The history of the appearance of Chocopie cookies dates back to the beginning of the 20th century. The original name is Moon Pie.
History
Initially, cookies were created as a snack for miners in Tennessee in the United States in 1929. Already in 1958, the Japanese company bought the recipe for these cakes. Then their mass production began. And in 1974, in South Korea, they started producing cookies in the same recipe under the well-known name Orion Chocopie.
In Korea, cakes began to be issued for breakfast to soldiers in the first month of their service. Even before 1999, Chocopie cookies were a well-known brand. But due to the fact that the cake became very popular, different companies began to use the name in their production. In 1999, the court ruled that the word chocopie lost its trademark status.
Structure
The composition of chokopai cookies includes drinking water, two types of emulsifiers, flavorings, sugar, flour, milk powder. Also there is gelatin, xanthan gum, salt, egg product, glucose, confectionery fat, sodium bicarbonate, calcium orthophosphate.
Chokopai cookies are a fairly high-calorie product. One hundred grams account for 430 kcal, 70.9 carbohydrates. A sufficient amount of fat is included in its composition - 16.1 grams. There are proteins in the composition - 3.6 grams.
What happens when the dessert is heated?
Chocopie cookies have a secret. Before you eat, you need to warm the cake in the microwave. Chocopai cookies in the microwave are increasing in size.
The fact is that manufacturers in the manufacture of this product did not realize that when heated, dessert acquires other taste qualities. And after this information became known to the masses, the producers themselves decided to conduct an experiment and check whether the cookies really change their taste after heating in the microwave. And they found out that this is only a myth that is very successfully spreading. When heated, the chokopai increases in size due to the marshmallow, which is located between two cookies. Plus, chocolate spreads all over the plate. And after you get it out of the microwave, the temperature changes, and it again takes on its previous shape. Heating cookies does not affect the change in its taste. And it is worth noting that after you decide to heat it, it is advisable to eat only with a spoon. Since the cake becomes brittle and very crumbles.
After reading the composition of this product, many mothers will think, is it possible to give it to your child? In such cases, it is worth resorting to home-cooking with your favorite cakes. You can make chokopai cookies at home in 40-50 minutes. The ingredients are found in the refrigerator of every housewife.
Chocopie Cookies. What do you need for cooking?
To make it, we need to take about 150 grams of sugar, one chicken egg, half a teaspoon of soda, four tablespoons of sour cream. Wheat flour will need no more than 169 g, butter (40 g). For the cream you will need powdered sugar, about 100 grams, gelatin, one tablespoon, two chicken proteins and one tablespoon of vegetable oil. If desired, if you want the cream to be chocolate, you can add 100 grams of dark chocolate. This recipe is designed for eight servings. For 100 g of such homemade cookies, 349 kcal., Which is 81 kcal. less than the chokopai cookies bought at the store. Many do not like to complicate their task and prefer to go buy the same finished product. But nothing can be compared with homemade cakes, especially since it is much more useful.
Chocop cookies. Home-made recipe
Then proceed to the cooking process. First, prepare an ordinary biscuit cookie. To do this, beat the sugar with the egg until lush. You can whisk with a whisk. But it’s better to do it with a mixer.
After that, we throw the melted butter into the resulting mass and continue to whisk. Next, add sour cream and also continue to whisk without stopping. At the end, pour flour and soda into a bowl. The dough should be thick. But at the same time it should maintain its airiness and be soft. Using a pastry bag, spread the dough on a baking sheet, slightly greased before this oil, or you can lay parchment paper. Bake chokopai cookies at no more than 180 degrees to a slightly golden crust. After that, you need to remove it from the oven and cool a little. Then, using a two hundred gram glass, flatten the cakes so that they are the same regular shape.
Cooking cream
To prepare the cream, you first need to soak the gelatin (pack) in 50 ml of water. It is necessary to dissolve gelatin in a water bath over low heat. But in no case should you boil it. Then add the icing sugar to the proteins. Then we begin to whip also in a water bath until a thick white mass. Here, after the formation of the mass of the required consistency, we slowly pour in the gelatin. While continuing to stir. If the mass has become more liquid, then it is worth sending it to the refrigerator for about fifteen minutes.
Collect the cake
Next, we get the cream from the refrigerator and spread it with a spoon on each cookie, and cover with the second one on top, according to the principle of a hamburger. And again we put it in the refrigerator.
The next step is to melt the chocolate in a water bath. We put a small container in a pot filled with water. Rub chocolate into the container and add vegetable oil to it, not forgetting to stir. The chocolate cream must be completely thickened.
Now you need to get the chokopai cookies from the refrigerator. Then each should be dipped in chocolate cream.
Then gently brush with a brush on top and on the sides. And again we send them to the refrigerator until completely cooled. Everything, ready homemade chokopai cookies . It turns out very gentle and airy.
Second recipe
Another recipe for making well-known cookies at home is not much different from what was discussed above. The only difference is that two tablespoons of milk are added to the dough, and half a teaspoon of baking powder is added to the flour. The dough preparation process is the same as in the first case. Only with stirring after adding the yolks is it necessary to pour milk, but only warm. When the dough is ready, it is laid out on a plastic wrap, twisted with a sausage. Then sent to the freezer for 50 minutes. After this, the dough should be taken out of the freezer.
Then you need to cut in equal even circles. Put on a baking sheet, which should already be covered with baking paper. Preheat the oven to 200 degrees. Bake cookies for no longer than 20 minutes. The filling for such a test is prepared the same as in the first recipe. Only you can use not black, but milk chocolate.
Conclusion
Our article presents a photo of chokopai cookies. It will help each girl understand what the result should be a homemade cake. In the article, we examined two recipes for making dessert.