- Part 71

Cookie Flop!

Can you even guess what I attempted here? Wonder what those little seeping pools of liquid can be? l”ll tell you this, those seeping pools are also responsible for the sunken holes you see.

The culprit: marshmallows. The cookie: Rocky Road. Yeah, not so much, right?

This might be my best fail, E-V-E-R. I completely brain faded. Marshmallows are more than 70% sugar, of course they will melt at high heat. As for the taste (based on what I could scrape up), um, I missed the mark on that one as well.

So off the heels of all that self congratulatory back patting in the Coffee Cake recipe, I was pretty much humbled by these not so great tasting and ugly babies.

Cocktail Popsicle: Raspberry and Kumquat Caipirinha

This week’s cocktail popsicle contains a boozy newcomer Cacahaca. Giving body to this newcomer are some summer sweet raspberries and sour kumquats in a limeade body.

Raspberry and Kumquat Caipirinha Popsicle

Hit the jump to Endless Simmer to for the recipe. While you are there don’t forget to check out my interview with the Lina Biancamano Top Chef Just Dessert’s exiting contestant from last week. You’ll be surprised to hear the other reason why they missed the cue that landed them at the judges’ table.

S’mores Bars

This is an easy s’mores recipe that is fail proof and armed with a secret weapon.

I’m pretty sure having a good smore recipe is a requirement for good parenting, right? I mean you don’t want to send your child all the way through 10 years of school without ever knowing what one is—because that would be embarrassing. Continue reading S’mores Bars