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Cookies and Cream Brownies

September 2, 2016

Cookies and Cream Brownies

This is going to be a pretty quick post because as I sit here writing this we are waiting for our Uber to pick us up and take us to the airport and this is the last post I wanted to get scheduled before I go. Where are we?? Well, if you follow me on Instagram or Twitter, you probably already know. We start our trip in Berlin, but by the time you read this we will be in Prague. 

So I apologize for the short post, but these brownies pretty much speak for themselves. I don’t have to tell you how good they are because they look delicious! I know they were delicious because my husband, who lacks a sweet tooth, devoured about half the batch in 2 days.


I started with my favorite brownie mix (Ghirardelli) and mixed in some crushed Oreos. Then I made a cream cheese mixture and folded in some more Oreos. 

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I then poured the cream cheese mixture on top of the brownie batter and swirled it all together. I should note, I would have loved to add more cookies on top, but my husband ate a few too many Oreos before I could make these. Silly boy.

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I baked these following the same instructions on the back of the brownie mix box and they turned out perfectly. It was a struggle to let them cool all the way before I cut into them. Clearly I didn’t wait to long before digging in. 

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The brownies along are amazing. Ghirardelli seriously makes the best brownie mix. Like I don’t even bother making them from scratch because it’s so much easier to mix up their batter. But with the pieces of cookies and the creamy swirl that almost tastes like cheesecake, these brownies are delish! It is just such an easy way to take a basic brownie and make it even better.  

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/ Filed In: Desserts, Eat
Tagged: brownies, chocolate, cookies and cream, cream cheese, Oreos

Cookies and Cream Ice Cream Cupcakes

September 9, 2013

Friday was B’s birthday, which I missed since I was in San Diego. I felt obligated to try and make it up to him. I had big plans to take him to all his favorite places in Charlotte on Saturday when I got back. That didn’t happen either. I was exhausted from my overnight flight back that I pretty much slept all day. Which meant that Sunday I had to do something extra special. While, B doesn’t normally like sweets, he does love cookies and cream ice cream and ice cream cake. We do not need an entire ice cream cake sitting in our freezer, so I scaled it down and made little ice cream cupcakes!

I used Trader Joes vanilla cake mix that my cousin raved about this past week. And she was not kidding! It is the best cake mix I have ever tried. For this recipe, I added some crushed up Oreos, so that the batter was also “cookies and cream”.

Since I wanted to leave plenty of room for ice cream, I only filled the muffin tin about half way up. I only made half of the cake mix, and ended up with 12 cupcakes. If I had made the entire box, I probably would have had 24. 

Once the cupcakes were baked and cooled, I froze them and then let the ice cream sit out to soften. It is a lot easier to top the cupcakes with soft ice cream than hard. But it also means I had to work quickly so that the ice cream didn’t melt everywhere. I put the cupcakes back in the freezer for about an hour so that the ice cream could harden back up.

While a little messy if left out too long, these were the perfect portion of ice cream cake and would be a great dessert to make for a kids birthday party or any old get together. Plus, you could mix up the ice cream and cake flavors and really get crazy with it!

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/ Filed In: Eat
Tagged: birthday, cookies and cream, cupcakes, ice cream

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Hey there, I'm Lindsey. I'm a number cruncher by day and a home cook and baker by night. While I love to eat healthy and find fresh and healthy alternatives for my favorite foods, I will never turn down dessert! Life is all about moderation, right?

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