Smash-tastic!

For those of you who are familiar with whoopie pies (and you know how good those are) well, eat your heart out because to me, a smashie is a delicate and glorified whoopie pie!

I served these up to my family after a night out on the town and reviews came in with smashing success!  Save this one for when you don’t want a mess but want to impress or simply want to treat your taste buds.

Smash-tastic Smashies

Makes about 15 servings
Ingredients:
16 ounces heavy whipping cream
3-4 tablespoons powdered sugar
1 tablespoon pure vanilla extract
1 tablespoon orange blossom water
orange zest, to taste
a few packages of Anna’s Swedish Cookies (I used Orange, Almond and Chocolate)
1 cup sugar
1 tablespoon cornstarch
1 cup cold water
1 1-ounce square unsweetened baking chocolate

In a cold bowl, whip the heavy cream, powdered sugar, vanilla extract and orange blossom water with a mixer until stiff peaks form.  Using a rubber spatula fold in the orange zest.
Next, it is time to assemble the smashies so grab a cookie sheet, wax paper and spoon.  Take a generous portion of orange-scented whipped cream and dollop it atop the cookie.  Gently smash another cookie atop the whipped cream then add another dollop of whipped cream, followed by another cookie and smash down again.  Continue layering until you have a stack of 4 cookies tall.  Cover the smashies and refrigerated overnight (you may get away with a few hours but overnight is best!)

For the chocolate sauce, whisk together the sugar, cornstarch and cold water in a small saucepan until the cornstarch is dissolved.  Add the chocolate, then heat the mixture just to a boil over medium heat, stirring occasionally; reduce the heat and let it simmer for a few minutes, stirring often, until the sauce is slightly thickened (fyi the sauce will be fairly thin at this point and will thicken slightly as it cools). Remove the sauce from the heat and stir in 1 teaspoon of vanilla extract.  Once the chocolate has cooled to room temperature transfer it to serving container and allow it to chill in the refrigerator until smashie time!

To serve, dollop a finishing touch of orange-scented whipped cream atop each smashie, then pour cold chocolate sauce over each and garnish with additional orange zest.

Viola.