What's Better Than An Oreo? A Super Spooky Chocolate Covered Halloween Oreo!
Written: Nov 04 '09
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Pros: Easy to make, two designs, inexpensive mold, lots of fun to make.
Cons: Seasonal item, people eat the Oreos before you can get them in the mold.
The Bottom Line: Send out the Mystery Machine to help bust the case of "The Disappearing Oreo Cookies"!
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| Freak369's Full Review: Wilton Haunted Manor Cookie Candy Mold |
It pains me to pay four dollars for a bag of Oreo cookies so I stock up on them when they are on sale. After ordering the cookie candy mold from on online store I knew that I needed to get a couple bags of Oreos to use in the mold. A cookie candy mold is a odd but fun way to take a regular cookie and turn it in to a chocolate covered cookie. Sounds yummy right? Well, if your house is anything like mine you will know that if you don't hide certain things they won't be there when you go to use or eat them. I bought four bags of Oreos when they were on sale for two dollars a piece [with coupons of course]; I figured leaving two bags in the cabinet would be enough for them to gorge on and when left in their bloated tick state they would leave the others alone. I was incorrect and had to go buy more to make these yummy seasonal treats.
The Haunted Manor Cookie Candy Mold is a nice thing to have around for Halloween; you do not have to use these with cookies so if you want to make large chunks of chocolate you can make medallion styled pieces that you can wrap or use on a treat tray. The largest sized cookie you can use inside the mold is two inches so you will need to use mini sized chocolate chip cookies if you do not want to use Oreos. I did buy some of the Hydrox cookies to try them out to see if there was a difference between the name brand and knock off cookies with this mold. They worked the same way when used in the mold so it all comes down to taste and which you prefer. But when you stop and think about it, it is going to get partially or completely covered in chocolate so it doesn't really matter which you go with because the chocolate coating is going to overpower the taste of the cookie.
How do you make these? First you need to check the cookies to make sure that there are no cracks and to tap off the cookie crumbs that could end up getting stuck in the chocolate or ruining the face of the image if it gets pushed into the first layer of chocolate. There are eight cavities per mold so you will need to work in eight cookie batches. Pick out the colors of chocolate that you want to work with. You can use one color or multiple colors. Add the first color into the pumpkin or bat and allow it to harden. You can add a thin later of background color if you want or just allow the pumpkin or cat to harden. You will want to add a thin layer of chocolate on top of the pumpkin or cat when they have set up to secure the cookie in place. Then drop the cookie into the cavity and center it. Lastly, fill in the side area of the cookie and allow it to harden completely before you remove it. Working with a squeeze bottle makes the process a lot easier. You can coat the entire cookie or just the sides; if you are making these for a party and there will be a lot of kids there, just coat the sides so they don't get completely hopped up on sugar.
To remove these you need to gently twist the plastic mold so you don't crack the cookies, if you crack the cookie it will also crack the chocolate. You can still eat it but it isn't going to look all that great. These can take a while to harden so if you plan on making a ton of them you might want to buy a couple molds. They are inexpensive, most stores sell them for about two dollars. I got mine online for $1.50 but that was a discounted price because I bought some other candy and lollipop molds at the same time. Since this is a seasonal item you will have trouble getting this outside of the Halloween season. One of the best times to get this cookie candy mold is after the holiday when things are discounted. Since you can use this to make regular chocolate pieces or with cookies there are a couple of options for use.
Working with this mold is easy so it is something that kids can help out with. They can press the cookies in the mold or help squeeze the chocolate into the mold. There's almost no way to goof this up unless you don't center the cookie or end up cracking it when you are getting it out of the mold. Wilton has a couple cookie candy molds for various seasons so if you try this out and like it, you can get others to make special treats with. The mold itself is of typical Wilton quality but you do need to take special care with the pumpkin and cat designs so they don't get dented when you are cleaning them or when they are being stored. I wish that there were more designs per mold; getting two different designs is nice but if there were four unique designs per mold it would be a lot more fun and you could use more colors.
Other items in the Haunted Manor series from Wilton includes the following pieces: "Haunted Manor Halloween Party Bags", "Haunted Manor Snack Envelopes", "Haunted Manor Shaped Halloween Bags", "Haunted Manor Treat Boxes", "Haunted Manor Baking Cups", "Haunted Manor Cupcake Combo Pack", "Haunted Manor Cupcake Stand", "Haunted Manor Cupcake Wraps 'N Pix", "Haunted Manor Cookie Candy Mold" and the "Haunted Manor Pretzel Bag Kit".
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