Truffles, No Green Tea.

  My finished truffles. They are supposedly green tea truffles, but there isn't a hint of green tea to them. All I get is chocolate when I eat them. Much ramp up the green tea flavor next time.

  Also, will NEVER use straight cocoa powder on the outside ever again. The bitter shock of it totally ruins the nom that follows. 

  Did enjoy the not-so-green-tea-y truffle with my tea yesterday morning, however.

Chocolate Cookies - End Results

 My chocolate cookies came out fantastic! They were more like decadent and delicious brownie bites than I had expected. The addition of orange zest while I rolled them into balls before baking was perfect. But I love a Terry’s Chocolate Orange, so I would think that, wouldn’t I?

 The cinnamon was so subtle I didn’t even realize it was there, so next time I’ll need to add a bit more. The mint… was mint. It didn’t wow me, but I wasn’t totally disappointed. Perhaps if it were straight peppermint instead of a mint blend, it would have been better.

 Overall, five stars, but definitely not a child’s cookie. 

Chocolate Cookies-in-the-making

Chocolate cookie dough. It's more like brownie batter at this point, but I'm experimenting. Added cinnamon to one container and mint extract to another. Would have added orange extract except SOMEbody (so totally not me) put the bottle away empty, so I didn't realize I was out. 

The dough/batter is solidifying in the fridge over night. Can't wait to see how they turn out! 

Any other suggested additions to make a chocolate cookie even better? Walnuts? Orange peel? What do you think?

More pictures at my tumblr page.