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Bars, Blondies & Brownies/ Desserts

Outrageous Chocolate Peanut Butter Bars

The classic no-bake chocolate peanut butter bars are one of my favorite recipes to make….especially if I am bringing a dessert to feed a large group.  Classic chocolate peanut butter bars have a graham cracker, powdered sugar and peanut butter base, with a layer of chocolate on top.  Like a Reese’s Peanut Butter Cup…but in bar form.  Instead of the classic recipe, today I am sharing with you my outrageous version of these bars.  If you are a lover of chocolate and peanut butter, then this is a recipe you will definitely want to pin for later! Continue Reading…

Desserts/ Ice Cream

Maple Oreo Cookie No Churn Ice Cream

Maple Oreo Cookie No Churn Ice Cream….nom nom nom.  You guys.  I have an obsession.  An obsession with making no churn ice cream!  It’s just so easy!  And this recipe is over the top, just like all ice cream should be.  It’s a maple vanilla ice cream, with a hint of cinnamon and nutmeg, swirled with Tonewood Maple Cream, and chunks of Waffles & Syrup Oreo cookies mixed in.  I made you ice cream that you can totally eat for breakfast!  Sound good?!  Continue Reading…

Muffins & Pastries

Chocolate Chocolate Chocolate Muffins

Chocolate Muffins….with chocolate to the sixth power.  Because there’s six different ways I added chocolate to these muffins!  Chocolate buttermilk muffins, loaded with chunks of dark chocolate and mini semi-sweet chocolate chips, rolled in chocolate hazelnut butter and chocolate walnuts.  Muffins so crazy, you might feel guilty eating one for breakfast.  Might.  But YOLO. Continue Reading…

Bars, Blondies & Brownies/ Desserts

Chocolate Peanut Butter Blondies

Chocolate flavored peanut butter is the key to these blondies!  Blondies are the best….the brown sugar we use in them, is what makes them so rich and soft.  Swoon.  So why not add chocolate flavored peanut butter to my blondie recipe and some patriotic M&M’s?  Ummm.  Yeah!  A super easy recipe, that is fool proof for those of you out there that may doubt your baking skills, or anyone needing a quick and easy dessert recipe. Continue Reading…

Desserts/ Ice Cream

No Churn Coffee Ice Cream

No churn coffee ice cream, made using a stand mixer and just three ingredients!  No ice cream maker required for this ice cream, which you can whip up in mere minutes.  When I first saw recipes for no churn ice cream on blogs and Pinterest, with just a few ingredients, I was intrigued.  Would it really work or just be mush?  Would it REALLY taste like ice cream??  The answer???? Continue Reading…

Cookies/ Desserts

Maple Oreo Stuffed Cookies

Maple Oreo Stuffed Cookies.  Whhhhhaaaatttt?!?!  Ok.  Before you think I have gone totally crazy, these maple cookies are stuffed with a SPECIAL variety of Oreo cookie.  And it is probably the BEST Oreo cookie variety yet!  So I figured, why not stuff homemade maple brown sugar cookie dough with Oreo’s, and then bake it into massive-sized cookies?  Yup.  Brace yourself…these cookies are not for the faint of heart. Continue Reading…

Savory/ Snacks, Appetizers and Side Dishes/ Travel

Pumpkin Corn Cakes and Mission San Juan Bautista

Pumpkin Corn Cakes are a simple three ingredient recipe, that can be made for breakfast, as a side dish with dinner, or even a snack!  The inspiration for this recipe came after recently visiting one of the California Missions with James and Ethan, for Ethan’s 4th grade California Mission project.  This is an old recipe y’all.  A recipe the padres and Native Americans would have made to go with a typical meal back in the 1800’s. Continue Reading…