Smore's bars!

1/2 cup butter, room temperature
1/4 cup brown sugar
1/2 cup sugar
1 large egg
1 tsp vanilla extract
1 1/3 cups all purpose flour
3/4 cup graham cracker crumbs
1 tsp baking powder
1/4 tsp salt
2 king-sized milk chocolate bars (e.g. Hershey’s)
1 1/2 cups marshmallow creme/fluff (not melted marshmallows)

Preheat oven to 350°F. Grease an 8-inch square baking pan.

In a large bowl, cream together butter and sugar until light. Beat in egg and vanilla. In a small bowl, whisk together flour, graham cracker crumbs, baking powder and salt. Add to butter mixture and mix at a low speed until combined.

Divide dough in half and press half of dough into an even layer on the bottom of the prepared pan. Place chocolate bars over dough. 2 king-sized Hershey’s bars should fit perfectly side by side, but break the chocolate (if necessary) to get it to fit in a single layer no more than 1/4 inch thick. Spread chocolate with marshmallow creme or fluff. Place remaining dough in a single layer on top of the fluff (most easily achieved by flattening the dough into small shingles and laying them together).

Bake for 30 to 35 minutes, until lightly browned. Cool completely before cutting into bars.

PS-I doubled the recipie for a 9x13" pan, and got 3 of the hershey bars. Worked perfectly!

Love & Chocolate...mostly Chocolate

So most of you who know me, know that I'm not the biggest chocolate person. I mean, I like it...but it's not my favorite. But these two kinds of chocolates...are the BOMB!!!

These are available from costco during Christmas time only. Sooooo good!

Belgium chocolates from my parents for Christmas;-)

Paula's Volcano Cake

I found this awhile ago on pinterest. I've made it three times since then. It's that good!

*SCROLL TO BOTTOM FOR RECIPE*

Servings: 8 to 10 servings
Prep Time: 20 min
Cook Time: 55 min
Difficulty: Easy

Ingredients Add to grocery list

Cream mixture:
1 8-ounce softened cream cheese
1 stick butter, room temperature
2 cups 4X or 10X sugar

Cake:
1 cup sweetened coconut flakes
1 cup pecans
1 (18.25-ounce) box German chocolate cake mix, prepare by following direction on box
10 bite-sized almond and chocolate covered candy or candy of choice
Glaze:
4 tablespoons butter
1/4 cup cocoa powder
1/2 cup milk
1 1/2 cups confectioners’ sugar
1/2 teaspoon almond extract

Directions

For the cream mixture:

Beat ingredients together with an electric mixer. Set aside until ready to use.

Cake:

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Grease a 13 by 9 by 2-inch cake pan.

Line bottom of greased pan with coconut flakes. Sprinkle pecans on top of coconut. Set aside.

Follow directions on back of box to prepare cake. Beat for approximately 2 minutes, using an electric mixer. Fold in bite-sized candy. Pour into cake pan. Evenly space dollops of cream mixture on top of the cake. When the cake cooks, the cream will sink down to the bottom. This will be your “volcano” of flavor. Place in oven for 40 to 45 minutes. While cake is still hot spread the glaze evenly over the cake.

For the glaze:

In a small saucepan, melt butter over medium-low heat. Whisk in cocoa powder and add milk until you get a thin consistency. If glaze is too thick, add more milk. While bringing the butter and milk mixture to a boil, whisk in confectioners’ sugar and almond extract. Glaze should be thin. Remove from the heat and allow to cool before using.

Christmas Crack

All I can say is wow. This stuff is amazing. And very easy.



Terribly Terrific Toffee
1 cup unsalted butter (no margarine allowed)
1 cup brown sugar
2 cups semi-sweet chocolate chips
40 saltine crackers

Preheat oven to 350ºF. Line jelly roll pan or cookie sheet with foil and spray with non-stick spray. Lay a flat layer of crackers out on the foil. Melt the sugar and butter until a boil is reached. Reduce the heat and simmer, uncovered, for 5-6 minutes or until mixture is thickened and sugar is completely dissolved. Pour this mixture over the crackers and spread to coat evenly. Bake for 5-8 minutes, or until the toffee becomes bubbly. After removing the pan from the oven, let it sit for 3-5 minutes. Sprinkle on the chocolate chips, let them soften and melt, and then spread them into an even layer. (You can add nuts, cracker crumbs, or whatever else floats your boat at this point.) Let cool and, if desired for expediting purposes, refrigerate until hardened. Break into pieces the size of your choice. I personally prefer a hand-sized chunk.

Weapons of Mass Destruction

MMM.
Here are all the ingredients.
Cream together the butter & sugar.
Add eggs & vanilla until well blended.
Or until you get something that looks like this.
Add cocoa, salt, & baking soda.
Gradually add flour. Mix until it forms dough.
You may want to use a metal spoon, or a THICKER wood one.
Add white chocolate chips.
Preheat oven to 350. Grease some baking sheets.
Drop teaspoon fulls onto cookie sheet.
Cook for about 6-8 minutes.
Enjoy.
Holy cow. That's alot!

Chocolate Bowls

Melt some chocolate. Dip small balloons about 1/3 of the way in the chocolate.
Let the chocolate harden. Then slowly and gently peel back the balloon. And there you have it!
Mine had a chocolate layered dessert that I made in them. But you could put anything from cake, pudding, mousse, ice cream, berries, etc! Have fun and get creative.