HYDROX COOKIE DESSERT
HYDROX COOKIE DESSERT
Ingredients
- ½ lb. (approx. 24) chocolate Hydrox cookies
- 1 c. sugar
- ½ c. water
- ⅓ tsp. salt
- 2 egg whites
- 2 tsp. almond extract
- Red or yellow food coloring
- ½ c. nuts, optional
- 1 c. whipping cream
Instructions
- Crush cookies and put layer in 8x8 inch pan. Boil water, sugar, and salt until spins a thread. Pour over 2 beaten egg whites. Add 2 teaspoon almond extract and red or yellow food coloring, ½ cup nuts, if desired. Cool.
- Whip 1 cup whipping cream and combine with above cooled mixture. Spoon over cookie layer, then cover with remaining cookie crumbs. Freeze until ready to serve.
Notes
Rosalie Larson Brusseau
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Greetings!
I’m in my 50’s and my grandmother (Mom’s side) would make this dessert each year during the holidays. She would use green food coloring instead. It was many years before I found out the proper name (Hydrox Dessert) as we always asked Grandma if she had made “The Green Stuff”. It’s a family favorite, along with lefse, flatbrød, krumkake, rosettes, sandbakkles and fattigmann! We’re Norwegians living in South Dakota and Minnesota and often make these treats, especially around Christmas!
I’ve made the dessert a few times…and unless you take your time, I found out you’ll end up with a flop! Still edible; it’s just not like it should be. I was surprised to actually find the recipe we use posted. The others I’ve come across use gelatin/Lime Jell-O, which I think is the dessert I’ve always known as Lime Chocolate Fascination. Also a good one, especially in summer. It calls for Hydrox cookies, too, and is the first recipe in the Dessert section of our church cookbook (dated 1981).
I do have mixed feelings about this post – it’s nice to know I can refer to this if I ever lose my copy, but a little disappointed that now the world can see what I’ve considered to be a ‘secret’ family recipe. There is always the deterrence of the slight complexity and detail (candy thermometer), as well as the time and bit of precision needed to make a successful batch, though! It’s hard to keep something this good a secret!
De beste ønsker! (Best wishes!)
I’m glad you could find the recipe. We wanted to preserve those recipes from our past, and come to realize that many there families have used these recipes too!
My grandma used to make this! We called it “Green Dessert” and also used green food coloring. We substituted the almond for vanilla extract.
I used to be convinced we were the only ones who made it, but it’s fun to find others who have the recipe too!
I remember