Topic: Sweet-and-salty

Peanut Butter Chocolate Covered Pretzel Ice Cream

Posted on May 2, 2016

No churn peanut butter ice cream with peanut butter chunks and chocolate covered pretzel pieces. I’ve been working very hard to bring you the very best no churn peanut butter ice cream you will ever eat. And by working hard, I mean eating my weight in peanut butter ice cream. No regrets over here! While…

The Fudgiest Fleur de Sel Brownies

Posted on April 5, 2016

The fudgiest brownies you will ever eat topped with fleur de sel are rich, decadent and completely satisfying. These brownies are, what I like to call, a piece of ultimate chocolate bliss. They are thick and ultra fudgy, studded with chocolate chips, layered with a naturally crackly top and sprinkled with fleur de sel. They…

Peanut Butter Snickers Brown Butter Cookies

Posted on January 6, 2016

Brown butter, peanut butter AND snickers all in one seriously good cookie! As it turns out I have lots of peanut butter recipes coming this month. So, if your resolution was to eat more peanut butter (perfectly reasonable), I’ve got you covered! Alternatively, if you are watching your sweets consumption, I promise that all of…

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…

Milk Chocolate Tart with Peanut Butter Pretzel Crust

Posted on November 13, 2015

An easy no-bake dessert that only uses four ingredients! This tart is simple but impressive. I'm currently joining in on the chorus of everyone asking how Thanksgiving is now less than two weeks away. My theory is that the warm fall weather we have had was actually a huge mind trick. How could Thanksgiving be coming…

Chocolate Covered Peanut Butter Ritz Sandwiches

Posted on September 16, 2015

A no-bake treat that every kid and adult will love, these chocolate covered peanut butter Ritz sandwiches are almost too good to be true! These hardly need any explanation or recipe. Except, they kind of do. This past spring in Florida, when I took a brief break from eating Kilwins’ ice cream, I picked up…

Fudgy Mocha Chip Brownies with Espresso Sea Salt

Posted on June 22, 2015

The fudgiest brownies with a hint of mocha and touch of salt to kick any chocolate craving in the butt. Kind of like my beloved blondies, it’s been too long since I’ve made brownies. I know it’s summer and time for light fruit desserts or frozen ice cream treats, but all I wanted last week…

Peanut Butter Ripple Chocolate Ice Cream

Posted on May 26, 2015

You don’t need an ice cream maker to make this ice cream! Rich chocolate ice cream with a ribbon of salty peanut butter. If you love chocolate and peanut butter as much as I do, you’ve no doubt had a variation of this ice cream flavor before. I know, not as creative as this recipe…

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…

Smoked Sea Salt Chocolate Fudge Caramel Cookies

Posted on December 15, 2014

Rich and fudgy chocolate cookies filled with caramel and dark chocolate chips and seasoned with smoked sea salt. Are you still adding to your cookie baking list for the holidays? I hope so, because these babies are very deserving of a spot.  The cookie itself is ultra rich and like a fudgy brownie in the…

Salted Caramel & Peanut Oatmeal Cookies

Posted on October 27, 2014

Big, chewy oatmeal cookies full of crunchy peanuts and chewy caramel. So I actually had to make this cookie recipe twice. The first time, I was working off of a different recipe of mine that I cut in half. Easy enough. Well, except I think my pregnancy brain got the best of me and I…

Pretzel Cookie Sandwiches

Posted on October 6, 2014

Chewy pretzel infused cookies sandwiched together with buttercream. I got the crazy idea that I needed to make a cookie that was flavored like a pretzel.  It happened sometime after these Oreo cookies disappeared.  However the crazy idea popped into my head, I’m so glad it did.  These chewy cookies were pretty addicting.  Frankly they…

Espresso Salted Dark Chocolate Biscotti

Posted on September 29, 2014

These rich dark chocolate biscotti are extra crunchy, perfect for coffee dunking! I’m not usually one to choose biscotti as a dessert of choice.  Often times, they are dry, super hard and not all that flavorful.  These biscotti here, they are a different story.  The rich dark chocolate and espresso salt ensure that every bite…

Sweet and Salty Toll House Pie

Posted on September 22, 2014

This warm sweet and salty cookie pie is perfect with a scoop of vanilla ice cream! This is just one of those posts where I’m going to cringe looking at the pictures, but the recipe is too good not to share and frankly, sometimes the most UN-photogenic desserts are the tastiest. Way back on our…

The Best Loaded Peanut Butter Cookies

Posted on April 21, 2014

Thick and chewy peanut butter cookies for peanut butter lovers only. Wow, thank you so much for the kind notes, tweets, Facebook messages, etc. regarding our big news!  We really didn’t tell anyone (other than our parents and siblings) until a week or so ago.  Let me tell you, that is one hard secret to…

Salted Caramel Chocolate Fudge Cookies

Posted on January 27, 2014

These giant cookies are fudgy and chewy in the center but perfectly crisp around the edges.  The salted caramel enhances the flavor to create a well-balanced treat. When I originally came up with the recipe for these cookies, I thought I might end up with a chocolate cookie that came out of the oven with…

Salted Caramel Oreo Bars

Posted on January 23, 2014

These sweet and salty dessert bars are packed with an Oreo crust, chocolate, pretzels and salted caramel.  You won’t believe how easy these are to make. Of all the salted caramel recipes I’ve made, these are by far the most dangerous. The first time I made them, Matt joked about how ugly they were and…

Salted Caramel Sheet Cake

Posted on January 20, 2014

This salted caramel cake is light and fluffy with a rich salted caramel buttercream and salted caramel sauce infused into the cake. I made this cake on Christmas Eve.  Matt and I had no plans so it was definitely a dangerous move, one large cake, two people.  We probably did more damage than I care…

Big, Chewy, Sweet and Salty Peanut Butter Cookies: A How-To Video!

Posted on May 15, 2013

Remember when I promised you eHow videos?  Well, I’m going to try to get past my embarrassment and share them, yikes!  You already have the recipe, but I figured you might like the video for how to make these Big, Chewy, Sweet and Salty Peanut Butter Cookies.  I’d love to hear what you think! http://youtu.be/mJ60OtDLB4w

Big, Chewy, Sweet and Salty Peanut Butter Cookies

Posted on April 20, 2013

These peanut butter cookies are thick and chewy (like most cookies should be), sweet and salty, and absolutely delicious.  Last week was…. well, it sure was a week.  Emotionally my head was somewhere else.  As soon as I heard about the marathon bombing my heart just ached for everyone there.  Then there was the explosion in West, Texas.  It was…

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…

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…

Chocolate Chunk Pistachio Oatmeal Cookies

Posted on July 29, 2012

In my undying adoration of peanut butter over the years, I’ve looked past some other nuts that are just as delicious.  Sure, I’ve shown almonds some love (even cashews, too).  But in all this time, I’ve ignored pistachios. Well, one giant bag of pistachios from Costco later and I won’t ever make that mistake again. …

Chocolate Covered Cookie Butter Pretzels

Posted on June 11, 2012

Yes, I’m still alive.  I’ve just been buried in butter, sugar and chocolate… especially in the form of blondies over the last few weeks.  Keep It Sweet Desserts was lucky enough to get a very flattering mention in Star Magazine and readers have been calling, emailing and placing orders like crazy.  It is amazing. Some…

Margarita Frosting Shots

Posted on May 28, 2012

Happy Hour never tasted so good. What’s that? You don’t usually take shots of frosting to unwind after a hard day?  Pretty sure that needs to change now.  Cheers to to butter, sugar, cream cheese and… tequila! You might remember these margarita cookie bars I made for Cinco de Mayo?  The dessert that turned me…

Ooey Gooey Peep Stuffed Cookies

Posted on March 30, 2012

These days, it is very rare that I make a dessert recipe a second time.  Other than what I am selling, I like to constantly try new things and am always on a mission to share something new and creative with you. But sometimes, your friends and family cling onto that cookie you made and…

Pretzel and Chocolate Chip Loaded Peanut Butter Cookies

Posted on December 1, 2011

So we are basically a week into the holiday season and all I want to do is bake all day and eat cookies. Even more so than usual.  The good news is that in one week I’ll be on a much needed vacation from work that will allow me to focus most of my energy…

Salted Caramel and Brownie Cheesecake Bars

Posted on November 17, 2011

This dessert has been haunting me since it came out of the oven.  I took photos yesterday morning and it was all I could do not to devour the entire pan, sliver by sliver.  These cheesecake bars are not for me so unfortunately (or fortunately) I was forced to keep my mouth shut after a…

Grown Up S’mores Cookies

Posted on October 6, 2011

I blame these cookies on Matt. And really, you should too.  So if when you make them, and if when you eat a couple12, it’s his fault, not mine. Sorry, Matt, I still love you. You see, I got this wonderful assortment of chocolate in the mail from GHIRARDELLI and didn’t know what to do…

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,…

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…

Chewy Chocolate Covered Pretzel Bars

Posted on July 20, 2011

This has been one of those weeks so far: Our bedroom A/C has been broken since last Monday but won't be fixed until next Monday, never mind the 100 degree weather I thought I figured out the source of my daily stomach pains but was proved wrong, the mystery continues As a result of the…

Cajun Brownies with Potato Chips

Posted on July 19, 2011

I’m so excited to share a guest post from Lynn at The Actor’s Diet.  I like to think of her as a celebrity blog friend:-)  Lynn documents her daily eats and her life in LA so well that readers feel like they know her.  Although she enjoys dessert, she doesn’t normally do a ton of…

It’s Margarita Time

Posted on June 6, 2011

This is one of those recipes that I came up with accidentally.  Sometimes I have bakers block and can’t think of anything new or interesting to make.  I was inspired by Victoria’s cookies and wanted to do something with lime and salt.  Then I remembered the cream cheese in my refrigerator and eventually these Margarita…

Brownie Cheesecake Insanity

Posted on May 10, 2011

Let’s talk about this dessert. Let’s talk about how many emails my mom and I exchanged regarding the details of this dessert. Ok, let’s not, because it is a little embarrassing.  Let’s just say I started craving cheesecake around 7am every day over the course of a week or so.  No big deal. We can’t…

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…

Peanut Butter Cheesecakes with Pretzel Crust

Posted on December 28, 2010

You already know that my pants don’t fit.  I don’t know about you, but I find it nearly impossible to diet around this time of year.  It is so cold out that the last thing I want to eat is salad.  What really appeals to me are dishes like chili, lasagna, fresh baked cookies… comfort…