Marbled Oreo Fudge

I think it's close enough to the festive season that I can get fudge recipes going. For me, fudge feels very Christmassy.

However, you never need to go without fudge again (at any time of year!), because making this recipe is super simple and makes a fudgy, creamy, sweet slab of deliciousness.

There are two ways to melt the mixture together, and I did both in this recipe. You can melt everything together gently in a saucepan over a low heat. Or you can do the same thing with a bowl and microwave, microwaving in 30 second increments until everything is smooth and melted together. Both are easy, I did the darker chocolate one in a saucepan because there was more of it, and the white chocolate one in a bowl. This also meant that I was able to do both at once which reduced the time between making it and getting it in my mouth.

Chocolate Oreo Cake

So, it was my BIRTHDAY recently. And my lovely boyfriend sourced some cake for me. Now that’s a hard task, because I have high standards for cake. But he found some absolute gems from a local cake shop - one of which was a chocolate oreo cake.

I ate it. It was life-changing. I immediately planned to make my own.

I was really keen to make a square cake, because I could easily chop it up into portions for work, and we want to reduce the number of people touching the baked goods (ie cutting a round cake has a little more contact that picking up a cut slice).

I think that coffee adds the perfect complement to the heavy chocolate flavour here, without making the final cake taste like coffee at all. Also, no matter how fine you process the biscuits, they’ll still probably be too big for a traditional shaped piping nozzle, so I just used one of my faves – the big round one that makes lovely Hershey’s Kiss-shaped dollops of icing.

Oreo Brownies

I'm currently working night shifts, and I need this mid week pick me up..

Remember how much I love brownies? Well, I thought I had gotten to the end of the possible flavours and additions, but that would be like giving up, and I’m not a quitter!

Cheeky little surprise in store

Shoving Oreos in the middle of brownies is a revelation. It's not refined, or haute cuisine, but damn these taste good. 

It wasn’t easy initially to make, my first batch were really dry because I cooked them for far too long. I have learned and tweaked and I'm really happy with what we're at now. The next thing I want to do is make them with mint Oreos, (which are my favourite things in the whole world) because mint chocolate is my favourite flavour combination.