A while back, like before Christmas, Foodbuzz sent an email asking if I would be interested in sampling some Pure Dark. After an overwhelming response from Featured Publishers, our chocolate was delayed. But it came just in time for one of the biggest chocolate eating holidays of all time (I will let you figure that one out on your own)
Upon receiving the Pure Dark chocolate, i had no idea what it was since it had been so long ago. But when i finally opened it I was elated.
Chocolate is yet another thing that makes me happy.
The bark is an amazing sheets of dark chocolate with sour cherries, Almonds, and cacao nibs. I really enjoyed this; its a bit on the rich side and meant, in my opinion, to be enjoyed in small pieces. I really loved the tartness of the cherries with the bitterness of the cacao nibs. It made for a great balance of deliciousness with the super dark chocolate.
When I got to the SLAB, literally a SLAB of Dark Chocolate, I knew this would be the perfect addition to my oatmeal cookies.
Since, this chocolate is a lot darker than the kind I normally use, i tweaked the recipe a tiny bit so the chocolate had an opportunity to shine, yet not be over powering. I proceeded to chop up the slab of dark chocolate into chunks and set them aside while i got to the cookie dough.
Chewy Oatmeal Cookies with Chocolate Granola adapted from AllRecipes.com
Ingredients
1 cup butter, softened
1 cup sugar
1 cup light brown sugar
2 eggs
2 cups All-Purpose Flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon salt
1 1/2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
1 bar of Pure Dark Slab, roughly chopped
3/4 cup Old Fashioned Rolled Oats
Preheat oven to 375*
Using a mixer cream the butter and sugar together until its a gritty paste consistency. Mix in the following ingredients making sure each ingredient is fully incorporated in the dough before moving onto the next. And keeping in mind not to over mix the dough.
Hello lovah.
The dough should be light and fluffy.
Add rounded tablespoons of cookie dough onto a greased cookie sheet and bake for 10-12 minutes.
When cookies are done, place them on a cooling rack.
Serve. with Milk. MMM. (freeze leftover dough for upcoming girls night in!)
The Pure Dark slab was a great addition to the cookies. The cookies had a nice cinnamony flavor and the ultra dark chocolate was the perfect amount of sweetness without overpowering the other delicious elements.
This Pure Dark review was made possible by Foodbuzz.
I hope you all have a superb weekend! Happy Presidents Day!
Those cookies are perfection, seriously beautfiul and delicious dark chocolate oatmeal cookies. Perfect.
Whoa, that is one amazing hunk of chocolate!! Heavenly. And the cookies look pretty awesome too
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Wow, your cookies look perfect.
Wow looks absolutely amazing!xo
DUDE! I want to be BFFs with you. Those cookies look fantastic.
Thanks for finding the blog, stopping by AND leaving a comment! I have yet to work with the slab of chocolate – but am finding many inspiring ideas for it's use. I agree the BARK is best meant to eat in small nibbles but it works really well in a simple baked good – where it's unique flavors can really shine. I wish my cookies were as decadent as yours – I tend to cook healthy-recipes so the most sinful ingredient was the chocolate bark. Glad you stopped by and that I visited your blog too. Many thanks!
I am not feeling the love from Foodbuzz, boo hiss.I want some cookies!!!
I really wish I had gotten offered those chocolate bars. I would have JUMPED on it. Slabs of chocolate. Heaven. Even more so in cookie form. Love.
oooh yum! Those sounds fantastic!
Those are scrumptious cookies with this chocolate!
that really is a slab of chocolate. i would probably sit around gnawing on it if i had one, haha.