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Frosted  brownie cookies

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A simple, super chocolate cookie made using a brownie mix.  They do not need to be frosted, but I chose to.. and I topped them with m&ms. 

I chilled the individual mounds of dough to keep them from spreading too much.   Also wait until the cookies are completely cooled before frosting.  I was a little impatient with the final batch and things got a little messy!

  • Ingredients list
  • 2 brownie mixes (each one I used was 18.2 oz)
  • 1/4 cup baking cocoa (scooped from cocoa container into your measuring cup so you get the right amount)
  • 1/2 cup butter, melted
  • 4 eggs
  • 2 tbs corn syrup, honey, chocolate syrup, (or hot fudge at  room temp)

Directions – in a bowl, combine ingredients.  Scoop out 2 tbs of dough (dough is soft).  Place individual doughs in fridge for a few hours.   Preheat oven to 375 degrees.  Just before baking, i formed the doughs into tall mounds.  Line cookie sheet with nonstick baking liners.  Stagger cookies.  Bake 8 to 10 min (no longer)

  • Frosting ingredients
  • 2 cups powdered sugar (scooped from container into measuring cup)
  • 1 /2 cup baking cocoa
  • 2 to 6 tbs water (depending on consistency you want)

In a bowl, combine ingredients.   Frost completely cooked cookies.  Top with m&ms.  Store in covered container.

Thanks so much for stopping by today.  Wishing you a day filled with peace, love and joy.

Puffy frosted chocolate cake mix cookies

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These are the exact opposite of my recently posted flatter than pancakes milk chocolate chip cookies. These chocolate cake mix cookies do not spread at all. If you want them flattened, you can do just that… put some flour on your fingers before doing so. 🙂

These are super easy. Just a cake mix, melted butter, and eggs. I tossed in 1 cup of chocolate chips. I also frosted them. But you could sprinkle powdered sugar on top of warm cookies instead, if you prefer.

Preheat your oven to 350 degrees before baking so it cycles to the right temp. Don’t overcook these either. You do not want a dry cookie. They will continue to bake on the cookie sheet after removed from the oven.

  • Ingredients
  • 15.5 oz chocolate cake mix (i used devil’s food)
  • 5 tbs butter, melted
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 cup chocolate chips

Directions – preheat oven to 350 degrees for 20 minutes before baking. In a bowl, combine cake mix, melted butter and eggs. Stir in chips. Line a cookie sheet with parchment paper, scoop out 3 tbs of dough and form mounds. Stagger cookies on prepared sheet – a row of 2, a row of 1, a row of 2, a row of 1, a row of 2. You can fit 6 or 8 on a sheet, depending on the size of a sheet. Bake 10 to 14 minutes. You don’t want the bottoms too brown. Cookies will still continue to bake on sheet after removed from oven. Cool completely.

  • Frosting ingredients
  • 3 tbs butter softened
  • 3 tbs baking cocoa
  • 1 tbs corn syrup (or honey)
  • 1 cup powdered sugar
  • Milk

Directions – combine butter and cocoa. Add corn syrup. Mix in powdered sugR. Add milk, 1 tbs at a time, until you get the consistency you want. Frost cookies. Store in covered container.

Thank you so much for stopping by! I wish you a day filled with peace, happiness, and joy. Remember to be kind. We need more kindness!

Blackout Brownies

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Blackout brownies

As we close out another week, I thought blackout brownies would be a good treat to bring into work. Rob gave them a 👍 and I think my work friends will enjoy them too.

Remember to scoop your flour and baking cocoa from their containers into your measuring cup so you get the right amount. Also, preheat your oven to 350 degrees for 20 minutes before baking so it cycles to the right temp. And right after taking brownies out of the oven,make the frosting. I frosted the brownies while still warm.

A little messy, but good!
  • Ingredients
  • 1/2 cup butter, melted
  • 1/2 cup sugar
  • 1/4 cup brown sugar
  • 1/4 cup corn syrup (or honey)
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • 1/2 cup flour
  • 1/3 cup black cocoa
  • 1/4 tsp baking powder
  • 1/4 tsp salt
  • 1 cup chocolate chips

Directions – preheat oven to 350 degrees so it cycles to the right temp. Line an 8×8 baking pan with parchment paper and spray with baking spray. In a bowl, combine butter, sugar, brown sugar, and corn syrup. Mix in eggs and vanilla. Fold in dry ingredients. Add chips. Spread evenly into pan. Bake 20 minutes. Remove from oven. Now, onto the frosting!

  • Frosting ingredients
  • 3 tbs butter, softened
  • 3 tbs black cocoa
  • 1 tbs corn syrup (or honey)
  • 1 cup powdered sugar
  • 2 to 3 tbs milk

In a bowl, combine butter and baking cocoa. Add corn syrup then powdered sugar. Add milk, one tbs at a time, until you get the consistency you want. Frost warm brownies. Let them cool completely and store in covered container.

Thanks for stopping by today! I wish you a wonderful day, filled with happiness, peace and love.

When it’s too hot to turn on the oven, you make no bake peanut butter bars

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After back to back days of 90+ degrees, I turned on the AC (the house was 81 degrees). I did not want to turn on the oven to bake, so I opted to make no bake peanut butter bars. The triple chip chocolate cookies will have to wait to be baked another day.

  • Oreo crust ingredients
  • 20 oreos,finely crushed
  • 1 stick of butter, melted

Directions – line an 8×8 pan with tinfoil and spray with butter spray. combine oreos and butter and press into prepared pan.

  • Peanut butter layer
  • 1 1/2 cups crushed gram crackers (approx 1 sleeve of crackers)
  • 1 1 /2 cups powdered sugar
  • 1 cup peanut butter
  • 1 stick of butter, melted

In a bowl, combine ingredients and blend smooth. Spread over oreo crust.

Topping – in a microwave safe bowl, combine 1 cup milk chocolate chips and 1 tbs vegetable oil. Microwave in 30 second increments until you can stir smooth. Spread on top of peanut butter layer. Chill in fridge and cut. Store in covered container.

Thanks so much for stopping by! I hope you have a wonderful day!

Reese’s stuffed cake mix cookies

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Reese’s stuffed cake mix cookies

I am bringing in 3 treats to work tomorrow, in honor of the Bills 3 point win over the Dolphins today. 3 has been quite significant recently for the Bills with Damar Hamlin and his miraculous recovery. Plenty to clean up for Buffalo moving forward, but a win is a win. Onto the divisional round.

These Reese’s stuffed cake mix cookies are super simple – a cake mix, water, vegetable oil, one egg, and Reese’s or oreos or other candy to stuff them with. I do recommend preheating your oven to 350 degrees for 20 minutes before baking. And bake no longer than 10 minutes.

  • Ingredients
  • 1 cake mix (I used chocolate)
  • 1 egg
  • 2 tbs water
  • 1/3 cup vegetable oil
  • Reese’s pb cups, unwrapped

Directions – preheat oven to 350 degrees for 20 minutes. In a bowl, combine cake mix, egg, water, and vegetable oil. Mix well. If you feel the dough is too dry. Add more water, one tbs at a time. Scoop out 2 tbs dough. Divide equally into two pieces. Lightly flatten each half. On one flatted half, place one peanut butter cup

Place other flattened piece of dough on top. Make sure dough completely covers reeses. Stagger on prepared cookie sheet. Bake 10 minutes. Cool completely. Store in covered container

Thank you for stopping by today. Hope you have a wonderful day, filled with peace and joy. Go Bills!

Easy chocolate snowball cookies

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Chocolate snowball cookies

These are simple and will satisfy any sweet tooth. They use a sugar cookie mix (17.5 oz), flour, baking cocoa, an egg and butter. I stuffed some with hershey kisses.

  • Ingredients
  • 1 sugar cookie mix (17.5 oz)
  • 1/4 cup flour
  • 1/4 cup baking cocoa
  • 1/2 cup butter, melted
  • 1 egg
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • 1/2 cup mini chocolate chips
  • Hershey kisses, if you want stuffed cookies
Cookie monster at it again!

Directions – preheat oven to 375 degrees for 20 minutes. Line a cookie sheet with nonstick baking liners or parchment paper. In a bowl, combine cookie mix, butter, egg, flour, baking cocoa and vanilla. Mix in chips. Scoop out 1 to 2 tbs cookie dough and roll into a ball. You can leave them plain or stuff them with kisses. Place on prepared sheet. Bake 10 minutes (no longer). Immediately after removing from oven, Sprinkle with powdered sugar. Cool completely. Sprinkle with more powdered sugar. Store in covered container.

Thank you for stopping by today! Wishing you a wonderful day, filled with love, peace and joy.

Chocolate chip sugar cookies stuffed with Oreos

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An Oreo stuffed inside a chocolate chip sugar cookie

I have an abundance of Oreos so in an attempt to use them up, I decided to stuff them inside a chocolate chip sugar cookie. I used a Betty Crocker sugar cookie mix and added some chocolate chips. Then I stuffed an Oreo inside. And as soon as I took them out of the oven, I sprinkled them with powdered sugar. Feel free to use any cookie recipe (or mix).

  • Ingredients
  • 1 sugar cookie mix
  • 1/2 cup butter, softened
  • 1 tbs water
  • 1 egg
  • 1 cup chocolate chips
  • Oreos
Cookie monster at it again!

Directions – preheat oven to 375 degrees for 20 minutes. In a bowl, combine cookie mix, butter, water and egg. Mix well. Add chips. Scoop out 3 tbs of dough. Evenly form around an Oreo. Stagger on a cookie sheet lined with nonstick baking liners. Bake 10 to 14 minutes, until light golden on bottom. Immediately sprinkle with powdered sugar after removing from oven. Cool completely. Store in covered container.

Remember to be kind!

Football Friday for week 6 – brown butter blondies with chocolate chips

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Brown butter blondies with chocolate chips

My president of taste testing, Rob, put in a request for these – brown butter blondies with chocolate chips. Super simple and are ready in no time. Browning butter is a very simple process. Just melt the butter in a saucepan, stirring occasionally until you see little brown bits in it.

Extreme closeup!😋

Couple of reminders – Make sure you preheat your oven for 20 minutes before baking. Also spoon your flour from your flour container into your measuring cup.

  • Ingredients
  • 1/2 cup butter, browned and cooled for 10 minutes
  • 1 cup brown sugar
  • 1 egg
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • 1 cup flour
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • 1 cup chocolate chips

Directions – preheat oven to 350 degrees for 20 minutes. Line an 8×8 or 9×9 pan with tin foil and spray with baking spray. In a bowl, combine brown butter, brown sugar, egg and vanilla. Fold in flour and salt. Blend in chips. Spread evenly into pan. Bake 20 minutes (no longer). Cool completely. Store in covered container.

Thanks for stopping by! Have a wonderful day and remember to be kind. A small act of kindness can do wonders. Hoping your day is filled with love and happiness…. And Go Bills!! 🏈

Cake mix cookies stuffed with brownies

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And topped with melted Hershey kisses!

It is 90 plus degrees and humid today, so I decided to bake cookies for work tomorrow. Nothing like making the AC work even more! I had made some brownies for my mother in law and wound up with quite a few leftover. So I decided I would stuff them in cake mix cookies. I went with a white cake mix, but feel free to use whatever flavor you like. One of my friends and co-workers, James, called the brownies probably one of the best things I have made. Quite a compliment! I used my spruced up brownie mix recipe that you can find on the blog. You can use a mix or whatever your favories recipe is.

Remember to preheat your oven to 350 degrees for 20 minutes before baking so that your oven cycles to the right temperature.

  • Ingredients
  • Brownies, prepared as directed and completely cooled, and cut into 1 inch squares
  • 1 cake mix
  • 1 egg
  • 1/3 cup oil
  • 1 tbs water

Directions – mix well. Line a cookie sheet with nonstick baking liners or parchment paper.

Scoop put 1 1/2 tbs dough and slightly flatten
Place a brownie square on top
Scoop out another 1 1/2 tbs dough, slightly flatten and place on top of brownie
Completely cover brownie
Stagger on prepared cookie sheet

Bake 9 to 10 minutes (they will be lightly golden on bottom). Sprinkle hot cookies with powdered sugar.

Store in covered container.

Brownie stuffed cake mix cookies, topped with melted Hershey kisses

Thanks so much for stopping by today! If you try these cookies, let me know how they turn out. Have a wonderful day. Wishing you peace, love and joy. And remember to be kind. Everyone os fighting a battle.