Desserts & Sweets without picante lobster elbow

Really, you might as well call these health food cookies. I know, we all pledged to "eat better" in 2013, and I'm here to help you out. Chocolate:[...]

DO NOT PANIC. THERE IS NO MEAT IN THIS SALAMI. {Whew. OK...I didn't want you to freak out there.} Do you ever buy a cookbook and it's so beautiful and so full[...]

*alternate post title: Why I've gained 10 pounds in two weeks.* This is a long "picture-heavy" post, but bear with me...I think you're gonna like it. Along[...]

Do you have an idea book? You know, a binder where you store all of the great ideas you see in magazines? Kinda like retro Pinterest. { Remember life before[...]

My dad instilled in me a great love for popcorn. He'll pass up sweets, cookies, cakes in favor of a big ol' bowl of salty, crunchy popcorn. Don't even mention[...]

Promise me you'll make this? Like tomorrow? Or maybe for New Year's Eve? Just promise, ok? If you don't do alcohol, you are excused, but the REST of you...you[...]

As much as I love chocolate, I’m not a big fan of “the chocolate cookie.” I’ll take a regular chocolate chip cookie over a[...]

Remember these from Maria's shower ? We talked about making the pea pods from fondant , but let me talk to you about the cake itself. The petits fours are[...]

Time to get your sprinkles on... I'm gonna be honest; I love conversation hearts, but I don't like to eat them. I like to LOOK at them. So, I[...]

What's the first thing you think of when you think of going to a spa? Food, right? I know, it's strange, but when I think of spas, my mind wanders to thoughts[...]

After making Frosted Animal Cookies , I guess I had store-bought cookies on the brain. I had Nutter Butter Brain. There was no stopping it. But these are[...]

Muffins = legally sanctioned cake for breakfast. {Please don't tell the First Lady.} These Triple Chocolate Muffins may not be the most gorgeous, but, oh[...]

{I just asked kiddo if a "little somethin' somethin'" was an expression. His response..."maybe for people your age." Someone is getting coal in his stocking.}[...]