Anyone who knows me and my tastes knows that I’m a decadent queen. Chocolate, caramel, nuts, and especially peanut butter. For almost any dessert, if it comes in a peanut butter flavor, that’s what I’m gravitating towards. Ice cream, mousse, candy, it’s all drastically improved by peanut butter! My one Read more
Fun fact: the state sandwich of Massachusetts, my home state, is the fluffernutter. It’s very simple, just white sandwich bread, marshmallow fluff, and peanut butter. The fluff has to be the original brand manufactured in Massachusetts, the peanut butter should be crunchy for the texture. Beloved by 8 year olds Read more
I love a good blondie, or as my great grandmother referred to them as, a butterscotch brownie. They’re dense, chewy, and best of all, incredibly versatile. You could make dozens of variations on the traditional blondie: lemon meringue, orange creamsicle, strawberry crunch, caramel pretzel, the world really is your oyster Read more
Buckeyes are one of my favorite candies to make (and, of course, eat). Peanut butter? Check. Sweet and salty balance? Check. Fast and easy to make? Check and check. One of the few truly great things to come out of the state of Ohio. My daughter’s father hailed from Ohio, Read more
I have been a life-long peanut butter girl. Anytime peanut butter is an option, I’m there. Ice cream, mousse, candy, cheesecake, it’s always my first pick. The one exception to that rule has always been peanut butter cookies. It’s the texture, and occasionally the (lack of) flavor. Peanut butter cookies Read more