Carrot Cake Cookies with Cream Cheese Frosting

I saw this recipe on Pinterest the other day.  That website seriously gets me in so much trouble.  I omitted the currants because, well, for one thing I haven't the slightest idea where one even goes to buy currants, and for another, I didn't feel like having strange pieces of random fruit in my cookies.  But do whatever you want.  Word on the street (and by street, I mean MarthaStewart.com) is that you can replace the currants with raisins.  Your call.  Martha's frosting was.... less than desireable.  I don't know if it was the lemon juice or what the heck was wrong but it was a big fail.  It tasted salty and sour and weird.  Maybe she got the recipe in jail.  I don't know.

Anyways, I replaced it with some of my own cream cheese frosting and suddenly everything was right in the world.  These are AWE. SOME.  Put them in your tummy now.  You can also make the cookies a day in advance and store them in a Ziploc.  It makes these super fast to assemble and eat. The cookies are chewier than I expected and taste a bit like a gingersnap/carrot cake cross, but they are still amazing.  If you are afraid of grating carrots, you need to invest in one of these. Seriously.  I'm pretty sure that's the best five dollars you will ever spend.

Malt Shoppe Ice Cream Pie

It makes me sad when I make something so delicious and the pictures turn our horrible.  Maybe you remember my disclaimer that I am NOT a photographer?  In case you needed proof I thought I'd post this picture.  Just take my word that this ice cream pie is so worth making and buying all the ingredients for.  (I don't know about you but I didn't have almost *any* of these ingredients in my pantry.)  Still glad I made it. There's something about malt that's just knock-your-socks-off. You're going to want to use a Springform pan for this.  (That's the kind where the sides unlatch and pop right off).  Play with your pan before you make this.  If you're a moron like me and haven't used your Springform for awhile, you might spend 10 minutes trying to figure out how it comes apart and almost dump the whole pie on the floor.  It could be bad news bears.

Blackberry and Strawberry Lemonade Pops

Remember kinda a long time ago (but really only like 2 weeks ago) when I made those Cherry Limeade pops? Well these have been floating around in my brain ever since then and I finally made them.  So easy.  So yummy. They would probably be better with fresh lemonade, but hey, I'm kind of a lazy kind of girl and nobody gives me grades or gold stars for my cooking.  When *that* program is implemented let me know.  I get pretty competitive when gold stars are involved.

Banana Cream Pie Pops

I am tired of Summer.  I don't think anyone is ever supposed to admit that, but I'm ready for it to be Fall and Halloween and the season of unreasonable eating.  If it was Fall I would just make a pie and pretend to be practicing for Thanksgiving.  Since it's Summer I have to put a frackin' stick in my pie and pretend it's a popsicle so all my "healthy friends" will eat it.  (Since summer is also the season of fruit diets and bathing suits, no one wants to be my friend in the summer).