Loaded Peanut Butter Cookie Bars

These dense, chewy cookie bars are bursting with peanut butter and two different kinds of chocolate. They start out with my favorite peanut butter cookie recipe then huge handfuls of peanut butter M&M’s, dark and white chocolate are mixed in for some crazy good decadence. Then they immediately get taken to work with Joel because

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White Chocolate Raspberry Skewers

Looking for a last minute, quick, incredibly easy yet still festive dessert for Valentine’s day? Well, I’ve got you covered. These adorable white chocolate raspberry skewers take less than 5 minutes to put together and are so simple, even a 3 year old can do them (with supervision of course).  Literally, Noah did some of these. He

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Pistachio Puppy Chow {Christmas Tray 2013}

For some reason this year, almost every treat on my Christmas baking list involves chocolate. Which is weird considering we aren’t big chocolate fans in our house. I was getting desperate to decide on something that at least didn’t involve dark or semi-sweet and then I came across this Pistachio Puppy Chow. Yep, still chocolate

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White Chocolate Oatmeal Craisin Cookies {Christmas Tray 2013}

Now that it’s November, I think it’s acceptable to start talking Christmas and I’m very excited to be sharing my first treat of the season. My dad loves White Chocolate Oatmeal Craisin Cookies so when I came across a recipe in one of my favorite baking cookbooks, I knew it would be a great cookie

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Loaded Triple Chocolate Banana Muffins

I know these Loaded Triple Chocolate Muffins have quite the name and I really should have simplified with the title “best muffins ever.” They really are that good. They were still light and moist, unlike many muffins I have made with whole wheat flour. And they are actually an updated version of the muffins I shared here (before

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Candy Corn Sugar Cookies

Baking is a total stress reliever for me. Gathering all the ingredients immediately relaxes my shoulders and lets me breathe a little deeper. Cracking the eggs and pulverizing them in the disposal helps too. Sometimes if you came to my house and saw my island stacked with baked goods you might become worried. But I’m

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