Battle Krispy Kreme

So, on Saturday morning we ran the Krispy Kreme 5 miler and came home with almost 4 dozen donuts between all of the runners.  What were we going to do with all of those donuts?  Well, Iron Chef Battle Krispy Kreme, of course.  A few months ago, Ian and our friend Bob competed in Battle Waffle, with delicious results, so they said that it was Liz and I's turn.  We tried to tell them that we are not the culinary experts that they are, but we did it anyway.

The rules of the battle were that we had to create two dishes each in one hour.  Each of the dishes had to use Krispy Kreme donuts and their added secret ingredient of honey.  Liz and I also decided to step up the game and make a savory dish together.  We were able to plan ahead and go grocery shopping which made it a little easier, and I think we did pretty darn good!

Liz created a ricotta, berries, and Krispy Kreme crouton dish as well as Krispy Kreme cake pops coated in chocolate.  I made a caramel/cashew/Krispy Kreme tart with a caramel/cashew/Krispy Kreme milkshake.  Our savory dish was a Krispy Kreme sandwich filled with cream cheese and bacon dipped in a berry sauce.  Oddly enough, most people agreed that the savory collaborative dish was the best one.  It was strangely addictive.  The competition between the other dishes was very close, but in the end I squeaked out a narrow victory.  It turned out to be a lot of fun and we all ate very well!

We can't wait for the next battle!

(The Iron Chefs mid-battle and wearing our race day shirts)

(Our esteemed judges)

(My dishes: half-eaten-notice the artistic sugar coated Cheerio donuts)

(Liz's yummy cake pops)