Chocolate Peanut Butter Swirl Fudge
Posted on September 29, 2016
Super easy homemade peanut butter and chocolate fudge made with just four ingredients! Life has been so hectic here, and I suspect I’m not alone. With busy work schedules, back-to-school time and life in general, sometimes cooking or baking for the family can take a back seat. There are so many weeks that I’m scrambling…
Blood Orange Chocolate Truffles
Posted on March 7, 2016
Rich and decadent dark chocolate truffles with a hint of blood orange. These are the best homemade candy! Over the last few years it’s gotten increasingly harder to schedule plans with friends. Between kids, family obligations and the seemingly speed-of-light passing of time, everyone’s schedules fill up fast. The “let’s do this again, and soon…
Vanilla M&M Shortbread Cookies
Posted on February 1, 2016
Vanilla bean shortbread cookies are even better when there are M&Ms in them! These shortbread cookies are easy to make and delicious to eat. Use pretty pink M&Ms for a Valentine’s Day treat! I love that there are plenty of excuses to bake around Valentine’s Day. Kid’s class parties, sweet treats for friends, and of…
Lemon Truffles
Posted on December 23, 2015
No-bake white chocolate lemon truffles are a refreshing change of pace for the holidays. Make this sparkly treat for your New Year’s Eve festivities! Sometimes you just want to make something that tastes good and is extra pretty. These lemon truffles are such a gorgeous little treat that you can't help but ooooh and aaaaah over. They…
Ginger Pecan Candy Crack
Posted on December 16, 2015
Crazy addicting Christmas candy in a very good way. This sweet and salty “crack” is made with toasted pecans, ginger spiced caramel and dark chocolate. Last week my sister and fiancé had us over for a fun weeknight Chanukah dinner. Jess and Quoc made a delicious dinner that included perfectly crispy latkes, salmon with dill…
Peanut Butter Caramel Candy Cups
Posted on February 12, 2015
Rich homemade candy cups filled with peanut butter caramel sauce and topped with the perfect amount of flaky sea salt. I told you I had something up my sleeve for the caramel sauce. I don’t even think I need to talk too much about these little candy cups, the pictures say it all. Last minute…
Double Dip Mints (aka Chocolate Dipped Peppermint Patties)
Posted on December 8, 2014
This recipe for Double Dip Mints was inspired by one of my favorite candy stores. Homemade milk chocolate dipped peppermint patties are even better than the original candy you are used to! In all of my summers of going down the shore, there are definitely mixed memories of people and events that seem to be…
BLUEberry Buttercream Cups
Posted on May 12, 2014
These Blueberry Buttercream Cups are the perfect no-bake chocolate treats. They are so easy to make. I think I might be a little obsessed with buttercream candy cups now. First there were the Mint Cookies and Cream Buttercream Cups and then I made these Pretty in Pink Buttercream Cups. The thing is, this is such…
Pretty in Pink Buttercream Cups
Posted on April 9, 2014
These dark chocolate candy cups are filled with a delicious creamy buttercream. They are a gluten-free, no-bake treat for any occasion. Today's post is exciting because I'm part of a huge group of blogging ladies celebrating Steph's virtual baby shower! This sweet and talented blogger is due to have a baby girl in just a…
Mint Cookies and Cream Buttercream Cups
Posted on March 3, 2014
Rich dark chocolate candy cups filled with crème de menthe buttercream and crushed oreos. I’m not feeling all that great today so I’m going to keep this short. These candy cups will kind of win over anyone who loves a little 2-bite treat. My mom, while a buttercream lover, isn’t usually a fan of mint…
M&M Kit Kat Cake {Appreciation Post}
Posted on September 12, 2013
HAPPY 30th BIRTHDAY, MATT!!!!! Above photo from his surprise party this past Saturday night A couple of weeks ago, Amanda over at i am baker suggested a day where bloggers write a significant other appreciation post. Since she happened to pick Matt’s birthday, I figured it was the perfect excuse to participate. Scroll down for…
Peanut Butter Cup Heath Bar Brown Butter Cookies
Posted on August 27, 2013
I took a perfect brown butter cookie dough and added chopped pieces of some of my favorite candies: Peanut Butter Cups and Heath Bars. Topped with flaky sea salt, these chewy cookies might just become your new favorite recipe! Before I get to these crazy good cookies, I just wanted to mention that Keep it…
Sweet & Salty Party Cookies for a Virtual Bridal Shower
Posted on January 14, 2013
Sweet & Salty Party Cookies. aka Salted Milk Chocolate Almond Caramel Corn Cookies. Nothing less for my lovely friend, Christina! For those of you who don’t know her, Christina is the incredibly sweet blogger behind Dessert for Two. She is getting married soon and since she is such an amazing example of what a blogger…
Salted Brown Butter M&M Cookies
Posted on December 12, 2012
I have so much I want to say and tell you about what is going on here at Keep It Sweet Desserts, but my thoughts are coming through in a pretty chaotic stream of consciousness so I’ll hold off until things calm down a bit! For now, though, I can say, I am SO happy…
No-Bake Rice Krispie Toffee Fudge Candy Bars
Posted on November 15, 2012
1 week. 7 days. Some amount of hours that does not feel like enough. That’s how much time there is until Thanksgiving. Don’t get me wrong, I’m so excited for the holiday, but boy did things get crazy really fast! It seems like just yesterday I was in the summer lull and just like that…
Sweet and Salty Candy Bar Blondies
Posted on October 16, 2012
The fudgiest blondies loaded with everyone's favorite sweet and salty candies. When I asked my Father-in-Law what he wanted for his birthday dessert, his only request was chocolate covered pretzels. Sweet and salty, who doesn’t love those? But come on, it is a birthday dessert! And since chocolate covered pretzels are what I make as…
Spring Cleaning Chocolate & Peanut Butter Lover's Bark
Posted on March 23, 2012
One week down and I’m feeling really good about this working from home thing. I’m sure that some of the beginner’s high will die down after a while, but I’m glad to be off to such a productive start! Sure, I might have left out half of the baking soda in a cookie recipe and…
M&M Cookie Dough Cups
Posted on March 20, 2012
Some things are too delicious not to share. These M&M Cookie Dough Cups had the potential to be perfectly done and pretty, but my impatience got the best of me and most of the cups ended up jagged and a little funny looking. Luckily they tasted so good I forgot how funky looking they were…
Heath Bar Blondies with Brown Butter Frosting
Posted on February 20, 2012
Did you know that brown butter smells like heaven? Yup, it pretty much does. But then again, so do fresh baked cookies, the combination of melted butter and chocolate, and homemade caramel. Matt referred to our apartment as a fudgery recently, and although I don’t actually make fudge, the meaning behind his comment was true. …
Milk Chocolate Almond and Toffee Cookies for a Virtual Cookie Swap
Posted on December 6, 2011
Chewy cookies with bits of toffee and chunks of almond filled Hershey's Kisses There are some cookies that I can eat just one of*, but there are others where I can’t stop going back for more. Those are the cookies that are so addicting as soon as I come up for a breathe, they have disappeared**. *Complete lie unless said cookie is…
Dark Chocolate Kissed Almond Butter
Posted on June 2, 2011
I had big baking plans for last night, but with the temperature around 90 degrees, turning on the oven just seemed wrong. A no-bake dessert probably would have been a good solution, but Matt has been asking me to make chocolate almond butter for a few weeks now. It shouldn't have taken so long to…
Oreo Mallow Clusters
Posted on May 8, 2011
Happy Mother’s Day to all of my mom and soon-to-be mom friends! I hope that all of you had a great weekend. I spent a lot of time in the kitchen but also a lot of time outside. The sunny and warm weather makes me so happy. Yesterday I got to take a long walk…
3 Reasons to Make Truffles
Posted on April 17, 2011
I had a huge problem on Saturday. There was almost an entire pint of organic heavy whipping cream in my fridge and it was about to expire. The horror! But I prevailed. I went through cookbooks and blogs searching for the perfect recipe to experiment with. Whipped cream, ganache, caramel… for some reason I just…
Blueberry Pretzel Clusters
Posted on April 10, 2011
There is a place at the Jersey Shore (not that Jersey Shore) that sells the most amazing chocolates. Every summer I look forward to a few trips for chocolate clusters filled with high quality fillings like caramel, nuts and marshmallows. On a good day, my grandfather will leave a box of them out in the…
Ooey Gooey Filled Chocolate Chip Cookies with a Crunch
Posted on April 5, 2011
You know I have a weakness for holiday candy. These weren’t even on sale but I had to buy them. My sister pointed out how pretty the color was and I agreed. Plus, when was the last time I had a Peep? Trust me, it’s been too long. Never mind the fact that I don’t…
Twix Gone Wrong
Posted on February 19, 2011
For Valentine’s Day, I thought it would be fun for Matt and me to make a homemade version of one of his favorite candies, Twix Bars. I’d seen a ton of great-looking recipes around the blog world and thought it would be a good idea to take ideas from them but make my own version. …
How do You Define the Perfect Cookie?
Posted on December 23, 2010
Who doesn’t like a fresh-baked chocolate chip cookie? No one I know. At the same time, if you put 100 people together in a room and had them each describe their perfect chocolate chip cookie, you would get 100 different answers. My dad, for one, LOVES crispy cookies. He likes to bite into a chocolate…
Mix and Match Chocolate Candy Bars
Posted on September 20, 2010
Often in the blog world, I find really exciting new foods that are much more expensive than their regular counterparts. Sometimes I give in, but usually I remind myself that spending $15 plus for nut butter is a little bit insane. Ahem, unless they come to me as gifts:-) However, there are occasions when I…
