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Mint Chocolate Chip Cookies
Yes, not mint chocolate chip ice cream, but mint chocolate chip COOKIES! I know what you are thinking…”Rave, that sounds pretty weird. Not sure about that” …trust me, if you like mint and chocolate you will like these cookies. I was having one of those weekends when I really wanted to try a new cookie out and so I thought about all the things that I really love. Peanut butter…but I make those cookies all the time so I scratched that idea. Chocolate, OK that’s always a keeper :-). Caramel…yes, adore…buuuuut maybe not this time. EUREKA! Mint! Mint and chocolate is one of those combinations that I just cannot get…
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Water Cake
Dear New England Drivers, It is not necessary to drive 12 mph to work when there is a little precipitation on the ground. It is also not safe to SLAM on your brakes as often as you do in slippery conditions. If you just use the pedal on the right to make the car accelerate…you should be good to go. Sincerely, A fellow New England Commuter Holy cow, heeellllooo ice storm! I drove in this morning and it took me an hour and 20 minutes to get into work. It normally takes me about 35 minutes haha. WOW! Thanks Mother New England! Thank goodness I am inside now, for all…
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Chocolate Chocolate Cookies
Well hello there…How was your weekend? That’s good. Mine was good too. I spent a lot of it wrapping Christmas presents. Oh yea, believe it…I have wrapped the majority of my Christmas presents. Which I am SO happy about! I am not just awaiting some snow…I want snow, wicked bad! I went to a party this past weekend and I wanted to make sure that I brought something. I decided to make some cookies and also an appetizer (post to come later). I didn’t want to make the normal chocolate chip cookies that I always make, although I do adore them. What can I make that is yummy, has chocolate,…
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Cranberry Mousse Tarts
Gooble google goo and gobble gobble giggle…I wish turkey only cost a nickle! 😉 I hope you all had a fabulous Thanksgiving! Mine was really good and full of food and good people. I actually went to Penn State the day after Thanksgiving (post will be coming for that one) which was SO much fun! Was able to catch up with two of my closest friends, Kait and Tamara. Love them to death! Normally, I am just the helper on Thanksgiving because my mom is in charge (I am sure most of you know how this is haha). I try to fill in when she can’t multi-task anymore haha. This…
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Dinner with Mom & Dad
Sheesh what a week this has been already! Busy busy! I woke up this morning to the pitter patter of rain on my windows and I just did NOT want to get out of bed. It has been a stressful week at work which made we want to stay in bed even more, haha. One of my co-workers retired last week and that has made for some additional work on my plate. I am hoping that things will even out in the coming months, but for now it does not seem to be slowing down. This past weekend I spent some time with my parents and of course you know…
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Halloween Cookies
Happpppppy Halloweeeeen!! 🙂 I told you all how my goal was to make some Halloween cookies with royal icing the other day. Well? I did it! I had so many people tell me so many awful things about royal icing. How it is hard to work with, how it doesn’t taste good, how you have to have a lot of patience to work with it. The only thing I found true about all the things people said about royal icing, is that you need patience. I personally thought it was not as hard to work with as a lot of people were telling me. I mean, I am by no…
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Dark Chocolate & Reese’s Pieces Cookies
So, guess who is still sick? That would be Raven :-(. Can you believe that? I am struggling, I will tell you that. I thought this would be a couple days of being sick. I got a full 4 days of being sick under my belt so far. YUCK! To say the least I got absolutely nothing done this weekend besides cooking lots of goodies. Including the yummy looking cookies that you see to the right. I saw this recipe while I was cruising around FoodBuzz and it just looked so good that I had to try it. I changed it up a little to make it a little more…
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Birthday Brownies!
Today is my boyfriend’s birthday! HAPPY BIRTHDAY TINO! The lucky duck took the day off from work today and is currently sleeping in as I type this post. I, however, am stuck at work until 11:30. Which isn’t too bad I guess haha 😉 Anyways, he requested for his birthday that I make him brownies. Considering I just made cupcakes for his friend’s wife’s birthday I think he was all set with on the cake front because he did a lot of the taste testing, hehe. So, since it is his birthday I thought I would humor him. There is nothing too exciting about these brownies…he picked out some brownies…
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Birthday and Save the Tatas cupcakes!
Hope you all had a fabulous weekend! The weather here was so fabulous this weekend. A little bit on the cooler side, but overall extremely nice. I love fall weekends! This past weekend one of my bf’s friends threw a surprise party for his wife’s 30th birthday. I told him that I would bring cupcakes but I wanted to make them a little more personal for her because she is such a sweet girl. So I asked her husband what her favorite color was. He found out for me and told me it was pink. Perfect! Not only was I so excited to make pink cupcakes but it is also…
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Peanut Butter Chocolate Chunk Cookies
It’s cookie time! I was in SUCH a baking mood this weekend and I have no idea why. So I decided to try out a new recipe and man-o-man did it turn out well. I am one of those people who love simple cookies. Chocolate chip and oatmeal are two of my favorites. I wanted to make something that was simple but had a little extra ‘something’. Peanut butter! 🙂 Ingredients for Peanut Butter Chocolate Chunk Cookies: 1/2 cup butter softened (aka 1 stick) 1/2 cup peanut butter (I used creamy) 1 cup packed light brown sugar 1/2 cup white sugar 2 eggs 2 tablespoons light corn syrup 2 tablespoons…
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Bunnies, lambs, and chick cupcakes OH MY!
Now, these pictures are from Easter time…but considering that I just started this blog and the cupcakes I made look just as delicious as they did then…we are gonna show you some of the baking I did. I found the ideas for this on Betty Crocker.com, I get emails sent to me every day from a lot of different cooking sites because honestly…it can really give you some great ideas! Note: everything below is from simple cake mix and candies you can buy at any local store (have food coloring on hand as well). Ears a construction paper, nose is a red hot, whiskers are twizzlers, eyes are chocolate chips…