Chocolate Peanut Butter Bombe Food

CHOCOLATE PEANUT BUTTER BOMBE

Steps:

• 1. coat 12 cup bowl with nonstick cooking spray. Line with plastic wrap, extending wrap over sides by at least the width of the bowl.
• 2. Cut carton off chocolate peanut butter ice cream. Cut ice cream in 3/4 inch thick rounds. place slices in bowl to cover bottom and to 1 inch from top, cutting slices to fit. With spatula, fill in gaps. Freeze 20 minutes or until firm. Meanwhile, refrigerate dulce de Leche ice cream to soften slightly.
• 3. Cut candy bars into 1/4 inch thick slices, for a total of 1 cup. With potato masher or large spoon stir dolce de Leche ice cream to soften evenly. Stir in candy. Spoon ice cream into bowl. Spread level. Sprinkle crushed cookie crumbs over top. Press into ice cream. Fold plastic wrap over ice cream to cover. Freeze bombe overnight or up to two weeks.
• 4. Up to one day ahead, cut cardboard or paper plates to fit on crumbs. Invert bombe and cardboard together onto wire rack over rimmed baking sheet. Remove bowl and plastic wrap. Quickly smooth wrinkles. If ice cream starts to melt, refreeze before coating. Pour most of shell coating over bombe. Use spatula to spread evenly. Transfer bombe to plate, and drizzle with remaining shell coating, freeze until serving. Makes 16 servings

CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIE BOMBE

Steps:

• Position a rack in the bottom half of the oven and preheat to 350 degrees F. Cut two 16-by-6-inch pieces of parchment. Butter and flour the inside of a 4-quart heat-safe bowl, press a piece of parchment paper against the bottom and up the side of the bowl. Press the remaining parchment on top of the first, turning it slightly so that the 2 pieces form an "X"; set aside. Butter and flour the bottom of a 2.5-quart heat-safe bowl; set aside.
• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Whisk together the flour, baking soda and salt in a large bowl. Beat together the butter, brown sugar and granulated sugar in a large bowl with an electric mixer on medium-high speed until light and fluffy, about 4 minutes. Add the eggs, one at a time, beating to incorporate after each addition. Beat in the vanilla. Reduce the mixer speed to low and add the flour mixture, beating just until incorporated. Add the chocolate chips and mix until combined.
• Put the dough into the larger prepared bowl. With generously floured hands, press the dough evenly up the side and across the bottom of the bowl (re-flour your hands as needed). Place the smaller bowl inside the larger bowl so that the buttered and floured bottom-side sits directly on top of the cookie dough. Bake until the cookie is a deep golden brown, 50 to 55 minutes. Let the cookie cool completely before removing the inner bowl, about 2 hours.
• To fill: Brush ice cream topping evenly over the inside of the cookie. Stack the peanut butter-filled chocolate cups in a tower in the middle of the cookie bowl. Let harden completely in the freezer, about 15 minutes.
• Spread half the ice cream in the bowl, working around the chocolate cup tower. Layer with 1 1/2 cups chopped candy bars then spread the remaining ice cream on top. Sprinkle with the remaining candy bars and cover with plastic wrap. Freeze until solid, 6 hours or up to overnight.
• Remove from the freezer 15 minutes before serving. Flip the cookie bombe upside down on a serving platter and lift off the bowl and parchment strips. Decorate with whipped cream and sprinkles around the base and top of the bombe. Slice with a very hot, sharp knife as you would a cheesecake.

DEATH BY CHOCOLATE BOMBE

Steps:

• Line a 6 cup (1. 5 L) mixing bowl with plastic wrap and drizzle inner surface with melted chocolate (criss-cross thin lines); freeze
• WHITE MOUSSE: In a saucepan sprinkle gelatine over cream. Let stand 5 minutes.
• Bring cream to a boil; remove from heat.
• Add white chocolate and butter; stir until melted.
• Blend in egg yolks.
• Beat egg whites until frothy; gradually add sugar, beating until stiff peaks form.
• Fold into chocolate mixture; pour into prepared bowl.
• Freeze 30 minutes.
• DARK MOUSSE: Prepare the dark mousse layer following the white mousse directions, omitting gelatine step.
• Freeze until set, at least 8 hours.
• Unmould onto serving plate, remove plastic wrap.

CHOCOLATE PEANUT BUTTER BANANA BOMBS

Steps:

• Melt chocolate over double boiler, stirring almost constantly until smooth.
• Whisk in cream and peanut butter until smooth.
• Dip banana pieces in chocolate mixture and place on baking sheet lined with waxed paper.
• Place in refrigerator and chill for 1 hour or until set.
• If you have left over dipping mixture, you can repeat steps 3 and 4 for double-dipped bombs.