Monday, June 29, 2009

Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Rice Krispies Treats! and Lime Tart/Ice Cream

First of all, I've got to tell you about some more Rice Krispy Treats I made a few days ago.  You may have seen my recent post for Cookie Crisp Rice Krispies Treats.  Well, that got me thinking and I came up with Cookie Dough Treats!  That's right.  All you cookie dough eatin' lovers out there--these are some Krispies for you!  I went in search of an edible, eggless cookie dough and settled on this good one.

Edible Chocolate Chip Cookies Dough, from Elyse and Risa

1 cup all purpose flour

1/4 teaspoon salt

1 stick butter, softened

1/2 cup brown sugar

1/4 cup sugar

1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract

3/4 cup semi sweet chocolate chips

Beat the butter and sugars together until creamy, add the vanilla and combine.  Stir in the dry ingredients and chocolate chips.  That's it.  And it's edible and yummy! 

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I made the traditional Rice Krispies Treat recipe, 10 oz. marshmallows, 3 tablespoons butter and 6 cups of cereal.  You know the drill.  Pressed that into a 9x13 pan.  I took balls of the cookie dough--(in hindsight, it would have worked a little better if I'd have quick frozen the balls of dough, but it still worked fine)

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I tucked the balls of dough in and around and all over the treats that were already pressed in the pan, then when I had about half the dough left, I just pressed it evenly over the top.  That wasn't enough though, so I made another half batch of Rice Krispies Treats and pressed that on top of the cookie dough infused treats that were already in the pan.  And I drizzled 2 ounces of melted semi sweet chocolate over the top.  Now we're talking.  These were perfectly gooey, sugary Krispies with just the right amount of added YUM from the cookie dough.  If you're a cookie dough lover and enjoy those Rice Krispies Treats, you've got to try these!

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I bought some limes (regular ones, not key limes) recently and was hankerin' to do something with them.  I wanted a no-bake cream cheesy type something.  After looking all over the internet and not finding really what I wanted, I just threw some things together.  They were similar to many recipes out there, but I just did my own thing. 

No Bake Lime Tart, by Katrina

Crust:

1 sleeve plus 6 rectangles graham crackers, crushed

1/2 cup pecans, toasted and cooled

6 tablespoons butter (I used salted, it's what I had), melted

zest of 1 small lime (about 1/2 teaspoon)

Filling:

8 oz. 1/3 less fat cream cheese, softened

14 oz. can fat free sweetened condensed milk

zest of 1 large or 2 small limes

juice of 2-3 limes (to your taste of tartness)

8 oz tub Cool Whip

Pulse the graham crackers and pecans in the food processor until fine crumbs.  Pulse in the lime zest.   Then pulse in the melted butter until combined well.  Press into 11 inch tart pan (or 9 inch for thicker tart).  Set aside.

In cleaned bowl of food processor, pulse the cream cheese until smooth.  Add the condensed milk, lime zest and juice and pulse together until combined.  Add the mixture to a large bowl and fold in the Cool Whip.  Spread over crust in tart pan.  Let set in refrigerator for a good 4 hours or more.  Serve with a garnish of lime.

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It looks a little unset because it had only been in the refrigerator 2-3 hours when I served it.  It tasted okay.  I actually really wanted more of a cream cheese taste, so I'm going to try it again and use 16 oz. cream cheese.  Everyone had a piece.  It definitely would have gotten eaten as it was, but I got an idea to turn it in to ice cream the next day.  It really was even tastier and more set up the next day.  But with what was left (a little more than half of it), I scraped the filling out of the crust, added 1 cup fat free half and half and 2 tablespoons of more lime juice, whisked it up really good and poured it in to the ice cream maker.  The ice cream maker did its job for a good 20-30 minutes.  Then the ice cream sat in the fridge until snack time that night.

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I don't actually totally love fruit in ice cream, but this was really good, creamy and just the hit of lime I was looking for!  The kids gobbled it up! (All except Parker who had gone with Kevin to run a couple errands and they stopped and got Subway.  Parker ate (he's only 7!) a whole foot long and a bag of chips and a soda by himself!  He was full!  Me, myself would never even be able to eat a foot long.  Kevin is molding these kids into himself!  Kevin eats a foot long in probably less than 5-10 minutes.  Ugh!  Anyway, the ice cream is good! ; )  It was also good that it had a little bit of crust in it.  It would be fun served with some crushed graham crackers on top.  You can see the flecks of it in the ice cream.

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Hmmm, what ice cream should I make today? 

17 comments:

Anonymous said...

ooh you're making icecream toda? hmm make peanut butter icecream! thats my favorite hahaha! wish i lived in your household; you always have so many baked goods around!

CindyD said...

Put the chocolate chip dough in your ice cream with some extra mini chocolate chips

PheMom said...

A big dish of that ice cream on a hot day would be soooooo good! Everything looks beautiful!

Risa said...

Yay! Thanks for using my edible cookie dough recipes. I would have never thought to put it in rice krispie treats. You are brilliant!

Anonymous said...

Wow! Everything looks wonderful. I especially like the cookie dough rice krispy treats.

Teanna said...

You kill me (in the best way possible) with your amazing recipes! Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Rice Krispies? Lime Tart Ice Cream? Can I come over?

The Sugar Fiend said...

Ah, to have the metabolism of a young boy...

Barbara Bakes said...

This post could be dangerous! Everything looks so delicious!

Deborah said...

You are killing me - this all looks amazing!!

Megan said...

Ha! What a great idea to take the leftovers from the tart and turn it into ice cream!

And I see you found a better cookie dough recipe than the one I gave you.

Stacy Hoover said...

Well I did it, I went and bought the same ice cream maker today!!! YIPPEE!!!! I am going to be visiting your blog every day for delicious ice cream ideas!! Keep them coming they are soooo yummy!!!!

PS.) Have you thought about making apple pie ice cream? Will is asking me to think about making that. Heck my bowl isn't even frozen and he is already making it seem like I am an ice cream making pro like you!!!! Thanks again for all delicious ideas!

Eliana said...

Look at all this great stuff. Looks and Sounds DELICIOUS!

Unknown said...

Wow! Cookie dough, and ice cream! How about combining both!! Could make for a heck of a decadent treat!

Judy said...

The lime tart looks wonderful, and it's great that you don't have to bake it in this awful heat.

Mermaid Sews said...

wow, those rice crispy treats are deadly.

Lauren said...

The second I saw those Rice Krispies treats I HAD to make them! I did them using just one layer of the krispies, then a layer of the CCCD, then poured a mixture of melted milk chocolate and PB chips over the top. DIVINE! The combination of the crunchy krispies with the soft chunks of cookie dough is awesome! Thank you for your brilliant idea!

Liz said...

The chocolate chip rice crispy treats look INSANE! In the best way possible, of course.