Sweet and Salty Party
Posted on August 30, 2011
Do you need to eat something sweet after each meal? Do you ever finish dessert and realize you crave a bite of something salty? I think it is that need for the balance of sweet and salty on our palates that makes the combination so addicting. I’ve always been a fan of chocolate covered pretzels,…
Tate’s Chocolate Chip Cookies and More Birthday Desserts
Posted on August 29, 2011
On gushing about the Peanut Butter Cheesecake Brownie Surprise (otherwise know as the “Best Dessert Ever”), I forgot to tell you about all the other birthday desserts! You know my mom couldn’t stop at just one;-) We had: Chocolate and Banana Three Layer Cake with Mocha Buttercream Red Velvet Cupcakes with Cream Cheese Icing Ice…
Chocolate Glazed Cookie Cheesecake Pie
Posted on August 25, 2011
A couple of weeks ago, Jennie of In Jennie’s kitchen lost her husband, Mikey suddenly to a heart attack. While I don’t know her personally, I’ve visited her blog a couple of times and my heart broke for her. She invited us to celebrate Mikey’s life with his favorite peanut butter pie. Hearing about such…
Peanut Butter Cheesecake Brownie Surprise
Posted on August 23, 2011
Since my birthday dessert (ie the Best Dessert Ever) was such a hit and there were so many requests, I got my mom to share a little bit more about her creation and tell us how to make it! It appears that my love-inspired dessert, has sent quite a buzz through the world of creative…
Best Dessert Ever
Posted on August 21, 2011
Today was my birthday… …and last night my mom presented this: Edited to add: Recipe can be found here! More desserts to come!
Cookies ‘n Cream Almond Butter Spread
Posted on August 18, 2011
I like to have a variety of nut butters available to eat at any given time. As of last night, there were six open jars in my kitchen. I'm not going to tell you how many unopened jars are in the cabinets. Let's just say that I invest in peanut butter like some people invest…
Scenes From the Shore and a Giveaway Winner
Posted on August 16, 2011
I’m back from vacation but already behind on life! Amazing how that happens, huh? Work is already crazy and I have a huge backlog of desserts I want to make. Right now I am extra thankful to this past week's guest posters. It seems that another summer has flown by in the blink of an…
Nutter Butter Bars {Guest Post}
Posted on August 14, 2011
Wow, I can’t believe it is the last day of my official vacation. It has been good to get away from real life for a bit but I miss my regular baking and blogging. I promise to get back to that soon! Luckily, I have another amazing guest post today. My blog friends seem to…
Jackie’s Chocolate-Peanut Butter Cup Cookies {Guest Post}
Posted on August 11, 2011
While I’m taking a few days off, Jackie from La Casa de Sweets was kind enough to offer to guest post! Since she made a delicious chocolate and peanut butter dessert for her post, I wanted to point out some other amazing looking chocolate and peanut butter recipes on her blog: Chocolate Peanut Butter Cupcakes,…
Blog Birthday Giveaway
Posted on August 9, 2011
I can’t believe that I’ve been blogging for a year. That time flew by, but at the same time, I can not imagine my life without Keep It Sweet. I’ve found so many wonderful people (readers and other bloggers), established my own creative outlet and found a deeper passion for creating desserts than I ever…
Individual S’mores Brownies
Posted on August 7, 2011
You may or may not be on s’mores overload. For some reason, as many recipes as I’ve seen that put s’mores in some form of cookie/brownie/rice krispie treat, etc. it just doesn’t get old. So of course when I was putting together some baked good packages for a friend I had to include something s’mores. …
Peanut Butter Cookie Dough Pretzel Pops
Posted on August 3, 2011
I told you I’d come back with these cookie dough balls. Actually, the only thing that kept me from eating the entire batch at once was all of the ideas brewing in my head. Some of the ideas that you all suggested were kabobs, frozen yogurt/ice cream topping and mix-in, cheesecake, and cupcakes. I can’t…
Frozen Mocha Brownie Torte
Posted on August 2, 2011
So what did you think of the Peanut Butter Party? A few people suggested having a weekly party with different themes and I’m considering it. Let me know if that is something you’d like to see! This past weekend was the first weekend all summer we didn’t travel anywhere. Matt and I just recently started…
