The Story: Most kids got Gushers, Doritos, and a peanut butter and jelly sandwich in their lunch box. But with a brother allergic to peanut butter… I got cold pesto pasta with tomatoes, cucumbers and capers. I thought I was going to be the loser at lunch with the weird green pasta. I thought about…
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Peanut Butter Brownie Puppy Chow
The Story: The best part about my mother making brownies when I was a kid? I got to lick the spoon and bowl. But I always hated it when she’d use a spatula to scrape the bowl clean leaving almost nothing for me. I would just sat there with puppy dog eyes looking like someone…
M&M Cupcakes with Peanut Butter Frosting
The Story: “She likes Peanut Butter M&M’s.” Well the peanut butter ones are HUGE, so I didn’t want to throw those into the batter. But a cupcake sprinkled with mini M&M’s with a peanut butter frosting gives the same effect. These were just adorable too! So bright and perfect for any kids party or birthday.
Double Chocolate Peanut Butter Cupcakes
The Story: I know what you’re thinking, “Peanut Butter and Chocolate has already been done Lizzy, get creative!” Yes, it’s been done. I have even done it about 10 times, but that’s because it’s so good! These cupcakes sort of sneak attack you with peanut butter because everything about the cake is brown, so if…
Peanut Butter Chocolate Cookie Sandwiches
The Story: Christmas is over and I think my tongue has had all it can take of peppermint. Don’t get me wrong, I love it, but sometimes I just need an 11 month break from a flavor. So to fully cleanse the palate, I made a treat for the my inner 6-year-old. Something with…
Butterfinger Cupcakes
Chocolate cupcakes topped with Butteringer frosting, these Butterfinger Cupcakes will be your new favorite treat! Top them with fun-sized candies and they will be the hit of any party! How do I know? Because I make these all the time for parties and always get rave reviews. The frosting tastes like a DQ Blizzard! I made…
Halloween Puppy Chow
The Story: Sometimes the best treats aren’t very fancy. Make sure to check out my updated version of this recipe: Halloween Puppy Chow Take 2! Make sure to check out my updated version of this recipe: Halloween Puppy Chow Take 2! More Halloween Treats: Pumpkin Patch Whoopie Pies: using Pumpkin Cookies, Laffy Taffy and Tootsie…
Pumpkin Chocolate & Peanut Butter Chip Cookies
Story: Boots, knee socks, scarfs, hats and pumpkin flavored everything…Welcome to Fall. A little spin on the classic pumpkin chocolate chip cookie, but if you’re not into peanut butter, add nuts or just leave them out.
Back to School Rice Crispy Treats
The Story: I am officially back in school! And with school comes back to school treats! Okay, most college students don’t take treats to school, but I still do. A big chocolate chip cookie for each of my professors! Go check out The Back to School Bake Off where you can find this recipe of mine…
Reese’s Puffs Rice Crispy Treats
The Story: Well, I packed up from college and headed home to Oregon for a few months. But I had these Reese’s Puffs sitting on top of my fridge going to waste (left over from my Reese’s Puffs Cupcakes). I also had left over marshmallows and rice cereal from my binge of Rice Crispy Treats…
Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies
The Story: I am not one of those people that sits around and eats peanut butter with a spoon. Now, if it’s Nutella we’re talking about…then I can recall many Friday nights when it was just me and a jar of that chocolately goodness. But I never really acquired the peanut butter taste because my…
Reese’s Puffs Cupcakes
The Story: One of my New Years resolutions for my blog was to make more cereal cupcakes. These kinds of treats are always fun and bring out the kid in all of us. My Cinnamon Toast Crunch Cupcakes were/are still a huge hit. So I was hoping these would get the same response. One of…