Yes, the Bewitching Kitchen is in full festive mode! Today the Oreo cookie, brought home from a humble shelf in the grocery store, gets dressed up for major party time… Several ideas for you, but I will start with maybe my favorite, as it gives me a chance to talk about a new product I recently tried.
All my Oreos are made the same way, with compound chocolate (Wilton melting wafers, or other brands available at the grocery store or online). I also have very good luck with Almond Bark, which tends to dry super shiny. If you have issues melting the compound chocolate smoothly, just add a teaspoon or two of oil (refined coconut works great and has no coconut taste). Pour some in the Oreo mold, add the cookie, and cover with melted chocolate. But the possibilities to decorate are endless. For the red ones, I started dividing the white chocolate in two, leaving one portion white and one portion dyed with red fat-soluble color. I poured the two colors in a measuring cup and did not mix them completely, to try to get a marbled effect.
Once the chocolate set, I used this new trick, that turns any gel color into a fat-soluble product, so that all the big collection of gel dyes you own can be used to color chocolate. Isn’t that cool? It is a product by Americolor called FLO-COAT. You can find it here. Just a small amount, maybe 1/4 tsp and a couple of drops of your gel color, mix well and add to the melted chocolate.
That is how I made the green used for the details, then added sprinkles.
A few more ideas for you…
For those I used dark chocolate to make the molds, then drizzled white chocolate with a piping bag, and glued small gold confetti sprinkles on some of the intersecting lines.
The metallic effect was luster power mixed with vodka, applied with a fan brush…
Finally, a few more designs relying on chocolate transfer sheets. You just cut circles, add to the bottom of the mold and pour the melted chocolate. Remember to peel off the plastic once you un-mold them!
There you have it, many ideas to make the Oreo cookie shine! Keep in mind that you can use golden oreos (lemon flavor), or red velvet to make the cookie complement better the surrounding shell. Have fun with it!
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Hope this works this time with WordPress. Love these.
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wordpress can be a pain! glad your comment went through! HAPPY HOLIDAYS!
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Thanks for sharing these fabulous design ideas Sally.
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Thank you, dear!!!!
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Great looking cookie as usual. When you are done with your posts, I have a bunch you can do for me!. Seriously, you really are the best!. Love your posts.
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I love them all! These are such a brilliant idea and every design you make is so FAB!!!
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