I have one kid who doesn’t like chocolate, especially chocolate cookies. I don’t get it, honestly. I’m one of those people who craves a rich, chocolate flavor in baked goods. I like vanilla and caramel, but chocolate is where it’s at for me. That’s why I set out to make a really solid chocolate cookie recipe!

These Double Chocolate Drop Cookies came into my life during the holiday season. I was tired of all the traditional Christmas cookies and wanted a different recipe. One that made a delicious cookie, but with chocolate as the star flavor….

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Dear friends, I’ve been needing to write, wondering how you all are doing and holding up during this crazy time in history. We are currently at 1 month of “shelter in place” and my kids have been amazing. I, on the other hand, had my first meltdown about all of this a few days ago. Once I read where what we are all collectively going through is actually grief, it made a lot more sense. I’ve talked a lot on Dine & Dish about the grief of losing my brother and now I can totally recognize this time as being very similar. …

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Yesterday, my friend Jenny invited me over for her huge annual fudge making day! Jenny has been doing this tradition with friends for the past 9 years and I was honored to take part in it. She had fudge making day planned out to perfection.

I’ve made a few simple fudge recipes before but not since I was a kid, so my part in all of this was to do whatever was asked of me and to take pictures! That’s definitely something I could easily do. …

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This post was originally shared on December 6th, 2011. Since it’s one of my favorite holiday cocktail recipes, I wanted to share it with you again!

So, I kind of made a cocktail for a BRUNCH party! It was an innocent mistake, honestly. When I signed up to participate in the Virtual Holiday Potluck with some blogger friends, I failed to notice the word “BRUNCH” in the title. I just was thinking holiday, friends, chocolate, cocktails! What’s more fun than sharing a Godiva Mudslide Recipe for a festive holiday occasion? Not much, I say…not much. …

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When I was first married I was a horrible cook. Well, I take that back…maybe I wasn’t such a horrible cook, but was working 60+ hour work weeks and didn’t have the time or desire to cook. Even so, things were pretty bad. When we’d have company I’d make Hamburger Helper (Chicken Helper if I was feeling extra fancy), canned green beans and an easy eclair dish for dessert. I don’t really remember much of what my husband and I would actually eat for dinner as newlyweds, but I guarantee it wasn’t much better.

After Jacob was born, I was still working, but from home and much less. I had more time to focus on “domestic” tasks, and I think because of a hope and prayer for a wife who would actually cook meals, my husband bought me my first KitchenAid mixer. Up until that point, if I made cookies, it was always using store bought dough. I just didn’t have the time or the desire to make cookies from scratch. Nick LOVES cookies and grew up in a household where homemade cookies were a daily thing. I decided to embrace my husbands love for cookies and began baking….

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I have a confession to make…I haven’t started my Christmas shopping yet. Not one single gift has been purchased. As of when I’m writing this post, I have 13 days to get all of my shopping done, wrapped, and under the tree. Eeeeeks!

I just want to sit around eating Christmas candy, snuggled under blankets, reading books or watching movies. I don’t want to shop. Do you want to come do all my Christmas shopping for me? Please? If you do I’ll make a batch of this Angel Food Christmas Candy for you. Deal?…

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The end of summer… I always have such grand plans for big end of summer bashes, picnics and fun with all our friends before school starts. Then, the school start date creeps up on us and I realize as much as I don’t want summer to end, I’m too exhausted from summer to host anything fun and festive!

If I were to host an end of summer party, this Chocolate Almond Picnic Bars recipe would definitely make the dessert menu. With three layers of chocolatey goodness, these bars won’t steer you wrong, I promise.

The bottom layer of this bars recipe is like a soft and chewy brownie, the middle layer is similar to a layer of thick, hot fudge and the top layer is my favorite. It’s a thin layer of brownie loaded with Fisher Naturals sliced almonds, pretzels and milk chocolate chips. Sweet, salty and oh so good!…

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One of my earliest food memories as a child is sitting down to breakfast on a special day to a bowl of hot, chocolate oatmeal. These special breakfasts didn’t happen often, but I remember what a treat it was to see the bowl of chocolate oatmeal with a mini marshmallow happy face. Chocolate for breakfast? To a kid that’s like the best thing ever! As an adult, chocolate for breakfast is a pretty darn good thing too. That’s why I was happy to find this much healthier version of chocolate oatmeal in my friend Amy’s cookbook, Healthier Chocolate Treats. …

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