Are you a mint chocolate person? I one hundred percent AM. I love it, and not just around the holidays. Peppermint cheesecake brownies definitely are holiday appropriate but can be enjoyed year round. Mint cookie ice cream is one of my favorite flavors. I love thin mints, and mint Oreos, and my mom always made…
Most people have a nostalgic cookie when they think of Christmas cookies. Maybe it’s sugar cookies that were decorated for Santa, maybe it’s something like Buckeye balls. For me, it’s mint chocolate chip cookies. My mom loves mint chocolate and would always make two batches, one of regular chocolate chip and one of mint chocolate…
I’m sure most of you have had a peanut butter blossom before. Peanut butter cookie, Hershey’s kiss on top. If you haven’t they are delicious and delightful. I wanted to make a more festive version though. Mint chocolate blossoms felt right. To me, chocolate and mint – while I happily eat it year round –…
Fudge is one of those things that reminds me of summer. We would always go to Washington in the summers to visit my grandparents, and inevitably end up at Pike Place. There was a good fudge shop there and we would buy some before going home. One of the types of fudge my mom would…