Cocoa Gravy~ Marsha Matlack

1 cup sugar
1/3 cup flour
1/4 cup cocoa powder
Whisk together and set aside
Heat 2 cups of milk till HOT
whisk in dry ingredients and keep whisking till thick over med heat
then add 3 TBSP butter and 1 tsp vanilla and serve hot over warm biscuits.

THE BEST BROWNIES IN THE WORLD!!!` Tasty Eats at home

Ok I am going to admit it. I have been making brownies from a box for years! I love the Big fancy ones at Costco. But then we ran out and I really needed brownies for an FHE and thought I can whip up a batch. So I tried pintrest and thought that the ones called the best brownies in the world should be good enough! I was a little skeptical because it only called for 1/4 cup flour (ok I actually doubled it and put them in a 9x13 because an 8x8 isn't big enough for a family of 7 plus 2 missionaries! BUT these lived up to their name! I won't even by that box anymore! The missionaries agreed BEST IN THE WORLD!

 

Prep time

10 mins

Cook time

35 mins

Total time

45 mins

 

Ooey, gooey, fudgy brownies that will become a family favourite. I rarely make any other brownie recipe because we love this one so much!

Author: Kim Beaulieu

Recipe type: Dessert

Cuisine: American

Serves: One 8 x 8 pan of Brownies

Ingredients

• 8 tablespoons of butter
• 2 ounces unsweetened chocolate
• 1 cup sugar
• 2 eggs. beaten
• ½ teaspoon vanilla
• ½ cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
• ¼ cup flour
• ¼ teaspoon vanilla salt (you can use regular salt for this)

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 325 degrees.
2. Line your pan with parchment paper. I find wetting it gets it more pliable.
3. Melt the butter and unsweetened chocolate together over low heat in a medium saucepan. Stir with a wooden spoon.
4. Remove from heat and add the sugar. Stir well.
5. Now add your eggs and vanilla, stirring until it’s smooth.
6. Add chocolate chips, flour and vanilla salt. Stir until well blended.
7. Pour into pan and place in oven. I always tap my pan to get out any bubbles and make it even.
8. Bake for 35-45 minutes, toothpick inserted should come out clean when done.
9. Remove and cool on a rack.
10. Serve with a smile.

Hot Chocolate Bundt cake~ Cookies and Cups

Hot Chocolate Bundt Cake

Ingredients

Cake
• 2 1/4 cup flour
• 1 tsp baking soda
• 1/4 cup cocoa powder (I used Hershey's Special Dark)
• 1/2 cup dry hot chocolate mix
• 1 cup butter, room temperature
• 1 (8 oz) block cream cheese
• 2 cups sugar
• 3 oz milk chocolate, melted
• 5 eggs
• 2 tsp vanilla
Glaze
• 6 oz milk chocolate
• 2 Tbsp dry hot chocolate mix
• 1/4 cup heavy cream
• 1 tbsp butter

How to Make

1. Preheat oven to 325°
2. Spray 10" bundt pan liberally with baking spray.
3. Sift together flour, baking soda, cocoa powder and hot chocolate mix. Set aside.
4. In large mixing bowl (or stand mixer) cream together you butter and cream cheese until smooth. Add in sugar and beat on medium about 2 minutes until light and fluffy.
5. In microwave safe bowl, melt milk chocolate on 50% power in 30 second increments, stirring after each. Add to butter mixture and mix until incorporated.
6. Add in eggs, one at a time, mixing well in between each and then add vanilla.
7. Turn mixer to low and slowly add in your sifted dry ingredients.
8. Mix ingredients until incorporated. Don't over mix.
9. Fill your pan with batter and bake for 1 hour, or until toothpick comes out clean.
10. Let cool in pan and then transfer to wire rack.
Glaze
11. In small saucepan over low heat melt milk chocolate, 2 Tbsp dry hot chocolate mix, heavy cream and butter together until melted, stirring frequently.
12. Remove from heat and let sit for 10 minutes.
13. Pour over cooled cake.
14. Garnish with mini marshmallows or Marshmallow Bits

Chocolate cookies with mint frosting~ Six sisters blog

Grasshopper Chocolate Mint Cake Mix Cookies

Cookie bottom:
1 Devil's Food Cake Mix (I like the ones with pudding in the mix the best)
1/2 cup oil
2 eggs

Mix cake mix, oil, and eggs together (do not follow the directions on the back of the cake mix- disregard them completely). Drop spoonfuls of dough onto baking sheet. Bake at 350 degrees for 6-9 minutes (don't cook any longer than that! You don't want them to be overdone!). Let cookies cool completely.

Peppermint Frosting:

1/2 c. butter, softened

2 Tablespoons milk

2 c. powdered sugar

1 1/2 tsp. peppermint extract

Green food coloring (optional- I added about 8 drops to get the colors of green that I had)

Mix together all the ingredients (add more or less powdered sugar until you get the consistency you like). Spread on top of each cooled cookie.

Chocolate Topping:

2 1/4 c. semi-sweet chocolate chips

3/4 c. butter

Melt chocolate chips and butter together in a double boiler OR in a microwave (I usually microwave for 30-second intervals, then stir and repeat until the chips are fully melted). Spread melted chocolate on each cookie- I have found that it works best to use the back of a spoon to spread the chocolate around.

*These little cookies are super rich! I think that if you didn't want them to be so rich, use a milk chocolate cake mix and milk chocolate chips. 

 

I don't usually add the chocolate topping, I have trouble with it melting and sliding off. But I have made these and most people I have made them for LOVE them and request them again and again. 

Chocolate Chunk Peanut butter swirl Fudgy cookies

1 cup creamy peanut butter
2 sticks butter
3/4 cup brown sugar
2 eggs
1 TBSP vanilla
1 3/4 cup flour
1 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp salt
2 cups chocolate chunks (I used chocolate chips)
1 cup cocoa powder

1) Preheat oven to 350
2) Put peanut butter in the freezer till firm (about 30 minutes)
3) cream butter and peanut butter add eggs and vanilla, beat until well combined
4) mix in dry ingredients and chocolate chunks slowly mixing until just combined. Then drop dollops of frozen peanut butter into dough and turn mixer on for just a few turns of the mixer to get swirls of peanut butter through the dough. Scoop dough onto cookie sheets and bake for 14 min let cook on baking sheet for 5 min then transfer. (this recipe says to cook for 14- 16 min) I think they are ok at 14 but I think a minute or 2 less would be great they would be a bit softer. They weren't hard, I just like my cookies softer.

Mint Chocolate Brownie

Make a batch of brownies from a box

Mint layer
3 1/2 cups powdered sugar
1/4 cup butter or marg softened
1/4 cup whipping cream
3 oz cream cheese softened
1/4 tsp mint extract
4 drops green food coloring

Topping: Melt together
1/2 cup whipping cream
1 bag semisweet chocolate chips
1/2 cup butter (NOT margarine)

Spread mint layer over brownies when cool, then pour topping over mint layer.
My kids loved these so much! So did the missionaries we fed that night and all the kids that my kids shared them with at lunch the next day at school!

Chocolate Surprise Cookies

Preheat oven to 350 deg
3/4 cups butter softened
1/3 cup firmly packed light brown sugar
1 1/2 tsp vanilla
1 1/2 cups flour
1/8 tsp cinnamon
25 Hershey Kisses
1 1/2 TBSP confectioners (powdered) sugar
3/4 tsp unsweetened cocoa powder

combine the butter and brown sugar in a medium bowl, beat with mixer until light and fluffy. Add the vanilla. Combine the flour and cinnamon and add to the butter mix, mix well.

Shape the dough into 1 inch balls. Flatten into a 2 inch round. Place the round 1 inch apart on baking sheets place 1 chocolate candy in the center of each round. Enclose the candy with the dough, making sure the candy is completely sealed in the dough. Bake until golden, about 15 minutes.

Combine the powdered sugar and cocoa in a small bowl and sprinkle over the hot cookies. Cool the cookies on the baking sheets for 10 min, then transfer to wire racks.

Chocolate Turtles~ All recipes.com

20 small mini pretzels
20 chocolate covered caramels (dove or rollos work great)
20 pecan halves
preheat oven to 300 deg
arrange the pretzels on cookie sheet place on chocolate on each one
bake for 4 minutes while candy is warm gently press pecan half into each one

Easy Oreo truffles ~ Allrecipes.com

1 package of Oreo's divided
1 8 once package of cream cheese softened
2 8 once packages of semi sweet baking chocolate melted
Crush of the oreo cookies till very fine and set aside.
crush remaining cookies to fine crumbs and place in bowl. Add cream cheese and mix until well blended (I use my kitchen aid) Roll mixture into small balls
Dip balls in melted chocolate and place on wax paper covered baking sheet or silpat. Sprinkle remaining cookies on truffles while chocolate is still wet.
Refrigerate until firm (about 1 hour)
YUM!

Cake in a mug

1 cake mix any flavor
1 (4 serving instant pudding mix, any flavor)
Blend ingredients will until completely mixed. Measure 1/2 cup dry mix into small baggies. (makes 8-9) and tie closed
(Flavor ideas Lemon cake with lemon pudding
yellow cake mix with vanilla pudding
devils food cake mix with chocolate pudding
pineapple cake mix with coconut pudding
butterscotch cake mix butterscotch pudding
GLaze: In a seperate bag combine the following ingredients:
1/3 cup powered sugar
1 1/2 tsp dry flavoring
(like lemonade mix, powered drink or cocoa)
In a large mug place a cake mic and a glaze mix and attach a tag eith the instructions for cooking.
To USE:
Grease or spray mug with cooking spray. Empty cake mix into mug and egg white, 1 TBSP Oil and 1TBSP water. Blend with a forkuntil smooth. Place in microwave cook on high for 2 minutes
WHile cake is cooking add 1 1/2 tsp water to glaze mic in baggie. Close and gently smoosh baggie untill glaze is smooth. When cake is done, remove from microwave, cut hole in corner of glaze packet and apply glaze to your mug cake. Eat while warm!

Peppermint pattie poke cake~ Betty Crocker Cake

1 box triple chocolate fudge cake mix (any chocolate cake mix will do)
Water vegetable oil and eggs called for in the cake mix directions

Filling
1 box (4 serving size) white chocolate instant pudding and pie filling mix
2 cups milk
1/2 tsp peppermint extract

frosting
1/4 tsp peppermint extract 1 container whipped mild chocolate frosting
3/4 cup coarsely chopped chocolate covered peppermint patties (about 8 candies)

Heat oven to 350 Make cake as directed for 13x9 pan cool for 15 minutes. Poke top of warm cake every 1/2 inch with handle of wooden spoon in medium bowl, beat filling ingredients with wire whisk about 2 minutes Immediately pour over cake. Cover loosely and refrigerate about 2 hours or until chilled.
Stir 1/4 teaspoon peppermint extract into frosting spread frosting over the top of cake.Sprinkle with peppermint patties.

Surprise Cookies~ Martha Stewart.com

Preheat oven to 375 deg. In a medium bowl, whisk together
1 3/4 cup flour
3/4 cup cocoa powder*
1/2 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp salt
set aside
In separate bowl cream together 1/2 cup butter and 1 cup sugar with electric mixer until light and fluffy. Then add
1 large egg
1/2 cup milk
1tsp vanilla
beat until well combined. Add reserved flour mixture mix on low until well combined
Using a tablespoon drop dough onto baking sheets. Bake until cookies begin to spread and become firm (10-12 minutes)
Remove baking sheet from oven and place cut large marshmallow** in center of cookie pressing down slightly. Return to oven for 2 more min (until marshmallow starts to melt)Transfer cookies to rack to cool completely before frosting.
Spread chocolate frosting over the marshmallow. YUMM!
* I didn't have cocoa powder so I melted some semi sweet baking chocolate instead worked great!!!
**Next time we make these we want to try putting a caramel in under the marshmallow or instead of

Carmel Chocolate Pie~ Jessica Steed

Start with a chocolate crumb crust (buy one or make one with oreos or other chocolate cookies)
1/2 cup pecans sprinkled on the crust
Melt 3/4 cup carmels and 1/4 cup evaporated milk pour over pecans
melt
1 1/2 cup semi sweet chocolate chips
1 cup heavy whipping cream
3 TBSP butter
pour over carmel and top with either whipped cream or a few more pecans YUMMM!

Chocolate Caramel Candy (snickers in a pan!) ~ All recipe's.com

1 cup milk chocolate chips
1/4 cup butterscotch chips
1/4 cup creamy peanut butter
1/4 cup butter
1 cup white sugar
1/4 cup evaporated milk
1 1/2 cup marshmallow creme
1/4 cup creamy peanut butter
1 tsp vanilla
1 1/2 cup chopped salted peanuts
1)14 oz package caramels
1/4 cup heavy whipping cream
1 cup milk Chocolate chips
1/4 cup butterscotch chips
1/4 cup creamy peanut butter
Lightly grease one 13x9 pan
To make base combine: 1 cup milk chocolate chips, 1/4 cup butterscotch chips and 1/4 cup creamy peanut butter in a small saucepan. Cook, stirring constantly over low heat until melted and smooth. Spread into the bottom of the prepared pan and refrigerate until set.
To make filling: In a heavy sauce pan melt the butter over med- high heat. Stir in sugar and evaporated milk. Bring mixture to a boil and stir for 5 minutes. Remove from heat and stir in the marshmallow cream, 1/4 cup of the peanut butter and the vanilla. Add the peanuts and spread over the base layer. Refrigerate until set.
To make caramel layer: Combine the caramels and cream in a saucepan, stir over low heat until melted and smooth. Spread over the top of the filling and refrigerate until set.
To make the Frosting layer: In another sauce pan combine 1 cup milk chocolate chips, 1/4 cup butterscotch chips and 1/4 cup peanut butter, and stir over low heat until melted and smooth. Pour over the caramel layer. Refrigerate for at least 1 hour cut into 1 inch squares, store in refrigerator

Lush Pie~ Aunt Sheila

Make one Grahm Cracker crust to fit in a 13x9 pan
Mix one large chocolate pudding, follow the directions for pie. Let sit while you mix 1) 8 oz cream cheese, 1 cup powdered sugar together add about 2 cups cool whip.
Spread over the crust, then put chocolate pudding over cream cheese and then top with cool whip.

Peanut Butter Brownie Cookies~ Jif online/ Denise Gatherum

1 (19.5 oz) Package fudge brownie mix
1/4 cup butter or margarine melted
4 oz cream cheese, softened
1 large egg
1 cup powdered sugar
1 cup Creamy Peanut Butter
1/2 can Chocolate fudge frosting
Heat oven to 350 deg. Beat Brownie mix, melted butter, cream cheese and egg in med bowl till well blended (should be sticky)
Drop dough by rounded spoon full onto cookie sheets.
Mix powdered sugar and peanut butter in small bowl with spoon until mixture forms a ball. With hands, roll rounded teaspoons full peanut butter mixture into same number balls as cookies. Lightly press 1 pall into center of each ball of dough.
Bake 10-14 minutes or until edges are set. Coll on cookie sheets at least 30 minutes
Spread thin layer of frosting over peanut butter portion of each cooled cookie.

Bread Puddin~ Jessica Steed

1 1/3 cup whipping cream
1/2 cup plus 2 TBSP sugar
1/4 cup milk
1 1/4 cup chocolate chips
1 egg
1 tsp vanilla
4 cups bread in 1 inch cubes
preheat oven to 325 deg
simmer cream, sugar and milk, stir till sugar dissolves. Remove from heat and add chocolate chips. Stir till smooth
In separate bowl whisk eggs and mil gradually add choc to egg mixture. Let cool for 10 min can stir to help cool then add bread and the last 1/2 cup chocolate chips till coated. Then put in casserole dish sprinkle with 2 TBSP of sugar
Bake till set in the middle, about 50 min

Choco-Holic Cake~ Magazine

1 pkg chocolate cake mix
1 pkg chocolate instant pudding pi mix
1 cup milk
1/2 cup sour cream
4 large eggs
1 cup chopped pecans
2 cups chocolate chips
Preheat oven to 350 deg grease and flour bundt pan
Combine cake mix, pudding mix, milk, sour cream, and eggs in large mixing bowl. Beat on low speed until blended, beat on high speed for 2 minutes stir in chocolate chips and nuts and pour in prepared pan.
Bake for 55-65 minutes
Cool in pan for 20 minutes and then invert onto wire rack to cool completely
Glaze:
1 bar 2 oz Unsweetened chocolate baking bar
1 1/2 cups powdered sugar
3 TBS butter
2-3 TBSP water
1 tsp vanilla
Melt baking bar and butter in small heavy duty sauce pan over low heat. Stir until smooth. Remove from heat. Stir in powdered sugar alternately with water until desired consistency. Stir in vanilla
pour over cake

Chocolate Cheese Cake~ Mom Workman

18 Oreo cookies
2 TBSP butter or Margarine
4 pkg (8 oz each) Phillie Cream Cheese (softened)
1 tsp vanilla
1 cup sugar
2 TBSP flour
1 pkg (8 squares) semi sweet bakers chocolate melted and slightly cooled
4 eggs
Mix Oreo crumbs and butter press to bottom of spring form pan bake @ 325 for 10 min
Beat cream cheese, sugar, flour and vanilla, with mixer until well blended Add chocolate and eggs mix just until blended. Pour over crust
Bake @ 325 deg for 55-60 min or until center is almost set. Run knife around rim of pan. Refrigerate 4 hours or over night garnish with sifted powdered sugar and berries if desired.

Almond Roca~ Jenn Tietjen

1 LB butter
2 cups sugar
Cook till brown like a paper sack, it will smoke. Test in cold water till hard crack stage
Pour in Jelly roll pan sprinkle 1 bag of milk chocolate chips and let set for 5 to 10minutes. Then spread and press on 1/2 cup almonds. Set in freezer for 20-30 minutes and removed and break into pieces.