More Desserts

Having finished up ravioli, I wasn't totally full, and I figured I could justify a small dessert, since I'd been eating more healthily lately (For example, just the day before I'd ordered a salad instead of fries with my cheeseburger!).

So, I looked in the one bin in my fridge, which contains mostly deep frying stuff. I decided to fry a fun size Milky Way bar, since I didn't get any photos of that last time. I also decided to get rid of some leftover Easter candy, by cooking the two Reese's Peanut Butter Eggs I had. Finally, I wanted to give another shot to one of the few unsuccessful ventures so far, the chocolate covered cherry. The Milky Way and Reese's eggs were chilled and ready to go. I put the chocolate covered cherry in the freezer to get it a little colder so it would hopefully stay together this time.

Again, I have found that dessert deep frying is super easy, just mix up instant buttermilk pancake batter like the box says, and dip whatever you want to taste delicious in that, then lower it carefully into the 375F oil. Sometimes I have trouble with whatever I'm frying falling out of the pancake shell and sinking to the bottom. Then I have to fish it out and the shell out separately (Don't worry, both actually still taste good!) These will float, so flip them halfway through. After a couple minutes, they should be golden brown and then they are ready.The Milky Way bar was delicious as usual. Don't forget to top any of these with powdered sugar if you'd like. I often skip this step, you know, to be a little healthier. Also, I am usually so excited to eat it, I just forget this step. There are probably other really good toppings too, like cinnamon, fudge, etc. And of course, here is the beautiful cross-section:
As you can see below, my first try with the Reese's egg was a little messy. The egg did fall out of the shell. For the second try, I lowered the egg in with a metal deep frying scoop-type utensil. This helped it stay together, but it stuck to the scooper and had to be pried loose with a fork. I was surprised with this one, because the peanut butter did not get soft and gooey as I had anticipated. It was still delicious; how could it not be? It's peanut butter covered in chocolate and deep fried! But I can't help but feel that it could be better. So, I'll keep working on this one.
For the chocolate covered cherry, I also lowered it into the oil on the scooper. Again, it stuck to that and had to be carefully pried off with a fork. I should probably just use a normal spoon for the dipping. But, it worked this time! It was pretty good, but after trying a bunch of these deep fried candies, I prefer those containing caramel. But I also have a bunch more candy bars that I'd like to try deep frying at some point.

Thanks for all the continued support. With readers in six continents, "Off The Deep End" is officially a world-wide hit. Deep frying is obviously a topic that transcends all cultures and peoples. Please recommend the blog to any friends you have in Antarctica. They are probably really cold, and deep frying totally warms you up!

Next week, I'll be continuing my recent health food kick with deep fried vegetables.