Ready for your mouth to water?

Okay, before we get to today's treat, I want to show you a few pictures to get you ready.

 Mmmm....Look at all that chocolate!

 All that chocolaty sauce, just melting in your mouth!

 With just a light sprinkling of nuts...Yumm!

I just love drumsticks! They are my favorite ice cream treat. They or soooo good! Is your mouth watering yet? 

 Mmmm how about cheescake?

Do you like cheesecake?

 Isn't there something about cheesecake that just can't be beat?

As Hedy Lamarr says, "Because you don't live near a bakery doesn't mean you have to go without cheesecake."

Now you might think I'm being over dramatic and lame, and although that might be true, I had a purpose for all that cheesiness. I just was wanting to prepare you for today's treat. But first, let's do a little math.

As you can clearly see, drumsticks plus cheesecake equal drumstick cake, with just so happens to be today's treat!

I think the best part about this dessert, is that it is so simple and easy to make. And although it has cheesecake flavor, there is no baking, cooling, or cracking.

So here is how it's done:

First put on some tunes. Baking is always more fun when you have good music.

 Next you'll need to get out the recipe. As you can see our recipe has been well loved.

 Make the crust and press into the pan saving 1/2 cup for the topping.

 Make the filling.

 Drizzle chocolate sauce over the filling

 and gently mix it in, creating a marbleized look.

Sprinkle that 1/2 Cup of crust crumbs that you saved over the top.

Freeze, cut, and....

 EAT! It's a good idea to do this step when there are others around, just in case you are tempted to eat the whole pan.

Drumstick Cake

Crust

2 1/2 Cups of Oreo Crumbs 

1/2 Cup Crushed Peanuts

3 Tbsp. of Melted Butter

Filling 

8 Oz. Cream Cheese

1/2 Cup of Peanut Butter 

1/2 Cup of Sugar

4 Eggs

1 Large Tub of Cool-Whip

 1/2 Cup of Chocolate Sauce

Directions:

Mix all of the crust ingredients together. As I stated above, set aside 1/2 Cup. Press the rest into a 9x13 inch pan. For the filling cream the first three ingredients together. Add the eggs one at a time, mixing well in between. Fold in the Cool-Whip. Pour over Crust. Drizzle chocolate sauce over top and marble it through the filling (it works best to use a butter knife for this). Sprinkle that 1/2 cup of crust crumbs over top. And like a said before, freeze, cut, and eat.


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I Love Cupcakes!

 I love cupcakes! Any kind of cupcakes! Chocolate, vanilla, spice, you name it, I love cupcakes!In fact I love cupcakes so much that I decided to make cupcake napkins! Yup! Twelve of them to be exact, Here, let me show you...

Aren't they adorable? I've done lots of sewing before, but this was my first applique project. I got the cupcake pattern from this book. I just used all my random scraps of pink fabric, so they all turned out different. I just LOVE them! But then again, I love cupcakes! Here is a picture of four of the different cupcakes.

 I did the "cherries" all the same color, so they would have something that unifies them.

 

The backs are three different pinks prints and the front is a very light solid pink.

I stitched them with bright pink thread.

The sad part of the story is that they are for my hope chest, so I won't actually be able to use them. But I guess they'll stay nicer that way, with no little brothers to stain them.

Tuesday!

Well, I guess it's Tuesday, and you know what that means right? A delicious treat! So here is today's delicious treat.

This is...well... a Campfire Banana Home Edition! or something of the sorts. I don't really know if it has a name. Usually they are made over the campfire, but you can make them in your oven too. Anyways here is the how to.

Start with a nice ripe banana.

Cut off the ends and make a slit down the banana only deep enough to go through the peel.

Grab some peanuts, chocolate, and any other toppings you would like (such as coconut, other nuts, or marshmallows. Basically anything that floats your boat.)

Next, stuff your banana with all the yummy toppings you picked.

When you're satisfied with the amount of toppings, loosely wrap up the banana in tinfoil.

Place the banana in the oven at 375 degrees. I used our toaster oven, because it's smaller, but if you don't have one, a full sized oven works too.

Set the timer for 15 minutes and wait.

 

 When it's done, pull it out of the oven and let it cool for 5 more minutes, then unwrap and enjoy!

The banana peel will be black after cooking it, so don't be surprised. This makes an excellent bedtime snack...Yumm!