Cream Cheese Drizzled Pumpkin & Cookie Butter Bars

Posted on September 23, 2015 by Kathi

Pumpkin, Cookie Butter, and warm Spices. With a yummy Cream Cheese Drizzle. Fall in your mouth – right here.

All I wanted were thick, moist, and drool-inducing bars that screamed fall to me. Pumpkin as one of the main ingredients was a must – no explanation needed. As I looked through the pantry my hand automatically reached out and grabbed the cookie butter jar. Once I opened the lid and smelled the wonderfulness that is cookie butter, I knew the flavors would work extremely well with pumpkin. I mean, cookie butter is basically made out of cookies and you can never ever go wrong with adding cookies to a dessert recipe. It’s a guaranteed winner!

The addition of semisweet chocolate chips, a yummy cream cheese drizzle, and extra cookie crumbs were always a given. There’s no such thing as a good pumpkin bar without cream cheese in one way or another. At least in my recipe book, ha.

If you’re as desperate as I am for the ultimate fall treat, this is the one for you. Continue reading →

Brown Butter Salted Caramel Espresso Bars

Posted on August 10, 2015 by Kathi

Brown Butter, Salted Caramel, Chocolate Covered Espresso Beans, and more Chocolate. These bars have your name written all over them!

I hope you’re in the mood for some epic bars today.

Recently, I found myself digging through my baking pantry and discovered a container of chocolate covered espresso beans. Pretty sure I purchased those on a whim one day in Trader Joe’s and decided to hide them from myself. Burying the container amidst large bags of flour, sugar, and everything else you could possibly need to satisfy your baking addiction. Because I cannot be trusted around them.

You know that awesome feeling when you find something unexpectedly like a $10 bill in a pair of jeans you’ve forgotten about? That’s what I felt like after discovering my hidden chocolate espresso beans. After waiting a couple of weeks due to my forgetfulness, I was all about making a pan of bars featuring those espresso beans that I would remember for years to come. Continue reading →

No-Bake Sweet and Salty Cereal Bars

Posted on July 24, 2015 by Kathi

A pan of bars that’s always irresistible. Satisfying your sweet and salty cravings without having to turn on the oven. Wheeeee!

These bars make me feel like I’m a kid again. I get excited just at the sight of them. And I figured now was the best time to feature another no-bake treat. Isn’t that all we want when the temperatures won’t give us a break, but we’re still looking for a homemade treat? I know it’s all my heart desires ;).

This time around, I knew that I wanted to combine sweet and salty ingredients. If you’ve been reading my blog for a little while, you are well aware that I love that combo oh so much. I mean, how many salted caramel recipes have I featured in the past? Too many to list and there’s no end in sight. But this time around, I decided to go with pretzels, pecans, and a fun amount of m&m’s. And the outcome was more than fab. Continue reading →

Ooey Gooey Brookies

Posted on July 3, 2015 by Kathi

Brookie Bars are the ultimate sweet treat. Combining chocolate chip cookies and brownies into one mouthwatering dessert.

The 4th of July is tomorrow, guys. I am sure y’all are more than aware and are looking forward to celebrating. Which is exactly why I’m breaking out a super indulgent dessert bar for all of us. I don’t care what season we’re in or what the weather is doing, chocolate chip cookies and/or brownies are always a good idea. Only made better by combining the two and ending up with one absolutely insane & utterly delicious mash up.

I’ve always had a deep love for mash ups, especially when it comes to sweet treats. Why settle for one when you can have 2 or 3 all at once? It has to be done well though. I don’t like to just throw a whole bunch of things together and hope that the flavors will complement each other and create an awesome bite.

When it comes to mash ups, I like to be able to recognize what I’m about to devour. Even though this is a compilation of sorts, keeping some separation and definition is still important. I hope you catch my drift… Brookies aren’t a new invention or anything. They’ve been around for quite some time and have clearly stood the test of time. They’re exactly what I hope for in a good mash up and they always get rave reviews. Continue reading →

Rhubarb Crumb Squares

Posted on May 25, 2015 by Kathi

These squares embody summer in a dessert. Scrumptious Cake layered with Fresh Rhubarb and finished with an Extra Crunchy Crumb Topping.

This post is sponsored by PostFoods, makers of the amazing Honey Bunches of Oats Cereal.

Thanks for spending part of your holiday weekend with me. I hope you’re having the best Memorial Day so far, surrounded by friends and family, being thankful and grateful, relaxing and enjoying some excellent food. I also hope you’ve saved some room and are completely ready to whip up one of the tastiest summer desserts I’ve made up to date. I’m not even kidding or exaggerating.

I never knew that I could develop such a love for rhubarb. To be honest, before making today’s squares, I wasn’t particularly interested in said vegetable and may have avoided trying it for the past quarter of a century that is my life.

But after a ginormous rhubarb plant (we inherited) started to stare at me every single day since moving house just a couple of weeks ago, I simply couldn’t ignore it any longer. So I asked Adam (since it was pouring outside) to brave the weather for me, harvest our rhubarb, and that I would make him a delicious dessert in return. Since we had a deal, I knew I needed to deliver. Neither of us had any suspicion that we’d spend the next couple of hours inhaling one rhubarb square after the other. Continue reading →

Deliciously Yum!

Food. Enough Said.

Category Archives: Bars

Brown Butter Salted Caramel Espresso Bars

No-Bake Sweet and Salty Cereal Bars

Ooey Gooey Brookies

Rhubarb Crumb Squares