• close up of chicken pesto sandwich with toasted bread and a basil leaf

    pesto chicken salad sandwich;

    August 29, 2020bestwithchocolate@gmail.com

    This Pesto Chicken Salad Sandwich is everything good in the world. Healthful, delicious, and easy-peasy. Get the recipe!

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  • S'mores Chocolate Hummus @ tipsychocochip.com

    s’mores chocolate hummus

    August 14, 2018bestwithchocolate@gmail.com

    A healthy take on a dessert dip.  Made from chickpeas but blended with cocoa powder, and served with graham crackers and marshmallows!

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  • Lightened Up Macaroni Salad @ bestwithchocolate.com

    lightened up macaroni salad;

    June 29, 2018bestwithchocolate@gmail.com

    A quick and easy, lightened macaroni salad that you can enjoy guilt free!

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  • Getaway Weekend: Tiny House Camping

    March 11, 2018bestwithchocolate@gmail.com

    An amazing tiny house getaway in the woods, off the grid out in rural Virginia. Plus a recipe for delicious make-ahead foil packets that contain a full meal of steak, veggies and potatoes, perfect for a campfire dinner.

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  • Peanut Butter Chip Muffins @ bestwithchocolate.com

    chocolate peanut butter muffins;

    January 12, 2018bestwithchocolate@gmail.com

    Deliciously moist chocolate peanut butter muffins with milk chocolate chips and topped with a brown sugar crumble!

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  • S'mores Crescents @ tipsychocochip.com

    s’mores crescents;

    June 2, 2017bestwithchocolate@gmail.com

    Flaky buttery crust enfolding all the deliciousness of s’mores in a yummy, gooey center!   – – I know it was supposed to be cookie week, and I promised you another cookie recipe!  But it’s one of those weeks where everything possible that can go wrong does, so I hope you’ll forgive me for another delicious crescent roll dough recipe, and still a dessert!  (Check out others like mini cake batter buns or apple pie crescents.)  Don’t s’mores just remind you of summer camp and cool summer nights?  Because those are the memories it invokes in me. We rarely make s’mores…

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  • French Onion Burgers @ bestwithchocolate.com

    french onion burgers;

    March 22, 2017bestwithchocolate@gmail.com

    Typical burgers with a french onion soup twist!  French onion mix added to the burger, and topped with a heap of caramelized onions and melty gooey mozzarella cheese, all on a toasty potato bun! – – These burgers are a definite must make again!  Considering there are only a few more steps than making a plain burger, they were amazingly delicious!  Now I use this pre-boxed lipton french onion soup mix (affiliate link), so it’s not entire “from scratch”.  But it definitely saves some work, although if you’re a “from scratch” fan, I guarantee you can find a copycat recipe on pinterest!…

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  • Stuffed Jalapeno Popper Rolls @ bestwithchocolate.com

    stuffed jalapeno popper rolls;

    February 6, 2017bestwithchocolate@gmail.com

    Here’s another one of our go-to game day snacks!  I don’t know about you all, but if I can stuff jalapeno popper filling into pretty much anything, I find a way to make it happen!  Like this jalapeno popper stuffed bread or jalapeno cheddar stuffed burgers.  Because everything is better stuffed with cheese and a hint of spicy. It’s funny to me, because about a year ago, I wouldn’t touch the stuff.  I was not a fan of spice on any level, probably because I was just a big big wuss.  I’m still a wuss on most people’s scales I’ll bet, but I’m…

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  • Everything Bagel Dip @ bestwithchocolate.com

    bagel chips; everything bagel dip;

    January 9, 2017bestwithchocolate@gmail.com

    Here’s another great simple party dip, peeeeerfect for a brunch potluck!  Good thing we had one for New Year’s Eve!  Really super simple, and quite tasty! The amped up touch to this dip, in my opinion, was the fresh bagel chips I made. Now of course you can do regular chips or store-bought bagel chips, but then I’ve seen less options of varieties of bagel chips at the store than you can get at your local bagel shop!  Plus we have an amazing bagel shop less than 10 minutes away. Because the dip is cream cheese based (as one would…

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  • Peppermint Sugar Cookies @ bestwithchocolate.com

    peppermint sugar cookies;

    December 5, 2016bestwithchocolate@gmail.com

    Addicting.  I’m tempted to just leave it at that. This is a festive cookie if ever I did see one!  Holiday baking, here I come!  These are the perfect chewy cookie, and there’s a hint of peppermint in the actual cookie, reinforced by that slight crunch of crushed peppermint.  But the peppermint is mild, and not overpowering, and because of that it keeps you going back for more!  You can use whatever kind of candy canes you want–peppermint or spearmint, and I bet even the fruity ones would be a cute surprise!  Plus there’s all those wacky candy cane flavors…

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  • Beef Kofta @ bestwithchocolate.com

    hello fresh: beef kofta;

    October 10, 2016bestwithchocolate@gmail.com

    This recipe for Beef Kofta is another hello fresh recipe.  I got another coupon in my e-mail, and with my life being ever-crazy, I figured it would be nice to skip the grocery shopping and have meals already planned!  So far I’ve tried hello fresh and blue apron by way of the food services.  I’ll sum up: both are good and convenient.  A little expensive for my taste, except when I get coupons in which case it’s a wonderful deal.  If you want to read more in-depth, check out my detailed comparison post of both: huevos rancheros quesadillas. This recipe kinda followed the pattern with…

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  • Triple Peanut Butter Bars @ bestwithchocolate.com

    reese’s peanut butter bars;

    September 7, 2016bestwithchocolate@gmail.com

    Happy post-labor day weekend!  This past weekend was filled with so much stuff, I’ll be writing about it for weeks!  Here’s a taste: brewery, wine tasting, jazz festival, escape room, hot pot restaurant, renaissance fair, and a ton of board games!  Plus my birthday is coming up this week, so you’d better keep checking back for posts if you wanna hear all the details.  This recipe I made for my sister’s boyfriend R since he just about loooooooves peanut butter.  Also chocolate + peanut butter, but I don’t think he’s discriminatory.  So I always pin all these peanut butter recipes…

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