Peanut Butter & Banana Ice Cream Sandwiches

Peanut Butter & Banana Ice Cream Sandwiches {gluten free + vegan} from She Likes Food

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Peanut Butter Pretzel Pumpkins for Halloween

Cute Peanut Butter Pretzel Pumpkins

Ingredients:

1 cup creamy peanut butter

2 tbsp butter, at room temperature

1 cup powdered sugar

3/4 cup brown sugar

1/2 tsp pumpkin pie spice

1 bag mini pretzels

1 bag orange candy melts

Mini chocolate chips (if desired for decorating)

Directions:

- In the bowl of an electric mixer beat together the peanut butter and butter until smooth. 

- Add the sugars and pumpkin pie spice and beat until well incorporated.

- Measure out about a tsp of the peanut butter mixture out and roll it into a ball with your hands.

- Sandwich the ball in between 2 pretzels and set aside on a wax or parchment paper-lined cookie sheet.

- Continue making sandwiches until all of the peanut butter mixture is used.  Transfer the cookie sheet to the refrigerator and chill for about an hour.

- Break pieces of pretzels for stems and set aside. 

- After an hour, transfer the orange candy melts to a microwave safe bowl and microwave on 1/2 power for 30 seconds at a time, mixing well between each interval.  Continue until completely melted and smooth.

- Dunk each sandwich into the chocolate, using a fork to retrieve it.  Tap the fork on the edge of the bowl to help remove excess chocolate.  Transfer pumpkin to the cookie sheet to set.

-  Add the pretzel stems to the top of the pumpkins and if you're adding jack-o-lantern features, gently press the chocolate chips into the chocolate coating before it has set completely.

- When all the pumpkins are dipped, transfer the cookie sheet to the fridge until ready to serve. 

No-Bake Chocolate, Peanut Butter & Oatmeal Cookie

You don't even realize how excited you are right now. That's because you're still in awe drooling over this chocolate-y, peanut buttery deliciousness. Yes, they really are as easy to make as they sound. No, do not hesitate to make them. : )

No-Bake Chocolate, Peanut Butter & Oatmeal Cookies

Yield: 2 to 3 dozen cookies

Prep Time: 10 minutes | Cooling Time: 30 minutes

Ingredients:

½ cup (1 stick) butter

2 cups granulated sugar

½ cup milk

4 tablespoons cocoa powder

½ cup peanut butter

2 teaspoons vanilla extract

3 cups quick-cooking oats

Directions:

1. Add the first four ingredients (through the cocoa powder) to a 4-quart saucepan.

2. Bring to a rolling boil and let boil for 1 minute.

3. Remove from heat.

4. Stir in the peanut butter and vanilla until smooth, then stir in the oats.

5. Drop by heaping tablespoons onto wax paper-lined baking sheets.

6. Let cool until set.

Peanut Butter Pretzel Bites

Salty and sweet.  Crunchy and melt-in-your-mouth.   Peanut butter and chocolate.  Dangerous and delicious (you know what I mean).  One little bite, so much to experience.  Why did I wait so long to give these a try?  A perfect treat to share with a large group of people that you love a whole lot, or to share with yourself on a self-indulgent sweats and sofa sorta day.  

Yield 60 – 80 pretzel bites

Ingredients

1 cup creamy peanut butter

2 tbsp softened butter

1/2 cup powdered sugar (maybe more)

3/4 cup brown sugar (maybe more)

Pretzels

1 bag  semi-sweet chocolate chips

Directions

Combine peanut butter and softened butter in a large bowl with a fork or whisk, or in a stand mixer.  Add the sugars and mix to combine.  At this point if the filling will roll easily into balls without sticking to your hands you’re ready to go.  If not, add a little more of each sugar until you reach a consistency that is easy to roll (I used about 3/4 cup of each sugar).

Use a teaspoon measure to scoop the filling.  Roll each portion into a small ball, then sandwich them between two whole pretzels.  When all the balls are rolled and successfully sandwiched, stick the whole tray in the freezer for about half an hour.

Pour the chocolate chips into a microwave safe bowl and heat at 30-second intervals, stirring occasionally until completely melted.  Remove the pretzel sandwiches from the freezer and quickly dip each half-way into the melted chocolate.  Return to the tray and repeat with remaining sandwiches.  When all are dipped, return the tray to the freezer to set up completely.  Store the sandwiches in the refrigerator until serving time.

Earth Day Chocolate Peanut Butter Cups

Hi everyone.  I know I up and disappeared for a while, but it’s okay because I’m back now!  Since my last post, the freezing temps and snow have finally gone with the arrival of Spring.  I’ve come to realize, my least favorite season is Winter.  It’s nice around Christmas, but that’s all I can take. 

So, I’ve been submerged in lots of different projects lately.  Spring cleaning is actually something that’s fun for me.  Out with the old, in with the new, and by new I mean a fresh coat of paint, a DIY-ed marble tiled top coffee table, and bright handmade décor.  I’ve also just started building a patio on the rear side of the house. 

Anyways, as you may or may not know, Earth Day is April 22.  More than one billion people around the world will participate in the One Billion Acts Of Green campaign and express their appreciation for our great planet.  Attend a local Earth Day event to help Mobilize the Earth and demand protection & change. Together, we can make it happen.  

Not only will I attend an event, but i'll be baking up some earth day treats.  I found this recipe on Spabettie.  Who doesn't love peanut butter cups?  First, I thought I'd just make some round sugar cookies and ice them to look like Earth, but then I found a more creative recipe that seemed to be calling my name.  Then again, when aren't peanut butter cups begging me to eat them?  I've never made a peanut butter cup at home before, but it's never too late to start trying new things. 

 Let me just tell you, these turned out amazingly.  I only made a few of them and I didn't decorate them to look like Earth, but they tasted decadent all the same.  I just wanted to test out the recipe before I made them for my Earth Day party guests.  After trying these, I'm not so sure I want to buy store bought ever again!

Earth Day Chocolate Peanut Butter Cups

makes 12-14 depending on wrapper size

1 bag chocolate chips (trader joes dairy free)

1 bag white chocolate chips (vegansweets)

1/2 cup peanut butter

food color (seelect is vegan + gluten free)

Melt chocolate in double boiler or microwave. Fill candy cups 1/3 full, coating the insides of the wrapper to the top. Cool in fridge until set. Spread a spoonful of peanut butter almost to the edge of the wrapper. Melt white chocolate, reserving 1/3 for final step. Pour white chocolate over peanut butter layer, smoothing and covering completely. Return to fridge to cool. Separate remaining white chocolate into two bowls, coloring one green and one blue. For the last layer, swirl greens and blues to make earth shapes.