Thank you everyone who entered the Afro Muffin Tshirt Giveaway. You all gave me wonderful flavour ideas and I wish I had a tshirt for each one of you, but the lucky winner is:
Random Integer Generator
Here are your random numbers: 17
And #17 is Lisa! Congratulations girl! Email me your address and the tshirt will be on its way to New Jersey soon!
The main ideas for flavours for the ultimate Afro Muffin were chocolate, coffee, ginger, peanuts and rice, so I decided to combine all this flavours and came up with this goofy looking, but delicious muffin shaped treat!
It's a Double chocolate rice crispy treat filled with a coffee brownie, topped with ginger ganache and a peanut moustache (just like the tshirt had). Is that Afro enough for you?
AFRO MUFFIN
(me, Alton Brown, Kellogg's and all that left comments in this post)
- Cocoa brownies + 1 tbsp expresso powder
- Cocoa rice crispy treats + 100 gr (3.5 oz) semi-sweet chocolate
- Chocolate ganache (for fillings) + 1 tsp ginger powder
- Make the brownies adding the expresso powder with the flour. Bake on mini muffin tins if you have them or cut round shapes from a tray, smaller than a muffin tin (like in the picture above).
- Make the rice crispy treats (I made mine on the microwave), but add the chocolate (chips or a bar chopped) to the butter and marshmallows, until all melted and before adding the cereal.
- Make the ganache adding the ginger powder (or grated fresh ginger if you prefer) to the cream.
- To assemble: Lightly butter or spray with oil regular size muffin tins and your hands. Working fast, so the rice crispy treat don't get hard, shape about 2 tbsp of it in the muffin tins, covering the bottom and sides, as if it was a tart crust, leaving space for the little brownie cup. Place brownie and press to glue. Get more about 2 tbsp rice crispy treats and place on top of the brownie, covering the all surface and giving the typical rounded muffin top. Leave it to dry. Remove from the muffin tin, top with a dollop of ginger ganache. I've used half of a peanut for the moustache and an orange smartie cut in half for the eyes.
Got it? I felt bad cutting the little fellow in half, but I had to show you the inside. They were really good! But really, can you go wrong with brownies, rice crispy treats and more chocolate? I don't think so...
Even if you didn't win the Muffin tshirt, you can allways eat a lot of these to get your own Muffin top!
71 comments:
CONGRATULATIONS TO LISA!!! That Afro Muffin is so cute!! :0D
They're so cute! I love them!
Ficaram lindos lindos... beijinhos
Love those muffins and the picture with all the arrows. Congrats to lucky Lisa!
These look WONDERFUL!
Bummer, I didn't win. Yeah, for Lisa! And dang, that rice crispy brownie afro dude thing looks YUMMY!
How cute is that?? Love it!
i didn't win again...snif snif... :-( that afro muffin is so adorable and yummy hehehe i love it!
Congrats Lisa, wear it with pride! Cute little afro muffins!
Yeah for Lisa!! I love the Afro Muffin! He is a cutie for sure!
LOL Nice, That is a gorgeous Afro muffin :-p
Hee hee they are kawaiinot for me and they sound super rich and tasty mmmm!
That is perfect! I love it. Congrats to Lisa, I know she'll rock that shirt.
Wow, this looks great! And thank you! I will email you my sddress late today.
What a fun treat... My kids would love to bite into these cute sweets.
Those had me in stiches as soon as I saw them. Funny and tasty - that's a great dessert combination.
Congrats, to Lisa! Groovy Afro Muffin "man", LOL!
~ingrid
Congrat Lisa! Love the muffin, YUM!! It looks soooo good!!!
that is awesome! too freaking cute!
ooooohhhhhh that looks gooooood!!
Very cute cupcake! I love the rice krispy on top. :)
Yay for Lisa!
Congrats to Lisa! Those little cakes are so cute! I love rice crispy treats and if it includes chocolate and a brownie, it's even better.
Those are so cute! Way too cute to eat... :)
First time here on your lovely blog.
lol- that muffin is so cute. I love it!
congrats, Lisa. The Afro Muffin looks perfect. Wish I could have a bite!
I bet these are so tasty! I love the contrasting textures!
Olá
Vai ao meu blog tenho lá uma coisa para ti
Congrats Lisa! The muffin cracks me up. I could laugh all day looking at the picture :)
mmmmm!!! that looks so good! i love RK treats!
I totally love the way this has been put together! totally!
-DTW
www.everydaycookin.blogspot.com
Ohh, I would love to try that chocolate ginger ganache!
Ooh, I'm definitely going to nick the kiddo's cornflake stash for these! Congratulations to Lisa *she says between gritted teeth* ;)
Yup, def won the chocolate and goofy award, you were right! Weird thing though, they REALLY look like afro cupcakes. I swear I hear the Shaft music playing right now...
Yum! I totally see a brownie/krispy treat combo in my near future.
Congrats Lisa!! I love the cute muffins, they are just perfect. I'll have to show my boys tomorrow.
Ha, that is too funny! And the best part is, I'm sure he tastes as good as he looks. Your creativity is impressive, as always.
That's way Afro, I love it!
¡¡¡ Qué original !!! Congratulations to the winner. ;-)
como me gustan estos muffins afro.....me copio la idea ya mismo que puede dar mucho juego combinando el arroz inflado y el chocolate de colores....ay que ideas mas buenisismas que tienes
That is some muffin! Amazing Lisa!
a true winner ... how original n so creative !
I love those muffinz! So cute!
Ai q fofinhos esses muffins afro... =D
Rita, adoro teu blog e tuas receitas... criei meu bloguinho ontem, inspirada por tantas foodies maravilhosas como você.
Vou te linkar, e continuarei vir a te vistiar, agora, sempre comentando.
Um super beijo
Mari
Totally bitchin'! I love afro muffin! Actually it kind of looks like my dear Mr. Cakespy in a strange way: http://www.flickr.com/photos/cakespy/2615506937/
Oh my gosh - that is such a fantastic dessert! Yum!
Congratulations Lisa!
Sheesh, I've been so busy I totally missed that give-away! Another fun recipe, what neat ingredients :D.
Oh WOW and WOW, they turned out really really well. Even if I'm more of a savoury addict, my taste buds have been activated by these inviting pics. YUMMO!
Esses muffins ficaram muito engraçados!
Congratulations to the winner!
Beijinhos
Noooooo. I wanted to win.
These look great! They look like they're for Halloween. I want some.
I don't know how you come up with all these ideas!! So cute!
Olá,
Pensando em todas as amigas que assim como nós fatalmente ganharam alguns kilinhos extras depois de casar e/ou depois de ter um blog culinário criamos o Rita Palita (http://ritapalita.blogspot.com), um blog de desafios dedicado a receitas saborosas porém SEMPRE leves.
Convidamos você a participar do nosso primeiro desafio!
Te esperamos por lá.
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That cupcake look great!
How cute it is! or... he is :)
Felicidades a la ganadora!!!! Y este afro muffin habrá que probarlo porque se ve realmente apetecible y divertido. Que original!!!
ana
Congrats to the winner!sniff!sniff! hey I like the Afrom Muffin!!Look so nice and lovely recipe! xGloria
wow an awesome muffin, looks ingenious!
Absolutely cute! I'm always amazed by people's fun creativity. Congrats!
Rita you're so good at all this stuff.. now can you design a muffin that looks like me pleaaaseee? :-P
Congrats to the winner!
WOW! that' one cool muffin!!!
I've never seen something so beautiful! i love that little muffin. That is such a creative masterpiece. You should sell them from your blog. I'd buy some.
Who knew an afro would be so well diagramed? Very funny CC.
That Afro Muffin is too cute!!! Love your creation :)
LOVE the afro muffin - so creative, as usual. Your brain must be a fun place to live, I swear...
Those look SO GOOD! Chocolate and rice krispy goodness. I'm there.
har har! what a character that afro muffin is... I like the cross-section pic!
This sounds SO unbelievably creative. I could never think of something like that. I hope they were tasty, to boot!
That's awesome. brownie-filled rice krispy treat? Fun!
Wow...Afro Muffin having chocolate, coffee, ginger, peanuts and rice. Thats a nice combination and quite innovative..well done clumbsy cookie !
That looks like a real treat. And lol, nicely put together and decorated!
I'm not a big fan of chocolate...but I love this... It looks awesome.
These muffins are awfully mouth-watering! And would keep me busy in the kitchen, again. My cousins are going to visit our place next week. I think this would be just perfect for them and these muffins sound so tasty.
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