All about my adventures with cooking, crafts, and travel
Bourbon Hot Fudge Sauce – a sophisticated hot fudge that you will insist is on all your ice cream. Sundaes will never be the same once you try this hot fudge..
Hot Fudge is a must when you are enjoying a bowl of ice cream. The contrasting temperature, the luxurious texture, and rich chocolate make hot fudge a requirement when enjoying your favorite ice cream. All hot fudge is good, but this Bourbon Hot Fudge is a must make.
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These Thin Mint Gooey Cake Bars are a simple way to be creative with a classic Girl Scout Cookie. Loaded with chocolate and mint- yum!
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I think that Girl Scout cookie season is the best time of the year. It basically ranks right up there with Christmas. The cookies are great and buying them helps support the Girl Scouts. Win Win!
Making these Thin Mint Gooey Cake Bars will have you loving the classic Girl Scout cookie even more than you already do!
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Sweetheart Chocolate Chex Mix- you’ll fall in love with this fun chex mix that is loaded up with chocolate, peanut butter, pretzels, & M&M’s. So fun!
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Show your friends and loved ones that you really care for them this Valentine’s Day by leaving the random assortment of chocolates at the drug store and making a batch of this Sweetheart Chocolate Chex Mix. They will love the addicting handmade treat.
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These Chocolaty Toffee Chocolate Chip Pudding Cookies are the perfect cookie to satisfy your chocolate and toffee cravings. You won’t be able to have just one!
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Are you ready for Christmas!?!?! It’s one week away!! I sorta feel prepared but I am sure I am forgetting 500 things. It always happens.
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Slow Cooker Almond Joy Chocolate Clusters are great to whip up for homemade holiday gifts. Making them is basically hands off as you use a slow cooker!
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It’s time to get baking cooking, making candy, and decking halls. Fa la la la la, la la la la.
I’m sure that you are just as stuffed as we are from Thanksgiving, but I’m still ready to cook up a storm. I’m not running out looking for the best deals today. I don’t do all that Black Friday Hoopla. I’m just going to get cozy with some cookbooks and plan out all that baking I am going to be doing this Holiday Season.
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Brownie Bottom Candy Explosion Cheesecake is the perfect way to use up loads of Halloween candy. The brownie bottom and the candy too- oh my!
This post and recipe was created for #HalloweenTreatsWeek! I was sent samples by some of the sponsor companies but as always opinions are 100% mine.
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I am so ready for Halloween!!! This cheesecake is so ready for Halloween too!! It is just begging for you to cover it up with yummy Halloween candy.
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This post and recipe was created for #HalloweenTreatsWeek! I was sent samples by some of the sponsor companies but as always opinions are 100% mine.
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This cake is so ridiculously good that it will make you high five a creepy zombie!!!!!
I knew the minute that I saw these neon green zombie hands that I needed to make a fun cake that zombies were digging their way out of. Ah, reminds me of so many episodes of Buffy the Vampire Slayer when the vampires dug themselves out of their graves. So much dirt! So much gore!
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Chocolate Cherry Dessert Hummus is your delicious summer treat for when you’re craving something sweet but still want to maintain that bikini body! Dig in!!
It feels like summer is never going to end here in FL.
I know that everyone is like “OMG! Pumpkin Spice Lattes are HERE!!!!!” But I’m still trying to keep cool because the daily temps are in the 90’s and heat index temps in the 100’s. I love it because summer is my favorite season, but I also can’t wait to have temps back in the 80’s. Maybe in November? ha!
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Turn breakfast on its head with these Dark Chocolate Cherry Scones! These scones are irresistible with the chocolate and fresh summer cherries.
So, somehow, Autumn was introduced to “What does the Fox say?”
Send help.
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This Chocolate Dessert Hummus is a surprisingly addicting healthy sweet treat. You’ll love dripping crunchy pretzels and fruit into it.
Last year, when I was still working in an office, my coworker brought in dessert hummus. OMG. We tried it and we were hooked.
I know that dessert hummus sounds strange, but it’s really so good.
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A sinfully rich dessert that pairs chocolate and peanut butter together in delicious layers. This Buckeye Brownie Cheesecake is the ultimate indulgent treat. Perfect if you love chocolate and peanut butter together.
Did you know that March is Peanut Month?
I swear there is a day/week/month for everything. EVERYTHING.
But I see absolutely no problem with that as you can have a lot of fun celebrating things this month like No Pants Day (May 4th), Meatball Day (March 9th), and International Fragrance Day (March 21st) . Today is Awkward Moments Day.
The only awkward moment you would have related to this awesome Buckeye Cheesecake is that you are going to be caught in the middle of the night, sneaking a bite. So awkward!
I am a sucker for peanut butter desserts so I knew that I needed to make this Buckeye Cheesecake when I saw it in my new copy of Secret Layer Cakes cookbook.
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“If you can lean, you can clean”
Back when I was a college freshman, working retail, I had a boss who would say that. If he caught anyone leaning against a wall or the column next to the register zoning out he would say that so that they got back to work. And if he caught you, he usually made you clean.
I feel that is my life now.
But I am catching myself and I then mentally freak the fuck out and then try to do 10 things to make up for that ‘clacking off’. I never feel like I can just sit and relax. Even if I am on FB, it’s generally to do something related to the blog account, some side hustle stuff, or the account for the dogs I am trying to figure out how I am going to build.
Or if I am on instagram, I am scrolling through and engaging with people that are niche related and I am
The trifecta of getting ‘ish done is when I am pumping, while sitting at the computer so I can write a blog post and search using a specific platform, earning me extra spending money. Extra points if I am listening to a pod cast and I remembered to plug my phone into the fast charger at the desk.
Life just never feels like it ever slows down.
And, in someways, we aren’t doing that much either. Autumn goes to gymnastics 1x a week and that’s it, but the general life maintenance makes things chaotic. From prepping clothes and bottles for the next day, laundry, walking dogs, cooking dinner and dishes, the week night quickly speeds by and before we know it, it’s time for bed and another day of madness until the weekend comes when we try to tackle bigger projects, hang with friends and family, and maybe even get in a nap.
It just feels that I need a month of no distractions and crap to get really caught up on life, with the things I need to do and just want to do.
But that’s why I am always looking for short cuts for things.
I certainly like to make monkey bread or pies or pizza by scratch, but there are times when it’s just easier to grab some biscuits or a pre-made crust or order take out.
And when you add some chocolate candy to the dough… dessert perfection!!!
I love that the Rolo candy, hidden inside the dough ball, gets all melty and gooey. The cinnamon glaze that envelopes each dough ball is perfect with that sweet caramel and chocolate filling too.
Serve this with some ice cream and you are in for a great dessert treat.
Some people might just think that monkey bread is for breakfast,but I think that you will convince them pretty quickly that it’s great for dessert as well when you serve up this sticky sweet caramel and chocolate treat!!
Makes 8 servings
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