Dense, fudgy brownies layered with tangy cheesecake topping studded with chocolate mints and drizzled with chocolate ganache. Who’s in?My husband spent more than a month deciding on what he wanted as a birthday dessert. We sang “Happy Birthday” with friends and even went to the beach for a mini birthday getaway before he finally chose…
Nutella Cream Puffs
True Nutella lovers will be crazy in love with today’s dessert. People, I’m telling you, these Nutella cream puffs are outta-this-world delicious and a cinch to whip up. Get your spoon out of the Nutella jar! We’ve got bigger plans for that jar of chocolate hazelnut bliss.Cream puffs, like gougères, are made from basic French choux…
Life-Changing Skinny Avocado Brownies
I roll with the “made from scratch” club 99% of the time, but today’s life-changing skinny avocado brownies are a shortcut to brownie bliss. Crave-worthy at only a fraction of the calories. You’ll never look at brownies the same way again. These are ultra-simple TWO ingredient avocado brownies… or should I say three? Nah, water doesn’t…
Delicious Frozen Hot Chocolate Recipes
Are you snowed in? I’ve heard all over the place recently about the rampant snowstorms keeping parts of the US snowed in for days. Can I remind you again how much I love tropical weather? It’s been in the 80’s recently, though much cooler than most Costa Rican summers. February hasn’t been filled with nearly…
Chunky Chocolate Chip Cookies
I love thick, chewy chocolate chip cookies with a crisp outside and soft inside. I’m not one for crispy chocolate chippers, but I’d never turn down any chocolate chip cookie. Anybody with me? There’s just something so satisfying about that crunch as you sink your teeth into a soft, brown sugar laden chunky chocolate chip…
Simple Peppermint Mocha
Starbucks pulls peppermint mochas from their menu way before most of us are ready to say goodbye. I say adios to my pocket change every time I step in their door. For both of these reasons, I came up with a quick and delicious solution- a three-ingredient simple peppermint mocha. This peppermint mocha has all…
Easy Chocolate Pie
Last week my husband baked the tastiest easy chocolate pie for his grandma. Sweet, I know. He had less than an hour until she was due at our door so we scrambled for this tried and true 5-star pie recipe tucked safely into my recipe binder. This easy chocolate pie recipe came to me from…
Five Star Cocoa Brownies
I’ve been keeping a momentous secret from you. Brownies are one of my specialties, and my stunner of a brownie recipe still hasn’t graced the pages of this blog until today. Sure, five minute brownies are insanely delish & here at my house easy enough to be made exclusively by my husband, but these cocoa…
Espresso Banana Chocolate Chip Cookies
My brother-in-law was baptized this month, which called for a mega celebratory lunch after the service. Husband went crazy at our favorite local Italian eatery, ordering seafood pasta, feta and calamata-laden gourmet salad, and 5 types of pizza to go. Did I mention this is a meal for only 4 adults plus a toddler? In…
Patchwork Waltz: Chocolate!
Every weekend you’re privy to to my favorite posts of the week. It’s a hodgepodge mix of things that make me grin, simplify life, or make your palette sing. If you’re up for a few good reads, pour yourself a tall glass of cold brewed iced coffee, waltz around, & check them out.Source Chocolate Avocado…
