The Fun Team WANTS YOU!!! "Ask not what you can do in your kitchen, but what you can produce from your kitchen". Many were challenged...only a few accepted. These brave souls went into their foxholes and came out ready for battle.
Word had leaked a few days prior about a "CLASSIFIED" Snicker Salad
to be on display. I for one have never heard of such a dessert. The thought alone of how you can turn a satisfying treat into a salad was definitely creative. Snicker bars with chopped apples and Cool Whip sounds like a great way to get kids to eat their fruits...Brilliant work to our BlackOps asset Dana Moore"Fire in the hole"...KABOOM!!! Cake Balls
this small but delicate hand grenade might look harmless but its taste was explosive. It performed the task it was created for...to satisfy the close quarter needs of a fire team...Outstanding job Maya Salem :)"Calling in Close Air Support" in this category we have Cream Cheese Brownie.
Brownies mixed with anything is the perfect bomb mix, like "Snake & Nape". The bomb itself is the brownie, but the cream cheese is the explosive incendiary spreads in your mouth like wildfire. It consumes every taste bud there's no escaping it...its over...MEEDDICCC...COOORPMAAAN (Milk)..thanks Chauntelle Moses"Mine Field Ahead"...throughout this battle there were several strategically placed landmines and booby traps. Not just any mines, I'm talking about "Bouncy Bettie's and Booby traps" Going in order Bouncing Betty (Million Dollar Pie) this pie was a 360 degree explosion that hits you in the gut. Pineapples, coconuts and finely chopped nuts mixed into a smooth creamy base. Its light much like its military counterpart once you step on it (insert it in your mouth) it bounces (drops) waist high before it explodes..it happens so smoothly you don't even know what hits you...Complete out of body experience..its so good I don't even have a picture of it :)
Booby Traps Triple Chocolate Fudge Cake
Now from a distance this looks like a traditional brownie tray with chocolate chips, nuts and coconut. Once you cut into it, its much too moist to be a brownie...ohhh snap its cake..ooohhh that tricky Ione Flanagan, and she says she doesn't bake...yeah and water isn't wet.Next up was Chocolate Eclair
Again, another trap. Looks like a plain tray of some kind of baked goodie with chocolate on top. I've never had a chocolate eclair before, so I really didn't know what to expect. I can say this though, I'm hooked. Graham cracker and pudding, layered with a chocolate cover, its almost like a Sm'ore minus the marshmellow...definitely tripped me up big time...Superb Lisabeth HannaRounding out the competition are two Creme Brulees.
The key to a good Creme Brulee is all in caramelizing the sugary top. Too much heat and the sugar will get hard as concrete, not enough heat will collapse the top. I can honestly say both women achieve this goal Charlotte Springer and Stephanie Redmond What separated these two "Kitchen Warriors" was that one was a traditional Creme Brulee and the overall 1st Place winner - Berry Creme Brulee with whipped cream
Grandma use to always say "Just because you put syrup on it, don't make it pancakes" I've used Grandmas quote as a way to telling people, just because you dress it up don't make it pretty...well Grandma RIP, I might have to recant that statement this one time...Berries and whipped cream not only dressed it up, but it raised the bar a little higher.The Top 3 winners are as followed:
1st Place - Berry Creme Brulee "Charlotte Springer"
2nd Place - Chocolate Eclair "Lisabeth Hanna"
3rd Place - Cream Cheese Brownies "Chauntelle Moses"
Thank you again to all who participated. Thank you for allowing me to have a little fun doing this Dessert Wars blog. Enjoy and stay tune for my next feature blog..coming this weekend!!!
Have a Theo-licious Day!!!
Well guess pie picture showed up??? Million Dollar Pie
