Brownies & Bars

Peppermint and I have some things in common, namely, that we are both close personal friends with chocolate, and we're both tired of cherries and strawberries monopolizing the Valentines Day dessert scene...

Today the sun came out, I woke up in a good mood, and it was time to bake something fun... just for fun. I found some cream cheese in the fridge just begging to be baked with, and I figured my chocolate cake would taste amazing with a little cheesec..

It was pure torture, waiting for them to bake, waiting for them to cool, waiting for them to be photographed before I could swan dive face first into them...

I told my kids they have no imagination when it comes to cold cereal. All they do, day in and day out, is pour it in a bowl and cover it with milk. To prove my point, I turned my box of Honey Bunches of Oats with Almonds into a crust for these chee..

I love a good pumpkin roll. This year, I'm making my pumpkin roll into bars. This way, I can still get all the pumpkin-and-cream-cheese goodness without the rolling...

It seems like cheesecake bars are like the cool kid on the block these days. Everyone is making them. You name it, you can make it into a cheesecake bar...

I have no patience for complicated recipes and doing dishes and stuff like that. Give me something I can whip together in 5 minutes in one bowl and satisfy my cravings. Otherwise, I'm left to raiding the cupboards, searching for leftover Easter can..

I was actually worried the family would devour it before I had a chance to photograph it, because I left the house for several hours, while the Hippie Chick and I attended a bridal shower. You never know what will happen to those unattended treats i..

I personally prefer a little Shasta Black Cherry in my eggnog. Nothing transports me to the Christmas Eve's of my childhood faster...