giant s'more chocolate chip cookies.

let me begin by saying i am in love. 


with my muffin top pan.


it's my favorite. 


i'll make this post short. go buy yourself a muffin pan top. it will change your life. 

and then make these cookies. and your life will be changed. 

again. 

just do it.

giant s'more chocolate chip cookies + printable version
-- recipe from picky palate

2 sticks softened butter

1 cup packed light brown sugar

3/4 cup granulated sugar

2 large eggs

1 Tablespoon pure vanilla

4 cups all purpose flour

1 teaspoon kosher salt

1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda

1 1/2 cups chocolate chips

3 regular size hershey’s chocolate bars

3 full graham crackers

5-6 large marshmallows, cut into fourths (i just used mini marshmallows)

preheat oven to 350. 

in a large bowl, beat sugars and butter together until light and fluffy. add in eggs and vanilla. mix until well combined.

place flour, salt, and baking soda in a large bowl and mix. slowly add dry ingredients to butter mixture. add in chocolate chips. mix until just combined. 

if using a muffin top pan: scoop a heaping 1/4 c of cookie dough into each cup. press in chocolate bar squares, graham cracker pieces, and marshmallow slices/pieces into the top of the cookie dough. bake for 11-13 minutes. let cool for 5 minutes before removing from pan.

if using a baking sheet: just flatten out cookie dough slightly onto a baking sheet lined with parchment paper or a silpat and press topping into the dough. bake for 11-13 minutes. let cool 5 minutes before removing from baking sheet.

oreo brownies.

i love oreo like nothing else. i almost always get oreo concretes when we get ice cream. it is my favorite. i also am addicted to those white fudge dipped oreos that come out around christmas time. holy cow. those are phenomenal, right?

when i was younger, there was something out there called oreo brownies. it was a box mix. i think betty crocker made it. they were awesome. brownies with a oreo cookie topping and white icing drizzled across. i remember having my sister make them for me for my birthday one year. she's pretty sweet like that. only for whatever reason, i don't think they make them any more. at least they don't sell them here. so when i saw this recipe on my new FAVORITE baking blog, i almost died. i couldn't wait to try them but i kept putting it off, for fear i might eat the whole pan -- not that i would really do that but why even put myself in that situation, right? 

so yesterday, when i was supposed to be writing a paper that was due today, i decided i couldn't wait any longer. i needed to make these right then and there.

oreo brownies + printable version 
-- recipe found at confessions of a cookbook queen

26 to 28 oreos, coarsely chopped
2 TBS butter, melted
1/2 cup semisweet chocolate chips (i used milk chocolate)
1/2 cup vanilla or white chocolate chips
3/4 cup mini marshmallows
1/2 cup chopped walnuts (i don't like nuts -- so i didn't use these)
1 (14 oz) can sweetened condensed milk

preheat oven to 350 degrees. line an 8x8 pan with foil, leaving a little bit over the edges. lightly grease. 

in a large bowl, mix melted butter with chopped oreos. 


spread half oreo mixture on the bottom of the pan. next, layer both types of chips, marshmallows, and nuts. cover with the remaining oreo mixture. 

pour sweetened condensed milk all over the surface of the entire mixture. 

bake for 28-30 minutes or until golden brown. cool to room temperature. remove foil and cut into squares (i stuck my pan in the freezer for about 15 minutes to help pull off the foil).  

 

chocolate eclair dessert.

the other day my mom was telling me all about her girls weekend up to wisconsin with some of her friends from college. one night they had a bonfire on the beach, they did their own facials, and even did yoga on the beach. it sounded amazing. she even told me what they had to eat (and i am super jealous of this woman's kitchen -- 2 dishwashers and 2 ovens! heaven.) anyway, one of the meals included a dessert that seemed super delicious and super easy to make. it was ice cream sandwiches layered in a 9x13 pan with layers of cool whip in between. it sounds yummy. after my mom told me about that dessert, i began to think about another dessert that is sorta kinda similar.

i kind of remember eating this as a kid...so i really hope that my mom actually made this and i am not just making up memories in my head. that would be so bad.

chocolate eclair dessert + printable version
--from my book of recipes...i have no idea where it came from...


box of graham crackers
can of chocolate frosting
8 oz tub of cool whip
2 3 oz instant vanilla pudding mixes
3 cups of milk


in a 9x13 pan place a layer graham crackers. 

in a large mixing bowl, add pudding mixes and milk. stir and let thicken. add cool whip. 


using half of the pudding mixture, pour over the graham cracker layer. repeat another graham cracker layer. add remaining pudding mixture. top with final layer of graham crackers. spread chocolate frosting over the last layer of graham crackers. 


refrigerate until ready to serve.