Cookie Dough Pop tart Brownies

Instead of calling this recipe Cookie Dough Poptart Brownies, I should seriously just call them my apology to bikini season … or indulgence… but darrrrrrrrn delicious.

Technically, we could start working on our swimsuit bodies after a tray a brownies … riiiiiiggghhht?!?

And also, long weekend.

This weekend, in true Victoria Day Long Weekend fashion there will be a flood of food – and trust me, this little lady aint mad at all!!

Can we also talk about something only semi-random … strawberries.

I want all of them. In my face. On cake. With yogurt. You name it, gimmmmmmmaaaayyy. I know this recipe is far from having anything to do with strawberries… buuuuuttt long weekend – summer – strawberries … logic?

Maybe not.

As you know, I’ve done quite a number when coming to trashing up brownies – and, this my darlings is no exception!! The trashier the better … well, sometimes …. Okay, maybe only when it comes to brownies. Or pizza. Or cookies. AmIright?!

 

 

Cookie Dough Pop Tart  Brownies

Brownies:

2/3 cup unsalted butter

1¼ c. sugar

1 tsp. vanilla extract

¾ c. unsweetened cocoa powder

1/8 tsp instant coffee

2 eggs, cold

½ c. all-purpose flour

⅛ tsp. baking soda

1 tbsp. cornstarch

¼ tsp. sea salt

¼ c. semi-sweet chocolate chips

8 cookie dough pop tarts chopped

Cookie Dough topping

1 cup butter

1 ¼ cup brown sugar

1/4 cup granulated sugar

1/4 cup whole milk

2 teaspoons vanilla

2 cups flour

DIRECTIONS

1. Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Line a 9×11 inch pan foil.
2. In a microwave safe bowl, add butter and sugar.
3. Microwave for 1 and a half minutes. Allow to cool to room temperature and then stir in the vanilla extract, cocoa powder and coffee.
4. In a large bowl add cocoa powder mixture, mixing in 1 egg at a time.
5. In a medium size mixing bowl, whisk together flour, baking soda, cornstarch, and salt. Combine wet and dry ingredients.
6. Fold in chocolate chips.
7. Pour half the brownie mixture into your prepared pan, top with half chopped poptarts.
8. Spread the remaining brownie batter evenly into the prepared pan. Place in the oven and bake for 20-30 minutes or until the brownies are set.
9. Remove from oven and allow to cool.
10. While cooling, prepare cookie dough topping. Beat the butter with both sugars until light and fluffy. Add in the milk, vanilla and flour.
11. Evenly spread on cooled brownies, top with remaining poptarts.

The Quickest Chocolate Blackout Cookies

As if I ever need an excuse to eat cookies – but Friday night cookies seem so much more special.

I don’t know about you guys, but I’ve gotten to a point in life when Friday night means a couple things;

• Comfy clothes
• Tv/Netflix Marathon
• Slightly more indulgent food than my Monday – Thursday routine
• Dessert. And when dessert is cookies … I can justify having 1 ( million-zillion-trillion … especially if they smell like brownies)

I don’t miss the days of late nights, slipping into the shortest dress/ skirt I own with the highest heels – predrinking and then partying until my feet want to fall off. Been there – done that.

Give me Mr. LTSL, a good movie and some good food …. Damn, Daniele I’m a happy little lady! I know you’re thinking I’m old – I’d like to think I’m ‘maturing’ … I say that, as I remember last Saturday I spent the morning covered in a winnie the pooh blanket, drinking chocolate milk, watching Inside Out ( also, wicked good movie!!).

These cookies though!! So easy to throw together, they taste extra fudgy, and sprinkles. Oh how I love me some sprinkles – and frosting … and dunking these in milk.

The Quickest Chocolate Blackout Cookies

Ingredients

1 box devils food cake mix

½ tsp instant coffee

1/3 cup oil

2 eggs

1 can prepared chocolate Frosting

Chocolate sprinkles

Instructions

Preheat oven to 375. Prepare two large cookie trays.

In a large mixing bowl, stir together cake mix, coffee, oil, and eggs until combined.

Roll into 1 inch balls, and place 2 inches apart on the prepared baking sheets (the cookies will spread).

Bake 8 minutes or until lightly golden brown.

Allow to cool completely, then frost and sprinkle