Hi people! I missed you during vacation, but I’m back to share some fun chocolate and peanut butter adventures from my road trip to Michigan and Illinois.
Taste Tester, Taste Tester’s brother, and Jackie Brown (our Chocolate Labrador) and I drove from New Jersey to the Canadian Lakes in Stanwood Michigan, stopping in Ann Arbor on […]

Ah, summer… try as you will to make it as hot and unbearable in my kitchen as you can, your efforts are futile. I have defeated your forces once again and prevailed to share a delicious snack with the world.
A little dramatic? Yes, but I’m on a sugar buzz, so cut me some slack.
This recipe […]

I owe The Cheesecake Factory a big thank you.
I was never a fan of cream cheese and therefore disliked cheesecakes. I’m not sure why, it was just one of those things I never ate growing up and continued to avoid as I got older. But while dining out with a friend at The Cheesecake […]

I don’t like to let icing go to waste. The other day when I made Susan Spicer’s Banana Chocolate Chip Cupcakes with Peanut Butter Cream Cheese Frosting, I had a little bit of leftover frosting. Oh, what is a girl to do?
What’s that you say? Check to make sure no one’s watching and lick the […]

I recently received Crescent City Cooking by Susan Spicer as a gift. My taste tester decided to try out her recipe for Chocolate Chip Cake with Peanut Butter Cream Cheese Icing, but used the batter to make cupcakes instead of a full on cake. He made them while visiting family in Chicago, but was kind […]

It’s Tuesday. Back to work. The decks and backyards have been cleaned up and the Memorial Day BBQ fun is over. But do not despair, a summer of backyard parties has just begun!
Cooking magazines have endless arrays of grilling recipes for such occasions. The chocolate and peanut butter combination is not typically known as […]

Did you ever think you’d be able to find any Paula Deen recipe that only had HALF of ONE stick of butter? Well, here’s a shocker, I found a DESSERT of hers that only has that little in it. Kinda crazy. Kinda freaks me out actually, but these sound great none the less and a […]

This bar has been sitting in my chocolate peanut butter stash for a couple of weeks now waiting it’s turn to be tasted / reviewed. Finding a recipe that calls for the bar on the web reminded me about it, and so I finally took a bite.

We are used to seeing celebrity faces grace the […]

Reminder #1: I had another bagel this morning with Chocolate Peanut Butter Cream Cheese Spread. Delicious. Have I convinced you to make this yet? I hope so.
It’s disappearing all too quickly!…

Reminder #2: The first edition of The Chocolate Peanut Butter Exhibition has a deadline that quickly approaches! Monday is your last day to enter your […]

This might be the best chocolate and peanut butter experiment that’s come out of my kitchen.
Ever want to put something on your bagel like chocolate or nutella but don’t want something quite that sweet? Maybe peanut butter but not quite that heavy? Maybe cream cheese but not quite that plain?
I am faced with this dilemma […]