousse: Place the top portion of a double-boiler over hot water,
add butter to the bowl, and then set the heat to low. When the butter has
melted, add the chocolate chips, reserving 1 tablespoon of the chocolate
chips and set aside. Melt chips, add chocolate liqueur and vanilla. Remove
bowl from the heat and whisk in egg yolks.
In a separate bowl beat egg whites until they form soft peaks. Stir egg
whites into chocolate mixture.
In a clean bowl, combine sugar with cream, and then whip cream until stiff.
Fold cream into chocolate.
Chop remaining 1 tablespoon of chocolate chips into small bits the size of
rice. Stir this chocolate into the mousse, then cover and chill the mousse
for 3 to 4 hours.
Open the Oreos and scrape out the filling. Put the chocolate wafers into a
plastic bag and using a kitchen mallet crush to make crumbs.
To Prepare Dessert: Spoon 2 tablespoons of Oreo cookie crumbs into the
bottom of a 6-ounce rocks glass. Spoon 1/3 cup of chilled mousse into the
glass, and top it with 2 tablespoons of chocolate fudge topping. Remove lid
from fudge topping and warm up the fudge in the jar in your microwave. Top
with a rosette of whipped cream on top and sprinkle it with leftover Oreo
crumbs.
Strawberry Cheesecake Dessert Shot
Ingredients
cheesecake filling
- 2 eggs, beaten
- 1/3 cup sugar
- 2 tablespoons sour cream
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1/2 cup graham cracker crumbs
- 2 tablespoons butter, melted
- 1/2 cup frozen sliced strawberries in syrup, thawed
- canned whipped cream
Directions
- Make cheesecake filling by blending cream cheese, eggs, sugar, sour cream, and vanilla in a large bowl with a mixer on high speed, until smooth.
- Pour mixture into a large saucepan and cook over med-high heat, stirring often, for 8-10 min or until mixture begins to thinken. The mixture should stick to the spoon when it’s inverted. Next, pour cheesecake filling into a covered container and chill for several hours, until cold.
- To prepare each serving, combine melted butter with graham cracker crumbs. Next, spoon 2 tbsp of graham cracker crumbs into a 6-ounce rock glass,.
- Top with 1/3 cup cheesecake filling. Next, spoon 2 tbsp of strawberries and syrup on top of cheesecake filling, and top off the dessert with whipped cream.
