Indulgent Oreo Cheesecake Cookies

Marge (00:00:05) - In this week's episode, we are doing Oreo Cheesecake cookies. Welcome to Bite Me, the show about edibles where I help you take control of your high life. I'm your host and Certified Ganjier Marge and I love helping cooks make safe and effective edibles at home. I'm so glad you're here. And thank you for joining me today. Hello, friends. Welcome back to another episode of Bite Me. I'm really glad that you're here, and I appreciate you if you're just tuning in for the first time. Thank you so much for joining me and sharing some of your time and energy. And if you've been listening for a while, I really appreciate your support. It's always meaningful to me and I'm really glad that you're here. Like I said, this Oreo cheesecake recipe is the bomb. Honestly, these things are killer. Not just taste wise, but potency wise. I would have to say, but I do have a rare quiet moment in the house right now. The phone's not ringing, and I realized as I'm sitting here, I forgot to unplug the phone because there is an old fashioned landline in the house where I'm living now, which is something I haven't had to deal with for probably.

Marge (00:01:14) - 15 years. Well, maybe not quite that long. I did have a landline at my old house like everybody did, but decided to get rid of it when we were paying 50 bucks a month in whatever the equivalent was 15 years ago. So you do the math, but the only person that would answer it would be me. And then I remember checking the messages one day and there was 50 plus messages, probably many from people like my parents, who, despite the fact knew that I had a cell phone, would still continue to call the house and leave messages because it wasn't enough that I would see that they had called and called them back. I think we've probably all experienced that if you're somebody of a certain age. But in any case, once I realized that there was this ridiculous number of messages and I was just like, I don't want to listen to all this shit. I canceled the landline not long afterwards, so hopefully it won't ring. Between that and the grandfather clock, that likes to remind me every 15 minutes that the time is passing and passing far too quickly.

Marge (00:02:13) - Well. There's not much I can do about that. I can't exactly request to have the clock muted, but I don't even think that's an option. But anyway, here we are. So before we get into this week's episode, of course I'm taking some time out to talk about fan mail. It's this new feature my podcast host introduced, and on your app, you'll see at the top a little link that says Fan Mail. And if you click on it, you can send me a message via text message is pretty cool and I've been getting some wonderful messages from you folks, and I love getting those. Many people have just been sharing how they first discovered the show. Sometimes I put something more specific. If you want to just hit me up and let me know what you're thinking. So I've been getting some really great messages and last week was no exception. The first message I believe I got, which I don't think I've shared on the show yet, was a listener from Rochester, New York, saying, time for chocolate cake.

Marge (00:03:12) - It's the breakfast of champions. And you know what? Sometimes a morning does call for chocolate cake. I am not going to disagree with that one bit. And I actually have several cakes on the recipes page, on the podcast, or over on the website if you're ever interested. That would do very nicely for a morning breakfast of cake. The next message came through, said great episode. This has given me the inspiration to try more interesting edibles. It has also given me a nudge to try more of the drink infusions. I've been meaning to do that for a while now, and this episode has made me excited to give it a go. Loving these interviews to great work, Marge! And they said they found me through high on homegrown and they hail from Northern Ireland. Thank you so much for that. I was just in Ireland recently and met a couple people from the cannabis community and people who listen to Bite Me, the show, but edibles, which is like the craziest thing ever. It was so cool.

Marge (00:04:16) - It was really fun. I was sadly only there for a few days, but my Irish hosts did a fabulous job of showing me around, so I felt very blessed to spend a little bit of time in such a beautiful country. And of course these drink infusions. I mean, I recently did the episode with Jamie Evans, The Herb Somm, so if you haven't listened to that one yet, I highly recommend it. And she is well versed in the art of wine and cannabis, which has far more in common than you might think. And further, the week before that, I did a spicy pineapple margarita from her new cookbook that she co-authored. And it's fantastic. If you like spicy, of course, because if you don't, this one's probably not. For you, though, there would be ways to tone it down so that it's not nearly so spicy. The original recipe was written was originally written for a Serrano pineapple margarita, but I didn't couldn't find Serrano when I went to go make it, so I used jalapeno, which is far milder, so there are ways to tone it down.

Marge (00:05:18) - And if spice isn't your thing at all, I wonder what it would be like just as a pineapple margarita, because that also sounds delicious and refreshing. I mean, pineapple and lime is a combination chef's kiss. Delicious! Thank you for your fan mail and by all means, I love getting those messages. And if you send me a message, I'll read it out on the show. Now, something else I've been experimenting with recently is something called magic mind and magic mind is how can I best describe it, a mental performance shot and I use it in addition to my daily routine. The one thing I do love about it, besides the natural ingredients, all the ingredients have been third party tested and sourced from the best suppliers. But it's not a replacement for coffee because I don't know about you, but coffee is life, and I start my morning out every single day with a coffee, and then I usually have another one a little bit later, not too long, but a little bit later in the morning.

Marge (00:06:18) - It's just part of my routine. There's something about that routine of enjoying coffee that that really helps me start my day. This mental performance shot is something that I can add to my daily routine, and it helps me stay focused, mentally clear and productive. And it helps to reduce stress as well. And as all of you know, I've been dealing with some stuff personally recently, and any way that I can reduce stress is a win for me. And they're using mushroom nootropics and adaptogens, and you also get 100% of your daily intake of vitamin C and D per bottle. I love that, so I've been using that a lot. I especially love it when I'm sitting down to work on the podcast, the website, all the myriad of things that I have to do, booking guests, new content for the show, and I especially love it before I sit down to conduct an interview, because you would be surprised. All these years later, I still get nervous before I do interviews because I want them to go so well, because I know that I'll be sharing it with all of you.

Marge (00:07:17) - And I have this responsibility to the guest that I am sitting down with. So I find Magic mind is wonderful as far as giving me the mental focus and clarity that I need to continue doing my work and not get distracted. They recommend that you use it for at least a few days in a row to sort of establish a baseline, but it's been a real game changer for me, and I've long been a proponent of adaptogens and mushrooms. I think there is something really special about those compounds that can integrate with your life and help you feel better. Right now, they have a limited offer that you can use that gets you 48% off your first subscription, or 20% off a one time purchase with the code Bite Me 20 at checkout. So if you go to Magic mind.com/bite me, you can try it out yourself and see what you think. And I would love to know what you think so we can compare notes. Cheesecake. Oreo cookies. Now that I'm all fired up. I've had a magic mind shot and some coffee this morning, so I'm ready to go.

Marge (00:08:31) - The house is nice and quiet, the phone is stopped ringing, and this week's episode is a showstopper and easier to make than it first appears. Though I should have read through the recipe before I started. Which I know I should do, but then sometimes I'll skim the recipe and then I miss something important. And that's just another reminder that I should be reading it through more thoroughly, as opposed to just skimming it. But I'm sharing this recipe from Lauren Oils, who have long been a supporter of the cannabis community and of my show by me, and they put out a cookbook a while ago, sharing the recipes of folks from different areas of the cannabis space. And if you get your hands on your copy, you'll find a recipe from yours truly, a spicy mango hot sauce, which I shared with them some time ago. And I don't think I did this. I actually have to double check that. I don't think I did it on the podcast. It was exclusive to Lauren for this cookbook that they were putting out, and part of the purpose of this book was to highlight creators in the cannabis space and to bring awareness also to suicide prevention, as Anthony Bourdain was a well-loved figure within the Lauren family, and you may have guessed that already from the title of the book, which I don't think I've actually mentioned yet.

Marge (00:09:46) - Parts unbaked. A culinary collaboration infused with love. I'll be sure to link to the resources that they share in the book at the back. That was part of the reason that they they did this whole project. And now in the book, Lauren provides several of their own recipes, and this Oreo cheesecake cookie intrigued me because I can't recall ever making a stuffed cookie before. So I thought, what the hell? I'd intended to make them for Camp Cana, which I'll talk about a little bit in the end, but I had a bit of a issue when I was making them, and I wasn't feeling confident about bringing them with me, so I guess I'll have to eat them myself. And it's mainly because in the process of putting the ingredients together, I lost track of the amount of infused butter I use. So that was a total classic rookie stoner mistake. And now I actually have no idea of how potent they actually are. Like, I can make like. What I do know is that these babies are potent and at least how I made them.

Marge (00:10:46) - You, of course, will be wise, and you'll make them into a ratio that you prefer, and they will be perfectly portioned. And the tall or the potency will be exactly what you're looking for. But that is not what I did. I should mention in the recipe that they used a ripple powder to infuse these, and that's just like a soluble powder that can dissolve into anything. And those powders are very handy. And that's how they infuse this recipe. But I opted instead to use butter because that's what I happen to have on hand. And when I did this recipe, it makes a dozen cookies, but it ends up being six pretty massive cookies with the cheesecake filling. So that's something you want to consider when you're infusing these, because if you're using the butter route, remember that two cookies will become one. So if you have one cookie, that's a certain percentage and you're like or potency and you're like, that's a good potency for me, you're going to put it with another cookie.

Marge (00:11:43) - You're going to have to eat half of that cookie because you're just doubling up the potency. But for some people that's exactly what they need. So you're starting with the cheesecake filling with this particular recipe, which is this simple cream cheese and icing sugar mixture. You mix them together and you end up making around 12 rounded portions that you put on a tray covered in parchment paper. And then you freeze them. And that's the cheesecake filling. And that makes them easier to handle when you need them later on. That's the whole point of freezing them. The only thing I notice is that I ended up with double the amount of the cheesecake plops, if you will, that I only needed half of them. So I put the rest in a container so that I could make these again later, and I just put them back in the freezer so I have the cream cheese filling ready to go, either for this recipe or something else. Next, you make the cookies and you do need some classic Oreo cookies or whatever Oreo cookies you like, I guess for this recipe, plus the usual ingredients of flour, salt, baking, baking soda, eggs, butter at room temperature, sugar, brown sugar, vanilla and Lauren oils, cookies and cream.

Marge (00:12:51) - Super strength flavor. I didn't exactly have that flavor on hand, so instead I used a different one. I think it was a butter cookie. Super strength flavor. I'm trying to remember because I don't have it in front of me right now, and I meant to write it down, but it worked beautifully. So if you have something of a similar flavor that you can use instead, that will also be adequate. So you're going to finely chop your Oreos and then also rough chop some of them, because the rough chopped ones will be some additional topping for these cookies, which makes them visually quite appealing. And otherwise, you'll make your cookies the way you normally make your cookies. You're mixing your wet ingredients together, you're adding your dry ingredients, and then you're you're going to fold in the chopped Oreos at the end. And it makes 12 cookies. And in half of the cookies when you have them out on your on your baking tray with your parchment paper, you're going to put out your 12 cookies and then six of them, you're going to put in an indent with the back of a spoon or something like that.

Marge (00:13:50) - And then you're going to take your frozen cream cheese from the freezer, and you're going to put one of those cream cheese rounds on the cookie in the indent that you just made. And then you'll take another cookie and you'll place it over the top, and you'll punch to close it around the cookie. So you end up with six large stuffed cookies. bake them at 350 for 15 to 17 minutes. I found they actually needed quite a bit more time than that for my oven, so be sure that you check them with a toothpick or a fork at the end. And just to make sure that they're cooked all the way through, because they did end up being pretty thick, I think, as I mentioned, where I went wrong with these cookies, did I mention that already? Is that I put in some butter and I knew I was going to be doing a ratio of butter to regular butter, infused butter to regular butter, because I knew that they would otherwise. The butter I was using was reasonably potent, but it called for room temperature butter, and I ran out of regular.

Marge (00:14:49) - Room temperature butter. Not really thinking ahead. So I added more infused butter and then to make up the difference. But then I forgot to make a note of how much non infused butter I'd use, because I was waiting all out on a kitchen scale and these cookies. And by the end of it I was just like, I have no idea how strong these cookies are. So that was. An issue when it came to sharing these. Here I am, Marge, host of the venerable Bite Me the show battle bulls going to a camp where I'm like, here's a cookie. I have no idea how potent they are. And how often do I preach about that stuff? Often. I mean, I'm super leery of getting an edible that I have no idea what the potency is because people's subjective reality of, oh, you know, there weren't too bad. It means absolutely nothing. So it was I decided to leave them at home because that just wasn't, conducive to my to my brand, if we will.

Marge (00:15:45) - Sadly, it means I'm going to have to eat them all myself, which isn't that bad. I've been sharing them. My daughter's been saying with me for a little bit, recently, so we've been enjoying a couple of them together, so they're not being eaten alone, if you will. They are very delicious. And the the cheesecake filling in these when I was first making the cheesecake filling. Because essentially it's cheesecake mixed with some icing sugar. That's the filling. So it's super easy to do. But I tasted a little bit as one does and it wasn't like super sweet. And so I was like, oh, is it going, how is this going to work out? But because the cheesecake filling isn't super sweet, it's so nice to have in the center because the cookie itself is it's an Oreo cookie. So there's chopped up Oreo plus the sugar in it. It's a pretty sweet cookie, but that cream cheese filling just makes it. It's just perfect. So these cookies are showstoppers and people will think you slaved over them again with that Oreo, chopped Oreo topping.

Marge (00:16:46) - They are visually appealing. Make a great gift if you can figure out how strong they actually are. And I think anybody would love to receive one when you have calculated how potent they are. I know mine turned out pretty damn potent. And before we wrap this up, I just want to mention that I had the opportunity to attend adult summer camp and it was amazing. It was a summer camp in Ontario, which is where I live, and it was so much fun. It was like just like going back to summer camp when you were a kid. Now, for some of you, you may have painful memories of that. I actually went to summer camp every single summer for at least a week or two. My parents would send my sister and I to summer camp, and despite the fact that many of these camps were very religious because I grew up in a religious household, I have so many wonderful memories. Like, you know, we always did the Bible studies and all prayers before meal and all this kind of thing that the classically traditional Christian activities you might do at something like this.

Marge (00:17:52) - But the camps were always so much fun. They had so many fun activities planned, and this camp that I was at was no different. We slept in a cabin with a bunch of people and there was activities planned and a live band came. You know, there was a high ropes course and there was rock climbing and archery and swimming and planned activities and lots of downtime to do whatever you wanted. And you didn't even have to participate in the planned activities if you didn't want to summer camp. It was awesome. I would highly recommend if you have any kind of adult summer camp opportunity in your area to try it out, because this one, of course was focused on cannabis. That's why it was called Camp Canna, and I had the opportunity to meet some wonderful people that I have talked to or, you know, enjoyed their their work online but never met in person. That was amazing. And one person I wanted to just give a quick shout out to was an Olympian. I interviewed her for the podcast not that long ago and she attended and it was wonderful to meet her in person and we really connected.

Marge (00:18:53) - We connected through the podcast, and now I feel like I have a lifelong friend and cannabis brought us together. Sometimes it's really fun to push yourself outside of your comfort zone. This isn't something I would normally probably think of doing, but you know what I was like? I want to meet some of these people. I loved summer camp as a kid. I want to try this out and I would go next year. Just a reminder, friends, to try some new things out. It can never hurt when you're pushing past your comfort zone. That's where you see some real growth. So that's my PSA of the day. I hope you try something new, whether it's a new edible that you're wanting to experiment with in the kitchen or doing something like summer camp, whatever it is, let me know what it is that you are doing that's got you excited these days or something that you're looking forward to. You can always shoot me a message, via fan mail, email, DM on Instagram, the podcast hotline and as always, share the episode with someone that you think will enjoy it.

Marge (00:19:51) - Consider leaving a rating or review. That's something that you feel called to do. Those do help new people discover the show. And until next time my friends, stay high.