The softball-shaped Pseudo-sundae
February 7, 2012
I had to roll my sleeves up for this week’s Secret Menu.
It was like my version of winter ice cream, a mashed up ball of fat and sugars on top of a sugar cone that won’t leave your stomach as cold as the snow outside like actual ice cream would.
I started with an assortment of Convo Fat Bar delicacies: two M&M cookies, two M&M brownies, a limited edition (as far as I’ve discerned) chocolate chip glazed donut and a sugar cone. They all looked so innocent, glistening in their saturated fats and processed sugars.
That doughnut was lonely, so it got cozy in between the two brownies – really cozy. Somewhere in the range of 25 pounds of pressure cozy, enough to fuse the three desserts together.
This mashed sandwich was then encased in a two-cookie shell, and mashed together some more, making sure that all the goodness can’t escape until I give it permission to.
After I dumped that crumbly ball on top of the cone, the pseudo-sundae was complete.
On the palate, the dish was understandably sweet with an outstanding overtone of chocolate from the brownies, chocolate chips and M&M’s. The layering of ingredients insured that it didn’t get boring, though.
The first few bites were noticeably different than the ensuing bites because of the texture of the cookies.
They were much drier than the brownies and doughnut, making the cone oddly similar to a chocolate- or candy-covered ice cream cone. The brownie-doughnut mix also had a creaminess to it that was likely a product of the fat content. It was delicious, nonetheless.
Just when I thought the wonderful eating experience was ending, I got to the crispy but delicate sugar cone that the ball sat upon.
It was a nice ending: a light, slightly sugary crunch after what was a pretty heavy dessert ball.
While this was a generally heavy dessert, it was delicious and easy to eat. Making it was quite messy, though. After the fusion/mashing process, my space was covered in crumbs from the cookies and donut and little pieces of M&Ms. My hands were greasy and covered in an even layer of those same crumbs after I’d finished.
After cleaning up, I felt great though- much better than I did after the breakfast of champions two weeks ago. I feel like I could have finished off another.
Nutritionally, this thing was pretty well loaded for a dessert. It has 1,251 calories (63 percent of the recommended daily value), 158 grams of carbohydrates (53 percent daily value), 17 grams of protein (34 percent daily value), and 65 grams of fat (100 percent daily value).
Put those values on top of whatever you ate at supper and it’s probably going to be a hefty haul.
Even though it may have been fairly large and full of nutrients that are capable of stopping your heart (someday), this dessert proved a fact that I believe is essential to humanity: no matter how full you are, there is always room for dessert at the end of a meal.