Merry Christmas (and Happy Holidays) to all! And to all a chocolatey night! Those are the best kinds of nights aren’t they? Here’s the wrap-up for this year to keep track of this year’s round of yummies! 2017 Features: [New!] maple bacon milk chocolate truffles Free dipped truffles with a creamy maple bacon center and sprinkled with bacon and salt The centers would be for molds, but I kinda like the salty bacony topping on the free-dipped truffles [New!] cinna-bun white chocolate truffles A slightly crunchy cinnamon cookie and cream cheese center makes for a wonderful bite of a cinnamon…
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Continue ReadingCinnamon bun truffles have a dreamy cinnamon center inspired by cream cheese frosting and are coated in a layer of white chocolate for extra sweetness.
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Maple bacon is one of those trendy flavors right now and I have to say I don’t hate it. I’ve never been a huge maple person, especially next to say, my sister who could eat maple candies until the trees came home–that is to say, forever. Though she is particular about authenticity. In this case, unfortunately, I found that real maple syrup doesn’t add enough of an intense maple kick, so I had to out and spring for maple extract. Really, there’s not a good substitute. Potentially you might be able to concentrate traditional maple syrup by boiling it down,…
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A delicious and simple meal, perfect for one or two people. Brussel sprouts cut thin and charred in a pan with mushrooms, tossed with raviolis in garlic butter sauce for a quick and delicious weeknight meal! – – I’ve been on a kick of dinners Tyler hates because he’s been gone on work so much! It’s like FREEDOM. Haha, not really there’s so much work to do around the house and I miss him a lot! But on the bright side I can make things for dinner without considering his preferences nearly so much which can be kind of nice…
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Delicious two-bite balls of cake and ice cream coated in frosting and a strawberry cake crumble on the outside! They’re messy to eat, but deliciously so! – – What do you get when you throw a whole cake on the floor in your house? Apparently the answer is Strawberry Crunch Cakeballs! At least it was a delicious mistake! Basically I was trying to re-make this strawberry crunch ice cream cake that I shared a few weeks ago because it was delicious! And I didn’t prepare nearly as well because I figured I had made it once before and I would remember. Well…
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Looking for a sugary sweet dessert? Look no farther! These delicious blondies have a delicious sugary icing glaze and are sprinkled with pecans! – – The description for these says “sugary sweet”, and let me warn you these are definitely tooth-achingly sweet! If you’re in that mood they can really hit the spot, but even I can only eat a few bites at a time. The principle of praline blondies is pretty simple. Blondie, topped with sugary pecan icing. Tyler, my fiance, loves nuts and non-chocolate desserts, so this one goes out to him! Not that he discriminates against chocolate,…
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Decadent dark chocolate cookies with a mashup of tasty ingredients! Throw in some pumpkin spice chocolate chips, white chocolate chips, and macadamia nuts for a halloween mash cookie bite!
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In the mood for a different kind of wings? Try out these pesto wings! Made even better with homemade pesto! – – It’s been a good harvest year for the basil on my deck! So that means lots of pesto! And with this low-carb diet thing, wings are on the menu! I’ve shared a lot of tasty chicken wing recipes like miso glazed chicken wings and maple mustard wings are my favorite go-tos. But this was a nice summery take on wings! These are basically the same recipe, season and bake and then toss with the sauce–in this case pesto–and bake again…
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Need your chocolate fix? Well, it’s time to get slutty with all your favorite desserts! A chocolate chip cookie layer, followed by oreos, and topped off with a decadent layer of brownie. – – Slutty brownies bring me wayyyyy back to college. I think it was my friend Jackie who first introduced me…when we weren’t eating cookie dough straight out of the tub. Though of course with these you can always snitch some out of the tub while you’re making it. Two desserts for the price of one! Now of course, if you wanna be classy about it all, you can…
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You remember those strawberry shortcake dessert bars? Well serve up your own giant-sized crunch cake! An adult-sized vanilla cake with a strawberry ice cream center topped with that strawberry crumble! – – I’m back! Well, trying at least to get back in the swing of things, although life’s been a little crazy lately and I doubt I’ll be able to do a full three recipes a week (Mon-Wed-Fri) like I have been. I think for a while I’ll switch to one post on Friday, and even then I may not be posting new recipes each time, but might revisit some…
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Deliciously simple addition of sharp cheddar cheese (or your preference of cheese) to buttery toasty garlic bread! – – Happy day after Fourth of July! No themed recipe for you this year, but I’ve still been catching up on life, and I thought it was a good idea to share one of my regulars for those busy folk like me! If you follow me at all, or have had a conversation with me in person about food, I’ll bet I’ve mentioned how much I love cheese. So what better than carbs, butter, and cheese? Nothing. For this version I used…
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Adorable almond sugar cookies stacked in tiers and iced with chocolate candy melts and cute details to look like wedding cakes! – – I know I left you all in the lurch for a few weeks, but as you know Tyler and I were moving, and unpacking and it’s just been a crazy hectic ride! So I’m jumping back in with these adorable cookies in honor of my best friend getting married! She and her fiancé have been engaged for over 3 years, and now that they’re in the same country and finally living together (he was in med…
