Comments on: homemade chocolate wafers + icebox cupcakes

By: LJ

LJ — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 10:15:00 +0000

After moving to Germany a few years ago and not being able to find chocolate wafers, this recipe is a saviour! Finally can do something about the cravings for the icebox cake. Thank you so much for sharing!!! Wow, I’m drooling. :)

By: ET

ET — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 17:58:45 +0000

I was exactly seeking a creative kitchen witch who had perfected the illusive “Icebox Cookie”!!! And Blessed be!…A little Smitten Kitten pops right up!:) Love when that happens!:)
I was gifted with 3 qts. of fresh heavy cream, my homemade vanilla was just screaming to be tried, and what Chickie can’t motivate into choco-mode (quickly) with the thought of Icebox Cake going before the fam for no reason except, perhaps that it might be Monday?:)
You truly rock, Darlin’…Thank you, & I’ll definitely be back!:)

By: dancing gal

dancing gal — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 19:21:00 +0000

Hi there! I just remembered that I had left a comment here, but even if I’ve answered my own question when I made the cake, I forgot to come back here to give this answer!!!
I made 1 1/2 batch of these and got 88 (counted one by one :p) chocolate wafers, which were perfect for one icebox cake. I had some wafers smaller than others, but I arranged them smartly when I made the cake and no one noticed!!!
And now I’m off to the icebox cake post to leave a proper comment on the cake !!!

Thanks!

By: wendyb964

wendyb964 — Sun, 15 Jan 2012 22:18:28 +0000

Whilst I’ve been a subscriber for a long time I had no idea you had a recipe for these! I grew up in NY and am very familiar with chocolate whipped cream refrigerator cakes. Out here in CA no one has heard of them or, if they have, try to make it with chocolate sandwich cookies and non-dairy whipped topping. Ahhh, they are missing such a treat especially if they have children. They are almost $5 a “sleeve/box” out here and only make one cheesecake crust (ewww, sorry, dislike graham crackers) so I’ve been hankering for a less pricey and homemade variety. Will have to try these tomorrow not only for future use as crumbs but as starting point for other desserts and, of course, nibble on with a cuppa caffeine in any form. Thank you so very much!

By: Trish

Trish — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 19:04:40 +0000

I substituted the all-purpose flour for all-purpose gluten flour and they turned out great. I plan to use them as a base for gluten cheesecake.

By: Farrah

Farrah — Tue, 13 Dec 2011 12:52:53 +0000

Delicious!
I had no problem slicing them with my marble & wire cheese slicer. It looks sort of like this–easy to make them as thin as I wanted.
http://www.allmodern.com/Blomus-Froma-Cheese-Slicer-68139-RY1350.html?refid=GPA81-RY1350&gclid=CPfA7YaL_6wCFQjd4AodODANSw

By: dancing gal

dancing gal — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 12:40:22 +0000

Hi Deb!

So, months after seeing (and daydreaming about) the icebox cake recipe (thanks to your surprise button!) and this one for the homemade wafers, I might have the chance to make it for one of my best friends’ engagement party (yeap, that’s me, tiny gal in super tiny kitchen thinking BIG :D). I wonder if I have to 1.5* or double the recipe of the chocolate wafers to have enough for the icebox cake (how many would I need for the cake actually? According to your recipe I calculated 77, perhaps some more to make the decorative layers – is that correct?). I read through all the comments (to both recipes – yes, I’m THAT geek, but yield seems to vary, I suppose it depends on how thin the slices are, but thought I should still ask you, just to be on the safe side :).

Thanks in advance for your response (and I’ll never thank you enough for all the recipes, the assistance and the never-ending inspiration),

Eliza

By: deb

deb — Thu, 24 Nov 2011 13:10:20 +0000

They’re similar, but the Oreo cookies are more of a sugar cookie, with an egg in a drop-like dough (i.e. rolled balls that flatten when they bake). These are thinner and more delicate with no egg for sturdiness and they don’t spread much. But if you’re asking whether these would make good Oreo cookies, I’d say absolutely.

By: Meredith

Meredith — Thu, 24 Nov 2011 00:57:34 +0000

Whats the difference between these and the cookies you use for the oreos?

By: Marissa

Marissa — Wed, 23 Nov 2011 05:50:19 +0000

I just made your wafer cookies! I am so excited! They turned out perfect! Thank you so much for the recipe! I just need some more ideas of what else to do with them!