Dessert Recipes

My baby is THREE YEARS OLD today! *sob* Seriously, it’s all going so fast. I was just bringing him home from the hospital yesterday, right? He can’t be three. I’m completely rejecting it all. Even in my denial, I did make him a cake. I had to. It’s my thing to make a homemade, fantastic …

It has been blazing hot this week in Chicago so the last thing I want to do is turn on the oven. This heat could last a while but that doesn’t mean my family doesn’t want dessert the rest of the summer. What better way to solve that than to make no-bake desserts?! I don’t …

I’m also looking for easy, yummy snacks in the summer. A couple weeks ago I featured our Strawberry Chocolate Pudding Parfaits and today I want to share a super easy banana version. My kids LOVE this snack/dessert. I love how easy it is to make and that I don’t have to actually cook anything. I …

It’s time for a good, old Sugar Cookie Summer Berry Crisp. Recently I found myself with a tube of pre-made sugar cookie dough and no idea what to do with it. I needed it to test a recipe for an assignment but ended up going another way so it was left unused. I’m a bake …

Have you had Chocolate Cheesecake Cookie Bites yet? We all know I have a sweet tooth. The endless dessert recipes that I post doesn’t hide that for one second. I pretty much don’t discriminate in the dessert world. I love ’em all. Loving the sweets like I do isn’t all the great on the waistline …

Graham crackers are a childhood snack staple. Kids love them and parents feel good about indulging because they are healthy and seem like a more sensible option than let’s say, an Oreo cookie. On the surface, store bought graham crackers may seem healthy and a great snack to feed you little ones but upon closer …

It was Mother’s Day this past weekend and I was baking again. I wanted to mix it up and do a little cheesecake to celebrate such a big day – celebrating moms and all! I have seen Chocolate Chip Cheesecake Bars before but it wasn’t enough to make it exactly according to the recipe. I …

Nutella is the delicious hazelnut spread that contains skim milk and a hint of cocoa, and is loved by people across the world. Recently I learned something shocking- Hollie had never tried nutella. Yes, NEVER. If you’ve never tried it, you’re missing out. Please buy a tub- I promise, you will not regret it. I …

Let’s just put it out there. I clearly love peanut butter. My heart goes out to all those who have peanut allergies because I bake with peanut butter A LOT! Sorry, today is another peanut butter dessert – Homemade Nutter Butter Cookies. Cookies were my first baking love all the way back to age three. …

My peanut butter and chocolate obsession continues. Last time it was my Peanut Butter Graham Cracker Balls and this time it’s a brownie treat. A few weeks ago I decided to whip this concotion up. Who doesn’t love a peanut butter cookie crust, Reese’s Peanut Butter Cup surrounded by moist brownie and a rich peanut …

I was trying to think of something yummy to make for my family over Easter weekend because when we are all together it is the perfect opportunity to have an audience to ohhh and awww over my baked goods. Plus, it is more people to actually eat the desserts instead of my husband and I …

In honor of Easter this weekend, I made the yummiest carrot cake that I know of. Carrot cake is Easter-y, right? It’s made with carrots. Bunnies like carrots. The Easter bunny is…well…a bunny. He must love carrot cake. It all makes sense to me. If you want to check out our Dark Chocolate Strawberry Cake …