Chocolate crinkle cookies

I found this recipe over on Chocolate Bytes and it's the easiest biscuit to make... in the world.

It uses real chocolate, so I simply love it when my choc-craving kicks in. It's also a very kid friendly recipe, since you need to roll the dough into a ball and in icing sugar to make each biscuit. A great way to keep those mischievous hands occupied.

Here's a batch straight out of the oven.

White chocolate mousse with a surprise

I know I've been quiet throughout Ramadaan. That's because whatever is cooked for iftaar will be eaten by the time I actually manage to find a moment to take a photo.

But I'm making up for it today (or so I think) because I've been waiting to make this for uhm, forever and promised to make it for Eid. Admittedly, I had most of it all by my merry self but I did share because it really ended up being a big bowl overflowing with white chocolate mouse!

My hubby's cousin emailed me a recipe that she and her mom usually uses to make white, milk or dark chocolate mousse, sometimes layered on top of one another. Their recipe goes like this:

300 g chococlate (I obviously used white)
4 eggs seperated
100g butter
250ml cream whipped
1tsp sugar

Melt the chocolate, add the yolks and butter until smooth. Fold in whipped cream. Add sugar to the whites and beat until peaks form. Fold whites into the chocolate mixture.

That's as simple as can be. I wanted to add a spin to mine though, so before the mousse set I made some chocolate ganache (chocolate melted with fresh cream or nestlé cream) and dropped spoonfuls into it. Covered it and put it into the fridge. I whipped more fresh cream to cover the mousse and put halved strawberries on top of the finished bowl of overflowing yummy-ness.