Better Than Your Chocolate Glaze

My brother Alex claims the right to title all his recipes, Better Than Your... (BTY).  I have eaten his food enough not to argue.  Enjoy his recipe!

Chocolate Bon-bons

Oh these little chocolate treats come straight from heaven!  They are so delicious!  My mom makes these for Christmas sometimes, and her Mom made them, too.  These are so amazing.  My mom does not put nuts on hers, but until there is a whole almond on top, I just don't feel like these are complete. 

Oreo Truffles

These are the easiest little bundles of chocolate-y joy to make!  With just three ingredients... how could it get any easier?  I tasted these at a baby shower (Thanks Ashley D.) and then I had to try them for my Christmas goodies. I dipped half of the batch in white chocolate (I think it's so pretty with the dark oreo color) and in semi-sweet chocolate (milk chocolate was a little too sweet, I thought).

Neiman-Marcus Chocolate Chip Cookie

Back in the day when email was the way to communicate this was one of the only forwarded messages that I liked: It is the infamous Neiman-Marcus Chocolate Chip Cookie recipe.  These are incredibly delicious!!! 

Chocolate Turtle Brownies

This recipe is an adaptation from a little Nestle recipe pamphlet.  With chocolate, caramel and pecans it is extremely rich and chocolate-y, as I am sure you can imagine.


12 oz. semi-sweet choc. chips; divided
1/2 c. butter, cut- up
3 eggs
1 1/4 c. flour
1 c. sugar
1 tsp. vanilla
1/4 tsp. baking soda
1/2 c. chopped pecans
caramel ice cream topping or *12 caramels.

Melt 1 c. choc. chips and butter in microwave for 1 minute; stir.  Melt at additional 10-20 second intervals, stirring between, until smooth.  Stir in eggs.  Add flour, sugar, vanilla, and soda (will be very thick) Spread batter in 13x9 baking pan.  Sprinkle remaining chips and walnuts.  Bake in preheated oven at 350* for 20-25 minutes or until wooden pick comes out slightly sticky.  Drizzle caramel over warm brownies.  Cool completely in pan on wire rack.  Cut into bars.
*add 1 TB milk to caramels and melt over low heat.

ooh... just a thought... I wonder how this would taste with a little bit of course salt sprinkled on the caramel. I mean, a very little bit of salt, but that sweet and salty combination might be perfect for this rich dessert.

Texas Sheet cake

Leave it to my favorite Lizzy to present chocolate at its best!  This recipe is from her! 

Deep Dark Chocolate Cake

For my bridal shower, my best friend, Sadie C. had everyone bring a few of their favorite recipes. (Then they all copied it onto beautiful recipe cards.  What a great idea, huh?)  This was one that she gave me in that collection.  Still love my Sadie!  If you like homemade cakes, this is a great one.

No Bake cookies

These are your basic chocolate-y peanut buttery no bake cookies.  They are a Mom's dream.  My kids love to help me make these, and I like to let them!  They are so easy to make.

Famous Hot Fudge Sauce

My sister-in-law and her sister can duke it out on who made this famous sauce famous, but in the mean time, I'm going to call it by the said name above. :)  Thanks girls for this amazing sauce!

Chocolate Chip Cookies

Basic recipe for delicious cookies.  I do like a good cookie!  Though, my favorites are oatmeal chocolate chip cookies, or macaroons, or well, I do like any good cookie, and this is one of them.  My sister Emily gave me this one!  Thanks, Em!

Zucchini Brownies

I used to grow zucchini, and I loved new ideas for using them.  (When my husband could bear to part with his beloved squash.  He loves fried zucchini and would eat it every day of the zucchini season if he could.)  This recipe is especially moist and rich.  It was given to me by my sweet neighbor whom my kids call Grammy Grace.

Chocolate Peanut Butter Cupcakes

I made the cutest little mini cupcakes for a Christmas party this week.  Now I have to make them again and take pictures, because they were so dainty.  Here's the recipe (Thanks to Wendy Lee for sharing).