Easy Choco-Chip Flan Cake Recipe

This post is sponsored by Nabisco and #WeAllGrow Latina Network. 

Do you merienda? If you do, this delicious chocoflan with CHIPS AHOY cookies is perfect for meriendas.

Just in case you are not familiar with the concept, merienda is like a mini meal between meals. So let’s say like a stop-gap between breakfast and lunch or lunch and dinner. I grew up with meriendas. I remember visiting my abuela in Tijuana during summer vacation and after lunch I would play outside with my cousins. A few hours later, my grandmother would call us in and give us a merienda which usually consisted of hot chocolate and fresh pan dulce. It was a treat we all looked forward to and it kept us going until dinnertime.

Now, that I’m a mom I find that my kids need a little sumthin’ sumthin’ after school to tide them over until dinner. It’s a fun way to bond and chat while we all snack and it also helps them have energy to do their homework because hungry kids cannot concentrate. I usually give them some fruit and a treat. This choco-chip flan was a big hit.

I found the original CHIPS AHOY! chocolate flan cake recipe by Nabisco and put my own twist on it. I chopped the CHIPS AHOY! cookies and mixed them into the cake batter instead a creating a different layer out of them. I love the way the cookies incorporated into the cake.

Check out the Nabisco Pinterest Board for more easy to make Latino-inspired merienda recipe ideas your family will love.

This is a sponsored conversation written by me on behalf of Nabisco. The opinions and text are all mine.