Oh, yes, I DID! I tried them ~ Oreo/Brownie/Cookie Bars!!

Do you like Oreos?  Yes.

Do you like brownies?  Um, yes.

Do you like chocolate chip cookies?  Well, of course. 

Well, how about all THREE, in one bite?  Yes, I will take one of those, PLEASE!

This is a recipe I found on Pinterest Yes, I am a tad bite obsessed with Pinterest and my new found love of the recipes I find on there and have gained a tad bit of weight from this obsession but we shall move on.  I am sure everyone around me is enjoying this obsession as well because the good thing is....I share.  :)

I made this recipe for my Mom's birthday and it is great!  Not as rich as you would imagine..not an overbearing richness...just simply perfect. 

Here is the recipe via Kevin & Amanda

kevinandamanda Ultimate Chocolate-chip-cookie-n-oreo-fudge-brownie-bar Recipe

A layer of cookies followed up with a layer of oreos..

Here comes the brownie batter....

Ready to bake. 

End result!

Now, check out the inside!

EAT!

Top with ice cream and enjoy!

No Bake Oatmeal Cookies ~ my recipe!

I am sure EVERYONE has tried this cookies at some point....they are quick, easy & taste delicious!  I wanted to make some for my Aunt Anne....so I started cooking them on the stove top.  While pulling all my ingredient out, I realized......I didn't have enough oatmeal!!  The only thing I could find was a box of individual packaged Sugar Free Maple and Brown Sugar.  Well, I used the whole box to come up with the amount I needed.  Usually when I get a little too experimental in the kitchen, it turns out disastrous!  This time, I was pleasantly surprise!  They didn't have the peanut butter flavor they usually have....the Maple and Brown Sugar flavor was more powerful.  I liked this a lot more than my original recipe!  Give it a shot and let me know what you think! 

No Bake Oatmeal Cookies ~ Baking Belle's Version
4 cups sugar
2 sticks butter
4 tablespoons cocoa powder
1 cup canned milk
3 cups (or a whole box) of Sugar Free Maple & Brown Sugar Oatmeal
1 cup peanut butter
1 tsp vanilla

Melt the sugar, butter, milk and cocoa powder in a large saucepan.  Bring it to a rapid boil on medium heat.  Cook for 4 minutes.  Remove from heat and stir in oatmeal, peanut butter & vanilla.  Spoon mixture onto parchment paper/tin foil and let cool.  They turned out very good, even with the almost disaster!!  Enjoy!

Mint Chocolate Chip Cupcakes

Mint Chocolate Chip Cupcakes

Okay, I admit it.... I have fallen off the diet wagon. For crying out loud, cadbury eggs are out at the stores and HAVE been for over a month. Chocolate is my weakness. I may need to consider giving it up for Lent again. In the meantime I have created a new cupcake -- Mint Chocolate Chip. I decided to get creative in the kitchen on a Friday night as my boys played what they called "the zippy cup game". It entertained them for about thirty minute with lots of laughter so I let it slide when I saw the mess it was creating.... I was planning on cleaning floors tomorrow anyways. :)

So.... Here are the results of my cupcake creation

I just started pulling things from my baking drawer.........

Chopped up Peppermint Patties

Gently Stir into Cake Batter

I used a French Vanilla cake mix and added Chopped up Peppermint Patties to it.  I gently stirred and put into a cupcake tin. 

After that I used a Chocolate Cream Cheese icing to frost the cupcakes.  The recipe is below:

Chocolate Cream Cheese Frosting

1 8 oz Cream Cheese at room temperature

1 1/2 cups powdered sugar

1/2 cup Chocolate Cocoa powder

1 tsp Vanilla

1 tsp Milk (or most depending on your desired consistency of frosting)

Mix cream cheese, sugar & cocoa together.  Then add liquid ingredients.  You can add more milk if needed and more powdered sugar if it's not sweet enough. 

And here we are...

Honestly, these did not turn out exactly how I wanted them to.  The peppermint patties sunk to the bottom of the cupcakes when baked which I thought may happen.  They still had a good flavor to them.  I would definitely pick a different frosting next time, also.  BUT, I did say I was going to post regardless of outcome.....so here we are!!!  :)