My youngest daughter loves Twinkies and dropped a big hint when she saw a recipe online for a recipe for Tiramisu that used them as the base. I borrowed the idea of the Twinkies but otherwise used my own recipe for Tiramisu.
TWINKIE TIRAMISU
* 5-½ Twinkies
* 4 oz. light cream cheese (Neufchatel), softened
* 15 oz. light ricotta cheese
* 2 cups light Cool Whip whipped topping
* 1/2 cup Kahlua or coffee liqueur (to pour over Twinkies)
* One Hershey chocolate Nugget
Place Twinkies in bottom of 9×9 inch dish.
Pour Kahlua or liqueur over Twinkies. There will be some in the bottom of the dish which the Twinkies will soak up.
In a large mixer bowl, beat together the cream cheese and ricotta cheese until smooth. Fold in Cool Whip whipped topping.
Spoon the cream cheese mixture over the top of the Twinkies.
A microplaner is good to use for grating the chocolate Nugget over the top of the dish.
Refrigerate for at least two hours before serving.
Yield: 6-8 servings
Since not everyone in the family is that fond of Twinkies, I also made a batch of my original version, using Italian lady fingers…
This recipe was first posted in November of 2008. Click here for my original recipe.
For the big taste-off, only my youngest daughter and I were willing to try the Twinkie Tiramisu. We found it to be very similar to the lady finger version – a little bit sweeter. My daughter said there was a faint Twinkie “aftertaste”, which I didn’t pick up.
The Italian lady fingers version would be lower in fat and calories, but for dyed-in-the-wool Twinkie lovers, there’s nothing like that jolt of sweet cream filling.
craftingismybliss
Yummy.
Betty Lou
Both recipes sound so good, I’m sure I could eat more than my share.
Susan
What do you suppose would make a good substitute for the alcohol or coffee? Would chocolate milk be the right consistency? I wouldn’t have imagined you could get that much chocolate from just one nugget!
quilt32
Since it’s basically a coffee dessert, I couldn’t find anything online that could be substituted. I don’t know if the chocolate milk would work. Lillian