Beat cream cheese until smooth. Add mascarpone and blend well. Mix in hot fudge followed by malted milk powder (extra powder can be added to taste) Place malted milk balls in a plastic bag.

Their not-so-secret ingredient was a half-cup of malted milk powder in the dough, plus a sparkly dusting on top. One batch in, I was enthralled with how this unassuming powder transformed the ...

“Malted milk powder adds a toasty, roasty, nutty, slightly caramelized flavor to sweets,” says Schiff, who has plans to open her own diner in Brooklyn. “Think of malted milk ball candie ...