Have you seen these new jungle animal Mother's cookies? I am in LOVE with them! I squealed in delight when I saw them in the store. Yes, I am apparently 13 years old. I squeal when I'm excited.
It's so fun thinking of ways to bake with new products. I decided to make some chocolate-dipped Oreos and top them with jungle animals. The weird thing is these were REALLY good. I would make these again just...
Thursday, May 31, 2012
Sunday, May 27, 2012
Strawberry Cheesecake Cupcakes
These cupcakes have a yummy graham cracker crust, strawberry filling, and thick cream cheese frosting. Nom Nom Nom...
Next time I think I'll experiment with throwing some Sara Lee cheesecake bites into the cupcake batter before baking. DOUBLE cheesecake!!
Hope you all have a lovely Memorial day tomorrow!
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Friday, May 25, 2012
Taffy Skewers
I've been meaning to post these for at least a year because I really love things on sticks and I really love things that are cute and easy. Kids go crazy for them and they make darling centerpieces for parties as well.
Pink and brown skewers are my favorite for girl baby showers and blue/white for boy showers. If I can ever find some Fourth of July taffy, those will be happening soon!
I've gotta...
Triple Oreo Pudding Cookies
These gooey cookies have Oreo pudding, Oreo chunks, Hershey's white chocolate Cookies n'cream chunks, and semisweet chocolate chips mixed into the batter. I am lucky enough to still have my mother close by, alive and well, but if I was visiting her this memorial day I would probably scatter a few of these on her grave.
(She has forbidden me to leave gaudy wreaths or tacky ribbons when she's dead- instead favoring funky lawn decor,...
Thursday, May 24, 2012
Brown Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies (with Coconut)
Brown butter is quite the craze lately and it's easy to see why. It turns plain butter into a caramelly/toffee tasting substance which is SO yummy to cook with. These cookies were really delicious but I couldn't help but think how much yummier they would be if they morphed with my new favorite cookie recipe- Milk Chocolate Peanut Butter Pretzel Cookies
This brown butter cookie is SUCH a great base but I think...
Chewy Snickerdoodles
Sometimes you hafta post a recipe just so you can post ANOTHER recipe that uses the first recipe.
(Does that make sense? Keep a look out for a yummy dessert that uses Snickerdoodle pieces in the next week or two.)
I know Snickerdoodles are kind of a *boring* cookie, but my husband says these are the best chewiest ones he's ever tasted. So I figured you deserved the recipe to these.
Please pronounce them "schhnicker-doodle"...
Wednesday, May 23, 2012
Toasted Coconut Ice Cream & Almond Joy Ice Cream
This morning I walked in to get my 2 year old from his crib to find he had styled his hair with poop.
True story.
An experience like that completely qualifies you to eat ice cream for breakfast. (And lunch) (And the rest of the day if you want to.)
But first you have to wash your hands A LOT and sanitize your house for three or four hours.
I know you came to a dessert blog to read about this.
Anyway, this is my...
Tuesday, May 22, 2012
Pina Colada Starfruit Push Pops
As of this week my preschooler is out of school for the summer, so we are celebrating (mourning?) by making popsicles this week. These are pretty darn good even if they don't have Flinstone's characters printed on the outside.
You can make these with any kind of juice you want. Hawaii's Own makes lots of tropical juice flavors that would be yummy. You can also sub coconut milk for the regular milk if you have it,...
Monday, May 21, 2012
Samoa Bark
Many moons ago I was a 'Brownie' and sold Thin Mints and Peanut Butter Patties door to door. One year my mom was driving me around the neighborhood to deliver my cookies and we had a big fight.
(I was like 7 and I'm pretty sure I didn't want to deliver cookies to my mean neighbors so I tried to convince her to do it.)
Anyways, I stomped off and ran home.
Except she thought I stomped off to deliver the cookies.
So...
Monday, May 14, 2012
Cotton Candy Cupcakes
So I tripped over a dead body laying in my hall last night. And then
again about ten minutes later, and ten minutes after that the dead body
zombie-chased me through the house while I screamed bloody murder and
attempted to run away.
I will probably think twice before buying my 4 year old "body pajamas" again.
If I had a mom who made me cotton candy cupcakes I would not zombie stalk her.
Just sayin...
I made these...
Snicker's Salad
Forgive me for going all health-kick on you lately. I thought you might need a recipe or two for when you're asked to bring a green salad to a summer BBQ or something.
You know you want to :)
I've noticed Snicker's salad making an appearance in the blog world lately, but every recipe I've seen is different than ours. Some call just for Cool Whip and some for Cool Whip + vanilla pudding. Our family recipe...
Almond Sugar Cookies
When I was a kid we used to get Marzipan treats in our stockings. (In Europe they make marzipan pigs, marzipan fruits, all kinds of stuff.) I think because of this I have a HUGE almond-extract aversion.
It probably has NOTHING to do with overindulgence.
Or I thought I did. Recently I've discovered I actually like pure almond extract in moderation, it's just that imitation stuff that gives...
Saturday, May 12, 2012
Coconut Cream Cupcakes
I feel like I might be running out of ways to tell you how good things are. Let me just say, these are beyond fantastic. I could NOT stop eating these. The cream filling isn't very sweet and pairs perfectly with the sweet sweet frosting and the crunch of the coconut on top. I screwed up and made the frosting with salted butter which made them a little strangely salty and they were STILL fantastic. That,...
Lemon Pull-Aparts (& a Key Lime version)
In honor of my mom, the biggest citrus lover I know, I thought I'd post these sweet glazed lemon/key lime rolls today. I really wish I could send you some of these through the computer.
(Seriously... we can send people to the moon, but we can't figure out how to send food through the internet? Come on now.
Some smarty pants from Harvard better be inventing *that* in his dorm room right now.)
Mom,...
Chewy Reeses Chocolate Cookies
I have about 20 recipes waiting in line to be posted so I'm going to try to crank these out like crazy. This is another recipe that looks like "just a cookie" but these are SO delicious. They freeze really well and if you want a cookie that's to die for- pop one of these in the microwave for about 10 seconds or until the peanut butter chips get all melty. Mmmmm.
Reese's chips are a must....
Thursday, May 10, 2012
Milk Chocolate Peanut Butter Pretzel Cookies
I struggle with cookies.
I bake them. I eat twelve-ish with milk. I feel ashamed.
Not really ashamed.
Mostly full and happy really.
Cookies are the reason I run a mile every morning.
These cookies in particular are totally worth the treadmill tradeoff. Yes, they look like ordinary cookies but they taste incredible. These ones are not to be missed.
In case you're wondering the pretzels stay crunchy...
Tuesday, May 8, 2012
Dutch Chocolate Peanut Butter Chip Shortbread
These cookies are crumbly and DARK. If you follow the measurements exactly they may be too bitter for most people's tastes, so heap the sugar and go easy on the cocoa as I wrote in the recipe. Don't get me wrong, these are awesome, but these are a dutch cocoa cookie so that's what they're going to taste like! We are big fans.
This recipe does require some refrigeration before baking and only makes a...
Monday, May 7, 2012
Double Chocolate Coconut M&M Cookies
Not that I think you stalk me or anything, but if you have been wondering where I've been lately you should know I've been sulking over the closure of Picnik.
Also over Facebook's new Timeline feature.
And Blogger's new interface.
Maybe sulking isn't the right word. Maybe a better word is incapacitated.
If you are imagining me hiding in a closet eating chocolate chip cookies and trembling over all the unnecessary change...
Chocolate-Dipped Peeps
Yes, I know everyone and their mom posted chocolate-dipped peeps about 2 months ago but with this blog's namesake, I really have no choice but to put up my version sometime.
Whenever someone refers to their friends as "peeps" I picture these in my head and wonder if they like to take bites out of their friends.
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Jelly Bean Spoons
For Easter this year the kids and I made jelly bean spoons and wrapped them up in little cello bags with ribbon tied around them. They are super cute favor and a huge hit with kids although personally I can't stomach the chocolate/fruit combination. I think a Sixlet version is much more suited for adults although you can really put anything on them you want.
The key is to use a really nice chocolate,...
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