April 2011 Daring Baker's Challenge: Maple Mousse in a Bacon Cup

There are 2 mandatory components to this challenge. You must make one of the 2 maple mousse recipes listed below and you must make an edible container in which to place your mousse for presentation.

What a challenge!  I was excited for the bacon bowls, but I've never been a huge fan of maple.  This has always been a little heartbreaking for me, as I read an enchanting book as a child set in Vermont on a maple farm.  I always wanted to try drizzling fresh maple syrup on the snow to make candy as they did in the novel, but a lack of syrupy trees and snow prevented me from doing so.  

Tonight, I got overambitious with my bacon bowls.  I think I made them too big, so they were floppyish.  I double-bowled them for my picture.  I do want to try making some smaller ones for scrambled eggs.  

I ended up making myself a little deconstructed dessert bowl.  Incidentally, I discovered that I hate gloopy cloying overpowering "maple" syrup and  not the actual maple flavor.  YAY!!  

April 2011 Daring Cooks Challenge: Edible Containers

Renata of Testado, Provado & Aprovado! was our Daring Cooks’ April 2011 hostess. Renata challenged us to think “outside the plate” and create our own edible containers! Prizes are being awarded to the most creative edible container and filling, so vote on your favorite from April 17th to May 16th at http://thedaringkitchen.com! 

  Yaay edible containers!  Yet another challenge featuring something I've been wanting to try, but hadn't.  Hubby and I love baked eggs, and while I've been wanting to try putting them in a bread basket, I just never did.  But now that I've tried with bread, I believe a bacon-cup is in my near future.  Bacony egg goodness? Heck yeah!