• A slice of snickerdoodle pie

    snickerdoodle pie;

    August 21, 2026bestwithchocolate@gmail.com

    Originally posted August 22, 2016. Updated August 21, 2026 for content and clarity. Let me start off by saying–yes, this snickerdoodle pie is everything you want it to be! A light and fluffy cinnamon coffee cake in pie form–you won’t go back. (Although innkeepers coffee cake gives it a run for its money). A flaky crust wrapped around a light and fluffy muffin-like texture, steeped in cinnamon syrup and sprinkled with cinnamon sugar. Snickerdoodle pie is light and airy like a snickerdoodle cookie, and does not skimp on the cinnamon. This recipe came about from a coworker’s birthday–since I love…

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  • Slice of cookies and cream cake

    cookies and cream cake;

    February 27, 2026bestwithchocolate@gmail.com

    Cookies and cream cake takes everything you love about oreos and doubles down on it. Cookies and cream cake layered with a cake batter buttercream, and decorated with cookies and cream frosting.

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  • Apple cake drizzled with honey and apples in the background

    cream cheese apple cake;

    October 17, 2025bestwithchocolate@gmail.com

    Cream cheese apple cake recipe, inspired by a visit to a local cidery where we went apple picking! Try this recipe with a tried and true favorite apple, or spice it up and try a new varietal!

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  • Chopped strawberries tossed over a slice of angel food cake loaf

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    May 30, 2025bestwithchocolate@gmail.com

    A small batch angel food cake loaf made in a loaf pan instead of a full bundt cake. Light and fresh, it pairs perfectly with berries!

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  • caramel apple cider cake bars;

    November 1, 2024bestwithchocolate@gmail.com

    These chewy caramel apple cider cake bars smell like fall, with apple cider and cinnamon flavors and topped with caramel chips!

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  • No sugar watermelon cake next to fruit, nonpareils, and a thank you bag

    no sugar watermelon cake;

    September 6, 2024bestwithchocolate@gmail.com

    A fruit cake…literally! This no sugar watermelon cake is made from watermelon “rounds” and then adorned with a variety of additional fruit. 1…2…3…blow out your candles and make a wish!

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  • Lemon cake bars with strawberries stacked on a plate

    three-ingredient lemon cake bars;

    September 2, 2022bestwithchocolate@gmail.com

    Deliciously light and fluffy lemon cake bars made from a mere three ingredients.  With almond and anise flavors and a subtle hint of lemon, this recipe is sure to please crowds and hosts alike!

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  • slice of gingerbread icebox cake on a spoon

    gingerbread icebox cake;

    December 10, 2021bestwithchocolate@gmail.com

    Gingerbread icebox cake is a no-bake, light and fluffy cake made of thin ginger snaps surrounded by luscious homemade whipped cream. Let this cake set overnight so you’ll have a delicious, chilled light gingery cake to serve.

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  • Strawberry Sheet Cake @ bestwithchocolate.com

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    August 2, 2019bestwithchocolate@gmail.com

    A decadent summery sheet cake made with a classic vanilla base and then stuffed full with fresh summer strawberries.

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  • Strawberry Crunch Cake Balls @ bestwithchocolate.com

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    November 10, 2017bestwithchocolate@gmail.com

    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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  • strawberry crunch ice cream cake; 

    September 29, 2017bestwithchocolate@gmail.com

    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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  • Strawberry Strudel Donut @ bestwithchocolate.com

    strawberry streudel doughnuts;

    November 5, 2016bestwithchocolate@gmail.com

    Happy Tyler-and-my-sister’s birthday!  (Yes, they have the same birthday: November 5th!)  I think these doughnuts are Tyler’s favorite thing of all time and it’s been three years since I’ve come into his life with full fattening potential. I like these doughnuts, but honestly if it was me personally, they’d be a touch too much work for something that doesn’t have chocolate.  They’re only too much work because I always think that I can cut up strawberries while they’re baking for the first two minutes.  DON’T DO THAT.  I’ve tried.  It takes way longer to dice up strawberries than you think.…

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