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Chocolate Chip Nutella Cheesecake Bar

Chocolate Chip Nutella Cheesecake Bar

Ever have those days when you are craving something sweet but you don’t want to put out the time and too much effort? Well, here you go a chocolate chip cookie bar with Nutella. Let me help you with this one – think chocolate chip cookie crust then a...

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March 1, 2012 / 80 comments »
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Boozy Bites Series: Cupcake Pudding Shooters

Boozy Bites Series: Cupcake Pudding Shooters

That’s right  . . . Cupcake. Pudding. Shooters.  It’s  boozed-up pudding in a chocolate cup. It’s also light, fluffy and tasty-seriously, it’s life changing. Okay, life changing in a cupcake sort of way. Enough chatter from me. Hit the jump and see for yourself why this easy-to-make 20 minute dessert will...

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February 24, 2012 / no comments »
Cupcake Pudding Shooters

Boozy Bites Series: Cupcake Pudding Shooters

Boozy Bites Series: Cupcake Pudding Shooters

That’s right  . . . Cupcake. Pudding. Shooters.  It’s  boozed-up pudding in a chocolate cup. It’s also light, fluffy and tasty-seriously, it’s life changing. Okay, life changing in a cupcake sort of way. Enough chatter from me. Hit the jump and see for yourself why this easy-to-make 20 minute dessert will...

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February 24, 2012 / 14 comments »
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Caramel & Macadamia Nut with White Chocolate Tarts

Caramel & Macadamia Nut with White Chocolate Tarts

Caramel & Macademia Nut White Chocolate Tarts ~ This is a delectable little bite of caramel goodness mixed in with the nutty and salty crunch of macadamia nuts. To top off the tartlets is a  mousse like buttercream dollop of white chocolate frosting.  The idea for these little tarts are from a catering...

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February 21, 2012 / 26 comments »
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Rocky Road Cheesecake

Rocky Road Cheesecake

This is hands down my best chocolate cheesecake recipe that’s just been dressed up for a rocky road fix. It’s creamy in body and covered in melted chocolate and topped with mini marshmallows and salted almonds – it’s my favorite chocolate cheesecake to date. The cheesecake body reminds me...

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February 20, 2012 / 42 comments »
Rice Krispie Cakes

Rice Krispie Cakes

Rice Krispie Cakes

A while back a friend of mine asked if I would help create a kicked up bake sale item for her daughter’s football cheer team. Keeping my audience in mind, I decided to stick with the classic Rice Krispie square but dress it up with a cake like flare....

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February 12, 2012 / 24 comments »
Photo use courtesy of Sylvie Shirazi | gourmandeinthekitchen.com

The Cost of Food Blogging: Part II

The Cost of Food Blogging: Part II

At the beginning of the year, I decided it might be fun to write a post about the cost of blogging. It included, everything from the time I put into blogging, my schedule along with the actual monetary cost of blogging from equipment to ingredients. Photo by Russell van...

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February 9, 2012 / 66 comments »
Dulce de Leche Banana Cookies and Cream Bars

Dulce de Leche Banana Bars

Dulce de Leche Banana Bars

Yes, it’s as much of a mouthful as it reads. The bars are somewhat a result of indecision with what to make – seems to be the theme lately. I couldn’t decide whether or not to make Banana Cream Bars or a Dulce de Leche Bar. So in keeping...

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February 5, 2012 / 41 comments »
Fluffertella

Fluffertella

Fluffertella

Fluffernutter meets Nutella. Intrigued? I was, but I couldn’t taste test it, so my friends did. To find out if they preferred this Nutella Fluffernutter hybrid to the straight-up Fluffernutter hit the jump to find out and for the recipe.

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February 2, 2012 / 10 comments »
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Coconut and Citrus Cake

Coconut and Citrus Cake

Here’s the thing when you are self-taught baker, you bake a lot and your basis for what works is reading cookbooks like novels, but the biggest learning curve comes from a lot of trial and error. At least that’s how it works for me. A while back I started...

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January 31, 2012 / 28 comments »