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Healthy Homemade Peppermint Mocha

My friend (an employee at Starbucks) got me hooked on Starbucks’ Peppermint Mochas.  They taste like hot chocolate rather than coffee, and the peppermint is just so refreshing.  It’s starting to get cold here...

Healthy Dark Chocolate Peppermint Tart

When I was a kid and lay in bed at night, unable to sleep, I always wondered who else was awake like me.  Did they wonder the same thing, or was I alone?  Was...

Healthy Figgy Oatmeal Bars with Vanilla Fondant

I have never really been one for dried figs, dates, apricots, etc (hence the thick fondant layer), but for some reason I bought a bag of dried figs at the grocery store on impulse...

Healthy Graham Cracker Fudge

Healthy Graham Cracker Fudge has invaded my cookie jar dorm room! They have also invaded my fridge, but I welcome such invasions  😉 These Graham Cracker Fudge Bites fit the bill.  I pressed the dough into...

Healthy White Chocolate Coconut Fudge Petit Fours

Okay, so I guess these aren’t technically petit fours, but these coconutty bites sure are scrumptious and,  you know, cube-ish like petit fours.  And they’re sweet and rich, also like petit fours. They actually taste like...

Healthy Chocolate Muscle Milk

Okay, I admit it.  I used to drink Muscle Milk.  You know, those ready-to-drink shakes advertising 20 grams of protein, vitamins and minerals? Yeah, they have protein, and yeah, they have some added nutrients, but are...

Green Monster #6

I feel like kiwis are a fruit that go somewhat unnoticed.  It isn’t a food that most people will run to the store to buy, like I tend to do for foods like pineapples,...

Healthy DIY Coffee Creamer

Coffee is a major staple in the college student diet…  it just is. Or at least, it is for me anyways.  Just two days ago, I took my first Chemistry exam (woohoo, it’s over!),...

Healthy Jelly Bars

Yum, yum, and YUM! I am currently swamped with homework assignments and I’m prepping (or at least trying to) for the exams just a couple weeks away!  I gotta have some free time though, which...

Healthy Maple Oat Petit Fours

These are not granola bites, and they are not cubed cookies. They are soft, they are chewy.  They are moist, they are tasty. Edit:  they are dang tasty!   And they don’t need to be baked!...