Quick, yummy and cutely spooky! Happy Halloween!
You will need!
Ingredients
Dark Chocolate Oat Pudding
- 400 g milk
- 200 ml low fat cream
- 30 g cocoa powder
- 1 tsp cinnamon powder
- 35 g quick cooking oats
- 150 g dark couverture chocolate chopped
- 75 g brown sugar
- 30 g honey
Chocolate dirt
- 1 packet chocolate Oreo cookies
Meringue ghosts {makes 6-8 meringue ghosts}
- 1 egg white
- pinch cream of tartar
- 1/4 cup icing sugar
- Few drops orange extract
- Mini chocolate chips
Equipment needed
- Measuring cups
- Measuring spoons
- Bowls
- Heavy pot or your cauldron
- Blender or immersion blender, or the stir spell
- Serving bowls at least 6 may take more
- Cookie sheet
- Parchment paper
- Ziplock bag
- Rolling pin or large bottle
- Whisk
- Icing bag with a round tip or a ziplock bag
Instructions
Dark Chocolate Oat Pudding
- Place all the ingredients in a heavy bottom pot and simmer over low heat, stirring constantly until it begins to thicken.
- Once it becomes as thick as a custard, take it off the heat, allow it to cool, then puree it with an immersion blender or blend it in a food processor until smooth.
- Pour into serving bowls / glasses.
- Cool and then chill for 4-6 hours, preferably overnight.
- Then top with chocolate dirt, meringue ghosts, fondant pumpkins etc
Chocolate dirt
- Place cookies into a blender. Process until fine crumbs form.
- Alternatively, place in Ziploc and crush with a rolling pin or bottle until it makes a fine crumb mix.
Meringue ghosts
- Preheat the oven to 100°F. Line a cookie sheet with parchment paper.
- Place egg white with cream of tartar in a medium bowl. Beat until the white is mousse like.
- Add the sugar 1 tbsp at a time, and beat on high speed until fir, smooth and glossy. The meringue should hold stiff peaks.
- Spoon it into a piping bag fitted with a round nozzle {or cut a ¼” bit off to give you a ½” hole} can also use a Ziplock bag
- Pipe out little ghosts onto the parchment paper.
- Place 2 mini chocolate chips on each for eyes.
- Bake for about 1 ½ to 2 hours until firm and crisp.
- Cool completely on the cookie tray. Use a required.
