Sugar Crust for Crème Brûlée without Torch or Broiler!!

I discovered this method of creating the sugary top of Crème Brûlée completely by accident.

I was doing a sale of Crème Brûlée cups for my dessert business and I was only able to source hard plastic cups in time for the sale.

So I made the Crème portion of the recipe and left it to set, thinking that if I wrap foil around the entire cup and then torch it, the plastic would not melt.

To my utter dismay, as I was melting the sugar for the crust, so to was I melting the actual cup that held the dessert!!

Crème Brûlée for One (No Bake)

Crème Brûlée is one of my all-time favorite desserts!! I absolutely love and almost always order it when I eat at restaurants that offer it.

A while back I purchased a blowtorch and had great fun making Crème Brûlée for my dessert business.

But the recipe I used usually made about ten 9 oz. cups of the Crème mixture and there were days that I just felt like eating one.

So I played around with a few techniques and managed to scale the recipe down to make enough for one and also develop a recipe that required no baking!

Disclaimer: A traditional Crème Brûlée requires the Crème to be baked in a water bath and then to be set for a few hours, preferably overnight. This recipe was developed to have the same taste of a Crème Brûlée and satisfy cravings without having to bake in the traditional method. 

Five 5-Ingredient or Less Desserts

Desserts are my forté. I mean, I even have a dessert business 😅

But sometimes, I am way too tired making complicated desserts that I desperately seek out simple recipes that require minimal ingredients.

In light of this, I've compile a short list of my favorite recipes that require 5-ingredients or less!!

1) Oreo Truffles 

Oreos + Cream Cheese + Chocolate

5 No Electricity Meals

The past few days in Trinidad and Tobago has been quite rainy, windy and cold!

Unfortunately for the island, we are in our rainy season and over the weekend into Tuesday, there was a Tropical Storm warning. As such, many places suffered from loss of electricity and some damages to their homes.

When thinking about what to write for my weekly blog post, I thought about trying to come up with 5 recipes that did not require any electricity. Though power may be lost, some of us may still have access to gas stoves so while you may still be able to cook, these recipes happen to involve no cooking at all! 😊

1) No-cook Overnight Oatmeal

This method of preparation require oats to be combined with liquid, resting overnight and thus allowing the oats to soften enough to be consumed.

There are many variations of this recipe but my favorite is Peanut butter Banana Oatmeal. I find that the banana sweetens the oats perfectly while the peanut butter thickens the mixture and gives the oats a protein boost. My recipe is as follows:

No-bake 4 ingredient Chocolate Peanut butter cups

Without a doubt, my favorite candy has to be Reese's Peanut butter cups!
Chocolate and Peanut butter is one of my most loved food combinations (yes I consider this a food group 😅).

Sometimes I get these random cravings for PB cups but not all the time do I have Reese's on hand.

So, to satisfy my sweet tooth, I decided to create a small batch recipe for no-bake 4 ingredient Chocolate Peanut butter cups!

This recipe makes 3 regular sized PB cups or 2 regular sized + 2 minis.