Salty Bacon Chocolate Cracker Cookie - My Oscar Night Party Treats

My little sister Kat worked on True Grit so naturally we went to her house for an Oscar party.   She packed like 20+ people into her studio and the party was...how do you say....super (!*@# fun. 

She told me "just bring wine..."

Yeah right.   I mean...I am a foodie...I can't roll to a party without bringing some goodies.   I also didn't want to out do what she had planned so I decided to bring something that was simple, tasty, and of course made you really want to eat it.



So I racked my brain and an idea came out of it.   When we were at my families house in St Louis, MO we ate these chocolate cracker treats that were simple and delicious.   So I looked up the recipe and found it on cooks..com


Cooks.com Chocolate Top Saltines

1 stick butter
1 tsp. vanilla
1/2 c. sugar
Saltine crackers
12 oz. semi-sweet chocolate chips
1/2 c. chopped walnuts

Line 13 x 9 inch pan with foil and then saltines. Melt butter, sugar and vanilla in a small pan. Pour over saltines and bake at 350 degrees for 8 minutes. Remove from oven. Cover with chocolate chips. Let chips melt and spread evenly with back of spoon. Sprinkle with walnuts. Chill. Remove foil and break cookies into pieces.

Now this was delicious but REALLY REALLY SWEET.   I love sweetness but I wanted to do something to balance it a bit...

How recently I ate at Flour and Water in San Francisco.  While there I had their dessert that was like chocolate mousse with sea salt on top.  The salty sweet combo was OFF THE HOOK.

Ok idea.

Lets bring a level of saltiness to this dish to punch it up.     So where can I find salty that isnt as obvious as salt???????

B
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BACON!!!!!

So the new plan was to up the amount of butter in this recipe to add 2 more tablespoons and a bit more sugar to make it richer.   Then when sprinkling on the the chopped walnuts add some crispy salty bacon with sea salt.   If I punch it up with salty bacon and make it more buttery to tie it up with a butter bow (salt in butter should be the evener on the salty flavor) then this will be AMAZING.

And what happened....

PURE DELICIOUSNESS

I mean absurd.   Choco-bacony YUM YUM YUM

Here are the pics:

 

 

 

YUM YUM CHOCOLATE BACON!!!!!!

True Grit Got 10 Nominations!

Congrats to True Grit for receiving 10 academy award nominations including best picture!

I reviewed this movie on Munchedia after seeing it and I think it is clear I am a big fan.

If you havent seen it...GO GO GO!

:)

Congrats True Grit

True Grit Review

So I had the distinct pleasure of going to watch True Grit with my family over this holiday break.    Cinema is of course one of my FAVORITE forms of media.

True Grit is the fabulous Coen brothers new film.   They are of course one of my favorite directors but it also stars Jeff Bridges who is one of my favorite actors.    In fact after Crazy Heart and True Grit I would defintely say he is rapidly becoming my favorite actor.

The film was amazing.    The characters all introduce themselves in a way that they make themselves 100% known and out there as soon as they walk enter the film.   There grit or indomitable spirit is absolutely clear and feels right for each of the main characters.  Exactly who they are is exactly what you get when you watch the movie.    What seemed to amaze me the most is that the actors never really "blink" or break character for not even a second.

Each character then takes the time to develop into something just a bit more that turns them from interesting to awe inspiring by the end of the film.    Its pretty fun to watch thee indomitable spirits transform into tenacious heroes.

The scenery and locations they used are (!*@(#*! amazing.  So beautiful and feels so real.    Some movies they push it too far and select scenes that just don't fit or feel real.   In this film everything seems to fit together like it was meant to be together since the dawn of time.  PS my sister worked on this.    It is one of the first time I have kinda had an intellectual crush on my sister for her work product.   Go Go Kit Kat.

So....if you have not yet seen this movie you need to do the following:

GET UP
GET DRESSED
LEAVE YOUR HOUSE
GO WATCH THE MOVIE

This should of been nominated for a Golden Globe so I am hoping they do NOT get shafted for an Oscar.m