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Favorite Chocolate Desserts for Valentine’s Day

Because Valentine’s Day is coming up, and I love a holiday that gives me the excuse to eat plenty of chocolates, I figured I would compile a list of my favorite chocolate desserts here on the blog for easy access for some weekend baking before Valentine’s Day!

Some of these desserts are extra decadent (hello, bête noire and chocolate croissants), and some have a few healthier twists!  BOTH types are totally delicious and worth it!

Favorite Chocolate Desserts | cookingalamel.com

Here we go!  Time to satisfy those chocolate cravings! [Read more…]

Peanut Butter Pumpkin No Bake Cookies

These peanut butter pumpkin no bake cookies are perfect sweet little morsels to satisfy your sweet tooth without giving you a huge blood sugar crash afterwards.  They’re quick and easy to make — they would be perfect for any holiday dinner!

Peanut Butter Pumpkin No Bake Cookies | cookingalamel.com

My best friend got married this weekend, and like any good Pittsburgh wedding, it had a huge cookie table filled with more cookies than you could ever possibly need.  In short, it was amazing.  😉  She requested that I make these cookies for the cookie table — they’re one of her current favorites!  I had no idea what I was making hardly since she just sent me the recipe, but boy, are they tasty!  They’re definitely going into my rotation for a quick treat from now on. [Read more…]

Soft Baked Chocolate Chip Cookies

Whenever you’re craving a soft, chocolatey baked good but don’t want to make a cake, these soft baked chocolate chip cookies are just the thing you’re looking for.  They’re like little pillows of happiness bursting with chocolate!

Soft Baked Chocolate Chip Cookies | cookingalamel.com

I made these cookies one weekend when I was feeling something chocolate but didn’t want a crisp chocolate chip cookie.  I DID however want the ease of just popping some cookies into the oven and having something hand-sized to just grab and be on my way.  Enter in these soft baked chocolate chip cookies, made soft by subbing out some of the butter for some Greek yogurt to add in more moisture! [Read more…]