16 Ways to My Sweetie’s Heart

Happy sweet 16th Anniversary to my hubby and me! He’s one lucky guy! Ha!Ha! Seriously time goes by so fast, especially when you’re busy having fun (and raising kids)! We’re not much for extravagant gift giving around here, but we gotta celebrate! So what better way than 16 differently topped brownies! Love never tasted so yummy! 

16 Differently Topped Brownies

1. Caramel Sea Salt
2. Hazelnut Grenache
3. Toasted Marshmallow
4. Rice Krispie Treat
5. Hugs & Kisses
6. Candy Bar
7. Peanut Butter
8. Almond Joy
9. Dark Chocolate Toffee
10. Chocolate Chip Cookie Pieces
11. Trail Mix
12. M&M
13. Potato Chip
14. Salted Pretzel
15. Coffee Bean
16. Sugar Dusted

Sweets For A Cause

Two things we’ve never shied away are helping and baking. When these two collide you better believe we are all in. So when our church requested cookies for a wonderful cause we signed up without a second thought. Hopefully our White  Chocolate M&M Oreo Cookies will be just what they are wishing for! Full hearts and full tummies! White Chocolate M&M Oreo Cookies

Sister Sweetly’s favorite cookie dough
*sub white chocolate M&Ms and crushed Oreos for the chocolate chips, Heath, and  plain M&Ms 

Applepreciate Sweetly

If you have kids you know how important the educators are that touch their lives each day. Our kids are very lucky to go to schools with amazing teachers who truly care about their students! What better way to thank them for their endless support than with A+ Brownies! We”ll be scoring major brownies points for sure! Happy Teacher Appreciation Week! 

A+ Brownies

Ingredients:

• 1 box of dark chocolate brownies, plus ingredients on the back of the box
• waffle pretzels
• chocolate chips 
• M&M Minis – Red and Green

Directions:

1.  Bake brownies according to the directions on the back of the box.
2. Allow brownies to cool for 10 minutes.
3. Plaxe 7-8 Pretzel on a microwave plate lined with parchment. Cover the pretzels with chocolate chips. Heat in a microwave oven for approximately 45-50 seconds. The exact timing will take a bit of trial and error. You want the candy melts to be melted enough to press the M&M into, but not so melted that the chips melt lose their shape. 
4. Once the chocolate chips are softened, place six red Mini M&M’s on the melted chocolate.  Finally, add two green Mini M&M’s at the top of the apple to represent the apple stem/leaves.
5. Put the apple pretzels on top of the brownies and press to make them stick.
6. Give to you child’s outstanding teachers! 

A Sweet Way to Clean

Clutter no more! We’re doing a little spring cleaning  by clearing out the kitchen cabinets of ingredients too few to make a treat on their own. No fooling around here! Kitchen Sink Brownies are doing double duty. Clean kitchen! Happy tummy!

Kitchen Sink Brownies

Ingredients and directions

• Bake one box of dark chocolate brownies prepared and bake according to directions on the back of the box
• Allow to cool for 10 minutes. Lightly press toppings on to the top of the baked brownies. Ours include pretzels, potato chips, dark chocolate chips, Heath, Rolos , Smore Girl Scout cookie, Butterfinger cups, Hersheys kisses

Twice The Sweetness

The answer is Double Chocolate M&M Cookies. The question is, will there be left to share? Typically we have plenty, but with cookies this yummy we’d better make a double batch!Double Chocolate M&M Cookies

Ingredients

1/2 cup packed brown sugar

1/4 cup Butter Flavored Crisco

1/2 teaspoon vanilla

1 egg white

1/2 cup all-purpose flour

3 tablespoons unsweetened baking cocoa

1/2 teaspoon baking soda

1/4 teaspoon salt

1/2 cup dark chocolate chips

1 cup M&Ms

Directions

1 Heat oven to 350°F. In large bowl, beat brown sugar and Crisco with electric mixer on medium speed until light and fluffy, or mix with spoon. Beat in vanilla and egg white.

2 Stir in flour, cocoa, baking soda and salt. Stir in chocolate chips and M&Ms. Drop teaspoonfuls of dough onto ungreased cookie sheet.

3 Bake 8 to 9 minutes. Cool 1 minute; remove from cookie sheet to wire rack.

Regret-Free Sweet

What if we told you that you can enjoy raw cookie dough without the guilt? We’re not talking about the guilt that comes from eating too much junk food. Rather the liability you might get after eating something that upsets your insides. No need to heat the oven or dirty your cookie sheets. Grab a spoon – the bigger the better! We promise you won’t regret eating every bite of our Everything Edible Cookie Dough! Everything Edible Cookie Dough

INGREDIENTS

2 cups flour

1 cup brown sugar

1 cup softened butter 

2 tablespoons almond milk 

1 teaspoon vanilla

1 teaspoon salt

2 cup mix of chocolate chips, M&M’s, white chocolate chips, and Heath Bits 

DIRECTIONS

1. Preheat oven to 350˚F/175˚C.

2. Evenly spread flour on a baking tray and bake for 5 minutes.

3. In a large bowl, mix flour, sugar, butter, vanilla,  almond milk, and salt until combined evenly.

4. Stir in the mix of chocolate chips, M&M’s, white chocolate chips, and Heath Bits. 

2 cup mix of chocolate chips, M&M’s, white chocolate chips, and Heath Bits 

Honor Sweetly

President’s Day doesn’t get a whole lot love. Other than a day off of school, it tends to pass without proper celebration. Not around here this year! Patriotism is alive and well in our kitchens with red, white and blue Patriotic Magic Bars. It’s our way of honoring the good ole USA! Patriotic Magic Bars

INGREDIENTS:

1 stick butter (1/2 cup)

1 (14 oz) Can Of Sweetened Condensed Milk

1 1/2 cups graham cracker crumbs

1/2 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips 

1/2 cup white chocolate chips

2 cups M&M’s (Red, White, Blue)

1 cup flaked coconut

Instructions

Put butter in 13″ x 9″ pan and place in the oven on 350*F. Melt the butter in the pan while preheating. It will take 5 to 10 minutes.

When butter is melted, remove pan from oven and carefully sprinkle the graham cracker crumbs over the melted butter. Press lightly with the back of spoon.

Pour sweetened condensed milk over the crumb layer.

Sprinkle 1/4 cup of the semi and white chocolate chips, and 1 cup of the M&M’s over the sweetened condensed milk layer. Sprinkle all of the coconut on top, followed by remaining  chocolate chips and M&M’s.

Bake in your oven for 25-30 minutes or until a little brown. Remove from oven and allow them to cool completely.