It's Cinco de Mayo! (May 5th) Are you planning to make something special and sweet for the day? Here's a creative taco cookie recipe you should definitely try! As soon as you have all the ingredients, you just need to assemble it into a taco!
Ingredients
Chocolate Oreos, crushed (as taco meat)
Vanilla frosting, divided
Golden Oreos (as taco shells)
Peanut butter chips or melts
Shredded coconut + few drops green food coloring (as lettuce)
Hot Tamales candies (as tomatoes)
Yellow + Orange Starburst candies (as shredded cheese)
Directions
FOR "TACO MEAT" 1.Process Oreos in a blender or food processor to create coarse crumbs, or place cookies in a Ziploc bag and break them up.
- Place the crumbs in a medium bowl and mix in a little bit of the vanilla frosting until the frosting is no longer visible and its evenly distributed. FOR "TACO SHELLS"
- To prepare the golden Oreo "taco shells", separate the cookies and scrape off the creme filling. Use a serrated knife to cut the Oreos into 2/3 and 1/3 pieces.
- Melt the peanut butter chips or melts
- Use an offset spatula or piping bag to place a line of melted peanut butter chips along the edge of the 2/3 piece of golden Oreo.
- Place the 1/3 piece on the melted peanut butter chips so it forms an open taco shell. Set completed taco shells on a wax-paper lined cookie sheet to allow the peanut butter chips to set until hard. FOR "LETTUCE"
- Dye shredded coconut with a few drops of green food coloring. Use a fork to evenly distribute the color. FOR "TOMATOES"
- Cut the Hot Tamales candies in thirds, keeping only the outer pieces. FOR "CHESSE"
- Unwrap the Starburst and place 3 in the microwave for about 5 seconds to soften up, then use a sharp knife to cut shreds of "cheese". TO ASSEMBLE:
- Stuff "taco shells" with a bit of "taco meat".
- Add a small line of the reserved vanilla frosting on top to act as "sour cream" but also a binding for the toppings.
- Place some "lettuce", a few "tomatoes", and some "cheese" to the tacos.
- Use a toothpick to dip in vanilla frosting to add more "glue" as necessary.
- Enjoy and display these mini taco cookies at your party!