you help me decide!

I'm in the mood to bake something again.

Big surprise, right?

Well, I've narrowed my choices down to three cupcakes, but I want you (my few readers) to help me decide which one I'll try making first.

Your choices are:

1. Cookies 'n Cream cupcakes

2. Orange Dreamsicle cupcakes

3. Chocolate chip cookie dough cupcakes.

I have everything I need to make all three of the above - I just need help deciding which ones to make first. Leave me a comment and let me know what you think.

Taste testers are welcome after I make them, too!

red velvet cake bites

(naked cake balls .... what a way to start an entry, right? Talking about naked balls, LOL).




Finished product:



1 box red velvet cake mix (cook as directed on box for 13 X 9 cake)
1 can cream cheese frosting (16 oz.)
1 package chocolate bark (regular or white chocolate)
wax paper

1. After cake is cooked and cooled completely, crumble into large bowl.

2. Mix thoroughly with 1 can cream cheese frosting. (It may be easier to use fingers to mix together, but be warned it will get messy.)

3. Roll mixture into quarter size balls and lay on cookie sheet. (Should make 45-50.)

4. Chill for several hours. (You can speed this up by putting them in the freezer.)

5. Melt chocolate in microwave per directions on package.

6. Roll balls in chocolate and lay on wax paper until firm. (Use a spoon to dip and roll in chocolate and then tap off extra.)

I originally got the recipe HERE.

I've been baking again

This time, it's another cheesecake creation. These are cheesecake pops, from the cookbook "Sticky, Chewy, Messy, Gooey: Desserts for the Serious Sweet Tooth" by Jill O'Connor.

I do, surprisingly, have lots of these left from yesterday if anyone wants to try 'em!

mmm cupcakes

These are Snickerdoodle cupcakes from the dessert cookbook "desserts that have killed better men than me" by Jeremy Jackson. I don't normally like sweets but have a soft spot for snickerdoodle cookies, so I couldn't pass up trying to make these.

quick and easy meal

Both of my kids loved this (I opted NOT to tell them that there was salad dressing in the recipe - neither of them like it) and it took no time at all to make!

Chicken Caesar Pasta

8 ounces dried pasta (your choice of shape)
1 cup diced, cooked chicken (seasoned to taste)
1 cup or more shredded Parmesan cheese
1/2 cup creamy Caesar salad dressing
salt and pepper to taste

Cook and drain pasta according to package directions and return to the pasta to the pot.

To the pasta, add chicken, 1 cup of the Parmesan cheese, the salad dressing, salt and pepper; toss to combine.

Serve warm. Sprinkle with more Parmesan cheese (optional).