Sometimes things that look awesome aren’t really so great after all. I remember in 1st grade I desperately wanted a retainer. A few of my friends had them. I knew that they came in tons of different colors: pink with glitter, rainbow, even metallic. I would walk around with a paper clip in my mouth […]
Tag: chocolate
oatmeal dark chocolate chip pancakes
Last Friday was the Sadie Hawkins dance at school. Scratch that.Last Friday was the “Girls Ask Boys Winter Formal.” Apparently “Sadie Hawkins” isn’t politically correct enough for my school. I’m technically on Spirit Committee… I should know these things. My friend Veda and I had a track meet before during the dance. When my coach told […]
nutella cupcakes
February 5th is World Nutella Day. Hold on… today is February 5th, and I just serendipitously have a Nutella recipe to share with you all. I missed International Bacon Day, Biscuit Day, and even National Julienne Fries Day (August 12 in case you were wondering…). I keep track of time by tests, track practices, hours wasted […]
ferrero rocher brownies
My track coach is a very wise man. He always pushes the point that although painful, the 200 meter dash takes up a mere 30-seconds of your life, and that sometimes, one has to suck-it-up for a little bit to reap serious rewards. I’ve applied his wisdom to less painful pursuits than the 200-meter dash […]
insanely easy nutella cookies
Would you believe me if I told you that you could make the fudgiest, butteriest, most delicious chocolate cookies on the planet without beating butter or chopping chocolate in less than 20 minutes? Probably not. But hopefully by the end of this post, you will. This morning, I had a cookie catastrophe. Last night, I […]
recipe showdown: reader's chocolate chip cookies
I haven’t done a recipe showdown in a while, but one of the most interesting parts of Recipe Showdown is receiving your recipes. Every time I conduct a recipe showdown, I encourage readers like you to challenge the winner with your own, amazing recipe. Sure enough, I received a lot of feedback on my Chocolate […]
dairy free hot chocolate
As I said in my post on my peppermint hot chocolate, I am planning on making a big batch of hot cocoa to share with my family on Christmas morning. However, my mom (like many of my readers), is lactose intolerant. Just because she can’t drink milk, doesn’t mean she should have to miss out […]
oreo stuffed chocolate chip cookies
What’s better than a cookie?A cookie-stuffed cookie.Last spring, my friend Erin urgently posted this recipe on my Facebook wall.After seeing her post, I had to make these cookies. I remember rushing to the store and baking these after school that very day. I made a batch of these bad-boys using Picky Palate’s recipe and brought […]
peppermint hot chocolate
Thank goodness the world didn’t end yesterday — I was worried I wouldn’t get to share this peppermint hot chocolate with you. But we are all here, safe and sound, so lets celebrate with some steamy hot cocoa, shall we? Winter is always hard for me — I get chilly really easily, and long for […]
christmas crack
There’s two reasons this candy is called “Christmas Crack.” 1) It is traditionally made with Saltine crackers (personally, I like to use buttery Ritz)2) It is INSANELY addictive — once it cools, you literally can’t quit eating it! (I had to gift it off to friends before I finished the entire tray! Last Tuesday, I […]