Out of the Box: Turtle Cheesecake Brownies

Memorial Monday was not super exciting. Semi-spring-cleaned the house with the family, napped, complained about the heat, and hung out with Burst of Dori and her family. Got bored so we decided to get into kitchen.

I called on the help of my friend, Betty Crocker, again and we made Turtle Cheesecake Brownies!


You'll need a box of Betty Crocker's Turtle Brownie Mix


Preheat oven and prepare the mix as instructed. Leave the pouch of caramel to the side to use for decorating later.


Using a 12-Cup cupcake pan, fill the cupcake liners half way with brownie mix. Bake and let cool.




While the brownie cools, prepare the No-bake Cheesecake as instructed. No need for the Gramhm cracker crust unless you want to incorporate it in somehow. You can keep it for later use.


Once the brownies have cooled, fill the rest of the liner with the cheesecake mix. Snip a small corner off the caramel pouch and decorate the top of the brownies. Add a halved pecan or walnut and refrigerate for about 30 minutes.


Enjoy!!
Not bad for something that I winged in the spur of the moment.


Dori's watermelon rind salad. Yum!

Out of the Box: German Chocolate Cupcakes Topped with Cream Cheese Frosting and Toasted Coconuts

I don't know why, but for the past week or so, I've been having some strange cravings for sweet foods. Late night 7-11 run for donuts, baking brownies and cupcakes after dinner, going for deserts and ice cream, taking a break from work to go to Panera Bread for a pecan braid... I know, not good. Not good at all. Good thing I've cut the coffee intake(though I cheated yesterday).

Not too mention the influence of Dori's cupcake obsession lately. A few nights ago, I decided to bake. If you know me, Lele don't bake unless a savory dish requires it. So with the help of my friend, Betty Crocker, I created these decadents.


Cupcakes from Betty's Super Moist German Chocolate Cake Mix


Toasted coconut. Just line a baking sheet with aluminum foil, add a thin layer of sweet shredded coconut, and bake for a few minutes in the oven. Such a wonderful scent. The The house smelled so good. Coconut is one of my favorite flavors - heart Almond Joys and Samoa Girl Scout cookies! Too bad Starbucks discontinued the Coconut Frap =(


Topped the cupcakes with Betty's whipped cream cheese frosting and some of the toasted coconut. Enjoy!
Light fluffy cupcake, creamy-not-overly-sweet frosting, and crunchy coconuts...Yum!