These Chocolate Lavender Cupcakes are perfect for spring garden parties! This is a cupcake version of my famous Chocolate Lavender Dream Cake, from my Midsummer Night’s Dream dinner party. It’s one of my most popular recipes. I can’t even tell you how many non-believers I’ve converted to lavender lovers with that cake! People tell me…
Category: Chocolate
Mini Chocolate Chip Cheesecakes
Want cheesecake without all the wait time? Make Mini Chocolate Chip Cheesecakes! They bake at a low temp for just 20 minutes and cool pretty quickly, meaning you’re just a couple hours away from eating them instead of a day away like most cheesecake recipes. I am such a fan of these mini cheesecakes! I…
NYE Brownie
Looking for the perfect New Year’s Eve dessert? You found it! Here, my favorite rich fudge brownies are topped with amaretto whipped cream and set on a festive cocoa powder clock using a clock stencil. I originally came up with the cocoa powder clock for my Cinderella dinner party and said then, this would make…
Chocolate Peppermint Swirl Cupcakes
This is truly my dream Chocolate Peppermint Swirl Cupcake. It’s cute and super moist with the perfect cool peppermint frosting. Start with my favorite dark chocolate cupcakes then make peppermint frosting. You could easily just keep the frosting white and top the cupcakes with crushed candy canes for crunch. But if you want to do…
Bourbon Pecan Fudge
There’s just something magical about bourbon and chocolate. With a crunch of toasted pecans, this is one perfect bite! Toasting pecans really does make a difference. It brings the flavor to the forefront and gives them a nice, toasty finish. Don’t skip this step! I used my Brother’s Bond bourbon in this recipe and it…
Chocolate Pumpkin Cupcakes
These chocolate pumpkin cupcakes are perfect for fall! These cupcakes stay fresh for days – the perfect make-ahead sweet treat for Thanksgiving! Full of buttermilk and canned pumpkin, these cupcakes are incredibly moist. I adapted an old Country Living recipe to create these cupcakes and I honestly never noticed how moist the cake portion is because…
Peanut Butter Cup Trifle
Looking for an easy chocolate dessert to feed a crowd? Make my Peanut Butter Cup Trifle! This delicious chocolate trifle consists of fudge brownies, chocolate pudding, pillowy whipped cream, and chopped peanut butter cups layered together for one spectacular dessert. Yum! It’s gorgeous, easy, and delicious. The beauty of trifles is that they’re wonderful made…
Mickey Halloween Cupcakes
Could these cupcakes be ANY cuter?! I was going for a treat you might get at Disneyland during the Halloween season. It’s impossible not to smile eating an adorable Mickey Halloween Cupcake! My Mickey Halloween Cupcakes are chocolate pumpkin cupcakes paired with vanilla frosting tinted orange with Halloween Oreos as Mickey ears. Full of buttermilk…
Butterfinger No-Bake Cheesecake
This Butterfinger No-Bake Cheesecake is positively heavenly. I took a velvety bite and said, “Oh!” I mean, I was hoping it would be good but I wasn’t expecting this dessert to blow my mind like it did! The crispy texture of butterfinger is absolutely divine paired with the cool creaminess of this no-bake cheesecake. I used…