Desserts

Caramel Apple Spice Cupcakes

July 30, 2020 by Sweet Ordeal Leave a Comment

Caramel Apple Spice Cupcakes Recipe

Delight your taste buds with delicious chunks of crunchy apple in a spiced cupcake. Using an apple pie filling, not only are there crisp chunks of apple, but the sauce is spiced and adds extra moisture to the cake. Caramel Apple Spice Cupcakes perfectly compliment the tart apple, and the light and fluffy buttercream is infused with a stripe of smooth dulce de leche (caramel). Enjoy the sweetness of the frosting plain, or sprinkle some kosher salt on top, because we all love our “sweet and salty.”

The cupcake is scrumptious alone. Seriously. I know, because I ate the first one that was cool enough to eat. Ha! My excuse was that the side cracked a little when I pulled it from the muffin pan. You break it, you buy it.

I tend to “break” a lot of …

Peanut Butter Brownie Bars

July 23, 2020 by Sweet Ordeal Leave a Comment

Peanut Butter Brownie Bars Recipe

For a satisfying fix to your sweet tooth, indulge yourself in Peanut Butter Brownie Bars. The friendship between peanut butter and chocolate is hard to beat. So, get out your 13 x 9 baking dish and get ready to bake.

Making this decadent dessert is quick and easy using a boxed brownie mix and a pouch of PB cookie mix. Yes, you can always make the two halves from scratch if that’s your preference. For this recipe, however, we’re taking a short cut.

Every bite has a bit of chocolate from the brownies, the chocolate chips, and the chocolate drizzle. Every bite also has peanut butter from the peanut butter cookies, the peanut butter chips, and the peanut butter drizzle. In addition, every bite…

No Bake Chocolate Cherry Dessert

June 18, 2020 by Sweet Ordeal Leave a Comment

No Bake Chocolate Cherry Dessert Recipe

Let’s leave the oven off for this one. Enjoy the classic Oreo cookie crust with a chocolaty cream cheese layer. The middle has a sweet layer of cherry pie filling, all topped with Cool Whip. A few extra crushed Oreos and some quartered maraschino cherries decorate the top. Even a few blueberries made it on top of this No Bake Chocolate Cherry Dessert…what can I say, I was feeling patriotic.

All this chocolaty goodness next to that sweet delicious cherry pie filling should be the official definition of scrumptious. It’s cool, it’s rich, and it’s a pleasure to serve. Those layers make a beautiful presentation, and you can …

Chocolate Vanilla Cupcakes

May 18, 2020 by Sweet Ordeal 1 Comment

Chocolate Vanilla Cupcakes Recipe

Classic chocolate together with timeless vanilla in a perfect cupcake. The white cake is moist with a bottom chocolate layer infused with cocoa and mini chips. The rich decadent frosting on these cupcakes is, of course, chocolate and vanilla. Read on, though, for some other fun frosting ideas to pair with these Chocolate Vanilla Cupcakes.

When you can’t decide between chocolate or vanilla, have both. That’s what happened here; a white cake mix was split in two and the bottom half …

Sugar Cookie Lemonade Crumble

April 22, 2020 by Sweet Ordeal 21 Comments

Sugar Cookie Lemonade Crumble – Recipe

Sugar cookie meets lemonade and it’s love at first bite. Before you know it, Sugar Cookie Lemonade Crumble is born and taste buds are happy. Easy to make using a sugar cookie mix, the tart lemony filling of lemonade and cream cheese is a perfect match for the delicious sugar cookie crust.

Any time of year lemonade is good, and well…let’s face it, so are sugar cookies. Paring these two is simply crowd-pleasing, kid approved, and year-long gimme some.

Added to all that, you have the ease of an easy-to-make recipe that fits nicely in a…

White Cake Mix Cookies

March 26, 2020 by Sweet Ordeal Leave a Comment

White Cake Mix Cookies Recipe

Deliciously soft cookies made from a cake mix, White Cake Mix Cookies are super easy to make and taste amazing. Using a white cake mix, you have the flexibility of keeping them white or adding some food coloring to them. Customize the cookies to match your party’s theme or holiday, then throw in some sprinkles for added fun.

Cookies that stay soft are my favorite, and these easy White Cake Mix Cookies do just that. I colored this batch for an Easter theme of pastels, but you can add whatever color(s) you want to…or none at all. Each bite reveals…

Chocolate Cake Mix Cookies

March 26, 2020 by Sweet Ordeal Leave a Comment

Chocolate Cake Mix Cookies Recipe

Whip up a batch of scrumptious chocolate chip cookies without all the fuss of measuring. Grab a cake mix, some vegetable oil, and a couple eggs and you’ve got chocolate cookies. Throw in any baking chips you have on hand and there you go. My favorite is the peanut butter chips, but I love the look of those M&Ms in these easy-to-make Chocolate Cake Mix Cookies.

Making Cake Mix Cookies

Using a chocolate cake mix, (like Devil’s Food or Triple Chocolate), alter the directions on the back of the box. We’re not making the cake, just cake-like cookies. Leave out the…

Strawberry Cake Mix Cookies

March 26, 2020 by Sweet Ordeal 1 Comment

Strawberry Cake Mix Cookies Recipe

Strawberry lovers will appreciate this super easy cookie recipe. All that’s needed is a strawberry cake mix, vegetable oil, and a couple eggs. Easy, right? Of course, we all know strawberries and chocolate go so well together, so let’s give these Strawberry Cake Mix Cookies some chocolate chips, too.

These soft cookies not only taste amazing, but they’re fun to make. There’s no fussing about measuring this and that, plus there’s less to spill and get all over your kitchen. Mix the 3 necessary ingredients together for a delicious strawberry cookie, then …

No Bake Lemon Blueberry Dessert

March 11, 2020 by Sweet Ordeal 11 Comments

No Bake Lemon Blueberry Dessert Recipe

How about let’s NOT turn the oven on today. No bake desserts are fantastic and No Bake Lemon Blueberry Dessert is no exception. Tart lemon meets sweet blueberry with added goodness of cream cheese and a graham cracker crust. Easy to make (easier to eat) and fun to serve with the pretty layers.

Let’s face it, it’s always more fun to serve and eat something that’s pretty. No Bake Lemon Blueberry Dessert is definitely pretty. The buttery golden graham cracker crust, the soft yellow of the …

Strawberry Lemonade Cupcakes

February 29, 2020 by Sweet Ordeal Leave a Comment

Strawberry Lemonade Cupcakes Recipe

Strawberry and lemon together for a perfect compliment to any celebration. Strawberry Lemonade Cupcakes have a moist strawberry cupcake with a smooth creamy lemon pudding filling. The frosting is a combination of strawberry and lemon flavors to perfectly top off this delicious cupcake.

Who doesn’t love the surprise of lemon pudding in the middle of a cupcake? C’mon now, seriously! Lemon pudding mixed with Cool Whip fills the center of these Strawberry cupcakes. To keep things easy-peasy,…

Chocolate Raspberry Trifle

February 16, 2020 by Sweet Ordeal Leave a Comment

Chocolate Raspberry Trifle Recipe

Imagine your taste buds experiencing the smooth creaminess of chocolate pudding, cream cheese mixed with Cool Whip, and the always tasty Oreo Cookie. Now imagine the POP of raspberry mixed in. It’s a party in your mouth with special guest Chocolate Raspberry Trifle.

This delicious Chocolate Raspberry Trifle has everything you need in a dessert. It comes in one container (called a trifle dish), the taste is amazing, and it looks even more amazing. When I serve trifles at my local rescue mission, the dinner guests don’t even …

Lemon Oreo Cheesecake

January 5, 2020 by Sweet Ordeal Leave a Comment

Lemon Oreo Cheesecake recipe

Enjoy the heavenly bliss of a cheesecake fused with the refreshing tartness of lemon in this Lemon Oreo Cheesecake. Lemony, but not so much to make you pucker, this cheesecake is simply decadent.

Perfect for any celebration like Mother’s Day or a birthday…or because it’s Monday…this cheesecake is always a hit. The crust is made using Lemon Oreo Cookies, which can also be used to…