Mint Chocolate Rice Krispies Treats

A few weeks ago, I posted about Cake Batter Rice Krispies Treats.  Here's another RKT recipe.

I bought a bag of Mint Chocolate Marshmallows, and used those in place of the plain.  (Stop and Shop had a ridiculous amount of marshmallow varieties)  The bag was 8oz instead of the usual 10, so I added a 1/4 cup of plain.

Melt 3 tbsp of butter and add 10 oz of marshmallows.  Stir until blended.  I added a couple drops of green food coloring.  Add 4-5 cups Rice Krispies and stir.

Press into a pan and top with crushed Andes Mints.

Enjoy!

Chicken Korma

Yesterday afternoon, a few of the girls from high school and I decided to get together and make a delicious curry for lunch.

 We used this recipe for Chicken Korma as a guide, and tweaked it as we went along.

We started by heating coconut milk in a saucepan with 3 cinnamon sticks, 3 pieces of Star Anise, a few shakes of Cardamom, and a few shakes of curry powder.  Really, you can use whatever spices you want.  Cayenne, Coriander, Turmeric, Cumin.... the possibilities are endless!  Also, most Korma recipes tell you to cook it in the oven, but we found that cooking it on the stove was easier.  After that mixture thoroughly heated, we added almonds and golden raisins.

While that was heating, we heated coconut oil and added cut up onions, peppers and eggplant.

 When it was heated, we put the veggies aside and cooked the in the pan.  When everything was heated, we mixed it all together.

Buffalo Chicken Dip

I love all things buffalo chicken.  I've tried several buffalo chicken dip recipes over the years and none really spoke to me.  This time around, I thought I'd do it my own way.

I started by using this recipe for crock pot shredded buffalo chicken.  After I took it out of the crock pot, I refrigerated it overnight, then added the last little bit of buffalo sauce left in the jar.  I built the dip in the same way that I make Baked Mexican Dip, but used the buffalo chicken instead of the salsa.

Cupcakes!

I love to make my own frosting.  Sometimes, I like to take shortcuts.  Tonight, I bought Duncan Hines Frosting Creations in Cotton Candy and Chocolate Mint.  It's plain frosting with a wide variety of flavor packets.

I made chocolate cupcakes, and frosted them with the chocolate mint frosting.  I made strawberry cupcakes and frosted those with the cotton candy frosting.

In closing, cupcakes are awesome.

Pull-Apart Bread (looks like a Bloomin' Onion)

I got this recipe from Pinterest.  It was originally from this blog.

I used some substitutions.  I couldn't find thinly sliced Monterey Jack cheese, and the line at the deli was insane,  so I opted for Sargento's thinly sliced Provolone cheese.  The recipe called for 12-16 oz, so I bought 2 7 oz packs.  I didn't even use the whole first pack, because I couldn't fit anymore cheese in the slits.  Stop and Shop was out of scallions, so I used the chopped (dried) chives from the spice cabinet.  I also used sesame seeds instead of poppy seeds.

I was thinking about it and there are so many options for fillings.  You could do a pizza bread, a cinnamon apple bread, or any kind of cheese.  The possibilities are endless!

Cake Batter Rice Krispies Treats

I love cake batter flavored things and I love Rice Krispies Treats.  When I came across this recipe on Pinterest, I knew it was a must-try!  The website that this originally came from (before someone pinned it to Pinterest) has quite a few recipes on my must-try list.  This will be an ongoing kitchen experiment!

Cookie Dough Dip

Here's a recipe that I got from my boss.  We had this at a work function not too long ago.  It was a tasty treat! (So tasty, in fact, that my co-worker and I had more of it today!)

1 Stick of butter, softened
8 oz cream cheese
1/3 cup brown sugar
1/3 cup confectioners sugar
2 tbsp. vanilla extract
mini chocolate chips

mix everything together and serve with graham crackers, teddy grahams, or any other sweet treat of your choice.

I was thinking about it, and this might work as a truffle filling too!