Fudge

'Tis the season for my absolute favorite dessert......fudge, fudge, fudge! Is it healthy.....not really, but a piece here and there is what it's all about. My mom makes the best but the recipe is a little detailed soooo I tried a different one out and it turned out pretty good. I mean how can it be bad??! This recipe is from @allrecipes

-3 cups Ghiradelli dark chocolate chips

-1/4 cup butter

-1 can sweetened condensed milk

Melt all over a double boiler then pour into a brownie pan. Let harden, then slice! 

Pumpkin Muffins

 I could easily eat pumpkin foods of all kinds any time of year. No question, if it's pumpkin it's for me. I stocked up on the canned stuff last week at Whole Foods, so I've got a lot of baking to look forward to. Pumpkin cheesecake, pumpkin streusel muffins, pumpkin and cream cheese swirl bundt cake. Endless possibilities. So much pumpkin so little time:)

2 cups Pamela's Baking Mix
1/4 cup ground flaxseed
1 tbs pumpkin pie spice
1 tsp salt
Dash cinnamon

Combine all dry ingredients and set aside

1 can pumpkin
2 eggs
1/2 cup olive oil
2/3 cup coconut sugar
1 cup buttermilk
1 tsp baking powder
2 tbs molasses

Combine all wet ingredients except buttermilk well with a mixer or whisk. Add dry to wet slowly alternating with buttermilk. Mix until combined. Line a muffin tin and fill each 2/3 of the way. Bake at 350 for 12-15 minutes.

Peanut Butter Chia Cups

Peanut butter cups ohhh how I love you! There is absolutely no need to buy these at the store!  I was having an insane craving for one the other day but couldn't imagine running out to the store. Unfortunately, and fortunately I guess at times, the closest grocery store is 20 minutes away. Sighhhhh. I am normally a huge lover of peanut butter but lately my pregnancy and  peanut butter (like I always ate before, right off the spoon) have not been mixing. Things with peanut butter in them sound great like peanut butter brownies, or peanut butter cups, but actual peanut butter; no thank you.  I know what a health nut. I even added chia seeds to these to bump up the crunch and health factor. Happy National Dessert Day!

-2/3 bag Ghiradelli dark chocolate chips and 1/2 bar Ghiradelli Midnight Dark Chocolate melted together; I used a double boiler

-1/2 cup natural peanut butter; crunchy or creamy (melt in microwave for 20 seconds to make more pourable)

-2 Tbs Chia Seeds- add to peanut butter

-12 Cupcake liners

Place liners in a cupcake tin. Melt chocolate and fill each cupcake liner with 1 large spoonful of chocolate. Place 1 spoonful of peanut butter on to of chocolate layer. Add the final layer of chocolate to cover the peanut butter. Place in fridge for a few hours to harden.