Category Archives: Dessert

Chocolate Peanut Butter Date Caramel Bars

Chocolate Peanut Butter Date Caramel Bars by Alison's AllspiceThese chocolate peanut butter date caramel bars are a healty no-bake snack or dessert recipe.  Date caramel is made by blending dates and nut butter (peanut butter in my recipe!) until smooth, and it makes the center layer of these bars!

I was recently asked by a reader to post more dessert recipes.  If you read here, then you know that I don’t post many.  It’s not that I don’t post them, I don’t make sweets often.

One main reason is that I’m the only one in the house with a sweet tooth, so all desserts end up being consumed by me.  Giant layer cakes and whole pans of brownies just make way too much for one person. Continue reading

Whole Wheat Fudgy Chocolate Zucchini Bread

Whole Wheat Fudgy Chocolate Zucchini Bread by Alison's AllspiceFriends, I may have gone over the top on this recipe!  My summer supply of zucchini only seems to be growing and I was in the mood for chocolate.  This whole wheat fudgy chocolate zucchini bread could easily pass for zucchini brownies instead of bread!

When I was making this bread, I wanted to use up as much zucchini as possible.  I knew that was going to make a really heavy and dense bread loaf, not your typical fluffy “banana bread” style quick bread. Continue reading

Toffee Dark Chocolate Almond Clusters

Toffee Dark Chocolate Almond Clusters by Alison's AllspiceThere is a local bakeshop that makes the most delicious peanut clusters.  I decided that quarantine was the best time to try and make some myself!  Mine are different, but these toffee dark chocolate almond clusters are amazing!

I try to reduce added sugars in my diet wherever possible.  Therefore, dark chocolate is a better choice for me than milk chocolate.  Especially when I’m combining it with toffee, which is very sweet (and delicious!). Continue reading

Peanut Butter Dog Cake

Peanut Butter Dog Cake by Alison's AllspiceOur little Pepper turned 2 years old!  It has been years since I wrote about her on the blog (you can see my first post here), and as you can see, she isn’t little any more.  This year, we celebrated by making her a peanut butter dog cake!

Peanut butter is Peppers favorite flavor, so it was an obvious choice for our dog cake.  The peanut butter also doubles as a frosting, which is appropriate because no cake is complete without frosting! Continue reading

Cream Cheese Earl Grey Ebelskivers with Blueberries

Cream Cheese Earl Grey Ebelskivers with Blueberries by Alison's AllspiceThis month the recipe redux challenged members to make healthy small bite desserts.  I am not a huge sweets person; I vary rarely make and eat desserts.  As you can see on the Recipes Homepage, I only have 6 desserts posted!  When I started brainstorming this  challenge, I focused on my favorite healthy, small bite meals. Ebelskiver means filled danish pancake; they can be sweet or savory depending on the filling and seasonings used.  For this challenge, I made cream cheese earl grey ebelskivers with blueberries! Continue reading

Cherry Almond Oatmeal Cookies

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I have a serious problem with good deals at the grocery store.  When I find a good deal, I can’t leave it there.  Luckily, I don’t have the same problem with other things, like clothes or shoes, just food.  Probably because I get so much more enjoyment out of food.  Well, a few weeks ago I found a great deal on dried cherries.  After much deliberation, I decided that cookies were the answer to my deal find. Cherry almond oatmeal cookies that is. Continue reading

Green Tomato Mince Pie

This was my favorite pie recipe as a kid.  Grandma told us kids that it was apple and raisin pie, because otherwise we (I) might not have eaten it!  Green tomato mince pie is different from most pie recipes because it has a tart tanginess that comes from the unripened tomatoes.  This pie is heavily spiced with cinnamon and allspice and is perfect for the holidays!Slice of Pie

 

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Honey Peanut Butter and Chocolate Chip Cereal Bars

When I was a kid, scotcheroos were a thing.  Way bigger and cooler than the rice crispy treat.  In my adult days, I tend not to indulge in such treats because of their effect on my waistline.  With these bars I decided to make an exception.  They are my adult version of scotcheroos. I made the ingredients a little more wholesome, and the process a little more simple.

Peanut Butter Honey Bars

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Burst Blueberry Crumble Bars

Blueberries are out of season now, but you can always find frozen berries to use in there place.  I was recently given some local, hand-picked berries that had been frozen for long term storage.  In an application like this one, you can’t even tell that they were not fresh berries!

Burst Blueberry Crumble Bars

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Whole Wheat Chocolate Zucchini Muffins

I wasn’t kidding the other day when I said I was trying to get my fill of zucchini before the season is over.  I’m even putting it in my desserts!  Ha!  If you have never tried zucchini in a baked good, like zucchini bread, or these chocolate muffins, you’re missing out.   The zucchini keeps these muffins moist, which is important to consider when baking with whole wheat flour.

Whole wheat zucchini muffins

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