Simple Desserts, Treats and Everyday Recipes
Classic peanut butter balls made with graham cracker and dipped in chocolate taste just like reese’s peanut butter cups are an easy, no bake candy recipe that’s perfect for Christmas and the holidays.
I love my classic recipe for peanut butter balls (aka Buckeyes) and sometimes my peanut butter balls with rice krispies hits the spot with an extra crunch, but sometimes when you’re having a reese’s peanut butter cup craving, you need to make your peanut butter balls with graham cracker crumbs.
…A thick peanut butter cookie bar, just like your favorite thick and chewy peanut butter cookie, but only in easy cookie bar form.
Where are my peanut butter lover’s? Today’s recipe is for you. We all love a good peanut butter cookie (In fact, I have the best peanut butter cookie recipe on the planet on my blog.) And today I’m showing you how to make them in bar form.
…Classic Chocolate Peanut Butter Balls with Rice Krispies for extra texture and crunch. A quick and easy Christmas candy recipe.
What do you get when you combine peanut butter, chocolate and Rice Krispies in a simple no-bake dessert recipe? You get one happy mom and family.
…These Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies are a peanut butter and chocolate lovers dream. Perfectly soft and chewy, you can’t eat just one.
In my house peanut butter and chocolate is a favorite combination. All of us love peanut butter cups and sometimes I give my kids a spoonful of peanut butter with a pile of chocolate chips for dessert. We love peanut butter cookies and chocolate chip cookies and we don’t have to decide between them with this fun twist. …
No Bake Peanut Butter Cookies with oatmeal are the perfect treat when a late night craving hits. They’re quick and easy to make and satisfy everyone’s sweet tooth.
Me and my kids have been on a peanut butter kick lately. They’ve been asking for peanut butter spoons for snack, which are just what they sound like, peanut butter on a spoon. We’ve been making the best peanut butter cookies (and the chocolate chip peanut butter cookie version too!) on the regular, but sometimes when we want something quicker, we make these no bake peanut butter cookies. …
This Peanut Butter Cookie Recipe is a classic family favorite. Growing up, they were popular at my house and I’m sure they will be at yours too!
I call this the best peanut butter cookies recipe for a reason. Once you taste these delicious cookies packed with yummy peanut butter flavor, you’ll wonder how you ever baked peanut butter cookies any other way.
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This Chocolate Reese’s Pieces Cookie Recipe starts with my favorite basic chocolate chip cookie dough and adds in lots of Reese’s pieces for the best peanut butter chocolate cookie.
Are you sick of cookie recipes yet? No? Good, because I have at least two more to share with you before December is over. Also, I don’t think we could be friends if you got tired of cookies. Who gets tired of cookies?
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This post was originally published in December 2014. I’ve updated it with a ton of information based on questions I was getting. Scroll to the bottom of the post for the recipe.
I grew up in Ohio, so I consider myself somewhat of a buckeye expert. Buckeyes have been a classic and absolute favorite for my family for Christmas ever since I can remember. I’ve updated this post in a FAQ style to answer all your buckeye questions. Consider this your ultimate guide to making buckeye candy.
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Buckeye Brownie Bites are buckeyes (aka peanut butter balls) pressed into warm brownie bites and drizzled with chocolate, a fun twist on a classic favorite.
I spent the day cutting down thorn bushes and stuffing them into yard waste bags. I mentioned before how overgrown are fenced backyard was, like to the point we couldn’t see the fence. Slowly, we’ve been tackling it all a summer. A bush year a pile of weeds there.
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The Christmas baking bug gets me every year and even though we will have an especially busy December this year, I want to make all the recipes. I have already made plenty of recipes for December and I just need to edit the pictures and write the posts. But I still have about 20 great recipe ideas milling around my head I’d love to make.
If I’m still sharing Christmas recipes in January, you’ll know why. I just about have enough posts for one every day in December, and I’m pretty sure I won’t be able to post things that fast.
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I hope everyone had a lovely Thanksgiving with lots of good food and family time. We are extra thankful for a few days in Ohio and the ability to spend time with both sides of the family. It was great to unplug for a few days, but now that we are back home the craziness has started. …
Just wanted to jump on here real fast while my children are napping and share these chocolate peanut butter acorns with you. These were a happy accident from earlier this week….
Crunchy popcorn, salty pretzels, and mini peanut butter cups covered in peanut butter caramel and generously drizzled with milk chocolate and peanut butter.
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How is your December schedule looking? Is it crazy busy with all the Christmas stuff? Or are you able to enjoy all the extra, little blessings this month holds? It’s a battle isn’t it.
This year I’m trying to take a step back and breathe between all the extra events and obligations the month holds. According to Tyler, I’m not good at relaxing and being fully present in the moment. I tend to rush from one thing to planning and stressing for the next. Trying to change that this year….
These easy 5 ingredient peanut butter s’mores bars have a layer of marshmallow and milk chocolate sandwiched between two layers of peanut butter blondie.
So apparently, I missed national s’mores day, which was yesterday. But thankfully, s’mores are good any day of the year, especially ones where no campfire is required. Let’s face it everyone wants s’mores more often than they can have a campfire.
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This moist, peanut-buttery muffin studded with apple chunks and topped with crunchy granola is a healthy and satisfying treat.
Lately, I have had people asking me how I can make so many delicious, sugary treats and still eat somewhat healthy. While I do taste everything I make (Quality control is a must, I would never share something with you that didn’t pass!), my husband and I don’t eat near all of what I bake. We give most of it away; our friends, family and neighbors love us for it, and it’s huge help to not have temptation staring us in the face (Although, there are some things we just can’t help eating all ourselves!).
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So it’s the time of year when everyone’s gardens are overflowing with zucchini. It almost should be described as a weed, it’s so easy to grow. But yet, I harbor a bit of jealousy, because there is not even one little scraggly plant of zucchini in my garden, which is non-existent. Between working full time, blogging and a tiny yard, for the past two years I haven’t been gardening, unless you count the 3 small tomato plants in the landscaping around the shed trying to survive the downpour from the eaves from all the heavy rains we’ve had this summer. I won’t complain too much about my lack of zucchini, because in Lancaster County, I can pick up a zucchini on every corner big enough to make me 6 loaves of bread for a few pennies.
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This recipe was inspired after a week of too many peanut butter and jelly sandwiches at work. Some days I am motivated and have wonderful, healthy lunches and other days I end up with a peanut butter sandwich; the result of not getting up early enough. At work I was dreaming up how I could improve the classic sandwich for a better lunch and of course my sugar-lovin’ mind turned it into desert. Now this doesn’t solve my lunch problem, but it did create a fun easy treat for Tyler and I one very hot evening.
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This milkshake is AWESOME!! Like, the best one I’ve ever had! I don’t know how else to describe it. Oh I suppose I could launch into an elaborately detailed discussion about the the heavenly texture of the peanut butter cookie, the oh-so beautiful flavor of the vanilla ice cream, and the wonderful marriage of the two together in this desert, but it’s just plain yummy. The end. So instead of preaching the glories of this milkshake, (because I already know all of you are gonna try it. Who can resist a milkshake like this?) I’ll fill you in on a bit on my life.
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Tyler requested a chocolate cake with peanut butter frosting for his birthday this week. With just two people in our house, making large layer cakes is plain dangerous. Especially when the cake tastes this amazing, its impossible to avoid eating a large piece with every meal. Or even just substituting cake for our meal. We may or may not have done this 🙂 But hey, birthdays demand cake – good cake.
This cake will become your favorite go-to chocolate cake. Its soft and moist, and has a rich chocolate texture and flavor. That’s not even mentioning the frosting. Its light, fluffy and will melt in your mouth. Just don’t question the amount of butter and be sure to save some for the cake. You will want to have a spoon handy for tasting as you’re making it.
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