Chunky Chocolate Cheerios. This is one of the most delicious if not the greatest chocolate dessert of all time. Really. Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer knocked on Santa’s front door. Santa: “Who’s there?” Rudolph: “It’s me, Rudolph.” Santa: “What do you want, Rudolph?” Freezing in the cold Rudolph replies: “Ch-ch-ch…” Santa: “You want WHAT?” Rudolph: “Chunky Chocolate Cheerios!” And that, ladies and gentlemen, is why I don’t normally tell any jokes because they tend to be terribly lame! It all started rather innocently on a day that I had this whacky idea to add some Cheerios to the White & Dark Chocolate Peanut Butter Chunks recipe of mine. I posted the recipe along with this by now familiar photo and that was that. Not quite. Always a bit stumped when it comes to gifts I wondered whether gifting these delightful nibbles would work.
People went bonkers for it! Chunky Chocolate Cheerios sold out week after week when I ran a stall at the local farm shop. Adds crunch. If you can find another cereal that can do that, go ahead! Santa hat brownies « daisy's world. Aren’t these Santa Hat Brownies just so cute? Thanks to Erica’s Sweet Tooth for the inspiration. I was looking for a fun and simple holiday treat and I ran across a recipe on her website.
They’re so good and easy to make, especially since I bought Trader Joe’s Ready to Bake brownie mix (just pour the ready-made brownie batter in an 8-X 8-inch pan and bake for 22-25 minutes). You can use ready-made brownie bites or bake a pan of your favorite brownies. Update: November 17, 2013 This year, I plan to bake these Santa Hat Brownies and other holiday treats to give as gifts to friends and co-workers.
Note: I have been paying for Picmonkey’s monthly Royale Plan for the past year. Santa Hat Brownies Yields 12-16 brownies Ingredients: 1 pan of your favorite brownies, cooled and cut into desired size and shape (I used a round cutter) 12-16 small strawberries, cleaned and hulled vanilla-mascarpone buttercream (recipe below) To assemble, pipe a ring of vanilla buttercream on top of each brownie. Handle the Heat » Cookies & Cream Cheesecake Cupcakes. My FAVORITE Chocolate Chip Cookie.
I have experimented with countless recipes searching for that perfect chocolate chip cookie. The characteristics of the perfect cookie are a very personal matter, and here are my preferences: texture: chewy w. medium thickness --- everyone has their preference, and this is mine! Chocolate to cookie ratio: 50/50 --- I really enjoy having a lot of chocolate in every bite chips vs. chunks: chunks --- I like sizeable pieces of chocolate in my cookie. type of chocolate: bittersweet --- I like using Valrhona 61% extra bitter nuts or other add-ins: NONE!! With the above criteria in mind, this recipe is the closest I've come to experiencing CCC perfection.
. - Don't substitute the pastry and bread flours w. . - Hand chopped chocolate chunks, NOT premade chips - I will purchase a hunk of the best bittersweet chocolate that I can afford and hand cut them into chunks. . - Chill the cookie dough at least 24 hours (I let my dough sit anywhere from 2-3 days) before baking. Healthy Twix Bars. Lately, things have gotten entirely too healthy around here.
Roasted vegetables? Lentil stew? Baked oatmeal? If it is true that this is the Healthy Dessert Blog, where are all the desserts? Where is all the CHOCOLATE? Oh there it is. When I compiled my candy recipes into the Healthy Chocolates & Candy page, many of you lamented the absence of a healthier copycat Twix bar. Please welcome Leanne and her allergy-friendly, gluten-free Twix bars: Hi Everyone! I’m super stoked to be here with you guys today. The food we surround ourselves with has a dramatic impact on the way that we live out our lives.
What’s more indulgent than creating your very own a vegan and gluten-free homemade Twix bar? I couldn’t think of anything else either. (makes 12 bars) Caramel: 100g pitted dates (approximately 6 dates)3 tablespoons sunflower seed butter (or another nut butter of choice)1 tsp waterpinch salt Chocolate Coating: 3/4 cup chocolate chips Preheat oven to 350F and line a cookie sheet with parchment paper. Snowball Cookies that melt in your mouth. I know it’s past Christmas… But if you are anything like me, this doesn’t mean you’ve stopped eating the holiday cookies. I’ve made five more batches this past week! After all, what better way is there to ring in the new year than by stuffing one’s face with cookies? Champagne is so overrated. Chances are, you’ve tried these popular cookies–also known as Mexican Wedding Cookies, Russian Tea Cakes, Butterballs, or Polvorones–at least once before in your life.
Chances are, you’ve witnessed first-hand their alluring “melt in your mouth” charm. Like many families, mine makes these cookies every year during the holidays. Edit: This post was written and all ready to publish when I discovered I’d actually posted my grandmother’s recipe once before, 4 years ago! Snowball Cookies (or Mexican Wedding Cookies) Preheat the oven to 325 degrees. View Nutrition Facts What’s your New Year’s resolution this year? Link of the Day: …………..New Year’s Healthy Breakfast Ideas. No-Bake Coconut Crack Bars. I’ve FINALLY made a Pinterest page! I’d love you forever if you want to follow: The Chocolate-Covered Pinterest Page Anyways, on to today’s post… These no-bake bars are completely addictive. And you can make them in LESS THAN 10 minutes! As if I needed yet another addictive no-bake recipe on the blog. Oh but one can never have enough no-bake recipes, right? Especially when there is coconut involved… You know what else one can never have enough of? Obviously I would say chocolate.
And one can never have enough coconut. (makes 5-8) 1 cup unsweetened shredded coconut (80g)1/4 cup agave or pure maple syrup (or 1/4 cup water and 2-3 nunaturals stevia packs)2 tbsp virgin coconut oil (For all substitutions in this recipe, see nutrition link below)1/2 tsp pure vanilla extract1/8 tsp saltoptional raw chocolate chips – recipe in the Chocolate-Covered Katie Cookbook Combine all ingredients in a food processor. View Coconut Crack Bars Nutrition Facts Dishes? Healthy Nutella. Healthy Nutella: My new obsession.
Soon to be your new obsession. Once you try this healthy Nutella chocolate spread, you’ll never want to put your spoon down. Never ever. Unless, of course, you don’t like Nutella… Is that even possible? Is there a person in this world who can resist that velvety chocolate butter? (If it’s true, please send me your spoon. On Friday, I posted my blog’s 2011 Top 10 Most Popular Healthy Desserts. The following recipe is so incredibly delicious it might just make the list for next year! This version is much lower in sugar (or it can even be sugar free!) My first love. Long before I discovered boys (or at least before I stopped believing they had cooties!) I gave up eating Nutella when I went vegan, over ten years ago. Tired of feeling left out, I took matters into my own chocolate-covered hands one day, throwing more and more ingredients into my Cuisinart until I achieved exactly what I was looking for: Healthy Nutella (Makes about 2 cups)
Cake Batter Energy Bars. These snack bars will rock your face off. Say goodbye to your face. “No-bake” energy bars that taste surprisingly like cake batter. It’s weird, but they really do. Hope you weren’t attached to your face Cake Batter Energy Bars (Can be gluten-free!) Inspired by my Homemade Luna Bars 1 cup rice crispies (brown or white, or certified gf) (30g)packed 1/2 cup oat flour (70g) (Or make your own by grinding rolled oats in the food processor until they turn into a fine powder.
Combine all dry ingredients and stir well. View Nutrition Facts Cute story: One of my friends came over yesterday with her 4-year-old daughter, and we thought it’d be fun to make sprinkle maracas by pouring the sprinkles into containers (above) and shaking. Then she decided he needed food, and so she proceeded to dump the entire contents of her sprinkle maraca onto the ground for Bobby to eat. But I think we’ll now be getting ants Link of the Day: Cake Batter Ice Cream. 2 Ingredient Truffles. How was everyones 4th? Did you all have fun, food, & Family?
We sure did and not to mention we had some awesome fireworks! I did break down and make Miss A a shirt, I will add a little tutorial for you soon, here in Utah we still have the 24th to celebrate too! I thought I would share an easy recipe that reaps LOT & Lots of Praise! Do you have a love for the truffles but they all seem like a lot of work?
1 8oz pack of Cream cheeseChocolate (1 pkg of almond bark or 2 1/2 boxes of melting chocolate) Start with whipping your cream cheese, while that is whipping melt half of your chocolate. AT this point you can go onto the next step and keep it 2 Ingredients or I like to try my luck and test different combos. Refrigerate the balls for about 1 hr until firm enough to hold their shape in melted chocolate. Dip then decorate! Stand back and enjoy the praise! Two-Ingredient Banana Peanut Butter Ice Cream Recipe. Brown spotted bananas were sitting on our counter, staring me down. I tried to ignore them, but they kept haunting me. It seems like I can never eat bananas fast enough. They always turn brown and beg me to put them to good use. I usually bake banana bread, banana cookies, banana cake, or use them in a smoothie.
This time I decided to turn them into ice cream since it is so hot outside. I was a little skeptical about this recipe. I sliced up four ripe bananas and put them on a large plate. I put the frozen banana slices in my Blendtec blender. I pulverized the banana slices for a few minutes, scraping down the sides a few times. If you are looking for a new way to use up your ripe bananas, try this Two-Ingredient Banana Peanut Butter Ice Cream.
Ingredients: 4 large very ripe bananas 2 tablespoons peanut butter Directions: 1. 2. *Note-if you have a hard time creating a creamy consistency, you can add 1-2 tablespoons of milk to help puree the banana slices. 2 Ingredient Coconut Cookie Dough Balls! You know me. You know I like recipes that are fast and easy. So these coconut cookie dough balls are pretty much a dream come true. First of all, they taste like coconut cookie dough. And secondly, they’re no-bake, with just two ingredients. It can’t get any easier than that! I also now have new recipe tab: 5 Minute Dessert Recipes. (If you click on the above link, you’ll see all of my recipes that take 5 minutes or less to make! I’m not even sure I can call this a “recipe.”
Coconut Cookie Dough Balls (no added sugar!) Scant 2/3 cup pitted dates (80 g) (I like Sunmaid brand, because they’re softer. Blend everything together in a food processor. View Cookie Dough Balls Nutrition Facts Note: the cookie dough balls in the photos contain nuts. If you want balls without coconut butter, try one of these similar recipes: German-Chocolate Fudge Bites Girl-Scout Cookie Bites Are you a fan of quick and simple recipes?
Or do you prefer the challenge of making fancier, more-complicated recipes?