Recipe Idea: Peanut Butter Cup Brownies

Some days we need more chocolate than other days. Today, we need a lot of chocolate with a side of peanut butter! We were sucked in by this delectable, melt-in-your mouth, "come to mama" shot of these brownie bites on Baked Perfection and had to share the recipe with the fellow choco lovers of the world. Try it out and let us know how your sweet escape goes! x 

Peanut Butter Cup Brownies

Recipe adapted from Nestle’s Very Best Baking

Makes 40 brownies as adapted

1 box of your favorite brownie mix
1/2 cup peanut butter chips
1/2 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
3/4 cup creamy peanut butter

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Spray or grease 40 mini-muffin cups.

Prepare boxed brownie mix as directed. Spoon batter evenly into muffin cups (about 1 heaping teaspoon). Bake for 13-15 minutes or until top is set and a toothpick inserted into center comes out slightly wet. After brownies are out of the oven, wait for centers to fall. This will happen upon cooling. If not then tap the centers with the back of a teaspoon to make a hole for the peanut butter.

Place peanut butter in a small microwave-safe bowl. Microwave on high for 45 seconds then stir. While brownies are still warm spoon about half a teaspoon of peanut butter into the center of each brownie. Top with semi-sweet chocolate chips and peanut butter chips. Cool completely in pan.

DIY: Strawberry Cocktail Popsicles

My immediate urge is to be terribly retro and attempt at using Nelly's, "Hot in Here" as my blind lead. So without shame and with pride for my early musical nostalgia, I say it is indeed hot in here, and what better way to welcome the season than with a refreshing popsicle. 


I have a love hate relationship with the sun and I'm confident those feelings are mutual. One thing we agree on is celebrating the season of tasty popsicles. The kind you think about for a good ten minutes after you're left staring at the stick. 


Thanks to our friend Emma Chapman, who is a contributing writer at A Beautiful Mess, for her recipe inspiration. We owe you a few mouth-watering popsicles for this gem. 

Strawberry Cocktail Popsicles, makes 4-5

Needed: 1/2 cup sugar, 1/3 water, 2 1/2 cups strawberries, juice from half a lemon, 1 tablespoon Angostura bitters. *note: bitters do contain alcohol, but only a small amount. 

In a small pot combine the sugar and water. Simmer over medium heat and stir until sugar fully dissolves. Remove from heat and allow this to cool as you finely chop up the strawberries. Stir in strawberries, lemon juice and bitters. Pour into Popsicle containers and freeze overnight. 

Popsicles, a Summer Staple.

How delicious do these look? They're Creamy Avocado, Green Tea popsicles, a perfect and healthy way of beating the heat and enjoying one of our childhood musts.

To dive in and try, follow the recipe, as dreamt up by Munchin with Munchkin listed below. 

Creamy Green Tea Avocado Popsicles
 

3 avocados
1 14 oz. can coconut milk
1 tsp. pure vanilla extract
2 tbsp. matcha powder
2 tbsp. agave nectar

• In a food processor, pulse avocados and coconut milk until smooth.

• Add vanilla extract, matcha powder, and agave and pulse until combined.

• Divide mixture between four popsicle moulds and place in the freezer until frozen.

• Serve frozen, on a bed of ice to stay cold.

*Note: If you don’t have popsicle moulds, you can pour the mixture between four glasses and place a popsicle stick or a solid straw in the center.

Yield 4 popsicles

PS. They are vegan, sugar and gluten-free!! Enjoy~

Soup Du Friday.

We hear it's freezing on the East Coast today and thought we would share a yummy recipe to warm you up for the weekend. This is Roasted Cauliflower and Aged White Cheddar soup, how delish does that sound?? 


Our advice to you is stay warm, it will most likely be 80 tomorrow (hello weird & crazy weather) and enjoy your weekend. 


Recipe is found here. 

Be your own Barista.

Why go to a coffee shop when you can make one at home?? 

We were looking for a yummy recipe to spice up our morning routine a bit and we stumbled upon this one for an ICED CARAMEL MOCHA FRAPPE (it deserves to be capitalized just on yummyness alone) on Pinterest. We realize we cannot have this treat of all treats every day but once a week seems pretty fair.

Anyone else want to dive in to this as much as we do?? 

How to instructions, courtesy of the Tasty Kitchen.