Recipe
Eat Like the 1% With This Millionaire Sundae Recipe
When I studied abroad in England, my roommate used to get millionaire sundaes from the local supermarket, Sainsbury’s, and loved them so much that there wasn’t a day when we didn’t have a stock in the fridge. Millionaire sundaes are a play off of millionaire shortbread cookies made with shortbread topped with a layer of delicious caramel and chocolate.
Unfortunately, I never got to try them since the Sainsbury’s millionaire sundaes contain beef gelatin which I do not eat for religious reasons. So, to satiate my curiosity and to surprise my roommate for her birthday last year, I recreated the sundae using a photo I took prior to completing our time abroad.
The replicated version does not contain eggs or gelatin which are common ingredients in a mousse. This makes it vegetarian and allows me to finally try the millionaire sundae my roommate so adored.
Millionaire Sundae
- Prep Time: 20 mins
- Cook Time: 4 hrs
- Total Time: 4 hrs 20 mins
- Servings: 4
Ingredients
- 2 cups heavy whipping cream
- 1/2 cup butterscotch chips
- 1/2 cup semisweet chocolate chips
- 1/4 cup powdered sugar
- 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
- 4-5 graham crackers
- 4 3.25 ounce butterscotch pudding cups
- 4 tablespoons white chocolate shavings
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#SpoonTip: Wash or soak your pan in water immediately after transferring the butterscotch mixture to prevent hardening.
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#SpoonTip: Adding sugar to the cream before air has been whipped into it increases the amount of time needed to whip the cream, so by adding the sugar in later, you end up whipping the cream for a shorter amount of time.
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Spoon or pipe alternating layers of the butterscotch mousse and butterscotch pudding. If you are feeling ambitious, try making a checkered or spiral pattern. Lastly, spoon the chocolate mousse on top of the butterscotch layers.
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After making these sundaes for my roommate's birthday, she gave her stamp of approval saying that they taste even better than the ones she got while we were studying abroad.
Sweets are no stranger to me with my family's holiday tradition of making fudge or the chocolate truffles recipe I drafted to resemble those of Monica Geller in the hit sitcom Friends. This millionaire sundae offers the perfect balance of chocolate and caramel flavors to create a simple yet sophisticated dessert.
This sundae is rich, airy, creamy, and crunchy all at the same time. Thus, this millionaire sundae is a decadent treat perfect for any occasion—whether it be a birthday, or simply a Sunday’s sundae.