An amazing Jell-o Pretzel Salad Recipe! If you love the classic strawberry version, then this peach pretzel salad recipe is right up your alley! Made with a salty-sweet pretzel crust, a delicious cream cheese filling, and an amazing layer of peaches this jello pretzel salad is perfect for your next potluck, cookout or picnic. My family and I recently got back from our annual trip back to South Dakota. We travel back every summer to see family, enjoy some ball games, time on the Missouri river and lots of golf. Inevitably we always enjoy lots of delicious food, typically at potluck get-togethers and family picnics. This fantastic jell-o pretzel salad is one of those delicious dishes that's perfect for any summer meal. This amazing Peaches & Cream Pretzel Salad is just like Continue Reading...
No Bake Triple Chocolate Cheesecake Bars
Chocolate Cheesecake Bars for every Chocolate Lover! If you're looking for an easy, no bake cheesecake recipe, then these chocolate cheesecake bars need to be in your life! Made with layers of OREO's, hot fudge, and chocolate cheesecake, these cheesecake bars are every chocolate lovers dream! Once the warm days of summer hit us head-on, I don't like turning on my oven. It heats up the house, and increases an already high air conditioning bill. However, that doesn't mean I'm waiting until fall to make an amazing chocolate dessert. In fact, the dog days of summer are the perfect time for these incredible No Bake Triple Chocolate Cheesecake Bars. Made with an awesome OREO cookie crust, a layer of hot fudge, and thick chocolate cheesecake, these bars are the ultimate cool, creamy Continue Reading...
Chocolate Almond Joy Poke Cake
Chocolate Almond Joy Poke Cake If you love the classic coconut candy bar, then this chocolate poke cake recipe is for you! Cream of coconut is drizzled over chocolate cake, then topped with whipped topping, coconut, almonds and drizzled with hot fudge. This dreamy chocolate coconut dessert is not for the faint of heart! Easily, one of my all-time favorite flavor combinations is chocolate and coconut. Maybe it goes back to my love of the Almond Joy candy bars, or the chocolate coconut candy that my mom would make at Christmas time. Since I absolutely love coconut cake (be sure to check out my Coconut Cream Poke Cake) as well as chocolate cake, it would only be natural to bring those two loves together in this poke cake recipe. This easy, delicious chocolate poke cake is super Continue Reading...
Creamy Strawberry Pie
Creamy Strawberry Pie The most amazing strawberry pie recipe you'll ever have! Not only is this recipe easy and no-bake, its made with fresh strawberries, cream cheese and a Golden OREO crust. It's perfect for Easter, Mother's Day or any spring or summer celebration! I definitely feel that spring is upon us. Trees are budding and flowers are slowly breaking through the soil with blooms bursting with color. Spring also means Easter and spring celebrations. I especially love the time we get to share with family during Easter. It's a great time to step back from the busy schedule (even if just for a day) and share a wonderful day together. Growing up my family always gathered after Easter Mass, and had a big ham dinner with all the trimmings, and that always included pie for Continue Reading...
Coconut Cream Pound Cake
Coconut Cream Pound Cake The ultimate coconut pound cake recipe! Made with cream of coconut, and sweetened flake coconut this ultra-moist pound cake is a must-make for every coconut lover. Perfect for Easter Brunch, Mother's Day or anytime you're in the mood for an amazing coconut cake! Outside of my Grandma's Chocolate Sheet Cake, one of my all time favorite cake flavors is coconut. Growing up in South Dakota there wasn't much available for fresh produce in the late-winter, early-spring timeframe, so coconut, particularly my Mom's Famous Coconut Cream Pie was a typical Easter dessert. Now that I live in a metro area where most foods are available year-round, I still gravitate to the classic coconut flavors for spring and Easter, which made me want to make this incredible Coconut Continue Reading...
Ultimate Thin Mint Brownies
Ultimate Thin Mint Brownies Let me introduce you to your new favorite brownie recipe! A perfect combination of chocolate and mint, these fudgy mint brownies are topped with Girl Scout Thin Mint Cookies, Andes mints, chocolate chips, and an amazing layer of mint butter cream frosting. Most definitely a brownie lover's dream come true! It's Girl Scout Cookie season once again. For many of us, those chocolate covered Thin Mint Cookies are irresistible! I love other Girl Scout cookies like the coconut and caramel Samoas and the shortbread Trefoils, but nothing beats those darn Thin Mints. I love these cookies so much, that I decided to develop a mint brownie recipe around the delicious chocolate and mint flavors! These brownies are pretty simple to assemble, and just require a Continue Reading...
Chocolate Peanut Butter Sheet Cake
Chocolate Peanut Butter Sheet Cake Chocolate sheet cake doesn't get much better than this! Moist, delicious chocolate cake is topped with a layers of creamy peanut butter, chocolate icing and then loads of peanut butter chips. This cake recipe is perfect for anyone that loves an amazing chocolate and peanut butter dessert! My Grandma Dona makes the most amazing chocolate sheet cake! Anytime someone in our family is celebrating a birthday, she will whip together this cake and hand-deliver it to them. This cake also makes regular appearances at local pot-lucks and church dinners, at which it is consistently the first item to disappear. Grandma Dona's Famous Chocolate Sheet Cake is one of my favorite recipes, and one that I love to adapt and recreate into other delicious cakes and Continue Reading...
