Chocolate Strawberry Shortcakes

Because really, what is the one thing that Strawberry Shortcakes are missing?  Chocolate!  We went to a dear friend’s baby blessing yesterday with a luncheon before and so I of course volunteered to make treats.  These were perfect, summery and light and yummy, just the right amount of chocolate.  The recipe comes from “My Recipes”.  … Continue reading

Kit Kat Brownies

These were delicious!  The idea comes from a blog called “Raining Hot Coupons”.  She made a homemade brownie batter and layered it with Kit Kats but I was in a hurry so I just used a box mix.  Couldn’t be any easier or yummier! 1 box brownie mix plus ingredients to make brownies 1 bag … Continue reading

Smore’s Brownies

So really the title of this post should be “Teddy Grahams in a Marshmallow Bubble Bath”!  I decided to make some smore’s brownies for the Young Women for an activity and when the brownies were done, they looked like the teddies were hanging out in a bubble bath.  I baked a 9 x 13″ pan … Continue reading

3-Nut Upside-Down Cake

This looked great, everyone was excited about it but it wasn’t all that great.  The cake was good but the nut topping actually hurt your teeth when you ate it, perhaps I cooked it too long and it was crunchier than it was supposed to be, I’m not sure but most of it ended up … Continue reading

Baked Chocolate Doughnuts

My mom loves chocolate doughnuts so while my parents are here visiting I decided to make her some homemade doughnuts.  This recipe came with the doughnut pan from Wilton, they were chocolatey goodness in the shape of a ring! 1 3/4 cups cake or all purpose flour, sifted 1/4 cup cocoa 3/4 cup sugar 2 … Continue reading

Circus Animal Cupcakes

We had a fun Mother/Daughter Activity Night here on Wednesday night with our Young Women from church and I wanted to make something fun for the treats so I found this idea on Pinterest, of course, from “House of Yumm”.  They are so adorable and so delicious.  The crushed up cookies in the cupcakes tasted … Continue reading

Chocolate Peanut Butter Cookie Pizza

Treats for the neighbors!  It’s a Pillsbury recipe, can’t tell you how it tasted as it went straight to the neighbor’s house, smelled good though. cookie crust: 1 (16.5 oz) roll refrigerated sugar cookies 1/4 cup unsweetened baking cocoa 1/4 cup semisweet chocolate chips, melted and cooled (I used 1 {17.5 oz} bag Betty Crocker … Continue reading

Oatmeal Scotchies Muffins

Another muffin recipe from the muffin kick day, this one from “Six Sisters’ Stuff”, who I love by the way (not that I know them personally but I love their recipes and I went to their blog conference earlier this year and they seemed just as nice and fun in person as they do on … Continue reading

Chocolate Almond Muffins

I was on another muffins kick yesterday, I just love muffins, I wish I could eat them everyday for breakfast.  I decided to make some for some friends and, of course, a few for us.  This recipe comes from a blog called “Dine and Dish” and they are chocolatey goodness.  I added the Nutella drizzle … Continue reading

Caramel Pretzel Crunch Brownies

My husband has been down now for a long time with a bad back waiting for surgery and we’ve had some great neighbors who have taken pity on us and have come over to help try and tame our out of control yard, perhaps they are just tired of looking at the fiasco!  You probably … Continue reading