Bittersweet Beignets

My15 yr old daughter Nati got back from visiting her Aunt Julie and Uncle Mark in New Orleans and she bought gifts for friends and family to the tune of two hundred bucks courtesy of Dad and she said Dad it wasn't nearly enough money.

I got a box of Cafe' Du Monde Beignet Mix ( french doughnuts) and cooked them up tonight as a late night snack for me and 11 yr old grandson Jackson. I usually make them from scratch. Not tonight. I used the mix.

I had no powered sugar or granulated sugar  - which I usually pulse till powder in the coffe bean grinder, so I made a chocolate sauce involving melted butter and semi sweet chocolate chips and milk to the right consistency. I poured some over the beignets and used the rest for dipping. Exquisite, and not too sweet, maybe better than the traditional powdered sugar as a late night snack.

Jackson accompanied his with a tall glass of milk, me and mine with a glass of cabernet. Sweet dreams.