short and sweet

Listen very carefully, cuz I'm gonna say this one time and one time only:

Chocolate Creme Oreos are the best cookies on the face of the earth.

No seriously, they are. No other cookie comes close. All other cookies are now dead to me.

Except the freaking amazing sugar cookies at Sweet Tooth Fairy in Utah, but seriously how often can I go there?

Chocolate. Creme. Oreos.

This has been a public service announcement. Happy Friday.

You're welcome.

malt ball cake

 My dear friend Jamie had a birthday last month. Yay!

Over the years we have made each other quite a few birthday cakes,

since we both love birthday cakes and rarely get them on our birthdays.

Jamie has an unbridled love of malt balls, so this year I decided to do something fun.

 AND YES IT INCLUDED CANNED FROSTING

so just get over it.

I collect bundt pans and wanted you to see this flower bundt form...

though it's not a traditional bundt with a hole in the middle, it works out great - 

especially for filling/lemon curd/frosting/fruit/etc. in the center depression.

 Ta-Daaaaa!

I heated the frosting so it was a pourable consistency,

and the rest is history.

Consistency. History. Hehehe :)

 The amazing plate with all the malt-ball-sized holes in it was a lucky find!

 YUM

You're welcome :)

she does have skills

Feast your eyes people. This one little cube of bionic rice crispie treat is like heaven in your mouth.

This is what I've been up to for the last few days. I know. It was a really nasty job, but luckily I survived... 

So I thought it would be fun to taunt my readers with pics of their awesomeness.

Those of you who know me, know that this recipe is pretty much to die for, and you can find it *HERE* 

Have a great weekend and happy salivating! I'll be working on my dala horse!

Rochelle's Double Dipped Rice Krispy Treats

Finally! And by reader demand :) Here is the super easy recipe for these awesome treats:

• DOUBLE the recipe on the side of the Kellog's Rice Krispies box, EXCEPT...
• use 2 entire bags of regular size marshmallows, and...
• use only 10 cups of Rice Krispies (instead of the 12 a double recipe would call for)
• put the entire double recipe into a 9x13 pan, and condense them till even 
• melt approx. 1 lb. of bulk carmel (I used the microwave, stirring frequently)
• pour carmel on top of Rice Krispies and wait until everything is completely cool

When the pan is entirely cool, cut the Rice Krispie treats into squares. *taking the entire slab out of the pan and using a large, non-serrated knife makes them much easier to cut. I cut these pretty small - you want them kind of bite size, maybe a bit bigger. I think I ended up with approximately 42 squares. That's approximate, because my family descended upon them like a freaking pack of wolves before I could count them.
More fun a-comin! Melt your chocolate chips (again, I used my microwave, stirring frequently). I used about 1 and 1/2 bags of chips. And just on a whim, I used Ghirardelli milk chocolate chips. OH. MY. GOSH. It was amazing. Seriously, I had no idea. A-MAZ-ING.
This part is the most fun :) Just dip the bottom 1/3 of your squares in that lucius chocolate, and place the squares on wax paper. Pretty soon you'll have an astonishing army of double dipped Rice Krispy treats. Oh my.
I just need to warn you that these are seriously delicious. Seriously delicious. There's a lot of flavor packed into those little marshmallowy, carmely, chocolaty squares! YUM. Yum infinity.
And you'd better watch out, because they will receive all kinds of attention :)