A Healthy Lifestyle with Dessert First
Healthy-ish Halloween spider web cupcakes are a homemade light and fluffy chocolate cupcake. Topped with velvety cream cheese frosting. Perfect for a fun Halloween dessert. I always imagined Kennedy’s first Halloween. Wondering what we would dress her as and taking her trick-or-treating. This year is obviously looking very different than any years past. We still …
Oreo pudding brownie is a chewy brownie layered with cheesecake filling and topped with Oreo pudding. An over-the-top brownie everyone is sure to love. Today is my birthday! And what better way to celebrate than with these Oreo pudding brownies? I first made this dessert back in February, two weeks after Kennedy was born. The …
Baileys chocolate truffles are decadent with a hint of Irish cream. Topped with melted dark chocolate, these truffles are a chocolate lover’s dream! Chocolate and Valentine’s Day. They’re like peanut butter and jelly. Or cute puppies and smiles. Or pizza and ranch {trust on this one}. They just go together. I mean, doesn’t it seem …
Snickers Cake is a gluten free chocolate cake topped with gooey caramel, peanuts and creamy peanut butter frosting for the perfect snickers copycat cake. Snickers has always been one of my favorite candy bars. I would hunt for those in the Halloween treat basket, hoping to find a few that I could stash away for …
Sweet potato brownies are soft and luscious, almost like fudge. Naturally sweetened, gluten free, dairy free and super easy to make. I want to share a secret with you: I used to hate sweet potatoes. {Insert exploding head emoji}. For whatever reason, I think it was sweet potato casserole that did me in. I never …
Healthy chocolate quick bread is a simple gluten free, dairy free quick bread that’s bursting with chocolate flavor. Think of it as if a brownie and bread had a baby. The word bread always sounds daunting, but throw the word ‘quick’ in front and you feel like a professional baker. “I made bread today” you …
Guinness chocolate Rolo cookies are pillowy soft with a little hint of Guinness and a whole lot of chocolate flavor. With a caramel filled Rolo stuffed in the center, these homemade cookies are a quick and easy treat. For two seconds I thought this month was going slow, and then I snapped back to reality …
Healthy scotcheroo bars taste just like the real deal, but without all of the refined sugar and Karo syrup. Get delicious peanut butter, chocolate and butterscotch flavor all in one no-bake bar in just 10 minutes! This past weekend my family and I went to Chicago. My parents had gifted us kids with a trip …
These spooky gluten free Halloween eyeball chocolate cupcakes have their “eye” on you! Don’t be too freaked out to eat them though, they’re actually healthy! {this post contains affiliate links} Earlier this month I shared a recipe for spooky spiders, along with a photo from our last year’s Halloween party. In the photo there were some eyeball …
These spooky spiders are perfect for spooking your guests at your Halloween party. Make these easy and fun treats with just a few simple ingredients. {this post contains affiliate links} It’s October, which means sweaters and boots, falling leaves, pumpkin spice and of course, Halloween! Halloween is my husband’s {Burken…yes, I call him by our …