Desserts & Sweets with chocolate

3/4 Cups butter 1 Cup all-purpose flour 1/4 tsp baking powder 1/8 tsp salt 1/2 Cup cocoa powder 1 1/2 Cups firmly packed brown sugar 2 Large eggs 1 tsp[...]

Base: 28 chocolate creme filled sandwich cookies (recommended: Oreo or Newman-O's) 2 ounces good quality bittersweet chocolate , chopped (or 1/4 cup chips) 3[...]

Bananas (frozen) Peanut Butter (1 Tablespoon per banana) Peel ripe bananas and put them in a zip lock bag to freeze Freeze for two hours (if you leave them[...]

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{This post is sponsored by Nestlé® Toll House® Morsels , the perfect special ingredient for all of your family’s favorite treats!} There is no[...]

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Please tell me you do things like this, too... A friend, let's call her Cheryl , tells you about making desserts in push-pop containers. You then see a blog[...]

Confession: Until yesterday, I had never eaten a Peep. We grew up in an all-chocolate-and-jelly-bean Easter basket family. {I love Easter.} So, fast-forward[...]

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Have you heard of Baked ? The bakery in New York and South Carolina? Maybe you've heard of the Baked: New Frontiers in Baking cookbook. Maybe just maybe, if[...]

What is it about the combination of peanut butter and chocolate that is so magical? I'm not a girl to eats peanut butter by the spoonful, but combine it with[...]