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No-Bake Oreo Cheesecake Recipe

If you’re looking for the best Oreo Cheesecake, look no further than this recipe! It has an Oreo crust, crumbled Oreo cookies on top, and a creamy filling! And, the best part? It’s a No-Bake Oreo Cheesecake!Oreo Cheesecake
Who doesn’t love an easy dessert? Especially if it’s oh, say, the middle of summer and screen doors are slamming and cookouts are happening. Even if you have air conditioning, it’s possible you don’t want to be stuck in the kitchen futzing with a fussy recipe and would much rather be out there and enjoying summer’s long days and nights. That’s where this no-bake Oreo Cheesecake recipe comes in!

This easy no-bake Oreo Cheesecake doesn’t take long to prep at all – about 20 minutes max. Just leave yourself enough time for it to freeze before you dig into the luscious, creamy filling, and you’ll be good to go. No water bath, no cracking, just perfect individual cheesecakes with a crunchy Oreo base and Oreo cookie on top!…

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Cereal Milk Ice Cream Popsicles

Let’s get real for a second. The milk that’s left in the bowl after you eat the cereal is the best part. I mean, right? No matter how delicious your favorite cereal is, it’s the cereal milk you drink when no one is looking that’s the tastiest. That’s why Momofuku invented Cereal Milk Ice Cream at their Milk Bar. And that’s why I made these Cereal Milk Ice Cream Popsicles!

Cereal Milk Ice Cream Popsicle Recipe

Now, I gotta be honest, some cereals are healthy. These Cereal Milk Popsicles… not so much. They’re ice cream. But, I also totally had one for breakfast the other day. And by the other day, I mean yesterday. So.

When I was a kid, I had no idea cereal milk was so delicious. Because I refused, like flat-out refused, to put milk in my cereal. I can’t stand soggy things (that hasn’t changed) so no way was milk touching my perfectly crunchy cereal. It’s the same reason I generally eat my oatmeal with as little water as possible and eschewed affogato (ice cream drenched in coffee) until I learned better. But one day I decided to try pouring A VERY LITTLE bit of milk on top of my Peanut Butter Cap’n Crunch. And, you know, what, it was pretty good. But then, I drank the cereal milk left over, and oh my god. This is why people put milk in cereal. And then I went off to watch Beetlejuice or Thundercats or Freakazoid.

No wonder why everyone who’s had it loves Momofuku Milk Bar’s Cereal Milk Ice Cream. It’s rich, creamy, and totally nostalgic. And that’s why I made these Cereal Milk Ice Cream Popsicles….

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Cookie Butter Popsicles

Three words. Cookie Butter Popsicles. Or, hey, if you really want to get specific, Trader Joe’s Speculoos Cookie Butter Popsicles. If you know what Cookie Butter is, jump on down to the recipe. If you don’t, you’re in for a treat!

Biscoff Cookie Butter Popsicle Recipe

What Is Cookie Butter?

Let’s start with a fact: Cookie Butter is not allowed in my house anymore. A few weeks ago, when I was contemplating what to make for Wit and Vinegar’s Popsicle Week, it came to mind. I’d always heard about and how delicious it was, but I hadn’t actually ever tried it. So first, the taste test.

Turns out Trader Joe’s Speculoos Cookie Butter has the consistency of peanut butter and is made from crushed speculoos cookies. Speculoos cookies – also known as Speculaas or Dutch windmill cookies – are crispy cookies made with a spice mix of cinnamon, ginger, pepper, cardamom, cloves, and nutmeg. They taste similar to gingerbread, but they’re sweeter. They’re also my second favorite cookie. next to florentines….

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Pina Colada Cupcakes with Creamy Coconut Frosting

Can we talk about Pina Coladas for a moment? They’re kind of the ultimate summer drink, don’t you think? Pina coladas are my absolute favorite tropical cocktail and so when summer arrived, I had to make Pina Colada Cupcakes!

Tropical Pina Colada Cupcake
Whenever I go anywhere tropical, whether it’s to Tulum, or slightly further, to the sandy beaches of Hawaii, or even if I’m home in LA on a weirdly hot and humid weekend, I have to get a pina colada. I’m pretty sure I also got one in Malta, which is not remotely tropical, but is insanely hot in the early fall. When it’s hot and humid and I feel like the air is giving me a big giant hug, I find these so refreshing. There’s also something about the sweet, tart, creamy flavor that I adore. Ok, maybe I also like the fun straw. And the umbrella….

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Zombie Cupcakes

How do you make zombie cupcakes? Not the undead, brain-eating kind of zombie cupcake, but cupcakes fashioned after the Zombie cocktail invented by Donn Beach in 1934? The Zombie cocktail that kickstarted the tiki cocktail movement? Well, if you’re inventing the zombie cupcakes from scratch, it takes a little research and some mad scientist testing in the kitchen. Scroll for the story or skip to the recipe!

Zombie Cupcake with Tiki Mug

In 1934, at a Polynesian-themed restaurant in Los Angeles, a Texan by the name of Ernest Raymond Beaumont Gantt, invented the Zombie. Or, as the better known version of the story goes, in 1934 Donn Beach invented the Zombie cocktail at his Tiki restaurant Don the Beachcomber in Hollywood, California. Both versions are true. And, at least as far as history is concerned, Beach is also, reportedly, responsible for creating most of the tropical drinks we know today, including the Mai Tai.

I love a perfectly-made, subtle cocktail. And there are plenty of fantastic places here in LA where I can enjoy those (the Raymond 1886 in Pasadena, the Chestnut Club in Santa Monica, the Corner Door – and wherever Beau duBois goes after this as he’s a cocktail genius.). But, sometimes, an over-the-top rum cocktail fitted with all sorts of garnishes is just the thing. And then, I go to a tiki bar….

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Strawberry Cupcakes with Vanilla Buttercream Frosting

Fresh, juicy strawberries and a luscious vanilla buttercream frosting combine to make this easy, moist strawberry cupcake recipe. If you love Sprinkles’ strawberry cupcakes or strawberry banana bread, you’ll love this delicious cupcake recipe bursting with strawberry flavor!

Strawberry Cupcakes Made from Scratch

When I was a kid, my favorite snack was strawberries. In the summer, my mom used to fix me up a bowl of fresh strawberries, juicy as all can be, and I’d go find a good spot to lie back and daydream. Though the summer strawberries were already sweet and juicy, I loved adding a little powdered sugar to the bowl and dipping the strawberries in it.

This strawberry cupcake recipe reminds me a little bit of those days. The homemade cupcake base is fluffy, moist, and not super sweet, but I’ve topped with a luscious, sweet vanilla buttercream. Since this recipe was adapted from Averie Cooks’ Strawberry Banana Bread recipe, you could also forget the frosting altogether and serve them for breakfast! Who doesn’t love strawberry banana bread muffins? Exactly….

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