Last year, my Mars-bar-obsessed daughter decided to be a Mars bar for the Jewish festival of Purim…and I indulged her by working together to make a Mars bar costume out of felt. She drew & cut out the letters and I put it all together. It was fabulous!
Well, all the Mars bar talk got me thinking about filling hamentaschen with Mars…and so I did it!
I’ll be sharing the how-to on Breakfast Television Montreal on Monday, March 10 at 7:20AM, so tune in!
You can use your favourite Hamentaschen dough, but in case you don’t have one, I will suggest either this easy-to-make cream cheese pastry by the wonderful Norene Gilletz (New Food Processor Bible – www.gourmania.com.) or Norene’s Basic Oil Dough as found in my traditional Hamentaschen Recipe (I seem to have less hamentaschen “opening up” when I use the Basic Oil Dough so if you’re a fan of orange flavour, which goes well with Mars Bar, you may prefer to use that one)
CREAM CHEESE PASTRY (DOUGH):
1/4 lb butter, in chunks
1/4 lb cream cheese, in chunks
1 c. flour
2 Tbsp. sugar (optional)
Combine all in food processor & process until a ball forms – That’s it!
(Note this recipe will yield roughly 12-15 Hamentashen (cut with 3″ cookie cutter). I recommend making 2-3 batches.)
NORENE’S BASIC OIL DOUGH: Click here
MARS BAR FILLING:
2-3 Mars Bars
There are 2 ways you can approach this:
Method #1
- Cut each Mars Bar into thirds or quarters & each third (quarter) into 2 triangles, by slicing diagonally.
- Each piece is the filling for one hamentasch
Method #2
- Break each Mars bar into several chunks & place in processor.
- Process for a few seconds until it is all crumbly / in medium sized chunks.
- Roughly 1 tsp of this mixture, squished or rolled into a ball will form the filling for one hamentasch
ASSEMBLY:
- Roll out half the dough to roughly a 1/4″ thickness (on a lightly floured surface, if necessary)
- Using a 3″ cookie cutter, cut out circles
- Place either 1 piece of Mars bar (Method #1) or 1 tsp of Mars bar filling (Method #2) into the center of each circle
Bring sides upwards to meet to form triangular shaped-cookie- Continue with remainder of dough
- Place all on greased or parchment-lined cookie sheet(s)
- Bake at 400 degrees for 15 minutes or until golden brown
Allow to cool before enjoying- Hot sugar from hot candy bar can = burns!
Mini Reese’s Peanut Butter Cup version:
These little babies may be bite size…but they’re not short on yum-factor!
You’ll need a bag of Reese’s Peanut Butter Cup Minis.
- Proceed as above, but cut the dough into 2 1/2 ” circles
- Place 1 “mini” in the center of each circle
- Bring sides upwards to meet to form triangular-shaped cookie
- Continue with remainder of dough
- Place all on greased or parchment-lined cookie sheet(s)
- Bake at 400 degrees for 15 minutes or until golden brown
- Allow to cool & ENJOY!
Feel more like the traditional version? Try these: https://montrealmom.com/purim-the-hamentaschen-holiday/
Remember: You don’t have to be Jewish to enjoy these delicious treats!!
That said, I wish all those celebrating a happy & joyful Purim!
Tanya
2 comments
Looks amazing!!! I can’t wait to try this!!!
I like the Mars bar costume.