Hi! I’m Mary Younkin, and I have a soft spot for good food. When I started blogging fifteen years ago, it was just a simple way to share a few family recipes online. But, somewhere along the way, I completely fell in love with it.
So, when I had the opportunity in 2019 to carry on this website’s legacy, I didn’t hesitate. What began as someone else’s creative vision has grown a little more each day into something like home to me. Developing the site and growing this community has been an absolute joy.
I love testing new recipes and finding clever ways to make great food without spending all day in the kitchen. So, Chocolate with Grace features hundreds of recipes for tasty desserts and family-friendly meals. The recipes you’ll find here use everyday ingredients and simple techniques to create dishes with an abundance of flavor.
But the heart behind what I do will always be to share good food with friends and family. It never fails to make me smile when someone makes one of my recipes. Hearing about how dinner included a sizzling pan full of easy chicken fajitas or a slow cooker full of crockpot sausage and potatoes always thrills me.
So many breakfasts can be made with a basic sweet yeast dough. You can use it to make any of the mouth-watering sweet rolls on the site. And for dessert, you can’t go wrong with classic peanut butter buckeyes or (my favorite) pretzel buckeyes.
Tag me on social @chocolatewithgrace when you share your dish, or come back and leave me a comment here. I look forward to hearing from you!
Cookbooks by Mary Younkin
If you had told me as a kid that I would grow up to write cookbooks (plural!), I would have laughed. Even a decade after holding the first one in my hands, I’m still amazed and grateful to be the author of three different cookbooks.
The Weeknight Dinner Cookbook is dedicated to my passion for creating family-friendly meals that are easy enough to make on a busy weeknight.
I filled The Weekday Lunches and Breakfasts Cookbook with quick, delicious recipes for every meal of the day. And, The Weeknight Dessert Cookbook is a collection of my favorite dessert recipes that have all been streamlined to be fast and simple, while still producing show-stopping results.
All three cookbooks are available on Amazon or in your local bookstores.
I can be reached through email at chocolatewithgrace@gmail.com. You can also find me on Facebook, Instagram, and Pinterest.
