The PERFECT Combination

I happened to find these guys at the grocery store:

I knew what I wanted to do with them…make something with the PERFECT combination!

What is your idea of the PERFECT combination???

To me it HAS to be peanut butter & chocolate! There is nothing better than those two flavors together. Of course I can eat peanut butter straight up, right out of the jar…but chocolate, not so much. I’m not a big chocolate fan, when it’s by itself. I would much rather eat it WITH something…like peanut butter of course

I told Craig that I would make him a ‘boy’ dessert that we could bring when we went to my sister’s house the other night. I told him to STAY away from the snickerdoodles, but in exchange he would get a special treat. Sounds like I live with a 5 year old, huh?!

Here’s what I came up with:

Chocolate PB Bundt Cake
(adapted from this recipe)

Ingredients:
3/4 cup butter, melted
3/4 cup white sugar
3/4 cup brown sugar, packed
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
2 eggs
1 cup all-purpose flour
1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
1 tsp baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup creamy peanut butter
1 package (King Size) Mini Bite size Reeses
1/2 cup peanut butter chips

Preparation:

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.  Spray a bundt pan with non stick spray. 
2. In a medium bowl, mix melted butter, sugars and vanilla.  Beat in eggs one at a time.
 3.Gradually add flour, cocoa, baking powder, and salt and mix until combined.   

4. Mix in peanut butter, then stir in mini Reese cups & peanut butter chips.

5. Pour into sprayed bundt pan & bake in preheated oven for 30- 40 minutes. (tooth pick will not come clean, but don’t worry! Just make sure that the bottom looks done)
 

6. Once it has cooled I melted about a 1/2 cup of peanut butter & drizzled it over the top. Then I sprinkled on some more peanut butter chips & a few more Mini reese cups.

The B.O.M.B! It’s REALLY rich, so beware. But OH so yummy

More on this 30 day challenge…
Day 11- Put your Ipod on Shuffle & Write 10 songs that Pop up.
Ok, well, this isn’t going to happen. Sorry! My ipod is dead..like really dead, like it needs to charge for 5 days kind of dead. Since our gym has tv’s at every cardio station, I typically just watch tv while I run or I put on MTV & listen to all of the music videos. Once I start running more outside (when I start my new medication) I will once again have my ipod up & running..until then I just keep myself entertained with different tv shows

That being said, I’ll just go on to Day 12- Bullet your whole day.  
I wrote this yesterday- just an fyi
-5am: wake up call..get out of bed sllllowwwwllyyyy.
-5:25am: head to the gym with Craig.
-5:35am: start workout- started with weights today- switched it up, normally I start with cardio; did my bicep/ tricep workout & then headed over to the treadmill for a 30 minute hill workout.
-6:40am: head home from the gym & get showered.
-7:10am: make Craig’s breakfast- protein shake + bagel with cream cheese
-7:20am: empty dishwasher & prep for dinner tonight
-7:30am: head back upstairs, & get ready- dressed, etc- for work
-7:50am: leave for work
-8:20am: get to work. make coffee. (I brought in a coffee pot for the office to share)
-8:30am: get coffee. CHUG.
-8:35am: start work, check emails, respond.
-10am: get breakfast- today it was Greek yogurt ( the lemon flavor (<– I’m obsessed) with 1/2 banana & some special k mixed in for ‘crunch’
-10:10am: continue to work, work work
-1:40pm: eat lunch- today is was a protein shake, which is my normal lunch now a days)
-1:45pm: back to work, work, work
-3pm: take lunch ‘break’- which is really my hour to run errands. today I went to Target to get a refund because they double charged me on something! they were super nice about it, which is good
-4pm: back @ work. Work, work, work
-5pm: leave work, head to the jewerly store that we are getting our wedding bands from. They have the match to my engagement ring & Craig wants me to decide between that one & the other one I picked out.
-5:30pm: got to jewerly store, picked out my band- it matches my engagement ring! so pretty
-6pm: got home, started on a new recipe- I’ll be sharing it later this week!
-6:30pm: cook dinner.
-7pm: eat dinner.
-7:30- 9:30pm: catch up on shows, spend time together.
-9:30pm: Off to bed! ahhhhh

There ya go, a day in the life of Holly!

I hope you’re enjoying these daily challenges. If you would like to see anything more on the blog, let me know Also looking to put another Q & A session together as well- if you have any questions that you would like to ask me, email me them to me & I will be sure to add them to the list

Have a WONDERFUL Wednesday…half way to Friday

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