- Part 4

Man-Whore Bars

Yes, you read that right—Man-Whore Bars, the follow-up to these. Don’t you think the name of these bars are appropriate? Seriously, I set out to top the slut bars, and I’m happy with results. You will be too, since this is stacked with a chocolate chip cookie crust, ganache, Rice Krispie Treat, Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups, Oreos, more Rice Krispie and then to finish things off is a layer of ganache and crushed chocolate chip cookies. To sum it up that’s 4 desserts in one: 2 cookies, candy, Rice Krispie treat and chocolate ganache – man-whore style for sure.

Now more importantly, I’m on a mission to mainstream these like Jessica Simpson did for the Slutty Brownies on Katie Couric’s show. Which by the way, I birthed the cousin to those slut brownies with these Slutty Cheesecake Bars—seriously damaging stuff. But this–this, might be my all-time favorite over-the-top bar.

Chocolate Caramel Rum Cake

Chocolate again. Yep. Chocolate is always on my mind so it makes its way here a lot. There’s nothing fancy or complex about this recipe, just a straight chocolate caramel rum cake. Sometimes simple is best and sometimes more rum is better than less. Of course you can glaze to your preference, I personally like it on the more aggressive side. But whether you go heavy or light-handed, you’ll see the caramel rum provides an uncomplicated contrast to the chocolate cake to keep it from being a one note dessert.

And you’ll have to take my word on that one for a little bit. Know why? I can’t find the recipe. What. . .the. . . freak? How is that possible?

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Slow Cooker Jerk Chicken

I’m back to crazy, so please join me as I make my way through posting five days a week. To celebrate, I’m bringing America’s Test Kitchen’s slow cooker recipe for Caribbean jerk chicken. This is definitely the simpler way to make this dish since you can trade in hours of marinating and grilling time for the simple slow cooking method of dumping it all in a pot and letting the chicken cook in the spice marinade, then give it a quick charring and crisping in the broiler and — done!

Imagine all the random awesomeness we can share with one another over ten minutes a day, for five days a week. See, I’m not even greedy with your time—drop in, grab some food and stay awhile or not. Let’s just make sure we connect because damn you guys are fun to bake and cook for and even better to converse with. Continue reading Slow Cooker Jerk Chicken