Cookie Dough Brownie Bars - November 25, 2012

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Cookie Dough Brownie Bars

Ingredients:
1 package refridgerated chocolate chip cookie dough (with the break-apart pieces)
1 box brownie mix
1 bag Reese's Peanut Butter Cups
oil, eggs, and water per brownie mix instructions

Directions:
Preheat oven to 350; smoosh 1.5 squares of break-apart refrigerated cookie dough into the bottom of each well. (I'm using my awesome Pampered Chef brownie pan!!) Place Reese cup upside down on top of cookie dough. Top with prepared box brownie mix, filling 3/4 full. Bake for 18 minutes.

This is what the finished product will look like... 

Husband Review:

He was not a fan. Dan didn't care for the brownies on top. He said that maybe if it was a better brownie mix, then they would have been better. They weren't bad, but they definitely weren't my favorite either. These didn't seem to bake very well for me. I don't know if it was the Reeses in the middle that made for awkward baking or the fact that there was too much stuff going on inside each little compartment. I'd try it again maybe with a different cookie/brownie mixture and see if something works better.

Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Dip - November 18, 2012

Wait... what?! Chocolate chip cookie dough DIP? Hmmmm, sounds interesting right? I thought so too when I found it on Pinterest. I love cookie dough, but I never eat it because of the raw egg issue. (That doesn't really stop my husband - he's always stealing my cookie dough when I make cookies.) I made this thinking maybe it would solve all my raw cookie dough problems... and it did.

Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Dip

Ingredients:

1- 8 oz package cream cheese

1/2 cup butter

1 cup powdered sugar

2 Tablespoons brown sugar

1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla

1 cup chocolate chips (I used the mini chips)

1 cup toffee bits

Cream together cream cheese and butter, then blend in the sugars and the vanilla. Mix in the chocolate chips and the toffee. Serve with graham crackers and apple wedges. (I used the Scooby-Doo graham crackers shaped like bones. Made it very easy to scoop the dip with.)

Husband Rating:

Dan likes this, but not as much as real cookie dough. It is super sweet, and very rich. I dig it, and I took it to work one day and they liked it. Like I said before, I used the Scooby-Doo graham crackers, but you can dip just about anything in it... or just go to it with a spoon. Your choice.

Triple Chocolate Chip Cookies - November 11, 2012

I received this recipe from an old co-worker. It's super easy and very yummy.

Triple Chocolate Chip Cookies

Ingredients:

1 box Devil's Food Cake Mix

3 eggs

1/2 cup oil

1/2 bag chocolate chips

1/2 bag white chocolate chips

Directions:

Mix cake mix, eggs, and oil together until smooth, then add in chocolate chips. Drop about a Tbsp of dough onto parchment lined cookie sheets about 2" apart. Bake at 350 for 9-12 minutes. (Watch them carefully and check them at 9 minutes. You may not have to bake much longer. They don't brown, so you really have to watch them so they don't burn. They should be soft and chewy cookies, not crunchy cookies.)

Husband Rating:

He likes these, but again, not his favorite. They kind of have some chewy brownie qualities to them because of the cake mix. I like them too, but they are not on my top 5 list. These would be tasty with a bowl of ice cream, and if you accidentally let them bake too long and they get hard, you can always crush them up and eat them with said bowl of ice cream. Yum yum.

Heath Brownies - November 4, 2012

My aide for summer school told me about these brownies that she had that had Heath bars melted inside. Heath bars were my go-to pregnancy candy bars at the time, so I knew I had to give it a shot and try them out.

Heath Brownies

Ingredients:

1 box Chocolate Fudge brownie mix

eggs, oil, and water per directions on box

4 Heath candy bars

Follow directions on the box to make the brownie batter. Cut up the Heath bars into chunks. Spread brownie batter into a greased 9x13 in pan. Place Heath chunks in rows or haphazardly into batter. (I pushed them down so the batter covered the candy bars... I will not do this next time. The candy bars settled at the bottom and became stuck to the pan.) Bake at 350 for about 30 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into the brownies comes out clean. Let cool, cut, and serve.

Husband Review:

He said these were delicious. Dan isn't usually a huge brownie fanatic, but he dug these guys. The heath is perfect in these brownies and add a nice flavor. Next time, I will try to keep my Heath bars at the top of the brownie instead of pushing them into the batter so I don't have to use elbow grease to get them out of the pan.