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By Estela - Weekly Bite, February 15, 2010 8:53 am

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What do you do when you have an intense craving for Double Chocolate Chip Cookies, have all the ingredients but the chocolate chips, and there’s three feet of snow outside with blizzard like conditions?

You break into the chocolate drawer….

I broke into my beloved Dove Chocolate stash to complete these cookies.

Just so you know… I firmly believe everything happens for a reason.

There was a reason I forgot to replenish our stash of semi-sweet chocolate chips.

Dove Dark Chocolate Promises were meant to be a part of this cookie…

This cookie answered my chocolate cravings! These cookies are so rich, all I needed was half a cookie to satisfy my craving.

Ingredients:

• 2 sticks salted butter – softened
• 1/2 cup granulated sugar
• 1 1/2 cup brown sugar
• 2 eggs
• 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
• 2 1/3 cups all purpose flour
• 2/3 cup cocoa
• 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
• 2 cups semi-sweet chocolate chips, or 3/4 package of Dove Dark Chocolate Promises, roughly chopped

Directions:

Preheat oven to 360 degrees.

Combine flour, cocoa, salt, baking soda, and baking powder in a bowl… mix together then set aside.

Cream butter and both sugars until light and fluffy (about 5 minutes at medium high speed.) Slowly add in flour mixture and mix at low speed until combined.

Stir in chocolate chips. Dough will seem thick… that’s okay, its suppose to be thick.

Drop dough (about 2 tbsp worth) onto cookie sheet. These will be a nice size cookie.

Bake for 12-14 minutes.

Let cool for 2 minutes on baking sheet, then carefully transfer to cooling rack.

Enjoy!

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Question of the Day?

What’s the craziest thing you’ve done to satisfy a craving? When I was pregnant, it was 9:30 at night, my husband was out of town, and I wanted ice cream so bad. I drove to the store in my sweats and Uggs, and couldn’t decide what ice cream to buy, so I bought 3 different flavors…. That was the most intense craving I ever had

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By Estela - Weekly Bite, January 30, 2010 12:24 pm

Hi There! How’s your weekend going?

We’ve got lots of snow falling here in DC… hopefully it won’t be too bad.

In case you missed my post yesterday. Here’s a little recap.

I told my husband to pick anything he wanted for dinner and dessert, and I would make it and put in on the blog.

I was so nervous after I asked him. You just never know what’s gonna come out of his mouth.

Within 3 seconds of asking him, the words “Chicken Pot Pie & Banana Pudding” came flowing out of his mouth. He was even smiling when he said it.

The thought of making a Chicken Pot Pie intimidated me… but the banana pudding was a breeze!

You want to slice up some bananas, and get box of classic vanilla wafers.

For the pudding I used Jell-O instant banana cream mixed with 1% milk

All that’s left to do is layer with cool whip and you’re done!

Ingredients:

• 3-4 Bananas, sliced
• One box Nilla Wafers
• One box of Jell-O Banana Cream instant pudding
• 1% Milk (2 cups)
• One large tub Cool Whip

Directions:

Make pudding according to box directions. Let the pudding sit for about 5 minutes.

Take a medium size bowl or trifle dish. I like to use little martini glasses for individual servings.

Start with a layer of Nilla Wafer on the bottom, then pudding, then bananas, then cool whip. Repeat for one or two more layers.

The final layer will be cool whip. You can top with remaining Nilla Wafers for garnish.

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Question of the Day?

If someone offered to make you anything you wanted for dinner & dessert, what would it be?

My choice would be my mom’s enchiladas accompanied with a margarita, and a warm brownie with ice cream on top for dessert… YUM