Andes Mint Brownies

It's a no-brainer that I love love love to bake. It's also easy to believe that I like the simplest way to do things.
It was our last class of the semester and since there was only ten of us in the class I decided to bake Andes Mint Brownies at the request of one of my classmates. Easiest recipe ever. There was only one guy in our class, so when he walked in, his reaction was "No way! Brownies! Yessssss." So, needless to say, they all got eaten.

Ingredients:
Box of brownie mix
The appropriate amount of eggs, oil, and water that your brownie mix calls for
1 bag of Andes Mints (or you can use the already chopped up ones that are in the baking aisle of your grocery store)

Directions:

Mix together the appropriate ingredients with your brownie mix and bake until a tooth pick and be inserted  three inches away from the edge and removed cleanly.

Once you remove them from the oven, place on a pot holder or trivet and place the Andes Mints on top (unwrapped). 

Once you have placed as many Andes on the brownies as  you like, take a spatula and even spread the chocolate.  It will take so time to harden. Once the brown part cools, place them in the refrigerator and this will speed up  the process.
 

If you are taking these brownies somewhere, I would suggest cutting them first, especially if they have been in the fridge. Cutting them is a bit hard. But it is so worth it!

No-Bake Oatmeal Balls

As I have previously said, I love oatmeal. So, I've been finding ways to bake with it other than your plain ol' oatmeal cookie. I came across a pin who's picture had the caption "No-Bake Energy Bites". So I go and look at the blog, and what does it have in it??? Oatmeal. And tons of peanut butter and honey. Yum. I made a few modifications to the recipe and man are they delicious! I may or may not be eating one right now... ;)

Ingredients:

2 cups of oatmeal

1/2 cup of peanut butter

1/3 cup of honey

1/2 cup of ground flax seed (or you can use protein powder or cocoa powder)

1/2 cup of raisins (or chocolate chips)

1 tsp of vanilla

Directions:

In a large mixing bowl, add together the dry ingredients (oatmeal, flax seed, raisins). Mix together.

Then add in your peanut butter, honey, and vanilla. Mix together thoroughly and refrigerate for 45 minutes to make your dough a bit firmer.

After 45 minutes, roll bits of dough into balls however big or small you want them to be. Place in an air tight container and store in the refrigerator. (Remember how much pb and honey you added! That at room temperature is messy!!) It can be stored for up to a week.

Now watch them disappear!