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Chili Chocolate Crinkle Cookies

Ahhh Crinkle cookies. The perfect holiday treat… Their powdered exterior reminds me of fresh snowfall on mountain peaks and their soft chocolate interior with a hint of chili is the perfect combination of sweet and spice. You will want to help yourself to the entire batch sans aide. I love a good chocolate cookie but…

Almond Biscotti

Ever go to a coffee shop, look at the goodies behind the counter glass and catch your eye on a biscotti? You order it, with your coffee of course, dunk it and take a bite of that perfectly-crunchy-yet-soft-from-the-dunk piece and think how the heck did I forget how good these are? When I ask my friends if they…

White Chocolate Peanut Butter Cookies with Himalayan Sea Salt

I don’t know where I got the whacky idea to create these cookies. I mean, lets face it, peanut butter cookies are a staple and all good on their own. So why screw up a good thing? Well, you can’t really screw up anything with chocolate so why not give it a shot. Same…

Taco Cookies

These playful treats will be sure to have the adults talking and the children running wild (on sugar). I loved making these cute mini tacos. They were surprisingly easy to assemble and worth the time spent. Directions: In a small bowl, scrape out the filling of each cookie and set aside. Cut 1/4…

Death by Chocolate Banana Muffins

Childhood food memory = chocolate banana muffins. My parents were uber-strict on not allowing my brothers and me to eat processed foods. That meant I was the kid at school who had nothing to trade at lunch time. No kid wants to trade fruit snacks for a real piece of fruit! However, over the…

Mexican Hot Chocolate Cookies

Day of the Dead is now over and I’ve been in the kitchen making all my favorite savory dishes. Tortilla soup, Enchiladas, Tamales, you name it! Who doesn’t like Mexican food by the way? The fresh ingredients and big bold flavors are enough to tantalize every taste bud. But, something was missing. Was it the…

Chocolate Blueberry Seed Muffins

When you wake up and have NOTHING in the fridge besides eggs, milk and a half container of blueberries, you make MUFFINS! I always ensure I have items for baking and these chocolate blueberry seed muffins are easy to whip up in 30 minutes flat. Don’t want the chocolate chips? Don’t add them! Want more blueberries?…