These easy, one-bowl peanut butter bars are loaded with chopped peanuts and mini chocolate chips, and topped with Hershey's Kisses! Owen had his first peanut butter blossom cookie the other day, and I think his mind was officially blown. I was letting him eat a cookie and Hershey's Kisses at the ...
Salted Pistachio Chocolate Chunk Ricotta Cake
This moist, tender ricotta cake is loaded with dark chocolate chunks and topped with pistachio-oatmeal-brown sugar crumbles. It's perfect for breakfast, brunch, or dessert! I know I just posted s'mores bars on Monday, and now I'm back with another dessert--also with chocolate, no less. It's a ...
Easy No-Bake S’Mores Bars
These easy no-bake s'mores are like a cross between cookie dough, fudge, and everyone's favorite campfire dessert! I'm usually like the last person on the planet to get excited about a no-bake dessert. I love to bake! What's so hard about turning on the oven? I actually find the ...
Black Forest Chocolate Cherry Smoothie
This gluten-free, vegan smoothie tastes like a chocolate cherry sundae. Be sure to check out the other #FoodieMamas recipes at the end of this post! Happy Sunday! How was your week? Owen got really sick in the middle of the night on Thursday night, and I basically spent from 1am to 6am cleaning ...
Cookies and Cream Oatmeal Cookies
These thick, chewy oatmeal cookies are loaded with chocolate chips and crushed chocolate sandwich cookies. A lunchbox classic reinvented! When I was growing up, I carpooled to elementary school with my best friend, Taryn. Sometimes, if we were lucky, whoever's mom was driving would let us stop ...
Nutella Stuffed Raspberry Bites
I recently learned something very, very important about chocolate. When you are melting it for dipping (fruit, pretzels, shortbread cookies, etc.) you can add a few tablespoons of Nutella and it will still harden and set up beautifully. Is this not the best news ever? Is your mind not ...
Homemade Dark Chocolate Syrup with Sea Salt and Brown Sugar
My little guy, like most 3 1/2 year olds I suspect, loves chocolate milk. Our nightly dinner conversation usually goes something like this: Me: What would you like to drink? Water? Owen: Chocolate milk in the Mickey cup with the green straw. Me: The Mickey cup is dirty. It's in the ...
Mint Chip Brownie Crisp
I never knew I could fall in love so fast. ? Since we moved two weeks ago, I've been spending a lot of time at Bed, Bath & Beyond. There are so many little things that we need that I didn't think of before we got to our new house, like a welcome mat for the front door, toothbrush ...
Healthy Chocolate Orange Ricotta Mousse
Gluten-free chocolate orange ricotta mousse with less than 300 calories. Pull up a spoon! When I was in graduate school getting my MFA, one of my professors recommended that I read The Woman Who Cut of Her Leg at the Maidstone Club by Julia Slavin. In particular, she wanted me to read the short ...
Chocolate Raspberry Smoothie Bowl (Vegan)
Let's have chocolate for breakfast and feel good about it. I'd like to introduce you to this ↑↑↑. The first smoothie bowl I have ever made or consumed. I honestly don't know why it took me so long to get on the bandwagon. What's not to love? It's basically just a smoothie with ...
