Sweet Treats: Cookies and Cream Candy Cups (Polvoron With Crushed Cookies and Cream)

Hello everyone,

It's nice to be back after a restful long vacation. I really enjoyed it. And I know I need to do some new posting for this week. So, I decided to share with you an easy sweet treats that you and your kids will love to make.

Here in the Philippines, we called this "polvoron". I learned this recipe from my grandmother when I was a child. She is a great cook of sweets and different Filipino dishes. She used to have a small store (sari-sari store) just in front of her house. Every afternoon, when I came home from school, I always helped her to serve her customers. And when there's a chance, I often watch her to cook sweets such as sweetened coconut bars (bukayo), Polvoron candies, Filipino Sweet Sticky rice (biko), Steamed rice cake (puto), and many many more.

Since I want to learn how to cook, she is the first person who taught me to cook sweets. Then I learned from my father as well. And with the help of cookbooks and recipes from the internet, I tried cooking different dishes, desserts, and even pastries.

So, cooking polvoron, brings back a lot of good memories. And I hope you can create wonderful memories with your love ones as well while making your own polvoron candy. :)

Oh, below is the picture of what I have made for my sister when I was in Dubai. I tried making a cookies and cream polvoron which is a different version from what my grandmother has taught me.

Usually polvoron candies are oblong or round shapes and wrapped in a colored cellophane. You can buy polvoron molders from the supermarket or to any leading baking shops. If you cannot find any polvoron molders, you can try what I did below. I used silicon cupcake cups to form my polvoron candies.

Weekend Treat: Eggless Tapioca Pudding in Coconut Milk with Mango Toppings

Last weekend, I decided to try cooking a very delectable pudding snack. Well, the truth is, I started craving for Tapioca Pudding in Coconut Milk with Mango on top. I was just searching for a good snack back then when I saw a very appetizing photo of this dessert. It was creamy, sweet...like it just melts in your mouth... ahhh... Okay, enough fantasizing!

So, yes! This is really a MUST TRY!

It was my first time to cook this recipe and I am glad that it went all fine and yummy! My fiance also loves it. In most of the recipes I have seen in the internet, they put eggs and vanilla bean. I know that these two (2) ingredients will add more flavor, however, I didn't use any of this in my recipe. The reason is that I simply forgot to add an egg and I don't know where I can buy vanilla bean sticks here in my place. But still, it turns out appetizing for both of us. Next time, I will try having these two ingredients in my recipe. I can imagine how we're going to enjoy this again. :)

Are you ready?

Here it is... ta-dah!

French Toast Using Powdered Milk

Sometimes I felt a little lazy to go out and buy something in the supermarket. So, what I usually do is go over the kitchen and check some ingredients I can use. As soon as I went there, I see a leftover bread in the table that is almost going to expire. "Oh no!" I told myself. Yet, I also thought that I will never waste it and then instantly browse some easy recipe via Google . I saw 10 slices of loaf breads wrapped in a plastic which was bought 3 days ago by my mom. Since I don't want to go out, I only look for recipes that has simple ingredients. Then I got French Toast recipe. It's also a good thing since my mom and my grandma haven't tried it before. So it's really a worth to try.

The only problem is we don't have milk available at home, only a powdered version. So I tried using it as an alternative. And we don't have honey, so I added a cup of sugar in the recipe to make it sweet.

So here's what I did with a little modification in the ingredients.

Turn your leftover loaf bread into irresistible snack

Did you ever had a time where you bought a lot of loaf breads in the bakery or supermarket because you thought there's an upcoming party at your friend's house but didn't push-through?