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Dark Chocolate Avocado Brownies with Peanut Butter Greek Yogurt Frosting

These Dark Chocolate Avocado Brownies are made with avocado in place of butter and almond meal in place of flour, making them dense, fudgy, and oh-so chocolatey. Topped with the goodness that is Peanut Butter Greek Yogurt Frosting, sweetened with maple syrup. Hear me out. Don’t close your browser. I promise Dark Chocolate Avocado Brownies…

Reese’s Stuffed Monster Cookie Cups

Thick, chewy, and peanut butter-y monster cookie cups are stuffed with mini Reese’s and filled with M&Ms to make these Reese’s Stuffed Monster Cookie Cups. A good recipe for cleaning out your pantry or using up leftover ingredients from other recipes. Some recipes are the ripe, succulent fruits of pure inspiration. (Apple Pie Babycakes) Some…

Salted Caramel Ice Cream

The Salted Caramel Ice Cream recipe from Jeni’s Splendid Ice Creams At Home is the best salted caramel ice cream you have ever had. Sweet, salty, creamy, and full of a rich, luxurious caramel flavor. Your tongue has never experienced anything like it. This may or may not surprise you, but despite all the wonderful,…

Triple Chocolate Guinness Cupcakes

Chocolate is like that supernice kid from school who miraculously got along just as well with the jocks as the nerds as the popular kids, who seemed to fit in effortlessly to every clique just by being so friendly and easygoing and genuine. It’s weird and wonderful how many different things you can…

Chocolate Gingerbread House Cake

Forget gingerbread cookies. The best way to make a gingerbread house – one that is stable and doesn’t collapse under its own weight – is to make it with a solid chocolate gingerbread cake foundation. It’s more delicious to eat, and more sturdy to decorate! Make Chocolate Gingerbread House Cake your new holiday tradition. How…

Marble “Chrimbo” Christmas Cupcakes

These red and green Marble Christmas Cupcakes are so festive. Red velvet flavored and frosting with a white chocolate peppermint cream cheese frosting, they are the perfect sweet treat for a classroom holiday party, cupcake decorating with kids, or just enjoying with family in the days leading up to Christmas. You may be wondering why…

Cinnamon Maple Cool Whip Cookie Sandwiches

With two bakers in the house, conversation in our family often veers towards food. And when it does, we come up with our best ideas. This Cinnamon Maple Cool Whip Cookie Sandwiches recipe is one of those great ideas- the outcome of our mutual brainstorm during a random conversation that I can’t even remember getting…

Milk Bar Apple Pie Babycakes

NOTE: This is a tandem post; Molly’s commentary is left-aligned, Audrey’s is right-aligned and italicized. Happy Holidays! We hope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving, filled with food and family and football (or if you’re anything like me, fires in the fireplace and a book in your lap, with football on in the background)….

Chocolate Pecan Pie Brownies

Rich dark chocolate chip brownies are topped with pecan pie mix to make a brownie version of classic pecan pie in this recipe for Chocolate Pecan Pie Brownies. The good news? Your Thanksgiving guests will probably be way more excited about these brownies than they would be about pie. What’s your favorite Thanksgiving or holiday…

Cinnamon Apple Streusel Muffins

These Cinnamon Apple Streusel Muffins are cinnamon muffins with an apple butter filling and a delectable streusel topping. I can’t believe it. I really can’t. This is our first ever muffin post! We’ve been doing this blog for over a year now, and we haven’t posted about any muffins? I mean I suppose we don’t…