Chonky Boys: The Chocolate Chip Cookie Ice Cream Sandwiches that Scream Summer!

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Featuring my thick and nuggy Chonky Boy Chocolate Chip Cookies, these ice cream sandwiches are the stuff that summer dreams are made of.  If you've ever had the Cookie Ice Cream Sandwich at Disneyland , you are going to LOVE these!  These big and bold chocolate chip cookies are based on a recipe from my culinary school studies at Auguste Escoffier, but with a few modifications to give them that Jennuine touch.  They make the perfectas book for a fat slice of real vanilla bean ice cream.  And those mini chips?  You just gotta have that extra cronch! Thank goodness this recipe only makes 8 sandwiches, otherwise I would be eating them for breakfast lunch and dinner.  This way, my big family can help save me from my inner child diet-saboteur.   Print With Image Without Image Chonky Boy Chocolate Chip Cookie Ice Cream Sandwiches Yield: 8 Author: Jenn Erickson Loaded with chocolate chips and buttery, brown-sugary vanilla flavor, these mall-sized cookies form a perfect partnership with a

How to Make: Easy Chocolate Dipped Caramallow Patties



Who loves Caramels?
Me, Me, Me, ME!

If you do too,
BEWARE
this recipe.

The caramel is so
melt-in-your-mouth PERFECT!
(and it's easy to make)

chocolate dipped caramel recipe

Over the holidays, I made some caramallows and they were delicious -- oh yes!  But I have to admit that the time and labor involved in making the caramel made me question whether I'd be making them again next year.  Typically, making caramel involves a long and patient process with a bubbling pot of volatile candy and keeping a watchful eye on a candy thermometer.  This alternative method, in the microwave, takes just 6 minutes.  JUST SIX MINUTES (yes I'm shouting)!  

Are you ready?  Let's go...

 

Chocolate Dipped Caramallow Patties
(makes 30-40)

One batch 6-minute Caramel (adapted from food.com)
1/4 cup unsalted butter
1/2 cup granulated sugar 
1/2 cup dark brown sugar
1/2 cup light corn syrup
1/2 cup sweetened condensed milk

30-40 mini marshmallows
10 oz. high quality dark chocolate, chopped, melted & tempered
A fine flake salt for garnish (I used Murray River Salt)

Prepare a 9x9 or 10x10 pan by lining with parchment paper in each direction so that parchment overhangs all four sides and can be used to lift out the finished caramel.  Use nonstick spray or butter to grease the parchment.

Step 1:  Place butter in a medium microwave-safe bowl.  Microwave on low power just long enough to soften the butter.  Remove from microwave and stir in the sugars, corn syrup and condensed milk.  Microwave for 2 minutes.  Stir.  Microwave for another 2 minutes.  Stir.  Microwave for a final 2 minutes.  Stir and pour immediately into the prepared pan.  Gently tilt pan to move caramel into each corner, then tap pan firmly on a flat surface to help level the hot candy.  Set aside to cool for 1 hour.  Use overhanging parchment to lift the cooled candy out of the pan and continue to cool for an additional hour.

Here's my sheet of caramel after I removed it from my 10x10 pan

Step 3:  Using a sharp, greased knife, cut caramel into 1.5"x 1.5" squares. 


Step 4:  Line a baking sheet with parchment or wax paper.  Create caramallows  by placing a mini marshmallow in the center of a square of caramel.


 Bring top and bottom corners together.


Fold right and left sides toward the center.


Roll between palms to form a smooth ball.


Press gently between palms to form a patty, then place on the lined baking sheet. You'll notice that the patties will go from uniformly flat, to more of an oyster shape as the marshmallow resumes its fluffy form. 


Refrigerate the caramallows for 30 minutes.
(This will make them easier to handle and dip.)

Step 5:   Drop a caramallow in the melted chocolate.  Using a dipping fork, or a plastic fork with the center tines snapped off, flip the candy over to make sure both sides are coated.  Remove with the fork and gently tap off excess chocolate.  Gently scrape bottom along the side of bowl.   Only half of the candy should be on the fork.  This will make it easier to transfer from the fork to the parchment.  Sprinkle with just a touch of salt.  


Step 6:  Refrigerate caramels 10-15 minutes, until chocolate has set.  Store at room temperature.  At room temp, the caramel is soft, luscious, and melts in your mouth! 

Sit back, enjoy, and congratulate yourself.  Just look what you made!  You're amazing!  Your friends are in awe and secretly jealous of your overnight mastery of the art of candy-making.  Take a moment to bask in the limelight.
 

 

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