Cake Mix Waffles

And here is the chocolate waffle that we had for dessert last night with the homemade chocolate syrup and praline sauce and vanilla ice cream, delicious!  The waffles are super easy to make and you could make them in any flavor you like.  I also found these on a blog called “Cooking with Sugar” and … Continue reading

Cocoa Petit Pastry Puffs

The blog has been quiet lately and that’s because I’ve been working a lot and I have a lot of work coming up so the posts are going to be sporadic at best.  I was craving chocolate big time this week so I made these little beauties for 4th of July and they are delicious … Continue reading

Strawberry Cream Cupcake Desserts

We had some friends coming over for treats last night so I thought about this recipe that I’ve been wanting to try and it seemed right since summer is here (or is here and gone, here and gone, due to the unpredictable weather!)  It’s a Pampered Chef recipe and usually those are a guaranteed success, … Continue reading

Chocolate Almond Pastries

I hosted Bunco last night at my house and these were the treats I made to serve for dessert.  The recipe comes from “Martha Stewart Living”, the December 2009 issue.  I felt a little like Martha yesterday as I made these treats and then I made treats for everyone to take home as part of … Continue reading

Fudge Torte with White Chocolate Mousse

I signed up to bring a dessert to our Christmas Bunco tonight and this is what I brought.  It is from the Pampered Chef cookbook called “Chocolate” which is awesome!  And this torte was awesome too! mousse: 2/3 cup heavy whipping cream 8 oz white chocolate, finely chopped (I used my Dove Chocolate Discoveries white … Continue reading

Chocolate Raspberry Tart

This could not be any easier to make and it seriously could not taste any better either.  It was even better with a little (or big) dollop of Cool Whip on top.  It comes from the Martha Stewart magazine, “Everyday Food”. 32 chocolate wafer cookies (about 8 ounces) or graham crackers 2 tablespoons sugar coarse … Continue reading

Maple – Walnut Mini – Tarts

This is a Pampered Chef recipe from their “Simply Sweet” cookbook and the treats are for my friend Nicole’s baby shower tonight.  They are supposed to be Maple – Cashew but I didn’t have any cashews and besides, Maple – Walnut sounded better.  They are also supposed to be cupcake size but I did them … Continue reading

Blueberry Tart

Another dessert for the family 4th of July dinner.  This one is from http://www.realsimple.com.  I doubled the filling ingredients so that there would be enough to cover the pastry and I used both strawberries and blueberries to top the tart. 1 (8 oz) sheet frozen puff pastry, thawed 1 egg, beaten 1 tablespoon sugar 4 … Continue reading

Bunny Puffs

I wish you could have all been here when I took these out of the oven so that you could have heard my hysterical laughter!  My son Zach put it best as he walked by, took one look at the so called “Bunny Puffs” and said, very dryly, “they look like goat puffs” and sadly, … Continue reading