bars · brownies · chocolate · cookies · Desserts

Butterfinger Blondies

We can all blame these Butterfinger Blondies on my sister.  She sent me one of those horrid/wonderful Tasty videos a few weeks ago with peanut butter Butterfinger butterscotch blondies and it got my wheels turning. This is not that recipe.  This one is my own. And it is bomb.  As my husband would say, these… Continue reading Butterfinger Blondies

cookies · Desserts

Perfect Snickerdoodles

I know, I know.  Everybody has a recipe for Snickerdoodles and everybody thinks that their recipe is perfect.  My old favorite recipe for Snickerdoodles did not have cream of tartar, and you wouldn’t believe all the haters who sent me messages to let me know that my snickerdoodle was not really a snickerdoodle because it… Continue reading Perfect Snickerdoodles

cookies · Desserts · Easter

Splash Mountain Cake

BIRTHDAYS · DISNEYLAND · UNCATEGORIZED Splash Mountain Cake May 5, 2020Shannon (rumblytumbly.com)Edit My buddy issued his tallest order ever for his birthday cake this year. We went to Disneyland in August and he has been obsessed with Splash Mtn. ever since. I am not a cake decorator, but I think I pulled it off! Here’s what I did: I… Continue reading Splash Mountain Cake

Dinners · Soups

Sicilian Chicken Soup

I have a husband home sick with a man cold today and that means two things: Nyquil and chicken soup.  I made a creamier chicken orzo soup last week, but today I wanted something a little brothier, but with enough substance to be our meal for the evening. I found this wonderful recipe on A… Continue reading Sicilian Chicken Soup

bars · Desserts · Easter

Easter Popcorn Marshmallow Bars

If I could offer you only one word to describe these bars, it would have to be a made up word: mallowy. These delicious bars are not just all kinds of super duper Easter cute, they are absolutely packed with marshmallows. If you’ve never tried mixing lightly salted popcorn with butter and marshmallows, then well,… Continue reading Easter Popcorn Marshmallow Bars

bars · brownies · candy · chocolate · Easter

Easter Egg Brownies

I feel like it would be unethical of me to post these brownies without a disclaimer that for every one of these brownies, you’d need to run like 6 miles at a 9.0 pace to burn it off. But.  Brownies. They are the reason I cannot give up sugar.  Ever. And oh, those little mini… Continue reading Easter Egg Brownies

cookies · Desserts · St. Patrick's Day

St. Patricks Day Cookies

Beannachtaí na Féile Pádraig, or, Happy St. Patricks Day (almost) to you all.  The holiday of my people.  My husband will tell you I’m not Irish enough to call myself Irish, but I say ’tis a mere technicality. My family is as Irish as you can get without actually being born there.  My great grandmother… Continue reading St. Patricks Day Cookies