Chubby Hubby Fudge [White Chocolate Malted Fudge, Chocolate Covered Pretzels, Dark Chocolate Fudge, & Peanut Butter Swirl!] | Bakerita.com

Chubby Hubby Fudge

Chubby Hubby Fudge [White Chocolate Malted Fudge, Chocolate Covered Pretzels, Dark Chocolate Fudge, & Peanut Butter Swirl!] | Bakerita.com

Ben & Jerry. Those boys sure know what they’re doing when it comes to ice cream.

C’mon now – some of those flavors they come up with? Cinnamon Bun, Creme Brulee, Americone Dream, Chunky Monkey, and one of my personal favorites (drumroll please), Chubby Hubby.

Chubby Hubby ice cream is amazing. Described on their website as “Fudge Covered Peanut Butter Filled Pretzels in Vanilla Malt Ice Cream Rippled with Fudge & Peanut Butter”.

Seriously? Flavor perfection. Flavor perfection that I needed to duplicate in some sort of baked good/confection. [Read more...]

Frosted Chocolate Fudge Brownies (with the best chocolate frosting ever!) | Bakerita.com

Frosted Chocolate Fudge Brownies

Frosted Chocolate Fudge Brownies (with the best chocolate frosting ever!) | Bakerita.comI’m totally that blogger posting their Valentine’s Day recipe…the day before Valentine’s Day. 

These are for you last minute folk. Good thing is, they are totally not Valentine’s Day limited, at all.

They are the perfect chocolate craving satisfier. Anytime, any day of the year, any hour of the night. [Read more...]

Chocolate Peppermint Patty Cookies | Bakerita.com

Chocolate Peppermint Patty Cookies

Chocolate Peppermint Patty Cookies | Bakerita.comI hope everyone had a wonderful holiday! I had an amazing Fakesgiving (my family missed Thanksgiving because we were in Barcelona) on Christmas Eve, and on Christmas day, I was spoiled with family, friends, presents, and delicious food.

Couldn’t have asked for a better holiday season!

Now, I’m up in Mammoth for a few days with my dad, dog, and best friend Paige to ski! It should be a fun week – but really cold! The snow is coming down hard.

Everything is blanketed in velvety white snow, and while it’s absolutely picturesque, it’s also freezing for a San Diego girl. [Read more...]

Fully Loaded Bars | Oat shortbread crust, peanut butter caramel, roasted peanuts, pretzels, and semi-sweet chocolate chips! [from bakerita.com]

Fully Loaded Bars

Fully Loaded Bars | Oat shortbread crust, peanut butter caramel, roasted peanuts, pretzels, and semi-sweet chocolate chips! [from bakerita.com]

There’s something inherently comforting about food blogging, and the food blogging community. It’s a group of people – all completely dissimilar, coming from every country, background, religion, race, financial background – who all share one simple thing: the love of food.

While most Americans share that same love of food, food bloggers are the people who love to share that love. They are the people who want to share the flavors of their families, and their backgrounds, and the recipes they create in their kitchens, with the world. We, food bloggers, are some of the few people who will make our families suffer for a half hour as the tantalizing dish we made is ready to eat – but we need to photograph it to get the perfect picture to share with our readers. It’s a labor, but it’s also a labor of love, and with food blogging, if you don’t love what you do – it shows. [Read more...]

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Caramel Coconut Chocolate Chunk Cookies

IMG_0899I’m home! Finally done with the fall semester, and back in San Diego (AKA the sun, which is so much less depressing than the constant Washington rain). Best part of being back? Clearly being back in my kitchen.

Sorry family and friends…love you guys.

But being back in my kitchen and being able to make Christmas cookies is amazing, and something I’m definitely not taking for granted. I was meaning to make these cookies at school, because they are a cookie full of my friend Mariah’s three favorite flavors – which she made me memorize – but time got away from me, and I decided to make them at home…where Mariah wouldn’t get any. Sorry. [Read more...]

Toffee Ritz Bars | Bakerita.com

Toffee Ritz Bars


Toffee Ritz Bars | Bakerita.com
Sometimes, the simplest things in life are the best.

Sure, I’m never one to deny myself the luxurious, complicated pleasures of life, but I only try to treasure each simple treasure.

A bite of a chocolate chip cookie, sitting on the beach staring at the lapping waves, reveling in the sunshine, the first sip of rich hot chocolate, a cuddle session with my big, fluffy dog – all of them simple, but wonderful things that everyone should remember to treasure. Now being added to that list are Toffee Ritz Bars. They have four ingredients, come together in about 2 minutes, and are simply, wonderfully delicious.

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