Chocolate Dessert

Chickpea Chocolate Chip Blondies

January 30, 2013 Brownies
Chickpea Chocolate Chip Blondies -- Juggling With Julia

Chickpeas in a dessert? That is SO not me. I have never been one to morph desserts into something more wholesome and nutritious. Wholesome, to me, means they’re made from scratch with real ingredients, by someone I know. And as far as nutrition is concerned, my feet are firmly planted in the “decadence in moderation” camp. However, after [...]

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Almond Joy Bars

January 15, 2013 Chocolate Dessert
Almond Joy Bars -- Juggling With Julia

Dark chocolate. Sweet, chewy coconut. Crunchy almonds. All atop an amazingly moist bar. RESISTING IS FUTILE. I like to cook, but I LOVE to bake. Yummy desserts make for joyful times – smiles, chocolate-smeared fingers, and happy tastebuds. Perhaps baked goods are the way to world peace? Or just, “Can I have another piece?” These have been [...]

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Chocolate and White Chocolate Chip Muffins

September 4, 2012 Breads/Quick Breads

These muffins solve problems. TOUGH problems. Hopelessly unsolvable problems.  Like how to get your kids out of bed for school when they’ve been sleeping until brunchtime all summer.  No joke, the smell of these baking is enough to tempt anybody, big or small, out of bed and down to the kitchen. It’s like magic. These muffins are sweet, and moist.  Tender [...]

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Fudgy Frosted Brownie Bites

August 13, 2012 Brownies

Anything that starts with brownie and ends with frosting is always a supersonic hit with me. And these little morsels don’t disappoint. So dense. So fudgy. So totally YUM. What’s the secret, you ask? I’ll tell you, but then I’ll have to k…oh, never mind. I’ll just tell you. I accidentally followed the wrong recipe. No, I am [...]

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No-Bake Chocolate Peanut Butter Cereal Bars

June 29, 2012 Chocolate Dessert

Six ingredients. No oven. These are too simple and delicious NOT to make! Seriously, I whipped these up in 20 minutes this morning in my pj’s with no caffeine whatsoever in my system. Make this homemade sweet treat for everyone and then relax through the heat wave New England is expecting knowing you did something good Yes, there is [...]

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Chocolate Peanut Butter Fudge Cake

June 18, 2012 Cake

Happy Father’s Day to all the wonderful dads out there!  I spent the day cooking up some of my mate’s favorite dishes, including a new cinnamon-apple pancake with streusal topping (posting later this week!), guacamole with feta, and chili-rubbed tenderloin with apricot ginger glaze. But the big finale, anticipated by all, was definitely this decadent double-frosted chocolate [...]

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