Peanut Butter Cheesecake Pudding

Let's be completely honest - at the end of the day, how much time do you have to make dinner? Now how much time do you have left to make the kids happy with a low calorie dessert? Keep that in your head. Now, how long does it take to melt peanut butter? About a minute and a half. And that's all the time you need to make this delicious, rich, and indulgent dessert that will make even the biggest kids (Mr. H) happy! This pudding is great by itself with a sprinkling of chocolate chips, or you could put it into a pie crust and top it with whipped cream! I'll be trying the pie option next week ;)

Chocolate Cake Batter Fudge

Recently my brother went to Mackinac, MI where we spent a couple of our family vacations as kids. Despite the 8 hour drive, this was always one of my favorite trips. Visiting the simplistic island, where no motor vehicles are allowed, always made me feel at ease and incredibly excited. I always loved visiting the island and taking a horse drawn carriage ride to a museum, or to a farm stand, or anywhere on the island to be completely honest! The best part about Mackinac Island, though? Fudge! Every other store is a fudge store, and at least 1 in every 3 shops had an open kitchen where they made, tabled, and shaped the fudge right in front of you! No matter how many different stores we went to, if they were tabling fudge, I was sitting there, mouth agape, watching them work their magic. Never in a million years did I think I'd be able to do that myself! But here we are, 10 years and pastry school later, I can table chocolate and I still love fudge!

Strawberry Cookies and Creme Cookies

I know it’s 2 desserts in a row, and normally I try to space it out and give you guys something sweet then something savory. But my training got the better of me and I was REALLY feeling these cookies today! So here we are again, watching my diet while still trying to sneak a few cookies, and still getting you guys something delicious to try at home J

Much like my last cookie recipe (Funfetti Nutella Cookies), these delicious cookies take less than 20 minutes to make, bake, and devour!

Bread Pudding

Hi guys! Your cooking class hero has been feeling a little homesick lately, so I decided to make something deliciously warm and comforting to cheer myself up!

This bread pudding is so amazing; between the layers of nutella and bread, topped with MORE nutella, some chocolate chips, and a touch of brown sugar that caramelizes to give you a crunch, nothing tops this pudding!
One spoonful of this and my dark cloud was gone! Not that anyone stops at a spoonful ;) Bread pudding is a fairly new dessert to me, but it's quickly become one of my favorites. Though it seems odd, for me, bread pudding is one of those desserts that's for special occasions. I don't mean Christmas, or Eid, or even Birthdays. I mean special occasions where you feel like everything would just be better with a hug but a regular hug just isn't quite cutting it. That's when you make bread pudding and you hug yourself from the inside out :) I was definitely in need of a hug, and I feel so much better after a few scoops of this pudding! Are you ready for some love? Here we go!

Mini Quiche

Tonight's post is brought to you by the phrase "Oh my god!", brought to you by a mouthful of these mini quiches stuffed into Mr. H's mouth :)

How good to these look? If they look as good to you as they tasted to me and Mr. H, you are in for a real treat tonight! Quiche is one of those hit or miss recipes that can taste perfect or absolutely horrible; more often than not, airing on the side of either runny and mushy or overcooked and bland. In a nutshell, quiche is a simple looking recipe with a fairly complicated cooking process that you can't control in a home oven. That's where my mini quiches come in! They completely take the guesswork out of cook times, which leaves you with more time to make dessert. These quiches are light and fluffy, and make a great dinner paired with a yummy green salad, and some mashed potatoes. Don't forget to leave room for dessert!

Chocolate Chocolate Chip Pancakes

Today's post is split into two parts. Read more to see the surprise recipe!

The Pancakes:
A.K.A. The best pancakes in the world! I can hear you all thinking it right now, "Chocolate AND chocolate chips? Hass, you have to be making everyone super fat with your recipes!" And my dear followers, I can assure you, I am not. I thought it might be a good idea to share with you guys the calorie counts for every recipe so you know EXACTLY how much you're eating. Calorie wise, if you eat one serving size of all my recipes, all the meals I make are usually around 500 calories. Sounds crazy, right? All my recipes look super fattening, right? I proudly admit to keeping my calorie counts low, however, if you view your health and diet more in terms of grams of fats and sodium and all that fancy stuff... my recipes are nowhere near healthy :) Of course in the next few weeks I'll be doing my best to make things as healthy as possible around here! But while I work out the kinks in my own and Mr. H's eating habits, bear with me.

Funfetti Cookies

I have one word for you: YUM!

These are one of the most delicious cookies I've ever had the pleasure of putting in my mouth! They are soft, chewy, beautiful, and super easy to make. Now if there's one thing my endless surfing of foodblogs has taught me, it's this: if you've got cake mix... make everything but! I absolutely LOVE making cookies out of cake mix, it's one of my favorite things to do. It looks amazing, they take less than 20 minutes to prepare, and it tastes like you slaved over them all day long.