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Archive of posts filed under the sweets category.

Not the New Rules of Blondie Baking

As I mentioned, I made blondies for the terribly sad and depressing and I don’t want to talk about it football game on Sunday. And as anything with a stick of butter and a cup of brown sugar would be, they were really, really good.  They have the texture of a brownie with the taste [...]

Milk and Cookies (review post)

I know, it’s not Christmas anymore, but I finally feel prepared to give my first review of the amazing stash of Newman’s Own Organics products I was sent to review for the blog. Some cookies are very camera-shy so you’ll have to picture and Oreo, and an Oreo with chocolate filling. That’s what they Newman [...]

Not Exactly Healthy Twists

Happy Monday! I hope some of you have today, or this whole week off like I do. (Yes, I’m bragging. Just give it to me, ok?) I wasn’t around blog land too much these past few days, because I’ve been spending time with friends and family. Which is kind of what holidays are for, right? [...]

The Shortcut That Wasn’t

I needed some cookies yesterday. I mean, I sort of need cookies all the time, but this time I was baking them for a bake sale at work. Since these would be revenue-generating cookies, I knew they had to be good, so I picked a recipe that was supposedly pretty foolproof. Read on, my friends. So [...]

My Own Turkey Trot

Happy Thanksgiving! I’m waiting for my dad to pick me up so I thought I’d pop in here to wish you all a happy holiday…or a happy Thursday, as the case may be. My dad and I are going over to Mitch’s dad’s house for the big day, which will be fun because it’ll be [...]

Product Review: VitaTops and VitaBrownie

Awhile ago, I was sent a sampler pack of VitaTops and VitaBrownies to try out and review for the blog. I wanted to wait until I had tried enough to give my full review. Thanks, Katie from Vitalicious, for sending me these free samples. I’ve seen these on blogs and the Hungry Girl emails (that [...]

Good Intentions, Better Cake

Happy Halloween everyone! I am going to a little party tonight and I can’t wait to show you pics of my costume (and Mitch’s). Everyone who knows about it has gotten a laugh out of it so far, and that’s all I’m going to say! Yesterday at work was a going-away party for a coworker [...]