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Peanut Butter Pie Bars

These easy Peanut Butter Pie Bars have a sweet cookie crust and a fluffy peanut butter filling. Chocolate glaze, a swirl of homemade whipped cream, and peanut butter cups make this no bake peanut butter pie look so fancy.

Why You Will Love These Pie Bars

A no bake peanut butter pie is an easy dessert that peanut butter fans will go crazy for. The rich and buttery Oreo crust topped with a creamy no bake peanut butter cheesecake filling and a silky chocolate ganache will get rave reviews.

Years ago we lived in the midwest and would eat at Baker's Square from time to time. To be honest, I was only there for the pie. One of my all time favorites was a peanut butter pie that was to die for.

I decided that I wanted to recreate that amazing pie, but with a little twist. I turned the peanut butter pie into pie bars by using a square dish. Same great taste, just a different shape.

If you really want the traditional pie form, use a 9 inch deep dish pie plate instead of the square baking dish. Either one works!

What I love most about these peanut butter pie bars is that they are rich and creamy without being overly sweet and heavy.

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Loaded Blonde Brownies

These sweet Blonde Brownies are chewy, delicious, and loaded with so much fun! Get creative with the leftover bags of cookies, candy, and chocolate in your pantry. This best blondie recipe is easy to make with one bowl and 15 minutes.

Four blonde brownies loaded with cookies, chocolate, and candy stacked on top of each other with candy around them

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Blonde brownies are one of our favorite desserts. When I need a quick treat, I always bake a pan of blonde brownies. They are easy to mix up in one bowl and are so easy to customize with your favorite mix-ins.

Prefer a loaded cookie? Check out these popcorn cookies or these chocolate Oreo cookies. They are loaded with all kinds of goodness!

This blondies recipe is one that I have been making since high school. Everyone loves blondies because they are chewy, buttery, and have a delicious brown sugar flavor.

We like to under bake our cookie bars because our family prefers them slightly gooey and delicious. If you want yours a little more done and easier to pick up, make sure you bake them the full time.

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Easy Chicken Enchiladas

These Easy Chicken Enchiladas with green sauce are a delicious way to use up leftover chicken and your favorite taco toppings. Great dinner recipe for busy nights when you need a quick and easy meal.

A white plate with a chicken enchilada cut in half topped with sour cream, cilantro, and avocado.

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One of the things we buy each week is a rotisserie chicken from Sam's or Costco. I love how inexpensive they are, and I don't have to heat up my kitchen roasting it. Win, win.

I keep bags of already shredded chicken in our fridge and freezer for easy weeknight dinners like chicken ole for our family. I'm all about saving time in the kitchen when it comes to dinner prep.

These enchiladas are a delicious way to use up leftover chicken and your favorite taco toppings. They are quick enough to make that you can make them any night of the week.

Why Make This Recipe

Enchiladas are so easy to make, and you can customize them with your favorite fillings. It's also a delicious dinner for Cinco de Mayo.

These are so easy to make because you can make the filling and sauce for these green chicken enchiladas ahead of time. Keep it in the fridge until you are ready to assemble dinner.

In minutes you can transform taco night leftovers into an easy and flavorful enchilada casserole. The layer of sauce and cheese bakes up all melty and bubbly.

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Unicorn Sugar Cookie Bars

Transform easy Sugar Cookie Bars into a fun unicorn dessert with colorful vanilla frosting and lots of rainbow sprinkles. Unicorn Sugar Cookie Bars are so easy to make because you bake and frost them in one pan. Such a fun treat to make for picnics, parties, or holidays.

Sugar Cookie Bars with Frosting

These frosted sugar cookie bars make me smile so much! After I made this fun colored Unicorn Cheesecake, I was inspired to use the leftover sprinkles in a vanilla unicorn dessert.

Baking and frosting sugar cookie bars in one pan is one of my favorite types of dessert. It seriously saves so much time. No more rolling dough out, cutting cookies, and placing each one on a baking sheet.

The box of cookie cutters in our pantry hasn't been used in quite some time because all I make are cookies in a pan now. I'm still holding on to them just in case I get that urge to roll out dough. So far that urge hasn't happened!

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Best Lemon Bars

With only a few ingredients and a blender the Best Lemon Bars come together in minutes. A sweet cookie crust adds the perfect touch to the tart and creamy lemon curd filling. These easy lemon bars are perfect for spring parties, showers, picnics, or bake sales.

Bonus: If you like lemon desserts then you will love this lemon cream cheese pie and this strawberry lemon cream pie.

Three lemon cookie squares with powdered sugar stacked on top of each other.

Why This Works

These shortbread lemon bars are responsible for changing my mind about sweet and sour desserts. I used to avoid all sour things because they would make me pucker.

Even thinking about lemon desserts would make me shiver, but then I am happy to report that I decided to give lemon another chance. Adding a sweet cookie layer balances out that sour flavor for me.

These sweet and sour bars and these lemon cookie bars made me realize that I DO like lemon...with lots of sugar. LOL!

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Carrot Cream Cheese Muffins

If you love carrot cake, you have to try these Carrot Cream Cheese Muffins! These soft, spiced carrot cake muffins are loaded with shredded carrots and warm cinnamon and stuffed with a rich, creamy cheesecake filling. They're perfect for breakfast, snack, or dessert!

Two carrot cake muffins stacked on top of each other on an orange towel with a bite taken out of the top one showing the cheesecake center.

Carrot Cheesecake Muffins

Carrot cake with cream cheese frosting is one of my all-time favorite cakes, so it just made sense to make these carrot cake muffins with cream cheese filling.

As I was working on the recipe for these carrot cheesecake muffins, I had to make a few batches to get it absolutely perfect.

After a few test runs on the carrot cake muffins, I doubled the cheesecake center because more cheesecake is never a bad idea. Am I right?

Why You'll Love This Recipe

The muffins are soft and moist and have a delicious cheesecake center that will have everyone reaching for more. They're a great breakfast recipe for Easter or Mother's Day. Another great choice is this Starbucks copycat lemon loaf.

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Coconut Chocolate Pie

The rich and creamy layers in this Coconut Chocolate Pie recipe will make this pudding pie a hit with everyone. No bake coconut cheesecake and chocolate pudding will have you going back for another slice in a hurry!

Chocolate Pudding Pie with Cheesecake:

The other day I was craving pie like crazy. I'm not sure why. Usually when I want something sweet, I crave these Homemade Chocolate Chip Brownies.

But for whatever reason I couldn't get the idea of a creamy pie out of my mind. So, I looked through the pantry and refrigerator to see what I could come up with.

I found a few boxes of chocolate pudding, shredded coconut, cream cheese, and Cool Whip. I knew right away that a pudding pie with a no bake cheesecake layer had to happen right away.

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Easter Rice Krispie Treats

Easter Rice Krispies Treats with M&Ms are a fun and colorful treat that everyone will enjoy. Sprinkles, candies, and extra marshmallows make these the easiest and best sweets you will ever make.

Three Easter rice krispies treats with M&M candies and sprinkles stacked on top of each other on a pink board

The post for Easter Rice Krispie Treats was first published in March 2018. It was updated and republished in March 2021.

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Rice Krispie Treats with M&Ms

Today, we are talking about the easiest and best treat around: Rice Krispie Treats. They are seriously so easy to make for just about any reason.

I have no self-control around these easy no-bake treats, so I usually try to take them to different parties or get-togethers. Last week I made some Bunny Butt Rice Krispies that are so cute for Easter, so I have had no bake treats on my mind.

Since I had bags of Easter M&Ms and lots of sprinkles in our pantry, it seemed like another pan of these M&M rice krispies treats was the answer.

Why I Love This Recipe

These fun Rice Krispie squares are loaded with M&Ms and sprinkles. The bright colors pop out on these sweet treats. Feel free to use any variety of M&Ms to match your theme or mood.

Allow the warm marshmallow and cereal mixture to cool before adding the candies, or you'll end up with unicorn treats, as the colors will melt and spread.

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Cookie Butter Eggs

Cookie Butter Eggs are a delicious nut free candy that anyone can enjoy. A creamy cookie butter filling coated in white chocolate makes a dreamy Easter dessert.

A pink napkin with a white chocolate covered cookie butter egg on it and half of another egg stacked on top

Last weekend we made a batch of Peanut Butter Balls and decorated them to look like bunny butts. As I was eating one I started thinking about kids and adults with nut allergies who will never be able to enjoy Reese's eggs at Easter.

I decided to create a fun nut free candy that those with a nut allergy could make for Easter baskets.

They are just like these Peanut Butter Eggs, but these are stuffed with cookie butter goodness instead.

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Vanilla Pudding Cookies

The best Vanilla Pudding Cookies are loaded with two kinds of chocolate chips, M&M's candies, and sprinkles. Adding a box of instant pudding keeps these pudding cookies so soft and chewy for days! Grab a few to enjoy with a big glass of milk.

Vanilla Pudding Cookies with M&M's

All you need to bake these pudding cookies is one bowl, a few ingredients, and a couple minutes. The dough comes together so quickly. There is no chill time, so you can bake the cookies right away.

The best thing about these pudding cookies is that you can make and bake them right away, and you can use whatever candy you have on hand. I had a few bags of Easter M&M's candy in the pantry, so I decided to make pudding cookies for our kids.

These are the perfect cookies to make when you need a quick and easy dessert, need a fun treat for get togethers or picnics, or just want cookies.

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