What to eat with Dulce de Leche

[maraki]

Hi,
I teach a Hispanic culture class to 10th grade students and part of our course is that we sample traditional foods on Fridays. There is no way to cook or heat in our classroom, so I'm a little limited in what I can do. This Friday, I am planning on introducing them to dulce de leche. I've made a batch already and my question is: what do I bring along for them to eat it on? Usually in my house it either goes onto alfajores, which I do not have time to make right now, or on a spoon straight out of the container!

Any suggestions for easy vehicles for dulce de leche will be greatly appreciated (bonus points for cheap!).

Thanks,
"Sra. K"

[cristina]

Inquiring minds want to know: what did the kids think of dulce de leche, and which of the several conveyances did they like the best? Post a report, please!

[annimal]

in some parts of brazil, they eat dulce de leche with cheese (queijo minas, to be specific). i've also had it as a filling for layer cakes, and mostly just eaten it on cookies like the marias. yum yum!

[Kajikit]

Plastic teaspoons! I'm sure they'll love the stuff straight off the spoon...

[maraki]

Thanks for all the great suggestions! I already brought them chocolate with maria cookies once, but I think I'll combine lots of these suggestions and make a tray with marias, some fruit, and toast and bring that in. I'll look for the wafer cookies too, I think the Russian market near my house sells them. Thanks again!

[marlie202]

with bananas or steamed or lightly fried platanos

[paulj]

I bought on clearance, a couple of jars of banana flavored dulce de leche from Argentina. A bit different, but not bad.

paulj

[NiKoLe1625]

i dont know if saltines would be good because of the salty taste, but i would go with something like Nilla Wafers or just some white bread!

[cristina]

The combination of saltines and Marias is fantastic--reminiscent of those all-the-rage salted caramels that everybody is touting right now. Try it!

[rexmo]

Can you find wafer cookie sheets? I get them at the same Cuban market that carries Argentine DDL.

With some chopped nuts stirred in, right out of the spoon is, well, nuts.

[piccola]

Fruit slices. Or if you'd rather skip the prep time, pretzels.

[jsaimd]

Marias are best, but nilla wafers or animal crackers (not cookies) are mild tasting.

[kittyfood]

I don't know if you have a freezer near your classroom, but my husband loves it on vanilla ice cream.

[bolivianita]

Bread! I love dulce on toast with my morning coffee. The Maria cookies are a good idea too. They are kind of like Animal Crackers in flavor. Not too sweet.

[cristina]

Is there a Latin market near you? Stop in and pick up as many Marías--a barely sweet, flat, round cookie--as you'll need for your class. Marias are from Mexico and will go well with your project. They're very cheap, too. Here in Guadalajara, we often spread dulce de leche on Marías--when we're not licking it off a spoon, straight out of the jar!

Here's a picture of what to look for:

[Pat Hammond]

How about graham crackers?

[Meann]

Saltines!