Should Hoth Chocolate be served Hot or Cold? Hot, because it is a pun, and the people here at M4P are awfully fond of puns? Or cold, because, well, everything on Hoth is frozen? An internal M4P poll came out divided (3 to 2 in favor of Hot). So we ended up making both: a Hot(h) version, AND a cold Hoth-like version. Both simple, yummy, and made with a secret Swedish ingredient.
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Ice Cream
Cloud City Float with a Millennium Falcon Ice Ship
I was going to say this tastes heavenly, but I don’t think that is the correct pun for it. Maybe that it truly belongs among the clouds? Naah, no good either. It is a good thing the Cloud City is a float? Bad punch lines, good punch though. It looks impressive, fizzes, bubbles and is very yummy. Jedi Master Heidi (whom you will hear more about in later posts – and without whose help and creativity the M4Ps [May the Fourth be with You Parties] would never happen), helped me figure out this recipe. It was (obviously) served it in (Han) Solo plastic cups!
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Han Solo a la Mode
When we found this Han Solo in Carbonite silicone mold we tried to figure out what to make with it – something worthy of its coolness. Banana bread and brownies didn’t work; the details from the mold just did not show up in our baked goods. No luck with ice cream either. Melted Chocolate however, worked like a charm. But who should eat a 3 lb. Han Solo chocolate bar? Certainly not us! (Notice we did not ask who COULD!). Here is what we came up with instead: