500 Grand Brownies

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Well actually these are made from 100 grand chocolate bars, not 500 ( don't worry the story behind why they are 500 instead of 100 is on the way!)

If you've never tried one they are crispy bars of smooth caramelly,  (pretty sure this is not a word...but they are that good!) chocolaty deliciousness.

They are everything that makes my mouth Super Feliz! (happy)  You know what else made me Super Feliz ?!  Reaching 500 likes on Facebook last week , I was so excited that I decided to celebrate with a chocolate fiesta! 

So in honor of my awesome fans I made you guys these chocolate brownies filled and sprinkled with super rich 100 grand bars....

oh and did I forget to tell you I slathered them with fudge frosting and warm dulce de leche! 

Oh yeah, the story behind the name.......

I named them 500 grand bars in honor the 500 super awesome people who like my yumminess so much that they want immediate updates via their news feeds! 

Definitely seemed appropriate for the occasion but in all honesty I used so many 100 grand bars that a more realistic title would be 2 million grand bars!.....

but hey it's a celebration, so who's counting!

Vamos a La Cocina!


Ingredients ( Fudge Frosting)

 

                    

1 cup butter , room temperature
2/3 cup boiling water
1 cup dark cocoa powder, sifted
8 cups of powdered sugar
1 tsp vanilla extract

Directions
1.In mixer, combine all ingredients on low speed for 30 seconds.            

 

2.Increase speed to medium and beat for 1 minute until smooth.            

3.Let frosting cool for 15 minutes before using.  

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Ingredients (Brownies)

½ cup (1 stick) unsalted butter
1 heaping (a little more than) cup sugar
2 large eggs
scant (a little less than) 3/4 cups cocoa
½ teaspoon salt
½ teaspoon baking powder
½ tablespoon vanilla extract
¾ cup all-purpose flour
1½-2 ounces of semi-sweet or dark chocolate, chopped (or about 1 cup semi-sweet or dark chocolate chips)
20- 100 mini 100 Grand Bars ( save 9 or 10 for topping brownies)
1 cup of Rice Krispies cereal

Directions

1.Preheat the oven to 350°F. Lightly grease a 8″ x 8″ pan.

2.Chop about 10 mini 100 Grand Bars and set aside; melt butter in a saucepan over low heat (or in the microwave) then remove from heat. Add the sugar and stir to combine. Return the butter mixture to the heat (or microwave) briefly, just until it’s hot, but not bubbling. It will get shiny as you stir it.

3.In a smaller bowl, crack 2 eggs and beat them with the cocoa, salt, baking powder, and vanilla till smooth.

4.Stir the hot butter mixture into the egg mixture until smooth.

5.Stir in the flour and chocolate chunks (or chips) until just combined. (Note: If you want the chips to remain intact in the baked brownies, rather than melting in, let the batter cool in the bowl for about 20 minutes before stirring in the chips.)

6.Pour the batter into a lightly greased 8″ x 8″ pan , place in the mini 100 Grand Bars completely covering the brownie batter. Bake at 350°F for 20-25 minutes, or until a toothpick comes out mostly clean, with some moist crumbs but no loose batter. Cool on a rack.

7. Microwave your dulce leche for about 45 seconds in a microwave safe glass or measuring cup. Spread on your fudge frosting and drizzle on your dulce de leche ( I spread mine around with a spatula). 

8.  Sprinkle on your Rice Krispies cereal, your chopped 100 Grand Bars y Disfrutalo!  Enjoy It!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Gummy Bear S'mores

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Habia una vez......(Once Upon a Time there were dos little chicos who loved to make S'mores.

They loved to make them so much, they begged and begged to make them every day!  Los dos chicos loved to make the S'mores almost as much as they loved to eat the S'mores.

One early mañana el chico mas pequeñito ( the smallest boy) even asked his mami if he could eat some of his favorite S'mores for breakfast!

Por supuesto , No! said the mami. You must eat something packed with vitmains and minerals to give you mucha fuerza !( a lot of strength) said la mama. 

That's when el chico mayor ( the oldest boy) said.." how about gummy bears"!  La mama shook her head and there is no need to tell you what she said.

But as the day went on she couldn't help but think about her S'mores loving, gummy bear adoring sons......and that's when she had an idea! ......All of a sudden visions of Gummy Bear stuffed S'mores danced in her head. 

She had brought the niños two loves together as one!

After that los chicos dos and their graham cracker, marsmallowy, chocolaty rainbow bear stuffed sandwiches lived happily ever after! ( But only at dessert time!) The End!

Ingredients

-Graham Crackers
-Marshmallows
- package of chocolate bars (Hershey's or whatever kind you like)
-1 bag of Gummy Bears

Vamos a la cocina!

These a super simple to make!

Place ½  Graham Cracker on a small microwaveable plate. Top with ¼ of a HERSHEY'S Milk Chocolate Bar and one large Marshmallow and sprinkle on 4-6 Gummy Bears.

Cook in your microwave on high for about 8-10 seconds or until marshmallow puffs and grows. Be careful not to let them cook to long, because the Gummy Bears will liquefy quickly.

Take them out and Enjoy! Disfrutalo!

Klondike Gusher Bars

Hola Amigos!!! Yes, it's been a very long time since my last post......I have come to realize in these long, long months that baking, blogging and photography are my total addictions.



Since I've not really been able to do them consistently in real life, they have been taking over my sueños (dreams). So even though I'm still not able to bring you all the yumminess that lives inside my head...... I just can't take it anymore!


I've decided to bring you quick little morditas (bites) of quick goodies I've made like milkshakes, ice cream sundaes and maybe a cookie or two!


Or even if I spy something that looks super delicioso! I'll snap a pic and share them with you, so that you can see some of the ooey gooey desserts that inspire me! I've decided to call these super easy recipes my

B.E.S.O.S- which stands for : Basic, Easy, Straightforward & Outrageously Simple!

These Klondike Gusher Bars will not disappoint!

All you need is: a box of Klondike Bars, Gushers fruit snacks, Smuckers hard shell chocolate coating and sprinkles.

Vamos a la cocina!

Unwrap your gushers first then your frozen Klondike Bars. Drizzle one side of the ice cream bar with chocolate shell then dip one side of the ice cream bar in your colorful sprinkles ( I used paraleil sprinkles). Be sure to work quickly because the ice cream can melt pretty fast, now drizzle more chocolate shell all over the bars and place on the Gusher sprinkles!

Voila!

 Instant smiles will appear when you serve these colorful rainbow bars of love!

Asi es la vida, That's Life!

Sometimes in life you get little hiccups that take you away from your normal day to day routines. Often times they aren't expected and you never see them coming.


When these moments happen you have no choice but to reorganize and reprioritize and in the middle of getting things back to normal you may have to put things that you really love on hold. That's exactly what's happened to me, and as much as I love my blog and it is absolutely killing me not to be able to bring you all the yumminess that's in my head.

Right now  I'm still in the middle of reconstruction but I promise you that the things I have been dreaming of making are exactly what dreams are made of......literally!




can't tell you exactly when I will be able to return to the sweeter side of things, but I promise it won't be too much longer. In the meanwhile, although I'm not able to entice you with all my dulce (sweet) please believe that I have all intentions of pumping your veins full of sugary goodness when I return! 

Until then please stick with me, and keep checking back often I promise it will be worth the wait.......if you guys leave me now I would miss you all so much!

                                                               Besitos, xoxoxo

Cocoa Puffs Chocolate Chunk Cupcakes

How is chocolate not considered a drug?  I mean it's truly the only thing I crave constantly yet lack self- control to resist !

Seriously it literally screams, (not calls) mi nombre every single night.  I don't understand how or why it happens all I know is that it happens.

And when the chocoltay stuff calls, I have no choice but to answer.

Believe me I've tried to resist the temptation and quietly snuggle into my bed without fufilling my semi-sweet desires

but the result is me waking up in a night sweat 3 hours later  and endulging in 3 times the amount of chocolate I originally wanted just to make up for the time my body spent deprived of it while I was sleeping.

Now, please tell me how something with so much poder (power) and control can be left so hapharzadly on every store shelf?!

If your like me and find yourself being so strong in every other area of your life

but instantly weakend by the smell of a freshly unwrapped chocolate bar

than these chocolaty Cocoa Puffs Chocolate Chunk Cupcakes are your sweetest sin!

This is a super-easy chocolate cupcake recipe that comes out moist and delicious!





                                                               Ingredients

For the Chocolate Ganache

3 tablespoons corn syrup

6 ounces heavy cream

12 ounces dark chocolate, chopped into small pieces

1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract

 

You can also use semi-sweet chocolate baking squares like these, all you have to do is microwave them on 70% power mixing every 45 secs until completely melted.

                                                                         

                                           Directions

In a small saucepan combine the corn syrup and heavy cream. Bring to a simmer and add the chocolate. Stir until smooth. Remove from the heat and add the vanilla extract.

                                                                          
                                                                          Ingredients

1 1/2 cups of flour1 cup sugar
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon salt

1/2 cup cocoa powder

1 cup brewed coffee 

1/2 cup vegetable oil

1 teaspoon vinegar

1 egg
1 bag of chunk chocolate chips
1 box of Cocoa Puffs cereal

                                                                           Directions

1. Mix all of the ingredients well with a mixer or wooden spoon. Sprinkle chocolate chunks over the cupcake batter. It should be brown and smooth, free of lumps.
2. Bake at 350 F for 25 minutes.
3. Once cupcakes are completely cooled, prepare your chocolate ganache and dip the top of each cupcake until completely covered with chocolate.
4. Take a handful of chocolate Cocoa Puffs cereal and sprinkle onto each cupcake, I love to make sure there is a heaping pile so that when a bite is taken you get a mouthful of cocoa goodness!

 

 

Strawberry & Lime Jello Milkshake

Jello!.....

The super good wiggly stuff is not just for pre packaged lunch cups anymore, actually I was never really one for eating my Jello from a package.

 I am very proud to say that Jello was officially the very first thing I was allowed to cook on my very own! 

I ate so much of this stuff, well I ate half as much as I drank.

For some reason I loved to spoon drink my pre-wobbly Jello right after I added in the boiling hot water, seriously the hot sweet stuff was like soup for my soul.

If you haven't tried it like this, I do highly recommend.

I think that memories of my childhood romance with Jello sparked the idea for an official drinkable version. 

And when I finally had a sip,

it was everything that the 8 year old hot Jello sipping aficionada ever dreamed it could be! And since Jello comes in so many assortments the flavor and the flavor combos are endless!

The super bonus to this recipe, is that it can be made in 3 little pasitos (steps)


Vamos a la cocina!

                                             Ingredients

1 cup milk

1 pkg. (4-serving size) Jello, any flavor

 

( I used Strawberry, Lime Jello & Vanilla Jello Pudding)

1 pint vanilla ice cream, softened

for the strawberry shake you can cut up a few strawberries and blend them right in, a splash of vanilla never hurt either for the vanilla pudding shake!

 

                                                            Directions

 

Place milk and ice cream in blender. Add Jello. Blend 30 seconds.

 

Garnish your yummy milkshake with add-ons like; cherries, strawberries, whip cream & sprinkles!

The Ultimate Cake Nachos

So one of my absolute FAVORITE holidays is literally right around the corner!

 I adore it because it's the day that many of the Gringos (like me)

love everything about Mexican Food, Mexican music & Mexican culture. 

Every store have an overstock of piñatas, super grande margarita glasses & hard taco shells.

It's the one day that it's perfectly normal to ride in your car wearing a colorful sombrero fist pumping to Mariachi music ( this is jersey after all)

and I love it!

El Ultimo ( The Ultimate) Cake Nachos are absolutamente perfecto for a Cinco de Mayo party or a super cute addition as a dessert for a summer party or BBQ.

                                                   Ingredients

1 box of Dark Chocolate cake mix ( I used Duncan Hines)
your favorite buttercream or frosting like this one ( I never use can frosting, but it can be substituted)
1 bag of yellow Wilton chocolate melts
1 bag of white Wilton chocolate melts
1 bag of Swedish Fish or any red gummy candy
1 package of green sour licorice string
orange food coloring
piping bags
colorful bowl

                                                Vamos a la cocina! ( Directions)

A day or two before you bake your cake, you may want to prepare your chocolate tortilla
 chips.

For the tortilla chips

1. Line a baking sheet with wax paper. Take 1 Oreo cookies and crunch them until they are completely crushed in a plastic ziplock bag and set aside. Combine 1/2 bag of white chocolate with 1/2 bag of yellow chocolate in medium bowl.

2. Place bowl in microwave on 70% power heating for 35 second intervals, stiring well after each interval until completely melted.

3. Once chocolate is melted it's time to add in your crushed Oreos, you will only need about a couple of sprinkles of the cookie. ( the crushed cookies just serve as the black flecks seen in real tortilla chips)

4. Once you mix in your cookies, immediately place the chocolate in the piping bag and begin piping medium sized tortilla chips right onto your waxed paper.

5. Once all tortilla chips are piped, you can place them in the freezer and prepare cake, if your not baking cake that day the tortilla chips can easily be stored in the refrigerator or a cool place in your kitchen.

6. This is also a good time to chop your Swedish Fish and green licorice. I gave them a rough chop to resemble tomatoes and jalapeños and lettuce. Set them aside

For the Cake

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees, follow directions on box or cake recipe, you can either pour the batter in an 8 inch round cake pan or a jelly roll pan. I used the jelly roll pan because it was a shorter cook time and I seemed to get more cake out of it. ( I wanted my nachos to look like that had a lot of meat)

2. Once the cake is cooled, take a colorful bowl and crumble all of your cake it crumbs to resemble taco meat.

3. Take your buttercream and add a few drops of orange and yellow food coloring. ( I used about 3 orange drops and 5 yellow drops to achieve more of nacho cheese color). 

4. Place buttercream in the microwave for approx. 20 seconds until pourable. Once buttercream is colored you can either mix it directly into the cake crumbs or pour it all around. ( It all depends if you want to have a moister cake or not, the buttercream definitely soaks into the crumbs) If you are making the nachos with cheese, you need to add your chocolate tortilla chips first and pour the cheese on top of them and add a few jalapeño sprinkles.

5.If  you are going more for " El Ultimo" nachos, than it's time to add on heaping scoop of  plain white vanilla buttercream (sour cream) and sprinkle on your Swedish Fish & green licorice. You also use black licorice for olives, I am not a fan of black licorice or the smell so I didn't use it. Add your chocolate tortilla chips around the sides and in the middle to resemble "real nachos".

6. That's it!......All done a dessert that's not even hard, super cute and all dressed up for a
Fiesta!