Chocotorta - Americanized!!!

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This is the PeanutButter Oreo Chocotorta I made.  Awesome!!

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The Great, Yummy Melting Pot

One thing I love about America is that you can get food from all over the world here because we have people from all over the world here! One cook I love to follow on YouTube and Twitter with great recipes from his family's native country is Parnell the Chef. He brings recipes from Argentina. So awesome!

Everything you need to make a Chocotorta

He did a recipe for an Americanized version of the Argentine dish of Chocotorta that I had to try. It is so simple to make and perfect for family get-togethers or any kind of group functions. In fact, I'm thinking of bringing this to my church's next pot luck.

What's The Diff??

Oreos, coffee, & dulce de leche

 The main difference between Parnell's version and the original version from Argentina is the cookies. He couldn't find any of the types of chocolate cookies they use in Argentina so he substituted Oreos. Since Oreos are the best selling cookie in the world, I think he made a good choice!!

Conceivably, you could make these with any type of Oreo. Parnell states that the best Oreo to use is the regular one. The pictures here are of the one I made with Peanut Butter Oreos. Regular Oreos would be much cheaper as they come more to a package so you're going to need fewer packages.

Spreading on happiness!

You could, obviously, use another brand of chocolate cream cookie, but... Oreos.

 So, this recipe is a blatant rip-off of what Parnell does. I don't feel bad about posting it on my blog because 1) I checked his website and he doesn't have the recipe up and 2) I'm going to link to his two videos on making this treat. Since I'm trying to show him some love I doubt he'll mind. He's cool like that.

Even while staring at the weeding that needs to be done, this is still excellent!!

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Printable Recipe

Americanized Chocotorta

Ingredients

• 14 oz can - Dulce de Leche
• 8 oz - Cream cheese, room temperature
• 32 + more for topping - Oreos, whatever flavor you like
• 8 - 10 oz - Coffee, room temperature
• Salt, to taste (optional)

Hardware

• 8x8 Casserole Dish
• Mixing Bowl
• Electric Mixer (or a fork if you want some forearm exercise)
• Scraping Spatula

Instructions

1. Place the Dulce de Leche and Cream Cheese into the Mixing Bowl and beat until well combined.  Continue beating for 3-5 minutes to get some air into the mixture and make it easier to spread.  Set aside. 
2. Take 16 of the Oreos and soak each for 2-4 seconds each in the Coffee and place them in one layer on the bottom of the Casserole Dish.  Don't leave them too long in the coffee or they will fall apart. This will make a single layer on the bottom of the Dish.
3. If using the Salt, sprinkle some very lightly on top of the Oreos.
4. Using the Spatula scrape half of the Cream Cheese Mixture onto the top of the soaked Oreos and gently spread until evenly distributed.
5. Take the next 16 Oreos, soak, layer, and salt them as before.
6. Spread the last of the Cream Cheese Mixture on top.
7. Cover the Dish and place it in your icebox for at least 3 hours.  This gives the flavors time to meld and is well worth the wait.
8. Crumble a few Oreos over the top to give it some sexy.
9. Serve and smile!! 

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VIDEOS

Here's Parnell's video of him making the Chocotorta with regular Oreos.

Here is his video of him making them with Mint Oreos!!