Years ago when my brother just started dating his wife, he was telling me about how she’s really into making desserts. He started to describe something that she made for him recently, and he was saying it was the best chocolate dessert he’d ever had. So, of course that sparked my curiosity. When I askedRead More
Lately, I’ve been thinking about different trifles to make. Several years ago when I couldn’t find a recipe for an Oreo Trifle, I made one up myself…and it was amazing. So, I’ve been brainstorming about different types of trifles to put together. As I was thinking about strawberries and cheesecake, the though of having theseRead More
During the holidays, you tend to see a lot of fudge floating around. The most common flavors that I see are your basic chocolate and then of course, peanut butter. After making some peanut butter fudge for my family, I wanted to see what some other popular flavors were that we hadn’t tried out yet…thenRead More
For some reason, I forgot all about these little desserts…until recently when I saw them posted on Facebook. The second I saw them, the memories flashed back in my head of being a kid and shoving as many of these things into my mouth that I could get. Although my family worships peanut butter (literally…myRead More
Over Thanksgiving break, I made a boo boo. My sister-in-law’s mom absolutely LOVES the s’mores candy bars that I make, and I had promised to make her a couple when we all got together for Thanksgiving. Well, 58 things down on my to-do list later, and I completely forgot about making these for her…and didn’tRead More
It’s December already! Where has the year gone? Either way, this time of year is my favorite. Fires crackling in the fireplace, beautifully decorated and lit Christmas tree, all the Christmas lights on people’s homes, the music…and of course, the food. Ironically, this is the time of year that I tend to lose a few pounds. Read More
Earlier this year, I had the pleasure of devouring these delicious little guys at a Pampered Chef party. This recipe is part of the Brownie Pan recipes, and since I’m a huge fan of anything cinnamon and sugar, naturally I ate as many of these that I could without getting into trouble for taking tooRead More
This is the first of many Pampered Chef recipes that are going to show up on this blog. Why? Because they have SOOO many recipes to experiment with, it’s not even funny. So, here’s to the first of many! If you’ve made these before, you may notice a slight variation in the recipe from theRead More
While reading through a Fall Recipes magazine, I came across a recipe for a black bottom pumpkin pie. I tried out the recipe, but wasn’t all that impressed with how it turned out. The pumpkin layer was literally like pudding, and when I think of pie, I think of actually being able to cut aRead More
Here we go with some more Fall Recipes…and my family is a big fan of pecans. My grandmother makes a pecan pie every Thanksgiving, so here is a slight twist on this incredible pie, but as individual bars…and with chocolate. You can’t go wrong with nuts and chocolate, in my honest opinion. Just make sureRead More
