Banana Chocolate Chip MuffinsThis is a repost. I'm wonderfully busy with our new granddaughter, so I hope you don't mind.I wanted to make something semi-healthy for my grandsons for Easter. I tried this recipe for chocolate chip banana muffins and was VERY happy with the results.I had to test one, of course. It was still warm & the chocolatey … [Read more...]
Can Chocolate Chip Cookies and Truffles Make You Smarter? Could Be!
Chocolate TrufflesWant an easy way to make your whole family smarter? Just feed them chocolate! Well maybe not all the time, but keep it on the menu.Accorning to the Huffington Post, Nobel Prize winners have come mostly from countries with a high rate of chocolate consumption. Nobel Prize winners are generally smarter than the rest of us, so does … [Read more...]
The 71-Calorie Brownie Biscotti
Making biscotti is really easy, but people are so impressed if you can make them. Many biscotti recipes are about 70 calories per cookie if you don't add icing or too many extra goodies. They are fairly inexpensive to make and cost way less than what you'd pay for them at a coffee shop. I make these chocolate biscotti every so often when I've … [Read more...]
Spiced Oatmeal Raisin Cookies: #1 Cookie Recipe
Why make ordinary cookies when you can make the best? This is the #1 cookie recipe at AllRecipes, #1 out of nearly 5,600 cookie recipes there. It's rated 5 out of 5 stars by over 3.000 people. Clearly this is not your everyday oatmeal cookie.You can substitute dried cranberries for the raisins if you like. Some people added chocolate chips. … [Read more...]
Chocolate Mint Chocolate Chip Cookies
Imagine a dark chocolate cookie looking soft and chewy. You take a bite and are swept away with chunks of chocolate mint hidden inside. Oh, my. These cookies are an experience. Our family's best amateur chef made these wonderfully chocolate cookies for Thanksgiving and I haven't been able to get them out of my mind since. They have an intense … [Read more...]
Frozen Banana Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Milk Shake
There is zero ice cream in this shake! It's made from frozen bananas (peel before freezing) with peanut butter & mini-chocolate chips. Easy & wonderful. Your kids might like to make these too. Click the title of this post to link to the recipe at TheKitchn. … [Read more...]
Simply Chocolate-Dipped Bing Cherries
The cherries are coming! The cherries are coming! The dark sweet cherries known as Bing cherries will be in the stores soon. We love them just as they are, but I wonder how they would be dipped in chocolate? I'm thinking the fresh slightly tart flavor of the Bing cherries would be awesome with some dark chocolate. Almost like a wine flavor. … [Read more...]