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Hi everyone... yummies are on my head since I'm cutting back... so I'm going to share a recipe with you that in my family we call it BARK!  SOOOOOO yummy.... and SOOOOO bad for you!  Do not make this if you don't plan on bringing 90% of this to a party or something!  Otherwise, you WILL sit on your tush and eat it all!  Trust me!  I'm down 2 out of my 10 and thought instead of making it and eating it, well... I'd share the love... um, spread that poundage elsewhere!  (giggling)

Quick and easy dessert.... remember -- MUST take out of your house!! LOL!

Pics aren't great untouched... but I had to share sooner than later!  You ready?!  

Chocolate Bark (That is what we call it, lol!)

1 sleeve of saltine crackers
1 stick of butter
1/2 cup light brown sugar
12 oz chocolate chips
1 cup chopped pecans
Wax Paper
Non-Stick Cooking Spray
Aluminum Foil
Flat Jelly or baking pan.

Directions:
PREHEAT oven to 400F.
Line a flat 15x10x1-inch baking pan or jelly roll pan with foil; grease foil.
Spread crackers evenly into prepared pan. (Like my son, Shayne, lol)

Place butter and sugar in saucepan. Bring to boil on medium-high heat, stirring frequently.

Reduce heat to low; boil 3 min.

Immediately spread over crackers. I use a wooden spoon to try to smooth it around and get any dry spots.

BAKE 5-7 minutes. The crackers may look like they are floating... be careful.. slip and slide crackers.

Take out and sprinkle with chocolate chips. Don't eat them.... the end is worth it!

Turn the oven OFF!
Put the cracker/buttery/chocolate heavenly mess back in the oven.  Bake for 5 minutes.
Sprinkle with walnuts.

Cover with Wax paper.
Smoosh the walnuts into the chocolate by pressing with a oven mitt or towel on the wax paper.

Cool -- freezer for an hour, fridge for a few hours, covered garage or outside if cold.
Break into pieces and just try to give it away!  :)

There are times that I don't really spread the chocolate very well... and it still comes out really good. Another thing that I have done, is when breaking up the pieces, to make it easier I've let it cool covered in the garage overnight - but if I don't have time, I cool it in the freezer.

You can change up the recipe for other yummies that you like!  I've tried white chocolate and walnuts, milk chocolate with pretzels, white chocolate with crushed candy canes and milk chocolate, butterscotch and nuts.  Double it up, and make different combinations!  Mix it up!

OH... just to make it more fattening, lol -- To make bark sandwiches, I've used fluff in the middle of two pieces... so sweet though, but kids love!

Hope that was fattening enough?!?!  I have created a new tag for some of my recipes - Fattening!  :)




LOL!  Anyway... hope you enjoyed this recipe!
Thanks for visiting!
Jenn (jk703)

An Interruption for DESSERT!!!!

Beep... Beep... A 30 Day Bloggity Blog Challenge Interruption... Beep... Beep... 

lol!  I'm playing, but I'm having fun!  My friend Linda (Scrapporreia) was telling me about a recipe for Brownies with Oreo's inside.  She explained them a bit, and sent me a link with a recipe!  It sounded divine!  I was just a little too lazy to look at the recipe, so I tried my own version!  Ready.... Set... Let's Go... gain a pound just by reading!  :)

You will need 

Box of Brownie Mix (and the stuffts to make it, as noted on the box)

Oreo's -- (I STRONGLY suggest Double Stuff!)

Non-stick Cooking Spray

Cake Icing... I used a Whipped Vanilla Icing. 

Muffin or Cupcake Pan

OK... Let's get started... it is pretty easy... 

Start by making the brownie mix as they advise on the box.  I used this kind -- it was all I had in the house at the time. It actually worked out really well... I'll share why later!  

I also used Oreo cookies... and they were Double Stuff!  YUMMY!  You could probably substitute another similar cookie or candy if you'd like... but I liked the whole Oreo and vanilla center idea!  Spray your pan... trust me - you DON"T want it to get stuck in there!  Once your brownie mix is stirred up and ready to go... plop an Oreo right in!  See!!!  

Get the Oreo all covered with Brownie mix as well as you can!  This is actually the hard part!  My mix was kind of chunky and didn't want to stick to the Oreo. I just kept kind of spooning the mix on the Oreo and spreading it around! OK.. Plop it into the muffin pan... See the pic below... I was worried that I didn't have enough brownie mix because it wasn't as liquid-y as my brownies normally were... it wasn't an issue.  

I popped them in the oven and let them cook per the boxes directions.  It was about 18 minutes... I pulled them out, and this was what they looked like!  They looked so good and smelled really really good!

 Now, the fun part... I have a sweet tooth, and took my Vanilla Icing and spooned some on top -- like a flattened cupcake. Here is my little masterpiece!  The chocolate brownie is good all on it's own, but adding the whipped topping really adds a different sweetness from the chocolate!  Try it!

Here's is what the inside looks like!  I took a bit and exclaimed to my husband... "Oh... I gotta get a shot of this - Check it out!"  He just rolled his eyes at me!  Oh well.... lemme tell you -- he ate 4!  

OK!  That is all... so easy, and I didn't follow a recipe!  lol!  There is one ingredient that you have to have after making these... Willpower... not to eat more than one! 

To think... this isn't even my "just by reading it, you'll gain 10 pounds" recipe... that one will be soon... when I make it next!  

I would love to know if you make them, what you ended up putting inside, and how it tasted to you!  Hope you enjoy it!

Thanks for visiting!

Jenn (jk703)