Am I the last one on Earth to make these?!

I really think I am....the last one to make these, that is.  As we were preparing the kids for nap time, I mentioned these 'quick oat cookies' to my husband, and he proceeded to tell me all the ingrediants that went into them.  Ummmm, what?!  He knew exactly what I was talking about and I didn't even say much!?  That's a rare occurance!  So I ran into the kitchen (literally!) and began putting these together.  And hello! Anything that can be made and cleaned up in less than 15 minutes is a friend of mine!  I mean come on!  I had these things cooling on the tray and my kitchen spotless and the kids weren't even half way through nap yet... it's already the perfect cookie for me!  Not to mention they have peanut butter - that's right I said it!  Peanut butter!  End of story...I'm sold. Doesn't take much for me to fall for a cookie...did I mention they are no bake??! 
The recipe I used was found here --> no bake oatmeal cookies  from the Girl Who Ate Anything, but I'm sure these are posted all over the blogging world.

I didn't have cocoa powder (do people actually have this as a standard in their pantry?  If so, I guess I'm really missing out on other recipes that call for this ingredient!) So I went to a great site for baking substitutions The Joy of Baking.  I replaced the cocoa powder with 1 oz of unsweetened chocolate (Ok, I'll be honest, I used semi sweet because that's what I had) and 1/8 tsp baking soda...worked like a charm!  I love easy substitutions!
A perfect after nap snack... and good thing because I hear one crying now!

Cake anyone?!

Where has the week gone?!  I mean I know it was spent dealing with sick children, doing enormous amounts of laundry, trying to keep my house semi clean, and thinking of budget friendly ways to decorate for Fall but other than that... :)
I've lacked in my posts but not in my baking!  I don't know why I didn't make these sooner as I knew they would be amazing the moment I saw the picture!  (okay, okay, MAYBE becuase peanut butter wasn't an ingrediant ;) but that shouldn't have stopped me!)
I have to say that my husband is a sucker for raw cookie dough, any kind really, in fact it doesn't even have to be cookie dough....he eats any dough...it's really a little disturbing.  So, when I read that these were like eating cookie dough I just knew it was the dessert for him!  I was right!  There were only a few left for him to bring into work (and that was after I doubled the recipe)! These were down right tempting and incredibly easy since there was no baking involved.  Totally thinking that this is what I'll be making for my cookie exchange in December....but I'm thinking red velvet cake and green food coloring in the white chocolate bark..YUM!

I LOVE sprinkles! putting them in the truffle made it the perfect 'icing' on the cake LOL get it?!   I ran out of sprinkles so there wasn't any on the outside but it's on my grocery list to get more for the next time I make these.  Which I'm thinking will be very soon!

I found the recipe on Sweet Escapes (but I believe they got it from The Girl Who Ate Anything...you know how the blogging world goes) cake mix truffles.  We orginally thought that the white chocolate bark was going to be too sweet as we submersed the delicously doughy cake balls into the bowl of melted goodness but it surprisingly turned out to be the perfect coating!  That's why other people come up with recipes and I just follow them ;)  Asking my husband to wait until they were cooled in the refrigerator for a an hour was pure torture for him, but he held up well (I gave him a taste test to hold him over)!  What can I say? These were out of this world awesome and you really can't eat just one!

I've seen a lot of posts on cake balls for the holidays...if you make these around Halloween, use orange food coloring for the coating and put some popicle sticks in them... truffle lolipops!  Perfect to tie an orange bow around and hand out to your neighbors.

Buckeyes - An amazing peanut butter treat!

It couldn't have been any hotter today! Really! We broke a record for the hottest day ever. Complete craziness if you ask me; this girl needs some brisk-ness in the air!  In fact, I believe some of my skin may have melted off when I stepped outside to go to church this morning.  So, who in their right mind would turn on the oven for a sweet treat?!  Not me!  But that didn't stop me from 'baking' up something special.  And who could resist more peanut butter goodness? Not me!  So, I stepped into the kitchen and put together some oh sooo yummy, oh soo not diet friendy (but who cares when it's this hot), oh sooo irresistble Buckeyes.  The recipe I used came from Sweet Escapes and the outcome was dinner skipping awesomeness!

 Oh how I love peanut butter!  Just the smell of it made me want to start eating it right from the measuring cup!  But I continued on and added the PB to my mixer with some cream cheese, butter, powered sugar and graham cracker crumbs...these ingrediants combined equals complete bliss if you ask me!

I hope this doesn't look too ghetto :) I do not have an official double boiler so I just make do with what I have and it turned out perfectly. I also used milk chocolate because it's what I had in the house and my husband likes it better than dark chocolate (which is what the recipe calls for).

All lined up on wax paper and ready to start the dipping process!

 In the refrigerator they went to cool down...

And the outcome was heavenly! I seriously cannot stop eating them. This is by far the best 'no bake' dessert I've ever had!  Happy 'baking'!