Fluffernutter Bars

I should warn this is basically Fluffernutter on steroids, so aside from melting marshmallows and folding in some peanut butter, I also threw in chopped up Nutter Butter, chopped up Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups and mini marshmallows. It’s like peanut butter fudge meets a Fluffernutter.

Fluffernutter Bars
Fluffernutter Bars

This past weekend was madness for us. I came from work on Friday night and Matt stopped me before I could come in to tell me some heartbreaking and painful news that’s too difficult to share until we can resolve it. So being the weekend and without any resources to handle what has come our way I baked through the night for some calming therapy.

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Er. . . Homemade Twix Bars??

You know what I hate being accused of: snobbery. Being a foodie is not synonymous with a being a food snob. In fact if I’m a food snob, let me qualify it with−I’m an omnivorous food snob. I will pretty much eat anything and everything.

Homemade Twix Bars Bakers Royale Er. . . Homemade Twix Bars??

 Although this past weekend my family  accused me of putting a “snobby” foodie spin on this copycat homemade version of a Twix bar since I  originally called them this. . . 

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Chocolate Cranberry Tart

Intense. Brightly intense-that’s my best description for this tart.  Deeply wrapped in the scarlet colored filling is a cranberry curd that’s been topped with brulee meringue and giving structure to the body and added flavor is a chocolate crust. This is the kind of dessert that starts tart as it hits your tongue but then quickly blends with a balance of sweetness and then further mellowed by the chocolate crust. Think lemon meringue but replace the citrus with the sweet tartness of a berry.

Chocolate Cranberry Tart Bakers Royale Chocolate Cranberry Tart
Chocolate Cranberry Tart

Can I be honest and say, sometimes I run out of ideas for desserts and my brain goes down the usual path of all my favorites like chocolate, caramel, Oreo, cupcakes, candy . . . chocolate again.  This was where I was last week until three bags of cranberries fell out of the freezer onto Matt’s foot. He might have voiced some discontent about it. But at that moment, inspiration hit me and I’m pretty sure everything he said blurred to a carnival-like distortion like you see in movies.   Continue reading Chocolate Cranberry Tart

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