Now, if you know me well, I'm pretty outgoing. I love to talk (too much) and am comfortable around people I know (meaning, more talking). When around people in a crowd or hardly know, ha, that "outgoing-ness" flies right out the window. So, granted, when I feel someone staring at me, I freeze, get nervous. Why? Because it's obviously someone who doesn't know me very well otherwise they would have come right up to me, jumped on me, high-fived me. That was definitely not happening. And, when you are fresh coming off of a run, it's not my first priority to run up to someone I may recognize in the grocery.
What did I do? I sat there frozen, pretending to be more interested in the raw agave label than I actually was. It's not that I was trying to avoid the person, I was just ..nervous. (it's weird, I know) Anyway, being that I have absolutely no patience, I decided to just go for it. Turn right and head straight for the....
and there it was.
That Speculoos Cookie Butter sittin' there all pretty, with it's own backlight, just glowing on the shelf. And, it immediately clicked (that little shit)....
It was that Speculoos Cookie Butter I felt staring at me, just waiting for me to buy it. It was that damn cookie butter making me feel all awkward and act like a loony. It was that.... cookie butter? Hell yeah, I will take two. And, I happily marched right out with 2 jars of it.
Morale of the story? Well, there isn't one because there is hardly a plot here. However, it won the war, obviously... and, did end up as an incredible fudge.
You only need 5 ingredients and about 30 minutes of patience (which I didn't have, and threw it in the freezer for 15). And, being the chocolate fudge fan that I am, I thought there was going to be some tough competition with this little fudge and I.
Proved me wrong.
2 cups sugar
1/2 cup milk
1 cup Speculoos Cookie Butter
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 cup chocolate chips (optional)
In a small sauce pan, boil milk and sugar. In a medium bowl, mix cookie butter and vanilla. Once the milk mixture has boiled and is smooth, pour over the cookie butter mixture until thick. Pour batter into 8 by 8 greased baking dish, and set in refrigerator for 30-45 minutes. Cut into small squares, these are rich little suckers.
you can either toss those chocolate chips in with the mix before putting the batter into the dish, or melt the chocolate and drizzle on top. I didn't do either... I forgot.
you can either toss those chocolate chips in with the mix before putting the batter into the dish, or melt the chocolate and drizzle on top. I didn't do either... I forgot.
