Chocolate Raspberry Cream Cheese Cupcakes.

Here's my dessert for "Guess Who's Bringing Dessert?"!  Chocolate cupcakes with raspberry filling and topped with raspberry cream cheese icing - DELICIOUS. I honestly loved them because they were super light, not too heavy/sweet.  Just right enough that I could have eaten multiple (or is that a bad thing?)  I love the rich, butter based icings as well - but after one bite of those my head gets swirly.  Not with these super moist cupcakes and extra light (but still sturdy!) icing.  I just used the Duncan Hines chocolate cake mix, and dug out a little hole in each one.  I spoon-filled them with raspberry filling (ED Smith).  Then, I used this recipe for the icing.  I added 2 tablespoons of raspberry filling for some extra flavour (and to use up more filling - and I still have more left over!  Gotta get creative...)

I don't have an official set of icing tips - but I managed to find one of my mom's old ones and I stuck it in the corner of a freezer bag - worked like a charm!  I probably should have used raspberries as a garnish, but I had fresh strawberries so I couldn't resist using them. I'd love to know if you give them a try!

nutella brownie bites.

You know those delicious two-bite brownies?  These are made with Nutella!  I made a few for a Valentine's Day treat - they were delicious!  To be honest, I didn't feel like buying a whole thing of chocolate syrup just for a few tablespoons, so I left it out.  I also don't yet have a mini muffin tin, so I used the big one and they turned out totally fine.


I got the recipe from onehungrymama.com  She also has a recipe for nutella hot chocolate!

Don't forget the dessert!

Thanksgiving is coming fast, and I'm getting excited about being with family, visiting the cottage, and of course, eating good food. I was searching around for some tasty dessert ideas, when I found these. (When you don't know what to eat, you find out what Martha's making...) Here's a few desserts that combine two of my favourites - pumpkin and chocolate. Which one should I try?

(Click here for recipes)

Triple Chocolate Pumpkin Pie

Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Squares

Chocolate Pumpkin Cheesecake Bars

Chocolate-Glazed pumpkin cookies

Pumpkin Swirl Brownies

These ones don't involve chocolate, but they still look sooo good. Maybe for breakfast?

Pumpkin Muffins

I'll let you know which one I try, and how it turns out!