I must admit I am not a fan of Twinkie’s, but my son is and apparently quite a few other people. I wanted to come up with a dessert that was on a stick and that would be easy to feed a crowd and not as expensive. I was a little hesitant to try this dessert, but these easy gourmet chocolate covered Twinkies were a smash.
The ingredients
Now, I didn’t try them. But, the crowd thought they were airy and chocolatey with the filling in the Twinkie was a good complement to each other. This easy gourmet chocolate covered Twinkie recipe only use a few ingredients, but you will need your freezer off and on to chill the Twinkie’s in between dipping’s to make sure the Twinkie do not fall off the stick.
I think this dessert will be great for family dinner’s, brunches or birthday parties. I’ll let you decide. Using 1 box of Twinkie’s will at least make a serving of 10.
First, you will want to prep your area. You will need, a baking sheet, parchment paper or aluminum foil, at least 2 pieces. You will also need a microwave safe dish to melt the chocolate. I used a large Pyrex measuring cup. I didn’t want the dish to be shallow, because it would have made it much harder to dip the Twinkie.
Chopped Chocolate
Now you want to cut your paper straws to about 8 inches. You don’t want to cut them too short because we need to insert them inside the Twinkie.
Next, you will unwrap your Twinkie’s and place them on the baking sheet. Melt your chocolate, you will need to move fast before the chocolate harden. Now take a pre-cut straw, dip it in the melted chocolate (about 1-2 inches) and insert the chocolate dipped straw in the Twinkie about 2-3 inches. Repeat this process, put in the freezer for about 5 minutes.
While the Twinkie’s are partially frozen, dip one Twinkie at a time and place on your parchment paper, dip the other Twinkie’s and place them on the parchment paper. Once you’ve dipped the 3-4 Twinkie’s in chocolate go ahead and sprinkle with your toppings of choice. Repeat this process with the remaining Twinkie’s in the freezer.
You can leave the Twinkie’s out until the chocolate is harden or you can put them back in the freezer if you are in a hurry. Enjoy these easy gourmet chocolate covered Twinkie’s.
Gourmet Chocolate Covered Twinkies
Easy Gourmet Chocolate Covered Twinkies Ingredients
Easy Gourmet Chocolate Covered Twinkies Instructions
- Cut your paper Straws to about 8 inches
- Unwrap your Twinkies and set aside
- Chop your chocolate if needed and met in a microwave safe dish. A pyrex cup if you have one.
- Dip the straw in chocolate and then insert carefully into the Twinkie.
- Lay them on a baking sheet. Once finished put Twinkies in freezer for about 5 minutes
- Take this time to set up your toppings for the Twinkies
- Carefully, remove 3-4 Twinkies from the freezer at a time.
- Carefully dip the Twinkie in the chocolate (you must move fast but diligent) one at a time
- Lay the dipped Twinkie on the parchment paper and once you dip about 3-4 Twinkies, take a break and add your toppings to the Twinkies.
- Note, you do not want the Twinkies in the freezer to stay in the freezer too long because it can crack the chocolate when the temperature changes.