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Chewy Peanut Butter Cookies with Chocolate Candied Bacon.

Will you still love me if I do this? How about this? I’m hoping so, considering you loved me after this and this. I think. By the way, I enjoy this unconditional crush we’ve got going on. Believe it or not, and judging from today’s title I’m sure you’re teetering on “not,” I have a plethora of healthy meals to share with you. I swear. That’s actually what we eat… like 80% of the time. Sort of. I just can’t.get.them.out. There is something utterly gratifying and spectacular about creating a recipe that makes you feel the need to go to confession. A cookie that makes you feel like an adulterous glutton, a chewy round of peanut butter laced with chocolate candied bacon that feels so wrong but tastes so right. A snack that lands at the top of the list for thisiswhyyourefat. A sweet and salty fusion that sends many into a panic, who claim that you’re the reason “all Americans are fat” and this particular cookie deems you responsible for all childhood obesity occurring after May 17th, 2011. Something a little freakish about putting pork in a cookie, I admit. It happens people. Forgive me for I have [...]

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Triple Threat Chocolate Fudge Peanut Butter Cookies.

Once upon a time I combined chocolate and peanut butter. Luckily for you, it was yesterday. Yesterday! Luckily for me too. Not luckily for my thighs. Not luckily for the 7 bikinis in my drawer that haven’t seen the light of day since this website began. But who wants to think about spandexy strings? Not I. I would like to think about chocolate and peanut butter married into a fudgy cookie. And the tequila sitting on my counter begging to be made into another margarita. And the brie in my fridge waiting to be melted with cocoa fig spread. And this nail polish. Want. Good news: I was swept off my feet yesterday. Not by my husband, who grilled chicken in an 80s-worthy tank top and boxers with teeth on them. Not by my DVR… which somehow froze on a Dancing with the Stars shirtless Maks scene. Anyone have some super glue remover for my eyes? Oh, and I need a new DVR… or not. But whatever… I was swept off my feet by a massive chocolate craving. Cho. Co. Late. It would be nice to say I handled this with a solitary square of the dark [...]

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Chocolate Dipped Peanut Butter Meringue Cookies.

Remember when I made that white chocolate peanut butter? I also made these meringue cookies. It only took me eight tries. I was obsessed with the idea of making peanut butter meringues, especially with the white chocolate peanut butter. I could only imagine how fluffy and crunchy and delicious they would be. After a zillion failed attempts (err… eight) I finally got it right. I didn’t think it would be that complicated since I have made meringue cookies before from an old Mother Lovett recipe, but that peanut butter is a different beast. (It’s also addicting and delectable in case you were wondering.) Moral of the story: use room temperature egg whites. Make sure your peanut butter is really creamy, but not warm. Don’t stir too much; only fold. And make double the amount you think you need, because these are as light as air and you will eat hundreds of them (err… maybe twenty). Chocolate Dipped Peanut Butter Meringue Cookies makes about 36-40 cookies, depending on the size you make 3 egg whites, at room temperature 3 tablespoons powdered sugar pinch of salt 1/4 teaspoon cream of tartar 1/4 cup peanut butter 3-4 ounces of high-quality chocolate Remove eggs [...]

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Homemade White Chocolate Peanut Butter.

So… you want to know what kind of peanut butter was in that peanut butter and jelly snack cake? It would be these peanuts. Churned into this. Then swirled into this. Oh… with a little bit of this throw in. And changing this beauty… …into this. Yes. Please. I think we all know my deep obsession with white chocolate wonderful peanut butter. What we don’t all know is how serious my jar-a-week habit is. Well, I know. Mr. How Sweet knows. Our bank account knows. My jeans know. Something had to be done. So last weekend I snapped out of my peanut butter addiction denial and whipped up a batch. Then I ate it. And I put some in that cake. Then I ate the rest. It tastes just like white chocolate wonderful. But it’s even creamier. It’s like silk. Silk in peanut butter form. Don’t mind me. I’m going to go die now. Homemade White Chocolate Peanut Butter makes about 3/4 cup 1 1/2 cups dry, roasted peanuts (I used salted) 1 teaspoon vanilla extract 1 1/2 tablespoons canola oil 1/3 cup white chocolate chips/chunks/bars, melted Add peanuts to a food processor and blend until [...]

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Whole Wheat Peanut Butter and Jelly Snack Cake.

I’m a little bored with this classic combination in sandwich form, so I figured that eating it in cake form had to be better. And since when is “snack cake” not a good thing? Healthy enough to eat as a snack and still taste delicious? Sign me up. Side note: This would be why I don’t do any of that fancy cookie decorating. Next time I would probably add more jelly. I am not a huge jelly fan – especially when it comes to globs of it. I like a thin smear of jelly on my pb & j’s, and nearly a whole cup of peanut butter. But Mr. How Sweet loves jelly and declared “more jelly!” next time. And I don’t think he was talking about my thighs. So while I’m not really into peanut butter and jelly on bread right now, I’m always into cake. I’ve already done peanut butter and jelly muffins, peanut butter and jelly bars, peanut butter and jelly cookies, and oh… who could forget peanut butter and jelly pancakes? Be still my heart. Cake was the next logical step. And it had to be made with whole wheat flour in order to soften the [...]

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Peanut Butter Stuffed Hot Fudge Cupcakes.

Well… it is Fat Tuesday. Did you expect anything less from me? I made these cupcakes Friday afternoon to have for dinner on Friday night. And they are simple – only one bowl necessary! I think I told four different people that I needed to handcuff myself so I wouldn’t eat them before our company arrived. It wouldn’t have mattered… I could have chewed through the metal to get to these. I was craving a chocolate + peanut butter treat for dessert but as usual, wanted something different from what I already have made before. All I could think about was thick, creamy peanut butter buttercream frosting… So I stuffed the cupcakes, which was really easy! I just poked a hole in the cupcake with the pastry tip and filled them. You can never have too much peanut butter. Especially if it’s enveloped by chocolate. I’m the kind of person that just likes a big blob of frosting on the top of a cupcake. No spreading needed. But didn’t that cupcake look sort of naked? That’s what I thought too. Much better. Some of this may be necessary. Preferably of the anything-but-skim variety. Result? They were an absolute hit; my [...]

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Chocolate Peanut Butter Banana Bread.

Word on the street is that I post quite a few recipes with peanut butter. You probably haven’t noticed. But this recipe is better. This recipe contains one of the best combinations known to man: chocolate, peanut butter and banana. Only taking a close second to bacon and chocolate. This is a banana bread to end all banana breads. And it has whole wheat flour! And brown sugar. You know, the healthy kind of sugar? Since it’s brown? Kind of like brown bread. Or brown flour. Or brown brownies. Just ignore me. All I’m saying is that you can eat lots. And as usual, make sure you cut super thick slices. Slices already have a set limit of calories. One slice fits all. Make it a big one. Especially if the top is covered in raw turbinado sugar, because then it’s reallllly crunchy. I might have eaten just the top off of half the loaf because, well… I do things like that. Love, love, love this bread. I was a little nervous using all whole wheat flour, but it made the bread perfectly dense and delicious. It’s not too sweet either. Which is highly unusual for me, so I apologize. [...]

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The Elvis Granola Bar.

You guys made me do it. I’m blaming you. After I posted the 5 Ingredient Peanut Butter Granola Bars with a simple mention of bacon, your encouragement (disgust?) and the thought of the deliciousness (grossness?) never left my mind. And then Maria had to mention that today is Elvis’ birthday, so how could I not make them? I looked at it as honoring a legend. Of course I had to add my own twist and throw in some chocolate because I have no self control. After all, I did just up the protein content of the bar, so what’s wrong with a little chocolate? The Elvis Granola Bar 4 cups rolled oats 2 tablespoons chia seeds (these are optional, I just love the texture they give) 1/2 cup unsalted peanuts, chopped 1/2 cup chopped dried bananas 1/2 cup crumbled bacon 1/2 cup chocolate chips 3/4 cup natural peanut butter, melted 1/2 cup + 2 tablespoons brown rice syrup (honey works too!) Preheat oven to 350. In a bowl, combine oats, chia seeds, banana, peanuts, chocolate chips and bacon. Add melted peanut butter and honey (or syrup) and mix until moistened and combined. If you need more “glue.” add additional peanut [...]

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5 Ingredient Peanut Butter Granola Bars.

Sunday morning, I woke up with an unreasonable craving for granola bars. It probably had a bit to do with the statement Mr. How Sweet made on New Year’s Day… something along the lines of wanting to buy Fiber One bars in bulk? I raised an eyebrow. He does not need any more fiber. Trust me. Why won’t he eat my own granola bars? I’m sure if I could create a granola bar out of chicken and steak, he’d go to town on that. But now that I’ve left you with that digusting image in your head , let me tell you about the deliciousness that is these peanut butter granola bars. They may just be the simplest bars you’ll ever make! You only need five ingredients to begin. They will create a simple, perfect peanut butter granola bar, but I also like to think of it as a base for a packed peanut butter granola bar. Since I’ve made six batches of these bars since Sunday, I can tell you what works: chocolate chips, dried cherries, almonds, wheat germ, dried figs, and dried banana. Yes, dried banana. A peanut butter, honey and banana granola bar! Mmmmm. I think I’m [...]

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Creamy Peanut Butter Hummus.

As I scraped up the last drops of my hummus yesterday with a salty pita chip, I couldn’t help but think that the empty container looked like it had housed peanut butter. Then I immediately opened up the peanut butter jar and gingerly spread some on my getting-soggy chip, right next to the hummus. Curiosity got the best of me. And it was delicious! Next thing I know, I’ve got an open can of chickpeas drained and rinsed, about to be pulverized in the food processor with a few globs of peanut butter and a sprinkling of smoked paprika. If it didn’t work out, I would have to tread back to the grocery store, making my second trip in one day. I didn’t want to start Monday off without any hummus in the fridge. This would inevitably lead to 3-5 more trips this coming week. It’s just how I do things here. But it worked. Over and over again. I tried it with a pita chip. I tried it on toast. I tried it right off the spoon. I tried it on a sandwich. I tried it with a pretzel. I tried it with an animal cracker. I’m weird. I [...]

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