Coco Peanut Butter Chip Cheesecake!

Take 1 1/4 cup graham cracker crumbs

1/3 cup butter, melted

1/3 cup cocoa

1/3 cup sugar

Combine and press into the bottom of a greased springform pan. Set aside.

Take 3 packages of softened cream cheese (8 ounce) and combine with 1 1/2 cups sugar.

Beat sugar and cream cheese well. Add 4 eggs and 2 tsp vanilla. Beat until combined.

Add 1 2/3 cup Reese's peanut butter chips.

Fold in peanut butter chips gently

Pour over prepared crust and pop into a 350 degree oven for 50 to 55 minutes.

Remove from oven and cool for 30 minutes. With a knife, loosen cheesecake from the side of the pan. Cool completely.

When completely cool, remove side of pan, and get ready to make the chocolate drizzle.

For the chocolate drizzle: Melt 3/4 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips and 1 Tbsp shortening in microwave on high for 30 to 45 seconds or until smooth when stirred. Drizzle chocolate until you're satisfied or it's completely covered. Pop into the fridge to set for several hours.

Your bum will thank me.

Fall things that make me happy!

I love the Fall season.

The weather, the leafs, Halloween & Thanksgiving, haunted houses, warm clothes, tail gating, Football, Chili, Chocolate and Slow Cookers.... Just to name a few.

This is a great tail gating recipe.

So easy, yummy and it will keep you super warm!

Chili with Chocolate

1 pound ground beef

1 chopped onion

2 minced garlic cloves

1 can diced tomatoes

1 can chili beans in spicy sauce

2 TBLS chili powder

2 TBLS grated semisweet baking chocolate

1/2 TSP salt and pepper

1/2 TSP hot sauce

Slow Cooker Directions

1. Brown beef, onion and garlic 6-8 minutes in a large skillet over medium-high heat.

2. Transfer beef mixture to slow cooker. Add tomatoes with juice, beans with sauce, chili powder and chocolate; mix well.

3. Cover; cook on LOW 5 to 6 hours. Add salt, pepper and hot sauce during last hour of cooking.

Top it off with shredded cheese.

Here is our "Little Monster" Lexi in her Halloween costume.

At the game! GRRRRR

Super Easy PUMPKIN WHOOPEE PIES!

Ingredients:

Cookies

1 Box of Spice Cake Mix

1 small can of Pumpkin Puree

Whooping

15 OZ Cream Cheese

6 TBLS Unsalted Butter

2 Cups Powder Sugar

1 TSP Vanilla

1 TSP Cinnamon

1/2 TSP Nutmeg

Mix together Spice Mix and Puree.

Lightly grease baking pan.

Spoon on Cookie mix, about a quarter inch.

Bake Cookies at 350 for 10 minutes.

Let Cookies cool completely on racks.

Cream butter and Cream Cheese on med. speed for 2 minutes.

Add Vanilla, Cinnamon, Nutmeg and Powder Sugar.

Mix for 3-6 Minutes.

After Cookies have cooled down, Put Whooping in a pipping bag.

Frost the bottom side of a cookie, put a cookie on top of the frosted cookie.

Decorate the cookies how ever you would like.

Roll in mini chocolate chips, Dip in melted Dark Chocolate, Sprinkles,

Or Top it with Whipping Cream.

Want to make your own cake pops?

What you need:

1 box cake mix (cook as directed on box for 13 X 9 cake)

1 can of Cream Cheese Frosting (16 oz.)

Wax Paper

Yellow, White, Dark Chocolate Candy Melts (or any color you prefer)

Lollipop Sticks

Styrofoam Block

After cake is cooked and cooled completely (trust me cooled COMPLETELY), Put in food processor for about 3 minutes.

Mix in 1 can frosting, 16 oz. be warned, it will get messy if you use other wise. Also, you may not need the entire can of frosting, so start out by using almost the entire can and add more if you need to.

Roll mixture into quarter size balls and place on wax paper covered cookie sheet. (Should make 45-50)

Melt chocolate in a double boiler by fowling package instructions.

Dip the tip of your lollipop stick in little of the melted candy coating and insert into the cake balls. *The chocolate will hold as glue. (Insert a little less than halfway.)

Place them in the freezer for a little while to firm up.

Once firm, carefully insert the cake ball into the candy coating by holding the lollipop stick and rotating until covered.

Once covered place in a styrofoam block to dry.

Once dry and hard, decorate as you please.

I made these for my work employees on my last day.

I'll miss you girls!! xox

I had to make a watchmen one, too awesomeness!!

Happy Thanksgiving!

This Thanksgiving I will be with my family at my grandmothers.

I am going to make this classic Thanksgiving Cocktail.

Enjoy!

Pumpkin Divine

Ingredients:

1 part Grey Goose La Poire flavored vodka (Pear Vodka)

1 part pumpkin butter

1/2 part triple sec

1/2 part simple syrup

Pinch of cinnamon, clove, nutmeg and ginger.

Grated nutmeg and apple chip for garnish.

Preparation:

In a cocktail shaker filled with ice add all ingredients.

Shake vigorously until the outside of the shaker is frosted and beaded with sweat.

Strain into a martini glass.

Garnish with nutmeg and apple chip.

Then, Gobble Gobble!