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Caramel Apple M&M Blondies Recipe

September 12, 2014 By Allie

Caramel Apple M&M Blondies are the dessert of the fall. These apple blondies are filled with candy apple M&Ms and topped with an apple juice caramel sauce.

I’m so excited it’s almost fall! I love the cooler weather and all the awesome fall foods. In honor of the change of season, I have teamed up with #FlavorofFall M&M’s and #CollectiveBias. One of M&M’s new fall flavors is candy apple, which is available exclusively at Walmart stores. I wanted to make a fall recipe with the candy apple M&M’s. I also wanted to incorporate Mott’s applesauce and apple juice into the recipe too. If you have been following my blog for awhile, you already know that I like to use applesauce when baking. It makes it a little moister and healthier since it replaces some of the vegetable oil or butter in the recipe. I ended up deciding to make Caramel Apple M&M Blondies with a caramel sauce drizzle….

Sand Cake Recipe

August 11, 2014 By Allie

Sand Cake is a great sweet treat or after school snack for children. The layered dessert has a pudding layer and a crushed cookie layer.

To celebrate back to school, I teamed up with #CollectiveBias and #AddCoolWhip. Children are always hungry as soon as they get home and want an after school snack. An easy kid dessert I make for my family is Sand Cake, which is my twist on dirt cake….

Chocolate Pudding Brownie Bowls Recipe

July 22, 2014 By Allie

Chocolate Pudding Brownie Bowls are a chocolate lover’s dream. What’s better than brownies filled with chocolate pudding!

For my daughter’s birthday, we decided to have a farm themed party. Besides all the farm decorations, I also wanted the desserts to fit the theme. One of the desserts I made was Chocolate Zucchini Cupcakes. The cupcakes were the “dirt” and then were topped with “grass” icing plus tractor picks on top. I also created Chocolate Pudding Brownie Bowls that were mud puddles with pigs in them. I used a bake-a-bowl pan to make the brownie bowls and then filled them with chocolate pudding. I made the pigs out of a pig shaped candy mold and pink melting wafers. I put the pigs on top of each “mud puddle”. The Chocolate Pudding Brownie Bowls were adorable and everyone loved them!…

John Deere Chocolate Zucchini Cupcakes Recipe

July 14, 2014 By Allie

John Deere Chocolate Zucchini Cupcakes are perfect for a John Deere or farm birthday party. No one will be able to tell that these chocolate cupcakes have zucchini hidden inside.

My child recently had a birthday party. I knew I was going to make a chocolate cake but I always add a little “healthy” twist to her cakes every year. I try to add something healthy to the cake part and use an icing that doesn’t have a crazy amount of sugar in it. This year’s party was farm themed so I decided to make Chocolate Zucchini Cupcakes. I knew chocolate would be a hit plus farm product stands sell zucchini. I also wanted it to visually fit with the farm theme. Since chocolate is brown, I figured it looked like dirt and farms have fields so I made the cream cheese icing look like grass. Then I added some John Deere tractor cupcake picks. The cupcakes looked really cute and it fit the party’s theme perfectly. The Chocolate Zucchini Cupcakes were really moist and no one could even tell there was zucchini in them!

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Chocolate Zucchini Cupcakes

Author: Sugar, Spice and Family Life

Recipe type: Dessert

Prep time: 15 mins

Cook time: 20 mins

Total time: 35 mins

Serves: 24 cupcakes

Ingredients

Chocolate Zucchini Cupcakes

2 cups flour
2 cups white sugar
¾ cup unsweetened cocoa powder
2 tsp. baking soda
1 tsp. baking powder
½ tsp. salt
¾ cup mini chocolate chips
4 eggs
½ cup vegetable oil
½ cup applesauce
1 tsp. vanilla extract
3 cups grated zucchini

Cream Cheese Frosting

8 oz. cream cheese, softened
¼ cup butter, softened
2 cups confectioners' sugar
1 tsp. vanilla extract

Instructions

Preheat oven to 350 F. Line cups with cupcake wrappers.
In a large bowl, stir together flour, sugar, cocoa, baking soda, baking powder, salt and chocolate chips. Mix in the eggs, oil, applesauce and vanilla extract. Fold in zucchini until mixed throughout.
Bake for 20 minutes or until done. Allow to cool.
In a medium bowl, cream together cream cheese and butter. Mix in vanilla and gradually add in confectioners' sugar. Frost cupcakes or refrigerate for 30 minutes before frosting.
Enjoy!

Notes

If you don't have applesauce, you can substitute vegetable oil.
If you want green icing, add green dye to the cream cheese icing.

TWIX Bacon Cookies Recipe

May 30, 2014 By Allie

Bacon is not just for breakfast! Bacon in desserts is just as enjoyable. TWIX Bacon Cookies will be loved by anyone who is a bacon fan.

In honor of Father’s Day, I teamed up with #CollectiveBias and TWIX #EatMoreBites to make a man-friendly recipe. I first thought about making popcorn, rice crispy treats, milkshakes and other boring normal things. But when I think Father’s Day, I think “manly” food and what is more manly than bacon. I wanted to use bacon in a dessert with the TWIX Bites. I ended up choosing to make TWIX Bacon Cookies.

I told my husband my plan and he was not thrilled over the idea of bacon cookies. But just because its “normal” to eat bacon for breakfast, doesn’t mean you can’t enjoy it other ways. …

Smores Brownie Bowls Recipe

May 4, 2014 By Allie

Smores Brownie Bowls are a delicious way to eat smores without a campfire. The brownie bowl is filled with marshmallows, chocolate and graham crackers.

As many of you know, I am a Good Cook blogger and love their products! I was thrilled when I recently received a Good Cook Bake-A-Bowl pan. I have several recipe ideas on what I’m going to use the pan for. I love chocolate so the first thing I wanted to make had to involve it. We enjoy eating smores, but unfortunately having a campfire available isn’t convenient. I wanted to make smores at home so I decided to create Smores Brownie Bowls.

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No Bake Bird Nest Cookies Recipe

April 18, 2014 By Allie

No Bake Bird Nest Cookies are classic no bake cookies but made into cute bird nests for Easter or Spring celebrations.

It’s Springtime so why not celebrate the beautiful weather and the birds chirping outside. My husband grew up eating no bake cookies but they aren’t pretty. I wanted to make them cute so I turned them into bird nests.

No Bake Bird Nest Cookies are not made in the oven, hence the no bake in the title. They are cooked on the stove top for a very short amount of time. …

Chocolate Peanut Butter Eggs Recipe

April 17, 2014 By Allie

Chocolate Peanut Butter Eggs are the most popular treat for around Easter time. The eggs are easy to make and are delicious!

Easter is almost here and you have to enjoy it by eating Chocolate Peanut Butter Eggs! They are really easy to make…

Strawberry Cheesecake Ice Cream Recipe

April 4, 2014 By Allie

Strawberry Cheesecake Ice Cream is easy and quick to make. It only contains 4 ingredients and doesn’t require an ice cream machine. It’s also delicious!

I use cream cheese pretty often when cooking or baking. I use it in fruit dips, icings, desserts, appetizer dips and dinner items. So I was excited when I received the opportunity to partner with #CollectiveBias to #SpreadTheFlavor with Philadelphia Cream Cheese’s revamped flavors with more fruit and vegetables. …

Mint Brownies Recipe

February 27, 2014 By Allie

Mint Brownies are a refreshing chocolate dessert. They are made up of three layers: brownies, mint frosting, and chocolate topping.

St. Patrick’s Day is in a couple weeks so I had to make something in celebration. The first two things I thought of were the color green and mint so I made Mint Brownies. They are made up of three parts: brownie, mint layer and chocolate topping. …