Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Granola Bars
Posted by Tracy | Filed under breakfast & brunch, desserts & sweets, lunch
For the next few weeks, I’m taking a little vacation from blogging – don’t worry, I’ll be back! – but in the meantime, some of my favorite bloggers are stepping in to take the reins while I’m away. First up is Jen from My Kitchen Addiction, who I am very fortunate to call not only [...]
Tags: chocolate, guest post, oat, sunbutter
Nutella Rice Krispie Bars
Posted by Tracy | Filed under desserts & sweets
How is your New Year going? So far, mine is moving along a bit faster than I expected. Usually in my neck of the woods the snow and cold have settled in by now, which seems to slow things down and make us upstate New Yorkers want to hibernate as much as possible. Instead, the [...]
Irish Cream Brownies and Food-Related Goals for 2012
Posted by Tracy | Filed under blog, desserts & sweets
If you’ve come here looking for a list of healthy recipes to kick off the New Year, I’m sorry to disappoint. The fact of the matter is that I just don’t buy into the intense dieting and working out at the gym everyday craze that happens in January and invariably drops off steeply by the [...]
Tags: blog, brownie, chocolate
Homemade Hot Cocoa Mix and Chocolate-Dipped Spoons
Posted by Tracy | Filed under desserts & sweets
There’s just something magical about a cup of hot cocoa on a cold winter’s day, especially around Christmas time. I don’t know about you, but my favorite way to enjoy hot cocoa is with a little bit of whipped cream on top. Lately I’ve been trying all different kinds, though – some with marshmallows, some [...]
Tags: chocolate
Kahlua Balls
Posted by Tracy | Filed under desserts & sweets
With Christmas only about a week away, I’ve been busy wrapping up loose ends. The shopping is done and most of the presents are wrapped, but if you can believe it, I’m a little behind on my holiday baking! Therefore, this week I’m going to be sharing some quick and easy “last-minute gift” recipes. While [...]
Tags: chocolate, coffee, kahlua
7-Layer Cookies
Posted by Tracy | Filed under desserts & sweets
Today is the last day of the 12 Weeks of Christmas Cookies, so I wanted to go out with a bang with these 7-layer cookies that you may have noticed on my cookie tray from the cookie exchange last week. Being largely composed of almond paste and flavoring however, this presented a bit of a [...]
Tags: 12weeksofchristmascookies, chocolate, cookies
Cookie Exchange 2011
Posted by Tracy | Filed under desserts & sweets
As I mentioned on Tuesday, I have something special in store for the 12 Weeks of Christmas Cookies today – a cookie exchange! My three best friends and I got together over the weekend for an afternoon of lunch, chatting, and of course, cookie swapping. We each contributed 2-3 dozen of our favorite cookies. Some [...]
Tags: 12weeksofchristmascookies, chocolate, cookies, ginger

