Recipe Review: Double Chocolate Zucchini Muffins

I have generous neighbor that recently gave me a few large zucchinis. Generally we slice them, marinade in italian dressing and grill. Today I decided to do a little baking and found this recipe on Jamie Cooks it up! I made only a few changes from her recipe and the kids are gobbling them up!

Double Chocolate Zucchini Muffins (adapted from Jamie Cooks it up!)

3 1/2 C white flour

1 C Wheat flour

1 1/2 C sugar

1/2 C cocoa

1 t baking soda

1/2 t baking powder

3/4 t salt

1 t cinnamon

1 1/2 C oil

1 1/2 C milk

3 eggs

2 t vanilla

2 C shredded zucchini

1 1/2 C semi sweet chocolate chips

Mix wet ingredients (including sugar & zucchini). In a separate bowl mix dry ingredients. Mix dry with wet until just combined. Add chocolate chips.

Bake at 350 for 15-17 minutes for standard muffins, 13-15 minutes for mini muffins

Yield: 24 standard + 48 mini muffins

These were moist and chocolatey, just like you want a chocolate muffin to be. My kids had no clue there was a healthy dose of zucchini (which is exactly what I wanted!).

Recipe: Green Enchalada Tostada

I love Mexican food! This recipe over at Brown Paper Packages hit all the right flavors for me! Green Enchilada Tostadas! It's basically an open face enchalada done in the crock pot! I love the crock pot!  Even the kids loved it

It was my first time frying tortillas. I think I need to do them a little longer next time.

 

Recipe: Chocolate Peanut Butter Bars

My daughter and I decided to try a new dessert on Sunday. Chocolate Peanut Butter Bars from Tastes of Wonderful. They were pretty wonderful, very rich and chocolaty. I would have liked a little more peanut butter and less chocolate though. All in all a fun change from our standard chocolate chip cookies we make each Sunday afternoon.

I did omit one ingredient, vanilla. This wasn't on purpose, just an oversight and it was fine without it. On the chocolate I used 60% cacao bittersweet chocolate chips. On the peanut butter I used chunky, I'm just a chunky PB kind of person. Enjoy!

Peanut Butter Chocolate Bars

by Greta White

Combine:

1 pkg. plain yellow cake mix

1 stick melted butter

1 c. creamy peanut butter

2 eggs

Press this into a 9X13 pan reserving 1 1/2 c. of the mixture to crumble on top.

Melt:

1 (12 oz) pkg. chocolate chips

1 can sweetened condensed milk

2 T. butter

Melt on low heat in a small pot. Remove from heat and add:

2 tsp. vanilla

Spread chocolate mixture over the mixture pressed in the pan and then crumble the 1 1/2 of reserved cake mixture on top. Bake for 20-25 minutes at 325 degrees. Cool completely before cutting into bars.