It’s good to be back and baking! Thank you to everyone for the sweet comments. I am feeling almost back to normal. And we have almost settled into our new place. My baby is six weeks old today and for me that is a huge milestone! We made it!
We love, love, love malt at our house. LOVE IT. We were excited to give these a try–even with Whoppers. (Maltesers are sooooo much better, but harder to find here in the U.S.)
Chocolate Malted Whopper Drops
From Baking: My Home To Yours by Dorie Greenspan
Ingredients:
1 3/4 cups all purpose flour
1 cup malted milk powder
1/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 stick plus 3 tablespoons unsalted butter at room temp.
1/3 cup sugar
2 large eggs
1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
1/4 cup whole milk
2 cups (6 ounces) chocolate-covered malted milk balls, coarsely chopped
6 ounces bittersweet chocolate, coarsely chopped or 1 cup store-bought choc chips or chunks
Instructions:
GETTING READY: Position the racks to divide the oven into thirds and line two baking sheets with parchment or silicone mats.
Sift together the flour, malted milk powder, cocoa, baking powder, and salt.
Working with a stand mixer, preferably fitted with a paddle attachment, or with a hand mixer in a large bowl, beat the butter and sugar together on medium speed for about 3 minutes, until very smooth. Add the eggs one at a time, beating for about a minute after each addition. Beat in the vanilla; don’t be concerned in the mixture looks curdled – it will even out when the dry ingredients are added. Reduce the mixer speed to low and add half the dry ingredients, mixing just until they disappear in the the batter. Mix in the milk, then the remaining dry ingredients, mixing only until they are incorporated. The batter will look more like fudge frosting than cookie dough – and that’s fine. With the mixer on low, or by hand with a rubber spatula, mix in the malted milk balls and chopped chocolate.
Drop the dough by rounded tablespoonfuls on to the sheets, leaving about 2 inches of space between spoonfuls. Bake for 11 to 13 minutes, rotating the sheets from top to bottom and front to back after 6 minutes. When done, the cookies will be puffed and set slightly but soft to the touch. Let the cookies rest for 2 minutes before using a wide metal spatula to transfer them to the racks to cool to room temperature.
Repeat with the remaining dough, cooling the baking sheets between batches.
My Notes and The Verdict
Dorie said the dough would look like fudge frosting. It did. And I have to say that the dough was pretty darn tasty. Truthfully, we liked the dough better than the baked cookies.
For the dough I used Carnation Malted Milk powder, Ghirardelli semi-sweet chocolate chips, and a 7 oz. box of Whoppers.
I cut the Whoppers in half. A serrated bread knife made easy work of that job. I also decided to chill the dough for about thirty minutes just to firm it up a bit.
At first bite, I was a bit disappointed. I didn’t love the way the Whoppers caramelized and got hard. Nor did I like the flavor of the cookie itself. I was expecting something a little more spectacular.
However, the next day they got better. The flavors seemed to have melded a bit and the Whoppers got softer and chewier. They aren’t awful cookies, they just haven’t been our favorite.
This quote from my husband sums it up–
“I like my cookies to taste like cookies. I like my candy bars to taste like candy bars. I don’t like cookies in my candy bars. And I don’t like candy bars in my cookies.”
Maybe with a bit of tweaking, like leaving out the Whoppers and upping the amount of cocoa in the dough, they might be more like what I was wanting them to be.
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I’ve been wanting to try these for a while. Maybe I’ll make them and eat the dough….that’s the best part! I’m glad you are feeling better! Glad you are feeling settled!
Hahah totally going to have to agree with your hubby on that one! Welcome back to TWD and I’m glad your move went well and your new (gorgeous) daughter is doing well, too!
Looks yummy! I’ve been able to find Malteasers at Cost Plus World Market…I don’t know if they have that out in Utah, though. Love them!
Interesting…
I love your husbands quote. I feel similiar…
I love that quote by your husband!
Glad you are back to baking. Can’t wait to see what you’ll be cooking up in your new kitchen :)
Glad you are back baking! I will try these, but it might be hard to wait until the next day to eat them!! I will try!
OMG I love the plate you had the cookies on! Makes the cookies look that much more deliciuos!
The dough was really delicious and a challenge to keep my fingers out of! Not my favorite either, but I liked just fine.
good to see you back and with everyone in good health! :) sorry you didn’t love these, hopefully next week’s cookies will be better for you!
I think this is the best dough. I liked the cookies, too but I think one of my kids was with your husband.
welcome back to TWD! glad to hear all’s well with baby and your surgery–ouch! love your husband’s comment about cookies and candy..hehe.
Welcome back and Happy six weeks to you and baby! Your cookies look great – I wonder if I would have liked them as much if I had used the malt powder instead of the Ovaltine. I am going to have to check around for those Maltesers.
hope you are feeling better lindsey… have i told you that i love malt balls… i got addicted in london when i was a kid and they are one of my not so healthy guilty pleaeures… but don’t tell anyone.
Linds! How are you? I was very excited to hear from you on my blog. You know what’s crazy? I randomly thought about that class a few days ago….Vialpando and all the food she’d bring in, and Elise and our lovely little table! How is everything going with you? Let me know! – mel (I think my name was Norma or something, ha ha!)
serrated knife! what a great idea! i nearly lost a finger or two.
Your cookies look great!!!
Well said by your hubby. I agree with you on the cookie dough, tastes better than the cookies themselves. But I still like them! :)
It’s good to see you back and doing well. Your husband is a smart man, he is.
aww, glad you’re feeling better. I would love candy in my cookies and these look mighty tasty! Glad to see you baking again :).
Glad to hear you’re feeling back to normal! It’s nice to have you back!
They look fabulous! I need to get me one of those little scoops, so neat. And I might use pecans instead of Maltesers next time, the dough is just too delicious not to try. :)
Your cookies look fantastic Lindsey! Blah to the husband. MY Todd didn’t like these either, he hates chocolate cookies, cake etc. Anways, it only meant there were more for me! Glad you have passed the six week mark and are feeling settled and things are getting back to normal for you and that you are feeling better!
Good to know that Maltesers are better than Whoppers. Welcome back to TWD! Glad you’re feeling better!
Anything with the word carmelized in it sounds good to me.
So there is a cookie that I remember from being really little that was like an oatmeal scotchie type cookie with a caramel-like chewy delicious vein in the cracks. Any ideas or do you just want to make it up for my sake?
Caramelitas are dang good too. Will those make it on?
Oh and Maltesers are WAY better. Here here!
Oh these would be perfect for my Dad, he loves whoppers!