Cake Truffles

After a recent baking project, I found myself with a few leftovers - a naked layer of chocolate cake, a few cups of really good quality buttercream, and a cup of cereal crumbs. Rather than throw these items away, I made a fun snack out of them - Cake Truffles!

Here's what I did:  I crumbled the cake layer, put it in my stand mixer, and mixed the crumbs with enough buttercream to make a chocolate truffle-like dough.  Then I used my #100 scoop (affiliate links) to portion out bite-size amounts, chilled them until firm, and gently rolled them between the palms of my hands before coating them with the leftover cereal crumbs. Toasted coconut, sprinkles, or chopped nuts would have been great too.  Don't you love it when you can make something so fun and delicious out of leftovers?

Chocolate Chip Cookie Sticks

So there I was, around 9pm the other night, when out of nowhere my daughter tells me she needed to bring cookies to school in the morning.  *Sigh*  I really hate when that happens.

So I started brainstorming my memory banks for a fast cookie recipe and this one came to mind.  It was perfect for this situation because you don't have to wait for butter to soften to room temperature, the dough is easily mixed by hand, and all 36 cookies bake on one sheet pan in less than 10 minutes.  Oh and they're super cool looking too.

Mix the dough and divide it into two equal portions.

Pat each portion into a 3x15-inch rectangle.

You don't have to do this, but I like to use a pastry scraper to make the edges nice and neat.

Chocolate chips are gently pressed into the cookie dough before baking.

The baked cookie rectangles are allowed to cool for 5 minutes before removing from the sheet pan. Allow cookie rectangles to cool completely before cutting into 1-inch wide sticks. For best results, use a serrated knife.

Now grab a beverage and dunk away. Enjoy!

Items used to make this recipe:

(affiliate links)

• plastic dough scraper https://amzn.to/2U1rEQq

• silpat baking mat https://amzn.to/3dagP62

• serrated knife https://amzn.to/2U3XEnb

• mini chocolate chips https://amzn.to/2QpMCq7

• pure vanilla extract (the good stuff) https://amzn.to/3H2wtz4

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Chocolate Chip Cookie Sticks

Printable Recipe

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup canola oil (see note below)

• 1/2 cup granulated sugar

• 1/2 cup packed brown sugar

• 1 large egg

• 2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract

• 1 1/2 cups all purpose flour

• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda

• 1/2 teaspoon fine salt

• 1 cup (6 ounces) semisweet chocolate chips

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 375F.

2. In a medium bowl, whisk together the flour, baking soda, and salt; set aside.

3. In a large bowl, combine oil, both sugars, egg, and vanilla; add the dry ingredients and stir until well blended.

4. Divide dough in half.

5. On a silicone or parchment lined sheet pan, shape each half into a 3x15-inch rectangle.

6. Sprinkle each rectangle with 1/2 cup chocolate chips; gently pressing the chocolate chips into the dough.

7. Bake in the center of the oven for 6-7 minutes for chewy cookies (8-9 minutes for crisper cookies).

8. Allow to cool completely before cutting into 36 cookie sticks.

9. Use a serrated knife for best results.

Note

• Melted butter may be substituted, but cookies will spread a bit more.  

adapted from Taste of Home