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Pudding-Filled Cookie Cups from Alida's Kitchen

Pudding Cookie Cups

October 16, 2013 ·

Pudding Cookie Cups are chocolate chip cookie dough baked in a mini muffin tin and topped with your favorite JELL-O pudding. These fun treats are easy to make and can be decorated for any holiday or occasion.

With all the decorations, the costumes, the pumpkins and the spooky edibles, Halloween is by far my favorite holiday. With Halloween only two weeks away, I wanted to share some fun treat ideas that are easy to make and great for kids. These could be for a Halloween party or simply to treat all those neighbor kids paying your house a visit….

Filed Under: dessert, Featured, kid-friendly, Recipes Tagged With: chocolate, christmas, cookies, easy, entertaining, halloween, holiday, pudding, quick

Chocolate Pumpkin Bundt Cake is a rich, moist chocolate cake made with pumpkin and a hint of spice. Pumpkin replaces much of the fat in the cake that is made on the lighter side!

Chocolate Pumpkin Cake

October 2, 2013 ·

Chocolate Pumpkin Cake is a rich, moist chocolate cake made with pumpkin and a hint of spice. Pumpkin replaces much of the fat in the cake that is made on the lighter side!

Lately I have been enjoying making chocolate desserts a bit healthier using various fruits and vegetables. The results have been fantastic, with each recipe far exceeding my expectations. This Chocolate Pumpkin Cake is no exception! This cake kind of reminds me of a chocolate covered pumpkin truffle, only in cake form…and a little healthier….

Filed Under: dessert, kid-friendly, Recipes Tagged With: 12 weeks of Christmas Treats, brown sugar, buttermilk, cake, chocolate, easy, entertaining, holiday, light, low fat, pumpkin, quick, snack

Chocolate Chip Cookie Bars

September 25, 2013 ·

Chocolate Chip Cookie Bars are everything delicious about a chocolate chip cookie in a quick and easy to make bar. This is the ultimate basic blondie recipe.

While I love cookies, I don’t always have the time (or patience) to portion out each individual cookie for baking. This is where the cookie bar is genius. These Chocolate Chip Cookie Bars take only 10 minutes to prepare and then just spread in the pan and bake. No rolling or cutting or shaping the dough. And the result is everything delicious about a chocolate chip cookie in a quick and easy to make bar. There are so many possibilities for variations with this recipe too, which is fun. …

Filed Under: dessert, Recipes Tagged With: 12 weeks of Christmas Treats, bars, brown sugar, chocolate, cookies, easy, holiday

Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Muffins

September 18, 2013 ·

Bring on Fall with this easy recipe for Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Muffins! They are light and moist, made with buttermilk, pumpkin and chocolate chips.

Fall is my favorite baking season. I love all the fun apple recipes and pumpkin recipes, making old favorites and trying new recipes. These Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Muffins are a wonderful, easy recipe to kick off pumpkin season! When I came up with this recipe, I wanted something simple, similar to my Banana Buttermilk Muffins. These recipes use common pantry ingredients, so they’re easy to make any time….

Filed Under: bread, breakfast, kid-friendly, Recipes Tagged With: brunch, buttermilk, chocolate, easy, low fat, muffins, pumpkin, quick

Chocolate Banana Whole Wheat Waffles

September 15, 2013 ·

Chocolate Banana Whole Wheat Waffles are made with buttermilk, whole wheat flour and sweetened with mashed bananas. They are a delicious and healthy way to enjoy chocolate for breakfast!

While usually a pancake house, we recently branched out into the world of waffles with Sunbutter Wafffles. I was excited to find these Chocolate Banana Whole Wheat Waffles because the flavor is similar to my everyday oatmeal – cocoa powder and naturally sweetened with banana. The chocolate and banana are subtle, yet together with the buttermilk, produce a wonderful breakfast treat. These waffles are delicious and are a welcome addition to our breakfast rotation!…

Filed Under: breakfast, healthy, kid-friendly, Recipes Tagged With: banana, brunch, buttermilk, chocolate, easy, quick, waffles, whole wheat

Chocolate Zucchini Brownies

September 12, 2013 ·

Chocolate Zucchini Brownies are so chocolaty and fudgy, you would never guess they’re filled with zucchini! Plus they are made with whole wheat flour and can be made vegan. These are quite possibly, the best brownies ever!

The other night I shredded zucchini to make Chocolate Zucchini Bread again. It was so chocolaty and good, I just couldn’t resist! But then I opened my iPad and saw a zucchini brownie recipe that I had been researching. Brownies are always tasty, plus this recipe looked quick and easy. Why not try something new? Considering how delicious chocolate and zucchini are together, I had no doubt Chocolate Zucchini Brownies would be good. Now, they weren’t just good,……

Filed Under: dessert, Recipes Tagged With: brownies, chocolate, easy, low fat, quick, summer, vegan, whole wheat, zucchini

S’mores Brownies #SundaySupper

September 1, 2013 ·

What do you get when you cross a brownie with a s’more? This easy recipe for S’mores Brownies!

As Labor Day marks the unofficial end of Summer, I am looking forward to cooler temperatures, Halloween (!) and, of course, lots of pumpkin recipes. While Fall baking is my absolute favorite, sometimes nothing hits the spot quite like a s’more. I have made several s’more-inspired recipes, including muffins, blondies, Golden Graham’s bars, even a cool and creamy pie! But these S’mores Brownies might be my favorite s’more-inspired treat. The chocolate brownie base is the perfect vehicle for all of the yummy s’more toppings, plus they take only minutes to prepare….

Filed Under: dessert, kid-friendly, Recipes Tagged With: baked, bars, brownies, chocolate, easy, graham cracker, holiday, marshmallow, quick, s'mores, snack, summer

Chocolate Zucchini Bread | alidaskitchen.com

Chocolate Zucchini Bread | Bundt Cake

August 29, 2013 ·

Chocolate Zucchini Bread is a moist, chocolaty bread made with zucchini and a delicious way to use up all of that zucchini taking over your garden!

I love the entire season of summer produce, from the abundance of berries and herbs, to everything in between. However what I really look forward to is the end of summer produce. Mainly…zucchini! All summer long I compile zucchini recipes in anticipation of the great bounty of summer squash….

Filed Under: bread, breakfast, dessert, kid-friendly, Recipes Tagged With: brunch, cake, chocolate, easy, quick, snack, whole wheat, zucchini

Cocoa Crispy Sunbutter Bars {Alida's Kitchen}

Cocoa Crispy Sunbutter Bars #SundaySupper

August 18, 2013 ·

Cocoa Crispy Sunbutter Bars are easy, no-bake bars made nut-free with sunflower seed butter, and topped with a layer of semi-sweet chocolate. They are also gluten-free.

With back-to-school just around the corner, we are starting to think about ideas for what to pack for school lunch. Something nutritious, delicious and easy isn’t too much to ask, right? A little variety might be nice too. Fortunately, today I am joining the Sunday Supper Movement, and the theme is ‘lunch box.’ Several wonderful bloggers have come up with fantastic recipes and ideas to help solve the lunchbox dilemma. These are recipes are helpful when packing your own lunch to bring to work! You can find links to all of the wonderful recipes at the bottom of this post. But first, let’s talk about these Cocoa Crispy Sunbutter Bars! …

Filed Under: dessert, gluten free, kid-friendly, Recipes Tagged With: chocolate, easy, no bake, quick, snack, sundaysupper, sunflower butter

Cocoa Pebbles Dirt Pudding

August 12, 2013 ·

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The other day Adam and I made a trip to Walgreens for some Post Pebbles Cereal, but if you follow Alida’s Kitchen on Instagram, you already know this. I had several tasty recipe ideas swirling about, but also wanted to show Adam that you can take everyday items, such as cereal, and be creative. While I do have an easy recipe to share with you, first I have to tell you about the fun project we made with our Pebbles Cereal!…