Oreo Muddy Buddies

Now I've tried almost every kind of muddy buddy, but I hadn't seen these yet...But oh boy am I glad I did. Oreo Muddy Buddies<3 The perfect kind of treat. I'm all for the regular ones and the Fun Fetti, but these definitely top them all. Please, I'm begging you, if you don't try any of the other recipes I have posted over the semester, try these! Everyone will love you too!

What you'll need:

5 ounces white chocolate chips
5 ounces milk chocolate chips
5 cups Chex Cereal
1 tsp shortening
Oreo cookies (8 for crushing and some for putting pieces throughout)
1 cup powdered sugar

What to do:

1. Divide the chex cereal into two bowl.  2 1/2 cups in each.  

2.  In a food processor crush 8 oreos until fine.  You can also crush in a gallon size bag with rolling pin.  

3.  In two gallon size bags, add 1/2 cup powdered sugar into each bag with 1/2 of the crushed oreos into each bag. (It was about 1/2 cup of crushed oreos.)  Set aside.

4.  Melt the white chocolate and milk chocolate in separate microwave safe bowls.   Melt 30 seconds at a time with 1/2 tsp shortening in each stirring after each 30 seconds until melted.  

5.  Once melted, stir in the chocolate into the separate bowls with Chex cereal until the Chex are coated well with the chocolate.

6.  Add the white chocolate and milk chocolate separately to the gallon sized bags with powdered sugar and crushed oreos and shake until they are coated.  Then add some extra crushed pieces to the mixture at the end.  Enjoy!

Mississippi Mud Cakes!

So with the last couple blogs being posted this semester here, I figured I'd go out with a bang and post some crazy delicious ideas. Well this one is definitely a winner. Mississippi Mud Cake. All I could think of when I found this recipe was when we were all 5 years old making mud pies out in the backyard when I thought it was cool to be dirty ahah. I hope you have as fun making these as I did!

What you'll need:

1 cup chopped pecans
1 cup butter4 ounces semisweet chocolate, chopped2 cups sugar1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa4 large eggs1 teaspoon vanilla extract3/4 teaspoon salt1 (10.5-oz.) bag miniature marshmallows

What to do:

1. 1. Place pecans in a single layer on a baking sheet.

1. 2. Bake at 350° for 8 to 10 minutes or until toasted.

1. 3. Microwave 1 cup butter and semisweet chocolate in a large microwave-safe glass bowl at HIGH 1 minute or until melted and smooth, stirring every 30 seconds.

1. 4. Whisk sugar and next 5 ingredients into chocolate mixture. Pour batter into a greased jelly-roll pan.

1. 5. Bake at 350° for 20 minutes. Remove from oven, and sprinkle evenly with miniature marshmallows; bake 8 to 10 more minutes or until golden brown. Drizzle warm cake with Chocolate Frosting, and sprinkle evenly with toasted pecans.

Or:

1. Mississippi Mud Cupcakes: Prepare pecans and Mississippi Mud Cake batter as directed. Spoon batter evenly into 24 paper-lined muffin cups. Bake at 350° for 20 minutes or until puffed. Sprinkle evenly with 2 cups miniature marshmallows, and bake 5 more minutes or until golden. Remove from oven, and cool cupcakes in muffin pans 5 minutes. Remove cupcakes from pans, and place on wire rack. Drizzle warm cakes evenly with 1 1/4 cups Chocolate Frosting, and sprinkle with toasted pecans. Reserve remaining 3/4 cup frosting for another use. Note: To serve remaining Chocolate Frosting over pound cake or ice cream, microwave reserved 3/4 cup Chocolate Frosting in a medium-size microwave-safe glass bowl at HIGH 15 seconds or until warm.

Enjoy! And have as much fun as you did when you were a little kid playing in the mud puddles in the back yard!

Cake Balls

So I'm sure everyone has seen the new cake pops everywhere at their local super market. Well as I'm sure everyone can tell, I much rather make all my own desserts at home. Way more fun, and you looks way cooler than all those other people who just throw a bunch of cookies on a platter. Well here's the recipe to make your own cake balls and wow everyone.


What you'll need:
 
1 (18.25 oz) package of chocolate (or vanilla) cake mix
1 (16 oz) prepared chocolate (or vanilla) frosting

1 (3 ounce) bar chocolate flavored confectioners coating

How to do it: 

1. Prepare the cake mix according to package directions using any of the recommended pan sizes. When cake is done, crumble while warm into a large bowl, and stir in the frosting until well blended.
2. Melt chocolate coating in a glass bowl in the microwave, or in a metal bowl over a pan of simmering water, stirring occasionally until smooth. 
3. Use a melon baller or small scoop to form balls of the chocolate cake mixture.Dip the balls in chocolate using a toothpick or fork to hold them. Place on waxed paper to set. If you desire, buy a bunch of small sticks so you can use them to make cake pops!(: 

I seriously had the toughest time making them into perfect balls, after a few shots at making them perfect they looked like the professional ones from the bakery. However every time I made them, they tasted delicious!

Oreo Cheesecake

So this past week I went on an oreo kick. Lets just say I was at the gym a lot more this week too! So like I always do when I'm craving something is go online and see waht kind of crazy concoction I can come up with this time. And guess what I found...? An Oreo Cheesecake! Talk about mouth watering goodness. Well like always here's the recipe:) Enjoy!

What you'll need:

2 Packages (8 oz each) Cream Cheese, softened
1/2 teaspoon Vanilla
1/2 cup sugar
1/2 cup heavy whipping cream
1/4 cup milk (whole worked best for me)
2 eggs
6 Oreo Cookies, coarsely chopped (about 3/4 of a cup)
1 Oreo Pie Crust

What do to:

1. Preheat oven to 325 degrees F. In a large bowl, beat cream cheese until smooth. Gradually mix in vanilla, sugar, milk, and whipping cream and mix until smooth.
2. Add eggs one at a time; mix just until blended. Stir in 1/2 cup of the cookies.
3. Pour mixture into Oreo crust. Sprinkle the remaining chopped cookies on top.
4. Bake for 35 to 40 minutes or until center is almost set. Cool. Refrigerate 4 hours or overnight. Top with whipped cream

This recipe would be great for little kids, I mean come on, it's one big giant oreo. Good luck!

Sangria

Now this is the right way to make a sangria, talk about delicious. You always need a sangria recipe when you're having those dinner parties where you need something that sticks out and people are raving over. Well here's the next to be talked about drink(:

what you'll need:

1 lemon
1 lime
1 orange
1 1/2 cup of rum
1/2 cup white sugar
1 bottle of your favorite dry red wine.
1 cup of orange juice

how to do it:

Make sure you have all the fruit chilled before cutting it. Once chilled slice the lemon, orange, and lime into thin slices and pour the rum and white sugar over it. Leave in fridge for a couple hours and once ready to serve pour the wine over the top of it. Then take a wooden spoon and crush the fruit lightly with it. Adjust the sweetness with whatever taste you prefer.

Enjoy!(:

Coconut Lime Cheesecake

Best 2 flavors/ recipes thrown into one delicious cheesecake. You seriously can't beat this coconut-lime cheesecake. Between the smooth rich taste of the cake and the coconut lime flavor, oh boy you're in heaven. I was so ready to try this recipe, and you should be too!

What you'll need:

3/4 cup crushed ginger snap cookies

3/4 cup sweetened coconut flakes

3 tablespoons melted butter

2 eight ounce packages of softened cream cheese

1 ten ounce can of condensed milk

2 eggs

1 tablespoon lime zest

2 tablespoons lime juice

1 tablespoon coconut extract

2 cups cubed fresh mango

1 teaspoon white sugar

Directions

1.   Preheat oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C). Lightly grease a 9-inch pan.

2.   Combine the coconut, gingersnap cookies, and melted butter in a bowl; mix until evenly moistened. Press the cookie mixture into the bottom and slightly up the sides of the prepared pan.

3.   Bake the crust in the preheated oven until browned and set, about 10 minutes. Set aside to cool.

4.   Reduce oven heat to 300 degrees F (150 degrees C).

5.   Beat the softened cream cheese in mixer bowl until smooth. With beater set to medium-low, slowly pour the condensed milk into the bowl, mixing only until just blended, stopping to scrape the sides of the bowl as necessary. Add the eggs, individually, allowing the first to blend into the mixture before adding the second; again, scrape the sides of the bowl as necessary.

6.   Pour about half of the cream cheese batter into a separate bowl. Stir the lime juice and lime zest into the portion in the new bowl; pour the batter over the crust in the pan, smoothing into an even layer.

7.   Stir the coconut extract through the remaining cream cheese batter; pour over the lime-flavored batter in the pan, smoothing into an even layer.

8.   Bake in the preheated oven until the top of the cheesecake springs back when gently pressed, about 45 minutes. Turn oven heat off, but leave cheesecake inside with oven door slightly ajar until the oven cools completely. Refrigerate until completely chilled.

Prepare mango coulis by pureeing the mango with sugar until smooth. If too thick, add a teaspoon of water at a time, using just enough to make pourable. Drizzle over cheesecake when plated.

Week 7 forum

I hate to say it but I know I wait till the last minute to do basically everything. Between working 2 jobs, and having 5 other classes it's hard to split the time evenly and I sit down every change I get and finish what I can. Even though I have no gotten to complete my review page, I do however like everyone elses webpages. You can tell every single person is really putting in a solid effort and trying really hard to complete the assignments. I have no background with HTML so I am very proud of myself for being able to figure most of this help. For the student that have more background, I praise you guys. I wish I had this background, it would help incredibly! Overall, I am really happy with my webpage. I know it's not much, but it's the fact that I am actually completing the task and figuring it out. Even though I don't think I could go out and create a webpage for a company, at least I have an idea of what really goes in behind it!