Pop Rocks + Bittersweet Flourless Chocolate Cake = Your brains will fall out.
Actually, it’s like your brains will fall out, then explode into a shimmering waterfall of fireworks, then regroup in a solid mass just long enough to salute the flag, then split apart again into a hundred individual pieces decked out in majorette costumes, then prance off with the marching band singing “Yankee Doodle.”
It is that good.
And really, when was the last time you had Pop Rocks candy?
They bust in your mouth like itty bitty fireworks, which makes them perfect for the fourth of July. I know most people associate sweet things on July fourth with light stuff like lemon ice and watermelon, but I like chocolate. Hell, let’s be honest, I always like chocolate. Always will. I’m pretty sure the founding fathers liked chocolate too. And if they didn’t they should have. Lord knows, if I ever found a country, I would want people to celebrate my efforts with chocolate and not some mushy watermelon sprayed with hot dog water.
Did I mention I have gone gluten free?
I know. Annoying right?
I hate it when people jump on diet trends, especially when “people” is me, and double especially when the dang thing works. Not only have I lost a few pounds, more important, it has calmed down my allergies, which in my book is nothing less than a miracle. I swear, this year, when the pollen count kept hiccuping higher and higher and higher, I was willing to try anything. And this thing worked. Dangnabbit!
So when I went to a foofy fusion restaurant a few weeks ago and they offered a chocolate cake with cream cheese frosting and pop rocks, well, I had to steal their idea. I never would have thought of supplementing frosting with pop rocks, but it works. The sour-sweet of the candy pairs so nicely with the dark and fudgy. It’s an odd couple but it works. And with a dense cake, it’s easy to go gluten-free. Who knew?
I could provide a flourless chocolate cake recipe here but I won’t because there are ten thousand food bloggers who can do it better than me. This is the recipe I followed and recommend with all my tiny heart.
Happy Fourth!
PS: If you like the idea of pairing slightly weird stuff with chocolate, you need to see these potato chip brownies.PPS: On the crafty side, you need to see the patriotic wreath Geri made using my bottle flower tutorial. I am already working on one for next year!
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At Joe’s Crab Shack you can order a margarita that comes with pop rocks – you put them in yourself and then they go crazy – exploding all over the place – you find them in your hair and down your shirt when you get home. It’s kind of awesome
Hey, Auntie Peaches, I cook a lot of G-F for my daughter-in-law; she suffers from Celiac disease and we even have to be careful with serving utensils and cross-contaminating. I made the linked quinoa dish twice, in the last few weeks… so easy and delicious. Shall try your amazing cake… wish I’d done so for yesterday. Belated Happy Fourth! Here ya go; let me know what you think, puh-lease:
http://nickicarm.blogspot.com/2012/06/tricolor-quinoa-salad.html
How fun! I’m with you on the chocolate! You are just delightful!
yay for gluten free! i find it not annoying at all. i won’t write a whole essay here about why, but i’m glad for you that your allergies are reduced & i’m glad for me that this recipe is something i could actually indulge in! 🙂 happy 4th to you!
happy 4th, AP! several years ago I topped a cake with pop rocks and I thought I was soooooo clever.
and congrats (?) on going gluten-free. I’m convinced it’s our genetically-modified wheat that’s giving so many people fits. if you find yourself in desperate need of baked goods, Pamela’s baking mix is really good. makes a mean pancake that’s seriously as good as the kind made with regular flour.
aren’t pop rocks a wonder of the world?