Berry Crumble Bars
I never thought I'd be someone who kept a carton of vanilla ice cream in the house at all times. Vanilla ice cream just has never been my thing. But,…
Birthday Cake Cookies
Do you ever randomly start to full-body panic about the fact that we're in month eight of a global pandemic that's not getting any better and you…
Browned Butter Chocolate Chunk Cookies with Sea Salt
Yesterday my sister-in-law sent me a link to a chocolate chip cookie recipe. "Thought you should know about this," she texted. Now, if I'm being…
Caramel Coconut Chocolate Chip Cookies
A leftover half-jar of caramel is what inspired these here cookies, nothing more, nothing less. I had caramel. I had shredded sweetened coconut. I…
Caramel Pecan Turtle Chocolate Chip Cookie Bars
A few weeks ago I realized why chocolate turtles are called chocolate turtles. It turns out, my time working in a specialty chocolate store for…
Carrot Cake Oreo-Stuffed Cookies with Cinnamon Cream Cheese Frosting
I love a seasonal Oreo, and although it turns out Carrot Cake Oreos have been available year-round for about a year now, I still became quite…
Chocolate Chip Blueberry Banana Oat Cookies
I, like so many others before me, turn brown and overripe bananas into banana bread. But, every so often, I like to dip my toes in the waters…
Chocolate Chip Brownies
It's another one of those all-too-frequent times lately, where, rather than writing about chocolate chips and brownies and butter on here, I've…
Chocolate Chip Cookies
Yesterday I got a text from my sister that was really confusing. It was a message that made me furrow my brow, scratch my head and mutter under my…
Chocolate Chip Fluffernutter Bars
I didn't know what a Fluffernutter was up until recently (aka two days ago). Let me explain. I was deciding what to make for dessert the other day…
Chocolate Chip m&m Cookies
I don't really know how I haven't posted the recipe for these cookies before, because they're one of the cookies that I bake the most often. I make…
Chocolate Chip Oreo Birthday Cake Bars
Nothing quite says "happy" like dessert. Furthermore, nothing says "birthday" nearly as well as Birthday Cake Oreos and confetti sprinkles. So,…
Chocolate Chip Oreo Cheesecake Bars
A while back I made an Oreo Cheesecake that was so heavenly, I ended up eating a couple bites of it right out of the pan every time I opened the…
Chocolate Chunk Cookies
My soon-to-be brother-in-law is the main reason that I bake chocolate chunk cookies more often than not these days. I had a slight physical reaction…
Chocolate Chunk Zucchini Brownies
I'm writing this post to document the end of an era. The era of a giant zucchini that was used for a total of: two loaves of chocolate chip zucchini…
Chocolate Peanut Butter Golden Graham Crunch Brownies
I had a pretty solid cereal rotation at my house when I was a little, which included favorites such as Reeses Puffs and Cinnamon Life. Despite some…
Chocolate-Covered Mini M&m Rice Krispie Treats
I recently noticed that I was running low on my 25 lb bag of all-purpose that I buy at Costco every couple of months. This was alarming…
Cinnamon Roll Cookies
I've been really feeling the cinnamon vibes lately. I know, I know, we've finally fully committed to Fall, and Fall means apples and cinnamon,…
Cinnamon Toast Crunch Cookies with Cereal Milk Icing
Who doesn't love a cereal cookie sampler? The other day I made Lucky Charms Cookies and I had some leftover plain cookie batter. I was feeling…
Cinnamon Toast Crunch Sugar Cookie Bars
I don't have a story to go along with today's post, and I'm not going to try to tell you all of the wonderful reasons that you should make these…
Classic Seven Layer Bars
I once proclaimed myself a great innovator of the Seven Layer Bar. I took pride in my crazy concoctions. They contained all sorts of delicious…
Cookie Butter Apple Pie Bars
I had realized, on the last day of September, that I had yet to bake a Fall dessert. October was due to arrive in one day's time, and I hadn't made…
Cookies and Cream Brownies
These brownies were created on a whim because I had a large quantity of Oreo cream cheese frosting in my fridge that had to be used up. Despite what…
Crispy Chocolate Peanut Butter Brownies
A few friends sat around last Saturday night, doing what every normal group of 27 year olds does on a Saturday night: planned out a very detailed,…
Dark Chocolate Oreo Brownies
Spring is in the air and that means Springtime Oreos are on the shelves! Growing up, my sister and I were a couple of Oreo fiends who would swear…
Dark Chocolate Reese’s Peanut Butter Cup Pretzel Brownies with Peanut Butter Frosting
It's always exciting to have visitors here in Denver, as being away from friends and family has certainly been the hardest adjustment about moving…
Double Chocolate Birthday Cake-Stuffed Cookies
I've been running my mouth around town for the past year telling anyone who listens what it's like to be almost 30. I can no longer eat ice cream…
Double Chocolate Chip Cookies and Cream Cookies
Hershey's Cookies N Creme is one of the most underrated chocolate bars out there. I've loved them since I was a kid, but back then, the Cookies N…
Double Chocolate Chunk Caramel-Stuffed Cookies
I don't often eat caramel candies. I like things with caramel (Samoas, Twix, Snickers, etc.) but the only straight caramel candy that I ever really…
Double Chocolate Chunk M&M Cookies
The other night I went out for some seafood at Ocean Prime. I ate scallops and sushi and tuna tartare. It was a lot of seafood for a Wednesday…
Double Chocolate Chunk Peanut Butter Cookies
It's been kind of a while since I've made a chocolate peanut butter recipe, and that always makes me a little uncomfortable. I usually like things to…
Double Chocolate Peanut Butter-Stuffed Reese’s Pieces Cookies
There's only one being on this earth that loves the concept of stuffing peanut butter blobs inside of a cookie more than me, and that's my Omar…
Extra Fudgy Triple Chocolate Cookies
It's really hard for me to stray from my all-time favorite cookie recipe. The Nestle Tollhouse Cookie recipe is basically my life blood. If I ever…
Fruity Pebbles Marshmallow Treats (small batch)
The idea for these cereal bars came about toward the end of my five-day mental preparation to enter the grocery store for the triweekly quarantine…
Fruity Pebbles Sugar Cookie Bars with Vanilla Icing
I decided to mail my cousin some Fruity Pebbles Sugar Cookie Bars with Vanilla Icing for her 29 1/2 birthday. As one does. She's the biggest…
German Chocolate Cake Cookies
Last weekend we ventured downtown to Denver's Oktoberfest, where I consumed sausages, giant soft pretzels, and of course, glass steins brimming…
German Chocolate Chocolate Cake Cookies
The other day I went to my first-ever baby shower, at least that I can remember. It was for my friend Meaghan, of SunshineDeisgnsbyMOD, who I've…
Golden Cookie Party Chocolate Chip Cookies
The names of some of my desserts are getting to be a lot these days (see above name for reference). But the more things that I decide to load into…
Hershey’s S’mores Cookie Bars
I'm one of those girls that cynical writers on "Thought Catalog" make fun of all of the time. First, because 99% of my Instagram pictures contain…
Holiday Chocolate Chip Cookies
Last night I had a holiday cookie party in my kitchen. And by holiday cookie party I mean I baked holiday cookies last night while my husband and I…
Italian Rainbow Cake Chocolate Chip Cookies
Every once in a while at family gatherings of years past, rugelach, macaroons, and babka were randomly replaced with a platter of Italian rainbow…
Kit Kat Cookie Bars
A cookie bar invention appeared in my DM's last week and I love when I cookie bar invention appears in my DM's. While I just may have been put on…
Krispy Pretzel Chocolate Peanut Butter Bars
Trail Mix. Chocolate covered pretzels. Caramel Popcorn. A milk shake with a side of french fries (and something to unclog your arteries). So.…
Lemon Bars
I'm writing this blog post from the beautiful island of Aruba, a little blip in the south Caribbean that I have come to learn boasts an abundance of…
Loaded Oreo M&M Blondie Bars
It's been a while since I've blogged...over four months to be exact. The demands of the real world slapped me right across the face when I began my…
M&m Oreo Seven Layer Bars
Just a few days ago, I was running my mouth all around town going on and on about how Classic Seven Layer Bars are the best of them all. I wasn't…
Marshmallow Teddy Graham Chocolate Chip Cookies
Today calls for another Teddy Graham cookie recipe. I mean really...does anyone not love a teeny honey graham cracker shaped like a teddy bear in…
Mini Oreo Chocolate Chip Cookies
I was feeling like cookies the other day, as I often am, but instead of whipping up a batch of my all-time favorite chocolate chip classics, I…
Mint Oreo Chocolate Chip Brownies
Sometimes your big sister repeatedly reminds you that her half birthday is coming up, along with multiple hints that half birthdays are the perfect…
Mounds Bar Brownies
As a child, Mounds Bars were always the fun-sized chocolate bar that seemed to sort of slip through the cracks. They were just kind of there. Not…
No-Bake Chocolate Peanut Butter Oat Bars
It's been 98 degrees or hotter every day this week. I used to really love the heat. In my younger years, I spent many a summer baking outside in a…
Nutella-Stuffed Cookies with Sea Salt
I come from a big salt family. Growing up, the salt shaker was a staple on the family kitchen table every night, because you really never knew when…
Nutella-Stuffed M&m Cookie Bars
Essentially a sort of Pavlov's Dog situation, I've been conditioned all my life to have dessert after dinner. Since the dawn of my memories, dessert…
Nutella-Stuffed Peanut Butter Cookie Bars
Stuffing desserts I already love with Nutella is a hobby that originated during the past few months. I know I'm not the only one to spend COVID…
Oatmeal Raisin Cookies
Cliché of the day: Oatmeal Raisin Cookies remind me of my grandmother. I know what you're thinking: everyone says that the age-old cookie conjures…
Oreo-Stuffed Chocolate Chip Cookies
A cookie in a cookie. Cookie-inception, if you will. I certainly will, and that's why I present to you the classic Oreo-Stuffed Chocolate Chip…
Oreo-Stuffed Cookies ‘N’ Creme Brownies
I was on the phone with my cousin and my sister the other evening. We were talking about nothing in particular and likely rambling on to one another…
Peach Crumble Bars
Last summer, I arrived at a Colorado peach festival with my husband on a Saturday afternoon. As we got out of the car and walked toward the festival,…
Peanut Butter and Berry Oat Bars
I had a really delicious peanut butter and jelly sandwich the other day, and that's what inspired me to make these Peanut Butter and Berry Oat bars,…
Peanut Butter and Jelly-Stuffed Cookies
This summer I had a peanut butter and jelly sandwich for the first time in years, which made me wonder why I hadn't had a peanut butter and jelly…
Peanut Butter Seven Layer Bars
Not long ago, after I finished making and testing these 7-Layer S'mores Bars, I declared, with far too much ferocity: THIS YEAR SHALL BE THE YEAR OF…
Pecan Pie Brownies
I'd love to pretend that these Pecan Pie Brownies came about in a moment of autumnal inspiration. When the first pictures of pumpkin bread started…
Potato Chip Chocolate Chip Cookies (Small batch)
Last week, the munchies struck. I wanted chips, I wanted cookies. I wanted chips in my cookies. There's not a lot to be said here really. As much…
Pretzel M&M’S Chocolate Chip Cookies
It's time for another salty-sweet cookie concoction. We already know the pretzels & M&M's go perfectly together. So much so that they…
Pumpkin Gelato S’mores Cookie Ice Cream Sandwiches
Since I'll be spending TG at home this year, where no germs can get me or anyone else, I'm planning a dessert menu that will surely be incredibly…
Reese’s Peanut Butter Brownie Cups
It's really shocking to me that I haven't posted a recipe on here that involves two of my favorite foods in the universe. Yup, you guessed it (good…
Reese’s Peanut Butter Cookie Bars
It's that weird time when I'm not sure if it's too late for summer desserts or too early for fall desserts, or maybe a little bit of both. It's 95…
Reese’s Pieces Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies
These Reese's Pieces Chocolate Chip Oatmeal Cookies are the best thing to happen to an oatmeal cookie since the very creation of the oatmeal cookie.…
S’mores Bars
Last summer, after my first full year of adulting around in teacher-clothes, I decided that for the first time since I was 16, I wasn't going to work…
S’mores Brownies
I spotted an open bag of shmallows in my baking drawer the other day. They were sticky and smushed together and slightly deformed-looking. I honestly…
S’mores Cookie Skillet
Ok people, riddle me this: how is it the end of July already? I fully acknowledge that this summer has been *slightly* hectic for me- between…
S’mores Oreo Cookie Cups
There is one, and only one, Oreo variety that I believe is better than the classic: the S'mores Oreo. Besides the fact that Oreo completely wasted…
Samoa Cookie Bars
Whether or not it's Girl Scout Cookie season is unknown to me at this point (is Girl Scouts even still going on? Is virtual Girl Scouts a thing?). As…
Seven Layer S’mores Bars
I'm sad to say I had my first s'mores of the summer only a couple of weeks ago. They're a staple that honestly should be a part of every summer BBQ…
Slutty Brownies
Surprise, surprise. It was one of those times when I couldn't decide what to bake. Brownies or cookies, or something with Oreo? I decided to save…
Spooky Halloween Cookies
Unpopular opinion time: Halloween is the worst. The idea that this holiday gives the masses free rein to dress up in masks and costumes and go from…
Sugar Cookie Bars
Here I go writing my second post in a row about a dessert that doesn't have any chocolate in it. I'm so very versatile these days, dontcha…
Teddy Grahams S’mores Cookies
I think I've mentioned this before, but I tend to have the taste palette of a 5-year-old. My two favorite foods are literally pizza and ice cream,…
Triple Chocolate Cookies
I've known my brother-in-law since he was like 11, so it came as a bit of a shock to me when he told me the other day that his favorite kind of…
Triple Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Bars
It's no secret that I hold one type of dessert in way higher esteem than all others. I'd say my blog posts are 50% chocolate peanut butter recipes,…
Valentine’s Day Peanut Butter Blossoms
Each year for Thanksgiving when I am planning out the dessert menu for my family's holiday feast, peanut butter blossoms are always at the top of…
Valentine’s Frosted Sugar Cookie Bars
I don't think I've ever made a Valentine's recipes in January before; I've always been steadfast in the belief that February 1-14 is the acceptable…
Valentine’s M&M’s Chocolate Peanut Butter Life Cereal Bars
When I was 18, just a freshman at Uconn, a special dining hall dessert entered my life: the Chocolate Peanut Butter Life Bar. I spent my morning…
Vanilla Funfetti Birthday Cake Bars
These Vanilla Funfetti Birthday Cake Bars are for the fun ones; the ones that love pouring rainbow sprinkles into the bowl of their electric mixers…
White Chocolate Chip Funfetti Cookies
I'm here to announce that all rainbow sprinkles are not created equal. I've been a rainbow sprinkles customer for as long as I can remember, always…