Yesterday we celebrated Father's Day with my husband.
Now, we didn't do anything extra special.
We went to church, had burgers, played ninja, watched tv and ate strawberry pie.
Pretty much a regular day, but it was with the daddy we love,
and that makes it special no matter what!
So the other day my daughter and I went out to get groceries.
And she asked the question she always asks when we go out...
"Can we get coffee?"
Since I had it in my head to drag her to at least 3 stores that I was sure of,
I figured I better sweeten the deal for her.
"Sure. Why not, I replied."
We got to the coffee shop, parked, and went in.
I had an ulterior motive for going into the store instead of the drive thru...
these cupcakes have been swirling around in my head since the last time we stopped at Starbucks.
So...I knew I had to "pick up" a few extra green straws.
Oh, all right.
I was going to steal a bunch when we left. You got me:-)
My daughter ordered the Mocha Cookie Crumble Frappuccino,
while I went with my all time favorite, the Mocha Coconut. (so happy it is here again)
Then on to JoAnn Fabrics to get lost in fun things.
We picked out paper for birthday invitations, looked at fabric, checked out the clearance,
and found a jumbo muffin pan that I had been looking for.
It was a successful trip with no complaining that I had been there too long.
Thank you coffee!
We headed to the checkout with our "treasures" and a gift card.
The girl at the counter was more than happy to help us and
asked what kind of muffins I was going to be making.
Being the spur of the moment baker and blogger that I am,
I replied that I wasn't sure yet...
and that I was a baking blogger and bought pans "just because" all the time.
She was so sweet and even asked the name of my blog.
Now usually I am shy and don't mention too much to real life people about my blog.
They don't usually understand what I am talking about and
why I would bake treats for people I don't know or can't see.
Food bloggers, you understand right?
Fortunately, she seemed to be into blogs and
we talked about muffins and cupcakes for a few minutes.
The whole time I was smiling really big because I was brave and shared
my blogging passion with a real life, oxygen breathing
human that I could have reached out and touched.
My daughter and I got back in the van and headed to the next store.
I was kind of on a high from sharing, and so I was recapping the convo with my girl...
who really could have cared less that her shy mom gave out her blog name.
She just looked at me and laughed and said,
"Dude, you have stuff in your teeth."
Are you kidding me?
Darn you delicious mocha coconut!!!
You took me down with your delicious floating coconut flakes!
Yup, yours truly had chocolatey coconut flakes in between my pearly whites.
No wonder the girl was so sweet and kind.
She was probably thinking what kind of moron baker walks around
showing off food in her teeth?
I wanted to die!
So much for that sharing high...
where is that shovel to bury myself with?
Now I am just hoping she forgets the blog name,
since I didn't have any business cards with me to hand out. (thank goodness for procrastination this time)
Baking always helps relieve whatever kind of funk I am in.
And baking with kids is a really good way to forget embarrassing moments...
instead you begin to worry about egg shells floating around in the cake batter:-)
And did they just lick their fingers and then break more cookie chunks?
Since apparently coconut isn't my friend right now,
I decided to make the cookie drink into a fun cupcake.
Chocolate and coffee...yes, please.
They were so yummy and made me kind of forget my crash and burn experience.
Thank goodness my husband took most of the cupcakes to work with him.
And then kids finished off all the pretty ones in the fridge.
Oh lookee what I just found in the fridge...a few extra cupcakes hiding in a box.
It was stressful remembering the traumatic coconut experience...
don't judge me for eating cupcakes at midnight:-)
Chocolate cupcakes get a fun twist from coffee and chocolate cookies.
If you like a generous amount of frosting on your cupcakes, double the frosting recipe.
Nutrition facts are an estimate and are not guaranteed to be accurate. If you need special diet advice, please see a registered dietician.
Layers of creamy tart cheesecake and soft chewy cookies make these Key Lime Cheesecake Cookie Bars a delicious dessert recipe to make and share.
These Key Lime Cheesecake Cookie Bars are some of my favorites to make. For some reason though I haven't made them in forever.
A few weeks ago I was wanting to make my hubby a yummy treat for us to enjoy after the kids went to bed.
He loves cheesecake, and I love chocolate chip cookies. These cookie bars are the perfect mashup of recipes for us!!!
I made and posted these Chocolate Chip Cheesecake Bars a few years ago.
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There are times when you want a candy bar, and times when you want a rice krispie treat. The struggle is real. What if we combined them into one amazing treat??? Call me crazy, but these are so awesome!!!
Today you can have the candy bar AND the rice krispie treat, and no one will look at you funny for eating 2 treats. These treats are over the top amazing and will definitely make people do a double take when you bring them to your next party.
My mind is going crazy with every candy bar combo possible. In fact, I couldn't stop thinking about them and made these peanut butter cup rice krispie treats and these Oreo stuffed rice krispie treats. Obsessed much?
Sometimes you just have to do something that is you...
Vanilla cupcakes with a hidden golden Oreo surprise and golden Oreo butter cream on top
It's kind of long, so I totally understand if you want to skip to the recipe.
I seriously cannot wait any longer to tell you about these Reese's Fluffernutter Cupcakes!!!
What's better than a peanut butter cupcake?
A peanut butter cupcake...
with a Reeses peanut butter cup buried inside
AND then topped with a marshmallow butter cream!
Yup, that's way better!!!
Peanut butter and marshmallow fluff sandwiches
were my favorite growing up...
who am I kidding???
I still go crazy over a fluffernutter sandwich!!!
Or a spoon dipped into the peanut butter jar
and then the fluff jar.
What??? You've never done that before?
Stop everything...
go do it and then come right back!
You can thank me later.
Back to the cupcakes...these were ridiculously good.
Awesome crazy good that is.
If I had to make another batch of cupcakes right now...
it would be these hands down!!!
Which is saying a lot because these Salted Caramel Mocha Brownie Cups
were the most made cupcake in our house...until now!
A few weeks ago I made like a million cupcakes for an adoption party at church.
Ok, fine it was only about 120...but it felt like millions
when I was piping on the frosting.
It would have been easier if it was all one kind,
but no, it was five or six kinds.
I have forgotten how many now!!
All I remember was it was enough to put me into a sugar coma.
And if I go into sugar shock...
you are coming with me!!!
Sugar shock caused by dipping a spoon into the extra marshmallow frosting...
yea, of course that happened.
Don't judge!
Sugar shock because I couldn't help myself.
Stinking cupcake was teasing me with its peanut butter goodness.
A few pictures later and down the hatch it went.
It was totally worth all the extra time on the treadmill.
You want some now too, right?
Do it do it do it!!!
Are you still with me?
Stop drooling or licking the screen or...eating out of the fluff jar.
Peanut butter cupcakes with a hidden peanut butter cup and topped with a marshmallow butter cream.
I have been trying to eat healthy this month. Ok, ok, healthier at least.
Usually I buy the veggies, and then they sit in the fridge drawers for weeks until they mold and then I have to throw them away.
But for the last month we have actually eaten all the veggies we bought. Thank goodness for bowls of Italian Veggie Salad for dinner.
My sweet tooth has even died off to some degree...and that makes me kind of sad!
There have been a couple desserts that I have tried, and they were good, but I didn't want any more after a bite or two.
Shoot! I had 4 Reese's peanut butter eggs hidden away for a snack attack... and now I don't even want those. Who am I now???
At least it has been good for the hips and thighs! Sigh!
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These Banana Oreo Pancakes are the perfect over the top breakfast treat! Sprinkles, cookies, and bananas give this pancake recipe a fun flair.
Pancake night really means no dinner inspiration or no cooking desire was found in me for the night. Breakfast for dinner comes in handy all the time!
We all have our own little pancake eating quirks too.
Our littlest guy only likes butter. Our daughter has to have butter and sugar. The oldest likes peanut butter and chocolate syrup.
Me, I just go for the straight syrup...maybe some butter. And the hubby, well, he does syrup most of the time, then chases it down with the butter and sugar method.
Every once in a while we pull out the fruit and Cool Whip, but the kids aren't as crazy about that unless we are doing "turkey" or "santa" pancakes. Then it is just about the decorating, because they don't like to eat pancakes that way. [Read more...]
You look like you could use some sugar. Maybe some Oreos or a brownie or two? Of course, if the week has been extra rough, 5-6 brownies.
Even if you think you don't need this extra sugar, trust me on this.
You want some of these sitting in your fridge just waiting for you to come home to.
I don't know why, but brownies are my one of my most favorite things. The only thing slightly better than a chocolate brownie are gooey Loaded Blonde Brownies (see still a brownie:-)
For these bad boys you need to bake up the brownies in a larger pan and then cut out circles with a 2 inch cookie cutter. Each jar is going to get two circles.
What you do with the leftovers is up to you!!! I hear they are good right from the pan or crumbled up over ice cream.
But that's just what I hear;-)
Have you had a chance to try the new cream cheese indulgences? I tried out the chocolate cream cheese in this cheesecake s'mores danish.
And the leftover cream cheese just sort of disappeared...someone with a spoon took over.
I have been to Walmart like every day this week. Maybe if I kept a running list of what I needed, I could avoid this place. Because for some reason I end up buying something extra EVERY TIME.
This time the white chocolate cream cheese begged to come home with me. I was powerless to resist its sweet talking. The minute I got it home, I had to open it and try a spoonful.
Oh my...it's a good thing I had an agenda for the stuff because I could have kept on shoveling it into my mouth.
Oh yea, guess what else I bought? These chocolate cream filled cookies decided they needed a new home! I felt it was only right as a food blogger to fulfill their life long dream.
And what better place to house them, but in a jar with brownies and cream cheese.
Everything just looks so much better in cute little jars, right?
I think these White Chocolate Oreo Brownie Parfaits would be perfect for Mother's Day. Or any other day....like a Wednesday maybe?
Make up about a dozen for mom...because she totally deserves it...and another dozen for everyone else.
And if you don't have any jars or just want to make it easier, layer it all in one giant glass bowl and go to town on it.
Brownies layered with white chocolate cream cheese, Cool Whip, and Oreo cookies...these are a great summer dessert!
Nutrition facts are an estimate and are not guaranteed to be accurate. If you need special diet advice, please see a registered dietician.
