Double Delicious Halloween Bars

halloween is just around the corner and i can't wait. 

it is one of my favorite holidays. 

i love everything about it.

the weather, dressing up, parties, food 

and of course the candy!

so because it is almost halloween you need

a halloween treat right?

these bars may not look scary or

halloweenie??

but they are to DIE for. 

i found this recipe 3 years ago laying in a pile 

in my moms kitchen.

i don't even remember where it came from.

i think a magazine or the newspaper.

anyways i wrote the recipe down and made it.

and now i make them every year.

maybe even more than once a year.

you can just take the "halloween" out 

and insert any holiday you want just

so you have an excuse to make them. 

Double Delicious Halloween Bars

-1/2 cup margarine or butter

-1 1/2 cup graham cracker crumbs

-1 (14oz) can sweetened condensed milk (pretty sure this is what makes these bars so tasty)

-1 (12oz) package semi-sweet chocolate chips

-1 cup peanut butter chips

Directions:

Preheat oven to 350. In a 9x13 pan, melt butter in the oven. Sprinkle graham cracker crumbs evenly over butter. Pour sweetened condensed milk evenly over crumbs. Top with chips; press down firmly. 

Bake 25-30 minute. Cool. Cut into bars and...ENJOY! 

(these need a tall glass of milk as well)

Double Chocolate Cookies

i love chocolate. 

so when i saw this recipe on pinterest i had to make it.

they turned out so delicious!

but they were super rich, you had to have a glass of milk 

per cookie you ate. seriously though. 

but man were they amazing.

Double Chocolate Cookies

-1 cup (2 sticks) cold, unsalted butter, cubed
-1¼ cup sugar
-2 large eggs
-½ cup cocoa powder
-2¼ cups all-purpose flour
-¼ tsp. coarse salt
-1 tsp. baking powder
-2½ cups semi-sweet chocolate chips

Directions:
Preheat the oven to 350˚ F.  Line baking sheets with parchment paper or silicone baking mats.  In the bowl of an electric mixer, combine the butter and sugar.  Beat together on medium-high speed until light and fluffy, 2-3 minutes.  Blend in the eggs one at a time, scraping down the bowl as needed.  Mix in the cocoa powder until well blended.  Add the flour, salt and baking powder to the bowl and mix on low speed just until incorporated.  Fold in the chocolate chips with a spatula.  Transfer the dough to a work surface and knead briefly by hand to be sure the ingredients are well combined.

Roll your 24 pieces of cookie dough in little balls. Place on baking sheet and flatten slightly with a spoon. Bake 16-18 minutes. Let cool on baking sheet for 10 minutes before transferring to cooling rack.

Poor yourself a tall glass of milk, grab a cookie and enjoy! 

in the original recipe this makes 12 ginormous cookies, but i made 24 decent sized ones. i felt like i could eat more. hehe 

Find the original recipe @ Annie's Eats

National Chocolate Milk Day

today is national chocolate milk day! 

like i have said before...i love anything with chocolate in it. 

and today is national chocolate milk day.

so go pour your self a tall glass of chocolate milk. 

and maybe eat a cookie with it too! 

HAPPY NATIONAL CHOCOLATE MILK DAY!

ps. if you live near a Max Brenner's restaurant, go drink some of their chocolate milk.

best chocolate milk i have EVER tasted. 

Turkey Thursday

so because it is thursday and thursday starts with a t...

because thanksgiving starts with a t...

because turkey starts with a t....

because tasty starts with a t...

because treat starts with a t....

and because there is "throwback thursday" on instagram 

where you post a picture from some time ago...

i am going to show you how to make a tasty thanksgiving turkey treat that i made some time ago.

and because it was a hit 2 years ago, 

i will be making them again this year. 

i know that i am looking all over pinterest these

days for fall/halloween/thanksgiving ideas

since they are just around the corner 

and because they are some of my favorite holidays. 

everything about fall is just perfect. 

the weather, the leaves, the colors, the clothes

and of course the delicious warm comforting foods. 

so here it is... the oreo turkey!

i used these cute little guys as name placements for our thanksgiving dinner. 

they turned out so cute and everyone loved them!

and they even tasted yummy! 

Oreo Turkey's

-8 candy corn

- 2 double stuffed oreo cookies

-1 whopper

-1 mini reeses peanut butter cup

-1 tube of black piping gel

-1 tub white icing

-yellow and red food coloring

-3 plastic ziplock bags

-sharp knife

-pair of scissors

-bowl

prep:

put your peanut butter cups in the fridge to cool. having hard chocolate is better to work with.

separate your white icing into two different bowls. dye one to your desired color of orange. dye the other one red. (ps. don't forget to keep some white frosting as well.) put all the colors into their own ziplock bags and snip the corner off. keep the hole pretty small.

now on to creating your cute little turkey.

first you will want to create the tail. with one oreo cookie put some white frosting in between the two cookies. just on top of the already double stuffed frosting:) then very gently push 6 candy corns into it. try your hardest not to break the oreo. but if you do...i guess you have to eat that one and try again:) that't too bad. 

next, take your white icing again...and squeeze a generous amount onto the top back of oreo number 2. put your oreo tail feather on top of that and hold for a minute to make it stand up. if it is not standing up, just add some more icing. once it is standing put it up and let it stand up against something so it doesn't fall while the icing is drying. and while your icing is drying move on to making more turkeys!

once your icing is dry and your turkey base feels pretty steady, you can move on to making him a cutie!

take your peanut butter cups out of the fridge, unwrap them and with a knife cut the top off so that it is flat. having the flat surface will make it stick better. 

now with the white icing, stick your reese's peanut butter cup onto your turkey to make the body. next place the whopper on top of the reese's. you will want to use icing on the bottom of the whopper where it connects to the reese's and on the back of the whopper where it will connect to the oreo. 

for the beak... find a candy corn that has a nice white big tip, cut it off and with the white icing stick that baby on! 

the wings...use 2 pieces of candy corn and stick them on the sides. hold them tight for a min to make sure they are stuck on there good. 

use your orange icing for the feet. your red icing for the gobbler. and white and black icing for the eyes! 

you're done! so easy and so cute! everyone will love them at your thanksgiving get together!

Pizza on the Grill...Settebello Style

there is this restaurant in SLC and also in Farmington called Settebello. It is a Pizzaria, 

real Italian style. It is so delicious. and if i could go there often i would. 

but it isn't cheap pizza so it is not possible for me to go there

as much as i would like. 

they also have this auuhhmazing gelato. to die for. 

especially the nutella flavor.

anyways my adorable husband turned 26 on monday. he's getting old.

he requested pizza. so i decided i would do pizza on the grill

Settabello style. 

it turned out so delicious! we even had gelato for dessert. 

Pizza Settabello Style

-pizza dough (i made mine homemade from a recipe i found on pinterest. here.)

-thinly sliced prosciutto (1/3-1/2 lb. depending on the size of pizza you are making.)

-3 tbs. olive oil

-1 clove garlic minced

-parmesan cheese (however much you like)

-mozzarella cheese (however much you like)

-arugula 

there is no sauce on this pizza the olive oil and garlic are used as a base. 

while preheating your grill make your garlic olive oil base.

to make the garlic infused olive oil, pour the olive oil and garlic into a sauce pan. heat over medium high heat until the garlic starts to sizzle/pop then immediately remove from hear. 

once the grill is heated roll out your dough then place it on the grill. it only needs to cook on one side for about 1 min 30 sec. flip over and with a pastry brush, brush your garlic olive oil on the dough, followed by your cheeses and prosciutto. grill until cheese is melted and prosciutto is heated through. 

remove from grill add some arugula and waa-laa! So delicious! 

i have also made other versions on the grill. margarita is delicious too. just add a tomato base, fresh thick slices of mozzarella, fresh basil and fresh tomatoes. 

starting a blog like every other mom out there:)

so i decided to start a blog about food, because i love food. 

especially sweet delicious treats including mostly chocolate. 

i am a new mother to sweet little Max who is 5 months old. i have more spare time

on my hands than i thought i would. and because i enjoy cooking/baking i figured i could

share some of the things i make.

along with posts about food, there will be lots of pictures of Max, Boone and my husband

along with the adventures we have. 

i hope you enjoy!