Patriotic Dipped Oreo Cookies

These are the perfect treats for Independence Day. After all of the good grilled food, finish off with something sweet and enjoy these great Independence Day themed Oreo cookies!

Ingredients

-24 Oreos

-4 oz White Melting Candy

-2 oz Red Melting Candy

-2 oz Blue Melting Candy

Instructions

• Line a cookie sheet with parchment paper.
• Melt white candy by heating in microwave for 30 seconds, then stirring and repeating until melted and smooth.
• Dip each cookie in white chocolate and flip to coat. Remove from chocolate allowing excess to drip off and place on lined sheet.
• Allow to set for 15 minutes.
• You can take a knife and shave any excess off of cookies to keep nice shape.
• Melt red candy by heating in microwave for 30 seconds, then stirring and repeating until melted and smooth.
• Dip each cookie in red chocolate to coat one end. Allow excess to drip off and place back on lined sheet.
• Allow to set for 15 minutes.
• Melt blue candy by heating in microwave for 30 seconds, then stirring and repeating until melted and smooth.
• Dip each cookie in blue chocolate to coat opposite end. Allow excess to drip off and place back on lined sheet.
• Allow to set for 15 minutes.

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Chocolate Does A Body Good!

A new research study to melt my heart...




Chocolate may not be as hazardous to your waistline as you think — at least in moderation.
A new study shows that people who eat chocolate frequently have lower body mass indexes than less avid consumers. The researchers could not explain precisely why something usually loaded with sugar, fat and calories have a beneficial influence on BMI. However, they suspect that antioxidants and other compounds in chocolate may deliver a metabolic boost that can offset its caloric downside.

To the delight of chocoholics worldwide, this is not the first time a study of morsel goodness has been released. In 2009, researchers in Sweden found evidence that people who eat chocolate have increased survival rates after a heart attack — and it may be that the more they eat, the better the outcome.

So to celebrate the good news, let's have a Hershey Cookies & Cream bar and pretend like the fat and calories Never Even Happened!



-Denea Duran

Content Credit: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/15/health/15choc.html?_r=1&ref=health
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