Let me break this down for you:  peanut butter melt-away cookies smeared with jam, and layered between peanut butter mousse.  Oh, and whipped cream and crushed peanuts, all packed up in a portable jar for the perfect picnic.  Not that you have to go on a picnic to enjoy these—we ate these on the couch.  [Click to Continue Reading...]

I call these ‘emergency cookies.’  I make  these quick cookies anytime an emergency strikes.  My most common emergency is last-minute dinner guests.  Last-minute dinner guests are quite common around here, because I love a good challenge.  Other times, I put a lot of effort into making a meal, and then 20 minutes before my guests arrive [Click to Continue Reading...]

I’m feeling generous today.  I’d like to give you cookies and a good laugh at the same time.  For those of you who asked in my last post, I posted some old ‘emo’ photos of myself on the Dessert For Two Facebook fan page.  Laugh it up and enjoy while you can, because I will [Click to Continue Reading...]

I’ve told y’all once before that I’m very specific about peanut butter pie.  I’m a bit of a purist.  My original recipe is a rich peanut butter pudding tucked into a graham cracker and toasted peanut crust, without cream cheese or chocolate.  You can find my recipe here.  However, it’s high time I posted the [Click to Continue Reading...]

I’ve been tinkering with my chocolate cupcake recipe lately, because my original one, while delicious, made slightly too much batter for 4 cupcake liners.  I love the new version I’ve come up with because it has even more chocolate flavor.  I hope my niece and nephews approve this recipe–they’re my biggest fans and they are the true [Click to Continue Reading...]

Are y’all tired of no-bake desserts yet?  I promise I’m almost done.  I’m actually starting to miss the taste of oven-roasted food.  And I’m dying to bake a pie.  I think my oven may be starting to miss me too.  So I have an intense chocolate-peanut butter craving about twice a week.  Oh, you too?  Well this [Click to Continue Reading...]

I’m very particular about my peanut butter pie.  True peanut butter pie does not have cream cheese in it—that would make it a cheesecake.  Peanut butter cheesecake is delicious, but that’s a whole other recipe we’ll get to on another day.  You may be tempted to drizzle this pie with chocolate or make it with [Click to Continue Reading...]