Cicco Creations

I almost called this post “Nightmare Mickey Mouse Chocolate Wafer Cookies,” but once I got the ball really rolling on these puppies, they weren’t too bad after all.

My friend Kristin was having a Mickey Mouse themed birthday party for her little man‘s second birthday and I offered to make some cookies to go along with the theme.  I had in mind to find a black cookie, cut them out with a cute cookie cutter I found at a local cake and candy supply store, dip them in red chocolate and then add some white chocolate chips for buttons.  Easy-peasy-lemon-squeezey, right?  Well, not right.

It turned out that finding a recipe for black cookies wasn’t as easy as I thought it would be.  I started by searching on Pinterest for homemade Oreos.  That didn’t really yield any recipes that I would be able to use a cookie cutter with.  So, I tried “black cookie dough recipe” and by doing that, I got enough results (although no actual recipes) to know that I should be searching for a “chocolate wafer cookie” recipe.  And that’s how I eventually found the recipe I ended up using.

It was a wonderful recipe that does not contain egg, and therefore I had no qualms about eating the dough {Hurray!}.  I would like to mention that I didn’t follow the recipe exactly.  For one, I used coco powder that WinCo sells in the bulk section.  I honestly don’t even know what brand it is, but it’s what I could wanted to pay for.  Also, I don’t buy unsalted butter.  Ever.  I think it has no place in my kitchen, what’s the point of butter if you can’t even taste it.  So, I used what I have on hand and that is full on, salted sweet cream butter.  And finally, I used sea salt instead of kosher salt.  I don’t know the difference and Winco didn’t have kosher salt in their bulk section, so I used what I had.

I made the dough one night and let it sit in the fridge over night.  The next day, I spent over three hours working on these cookie and only had about seven cookies to show for it.  Haha!  It was in these moments that I considered tossing the lot and begging Kristin’s forgiveness.  But, then it started coming together.

I reread the directions and realized there was something in there about rolling out the dough between wax paper and parchment paper.  So, I tried that, and ta-da!  It Worked!  From that point on, it was smooth sailing.  I cranked out a couple dozen cookies in no time after that.

I waited another day before dipping them in chocolate and placing the white buttons.  They turned out great.  They were really crunchy and really rich.  The sweetness of the chocolate was a great balance.

I look forward to making these cookies again and sandwiching a rich butter cream or even some homemade ice cream between them.  I have so many ideas now!

Unrelated to cookies, but totally related to Mickey, here’s a bonus pic of me and my little Mickey Mouse at the end of a long day at Disneyland.