Showing posts with label chocolate. Show all posts
Showing posts with label chocolate. Show all posts

Thursday, June 2, 2011

Secks in a Pan





Sex in a Pan. 
Ok seriously if that name is supposed to make this dish more appealing, really you could just call it creamcheeseandchocolateandpuddingandcoolwhipandpecansandbutter in a pan and that would make it sound really appealing to me. But, no. It has to be sex in a pan... ok then.

Ingredients:

* 1 cup flour
* 1/2 cup butter or margarine
* 3/4 cup chopped pecans
* 1 (8oz) package cream cheese, softened
* 1 cup confectioners' sugar
* 1 tub whipped topping, 32 ounces
* 1 package (4oz) vanilla instant pudding
* 1 package (4oz) chocolate instant pudding
* 3 cups cold milk, divided
* 1 square semisweet chocolate, shaved, or mini semisweet chocolate chips

Preparation:
Combine flour, butter and pecans and press into a 9x13x2-inch baking pan. Bake at 350° for 25 minutes. Cool in pan on rack.

Combine cream cheese and confectioners' sugar and spread over pecan mixture. Spread half of the whipped topping over the cream cheese layer.

Mix package of vanilla pudding using 1-1/2 cups of milk. Spoon evenly over the whipped topping; spread until layer is even. Mix package of chocolate pudding using remaining 1-1/2 cups milk. Spread on top of vanilla pudding. Spread remaining whipped topping on top and sprinkle with shaved semisweet chocolate or mini chocolate chips.

Death by Chocolate



 (I saw this on a cooking channel)

Ingredients:
Chocolate cake ( use a mix if you want) ( I suppose you could use brownies too)
Kahlua 
chocolate pudding (probably at least two packages)
cool whip
crushed skor bars
A trifle bowl or some other pretty glass bowl.

First you bake the cake in a rectangle pan so its all one layer. After it has cooled a little, you pour some kahlua on top of it. I forget how much exactly but I am guessing 1/2 a cup or more. (You could also use amaretto.) Let that sit over night, to soak all up and let the alcohol evaporate a little so it's not too mushy.
Cut up the cake (or brownies) into squares, and with your hands take about a third of the cake/brownies out of the pan and crumble them up a little into the bottom of the trifle bowl. Next layer enough chocolate pudding to cover the cake, and then do the same with the cool whip. Sprinkle some crushed up skor bars on the cool whip, and start the layering again... Cake, pudding, coolwhip, skor bars... until you run out and hopefully you have filled the bowl up. :)
You could decorate the top with shaved chocolate, or just more skor bars, or you could pipe some coolwhip on top to make it really fancy.

Or you could just get a spoon and go hide in the closet with the bowl and eat it all!!

Enjoy

Chocolate Swirl Cookies, a drop cookie with a twist

Chocolate Swirls

1/2 cup white sugar
1/2 cup packed brown sugar
1/2 cup butter or margarine, softened
1 package (3 oz/85 grams) cream cheese, softened
1 egg
1 tsp vanilla
2 cups all purpose four
1/2 tsp baking powder
1/4 tsp salt
1 cup semisweet chocolate chips, melted and slightly cooled

Heat oven to 350. In large mixing bowl, combine sugars, butter, cream cheese, egg and vanilla. Beat at medium speed of electric mixer until light and fluffy. Add four, baking powder and salt. Beat at low speed until soft dough forms. Fold melted chips into dough until lightly marbled. Do not overmix.

Drop dough by heaping teaspoons 2 inches apart onto ungreased cookie sheets. Bake for 10-12 minutes or until edges are light golden brown. Cool completely before storing.

Almond Coconut Bars

We make this every year at Christmastime and they are among the first things to go.

2 cups oreo cookie crumbs
1/2 butter or margarine, melted
1/4 cup sugar

Filling:
2 cups flaked coconut
1 can (14 oz) sweetened condensed milk
1/2 cup chopped almonds

Topping:
1 cup semi sweet chocolate chips
1 cup milk chocolate chips

Heat oven to 350. In a medium mixing bowl, combine cookie crumbs, butter and sugar. Press evenly into an ungreased 11x7 inch baking pan to form base.Bake for 10 minutes, and cool completely.
In a second bowl, combine filling ingredients. Spread filling evenly over base. Bake for an additional 18-20 minutes or until edges are light golden brown. (filling will set as it cools) Cool completely.

In a medium mixing bowl melt chips at 50% power for 2-5 minutes stirring after every minute. Spread melted chips evenly over bars. Chill until set before cutting into bars. Store in the refrigerator. Freezes well.

Wednesday, June 1, 2011

Earthquake Cake






Like an upside down German chocolate cake!

1 package German chocolate cake mix without pudding
1 cup flaked coconut
1 cup chopped walnuts
4 cups icing sugar
2 TBSP unsweetened cocoa powder
5 TBSP coke or pepsi
1 cup butter
1 (8 oz) package cream cheese

Prepare cake mix as directed on Package. Lightly grease bottom and sides of 9x13 inch pan. Sprinkle coconut and nuts over bottom of pan. Pour cake mix over top. Combine 1/2 cup melted butter, cream cheese and 2 cups icing sugar. Beat until smooth. Spoon over cake batter.
Bake at 350 for about 45 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean. let cake cool before frosting.
To make frosting: Combine cocoa, cola and 1/2 cup butter in a saucepan. Cook over medium heat until mixture boils, stirring constantly. Remove from heat. Pour mixture over remaining icing sugar. Beat until smooth. Spread icing over cake.
* If you like a thicker icing, add more icing sugar.

Simply Marvelous Dahling....

Mar'ous Cookies

Cream together:

1 cup butter, softened
1 cup white sugar
1 cup brown sugar
2 eggs, beaten
4 oz Hershey's chocolate, melted
1 tsp vanilla

In another bowl mix:

2 cups flour
2 1/2 cups oatmeal
1/2 tsp salt
1 tsp baking powder
1 tsp baking soda
12 oz chocolate chips
1 cup chopped nuts

Add too creamed mixture. Bake at 350 for 12 minutes.

Sand Art Brownies


These are great as gifts, but also this is one yummy brownie recipe!!

5/8 cup all purpose flour
3/4 tsp salt
1/3 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
1/2 cup all purpose flour
2/3 cup packed brown sugar
2/3 cup white sugar
1/2 cup semi sweet chocolate chips
1/2 cup vanilla baking chips
1/2 cup walnuts

Mix the 5/8 cup of flour with salt. In a wide mouthed quart or liter sized jar layer the in ingredients in the order given starting with the four and salt and ending with the walnuts.

Attach a tag to the jar with the following directions.

Pre-heat oven to 350. Grease a 9x9 inch pan. Pour contents of jar into a large bowl and mix well. Stir in one tsp vanilla, 2/3 cup vegetable oil and 3 eggs. Beat until just combined. Bake at 350 for 30 minutes.

YUM! Needs no icing.

Snickers Cheesecake

 A favorite birthday request in our house. I love cheesecake. With the exception of the long baking time, it's fast and easy to prepare.



2 cups oreo crumbs (or graham wafer crumbs)
1/2 cup butter
1/4 cup sugar
1 1/2 bricks cream cheese
1 cup sugar
4 eggs
1 tsp vanilla
2/3 cup whipping cream
6 snickers bars, chopped up
4 ounces semi sweet chocolate
1/2 cup whipping cream

Mix oreo crumbs, 1/2 cup butter, and 1/4 cup sugar together. Press into a spring form pan and chill.
Beat together the cream cheese and 1 cup sugar until smooth. Add vanilla, eggs, and 2/3 cup whipping cream. Beat until smooth.
Spread 1/2 of the chopped up snickers bars (3) onto the chilled crust. Pour cream cheese mixture on top, and add the rest of the chopped up snickers bars on top. Bake for approximately 1 hour and 15 minutes at 325. It will look a bit jiggly in the middle still.
Let it cool a bit. Melt the chocolate and 1/2 cup whipping cream in the microwave and pour over the cheese cake. Let cool completely and remove spring form sides

Classic almond buttery goodness made with CRACKERS?!!?

Classic almond squares.
 Sometimes we change it up a bit by topping it with chocolate chips after it has baked and smearing them around when they melt, and sometimes we put both chocolate and marshmallows on top after it has baked for a while, then pop it back in the oven to melt a little.

1 cup butter
Graham wafers (or saltines)
1 cup brown sugar
1 cup shaved almonds

Cover a greased cookie sheet with one layer of graham wafers breaking some to fit if necessary. Melt butter in a saucepan , stir in sugar and cook on LOW for 5 minutes. Pour over graham wafers and sprinkle with almonds.
Bake at 375 for 7 minutes. Turn off the over and open the door. The wafers tend to float up on the sugar mixture so press them down and rearrange as flat as possible before it cools. Leave in the oven to cool, about 45 minutes. remove and cut into bars.

Skor Bars



3/4 cup margarine
3/4 cup packed brown sugar
1 1/2 cups flour
1 can sweetened condensed milk
2 TBSP margarine
1 (300 gram) package of milk chocolate chips
1 (225 gram) package of skor toffee bits

Cream the first three ingredients until well blended and mixture comes together. Press evenly into a 9x13 inch pan. Bake at 350 for 20-25 mins until light golden. Cool on wire rack while preparing filling. Heat sweetened condensed milk and 2 TBSP margarine in a heavy sauce pan stirring constantly over medium heat for 10-15 minutes or until thickened. Spread over baked base. Bake 12-15 mins longer or until golden. Sprinkle chocolate chips evenly over top. Bake 2 minutes more until chocolate it shiny and soft. Remove from oven, spread chocolate evenly. Sprinkle skor bits on top pressing lightly into chocolate. Cool completely. Store at room temperature.

Tuesday, May 31, 2011

Skor Bars

These are TDF ( to die for)
¾ cup margarine
¾ cup packed brown sugar
1 ½ cups all purpose flour
1 can sweetened condensed milk
2 TBSP margarine
1 300 gram package of milk choc chips
1 225 gram pkg skor bits

Cream first 3 ingredients together until well blended and mixture comes together. 
Press evenly in a 9x13 inch cake pan.
Bake at 350 for 20-25 minutes or until light golden
Cool on wire rack while preparing filling.
Heat sweetened condensed milk and 2 TBSP margarine in heavy sauce pan over medium heat stirring constantly for 10-15 minutes until thickened.
Spread over baked base
Bake 12-15 minutes longer until golden.
Sprinkle milk chocolate chips evenly over top.
Bake 2 minutes until chocolate is shiny and soft.
Remove from oven and spread chocolate evenly.
Sprinkle Skor bits on top pressing lightly into chocolate
Cool completely. If necessary chill just to set chocolate before cutting into bars. Store at room temperature.

Princess Brownies

1 package brownie mix, your choice
8 ounces cream cheese, softened
1/3 cup sugar
1 egg
1/2 teaspoon vanilla

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Coat a 13 x 9 glass baking dish with cooking spray for baking.

Prepare brownie mix in large bowl as directed on box. Set aside.

In a medium bowl, combine cream cheese and sugar; mix well with hand mixer. Beat in egg and vanilla.

Spread 1/2 of the brownie batter over the bottom of prepared baking dish. Cover with cream cheese mixture. Spoon on remaining brownie batter. Cut through with butter knife to marbleize.

Bake 35 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool completely and cut into 24 bars.

Pretzel Rolo Thingies

SO my husband went to a bake sale at work one day last year, and he bought these little "pretzel rolo thingies" as he called them. They were so delicious he said, so he bought more to bring home to me. Aww so sweet right? yeah well I am sure they were amazing. I didn't get any. haha. So he did his bast to describe what they were, and this is what I came up with. Pretty yummy if I do say so myself.



Basically, you take a small pretzel (the traditional twist kind or the waffle/grid kind) and put a rolo on top and a peanut m&m on top and put them in the oven till the rolo melts a little. My guess would be set the oven at 300 and it should take about about 3 minutes or so for the candy to melt. I would think you should put them on parchment paper on a cookie sheet. You could also use a pecan instead of the m&m and it would be like a turtle, or use an almond m&m. I suppose you could do these in the microwave too. You could also use a caramel filled Hershey's Kiss instead of the Rolo. I think they are cheaper. The possibilities are endless really. You might try it with a reece peanut butter cup too. You can just wait till they come out of the oven to put the nut or m&m on top if you are using something that's not flat on the top. Just put them on while it's still warm and squish it down a bit.