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Kit Kat Brownies With PB Cookie Frosting

I always forget about KitKats. They are amazing and like easily one of the best candy bars out there, but for some reason they are always foreshadowed in my mind by Reese’s or Twix or bars with more pizazz. But I thought of them the other day and kinds just thought, “What if I put…

Butterscotch Carrot Cake Ice Cream Sandwiches

Recently, my family wen to visit my brother in California, and we went to this really good- like, reeeeally good- restaurant called The Lark. Literally everything I put in my mouth was mind-blowing. And we ordered like twelve different things to share as a table. And then came dessert, and I didn’t think my mind could be…

Almond Joy Blondies

Spring! It’s a time of renewal and fresh starts, right? Well, I (Molly) am taking that to heart this Easter weekend. Next week, I will be moving back to Minnesota to start the next chapter in my life. No job or apartment awaits me…but I have a welcoming place to land in the meantime and some…

Carrot Cake Ice Cream with Cream Cheese Frosting Swirl

I’ve learned a lot of things from this blog. But I think I’ve just learned the most important lesson of all. Frosting is the best possible thing you can swirl into ice cream. Literally nothing else can get on the level of a frosting ice cream swirl. Especially if it’s cream cheese frosting swirl. In…

Lemon Pistachio Rolls

Easter approaches! Have you planned your Easter breakfast and/or brunch menu yet? If not, may I make a small suggestion? You include these tangy, sweet Lemon Pistachio Rolls. We’ve taken your classic cinnamon roll and spruced it up for spring with the sweet lightness of citrus and earthiness of pistachio. Honestly, what two flavors capture the spring aesthetic better?…

Nutella Coffee Brownies with Pistachio Frosting

Being the youngest in my family, I’ve learned that, however much I wish it wasn’t the case, older people are normally right. I’ll admit that my parents are more right about things than I am, and that even my older siblings are more right. But that means that, as the youngest, I am the most often not…

Momofuku Grasshopper Pie with Thin Mint Crust

The Momofuku Grasshopper Pie might be my favorite pie. Like, ever. I always forget about pie being a dessert option, and then when I actually do remember, i can never really think of anything creative to do with it. So, I end up just never making one. I need to change that. Boy-oh-boy, do I…

Guinness Chocolate Cupcakes with Pretzel Frosting

How do you celebrate St. Patrick’s Day? Except for that one time I celebrated it in the epicenter of all St. Patrick’s chaos, Dublin, I really don’t do a lot to recognize St. Paddy’s Day. I mostly think about it as being my best friend’s birthday. I don’t bother wearing green, and I give dirty…

Brownie Doctor: Salted Caramel Brownies

It’s a truth universally acknowledged that brownies are the only thing acceptable to make straight from a mix. You can use cake mixes for cake, but only if you do something other than the box directions to it. But brownies? If you get a nice brownie mix… They can actually be good. Like, really good….

Fruity Pebble Cupcakes

Some ideas are better in conception than execution. Such was the case for my first attempt at turning fruity sugary cereal into cupcakes last year, with my “All Part Of A Complete Breakfast” Cupcakes, made out of fruit loops. They tasted fine, actually, but I have to admit that mixing fruit loop crumbs into frosting produced…

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