"Muffin-top" is a generally pejorative slang term used to describe the phenomenon of overhanging fat when it spills over the waistline of pants or skirts in a manner that resembles the top of a muffin spilling over its paper casing.
This is a Muffin Top Blog Hop!
Link up your most decadent muffin top inducing dessert and visit new friends too!
Don't forget to link back to this page so your readers and blogger friends can play along!
I saw this pie on the cover of the "Pillsbury our best pies" cookbook/magazine when I went to the grocery store. It reached out to me and screamed MAKE ME! How could I resist that candy bar topping drizzled with chocolate sauce? I'm no Wonder Woman, people and I never claimed to be.
What a surprise I had when I looked at the ingredients for this pie. A pretzel crust?! A glorious mix of sweet and salty in one pie? OH honey, you have me hook, line and sinker.
After your crust is baked and cooled, chop up those candy bars. Eat a few of them but be sure to save some for the actual pie.
Does it get any naughtier than this? I mean, really!
Did I mention peanut butter? Yeah, they put peanut butter in this pie as well. Whoever it is that created this pie should be referred to as the Pillsbury Piemiester. I'll bet they wear a crown made of toffee with jewels made from jelly beans. I would eat their crown.
Maybe not the entire crown but I would break a piece of it off and take a nibble. I would apologize in advance, of course. I wouldn't want to piss off the Pillsbury Piemiester. I want them to continue to share their genius pie recipes with us.
After you have baked it, you need to let it cool down and then place it in the refrigerator for about 2 hours. Hahaha! Yeah right Pillsbury Piemiester! 2 hours to wait to eat a slice of this perfection? Oy vey!
{2 hours later} Now's the time you put on your Wonder Woman cape and eat one slice of this baby. I said ONE slice people! Now put the fork down and walk away.
{If you don't have a Wonder Woman cape you should get one. It's very empowering. Or, you could just turn your apron around and wear it backwards. It makes a pretty good cape that way.}
Candy Bar Pie
Yield: 8 - 10 servings
Ingredients:
2 cups finely crushed pretzel sticks
1/4 cup packed brown sugar
3/4 cup butter, melted
12 oz. low-fat cream cheese, softened
1/2 cup granulated sugar
1/3 cup low-fat sour cream
1/3 cup creamy all-natural peanut butter
2 eggs
4 bars (2.07 oz. each) milk chocolate-covered peanut, caramel and nougat candy {I used Snickers}, cut into 1/4-inch pieces
Garnish: Hershey's chocolate sauce and the remaining candy bar pieces
Instructions:
Heat oven to 350. Spray 9-inch glass pie plate with cooking spray. In medium bowl, mix pretzels, brown sugar and butter, firmly press mixture on bottom, up side and onto rim of pie plate. Bake 10 - 12 minutes or until browned. Cool completely on cooking rack.
Reduce oven temperature to 325. In medium bowl, beat cream cheese, and granulated sugar with electric mixer on medium speed until blended.
Add sour cream and peanut butter, beating on low speed until well blended.
Add eggs, one at a time, beating just until blended.
Arrange 1 cup candy pieces in bottom of crust. Spoon cream cheese mixture over candy.
Bake 35 - 40 minutes or until set. Cool completely. Cover; refrigerate 2 hours.
Adapted from Pillsbury our best pies
Now, it's time for a Blog Hop!
"Muffin-top" is a generally pejorative slang term used to describe the phenomenon of overhanging fat when it spills over the waistline of pants or skirts in a manner that resembles the top of a muffin spilling over its paper casing.
This is a Muffin Top Blog Hop!
Link up your most decadent muffin top inducing dessert and visit new friends too!
Don't forget to link back to this page so your readers and blogger friends can play along!
This is a blog hop but not your typical blog hop. In the spirit of the holidays we are going to play this a little bit differently. Instead of linking up your own personal blog I am asking that you link up someone else's blog.
'Tis the Season Blog Hop Rules
If you happen across a fantastic sweet post on someone else's blog, link it up! Share the love of giving a little linky love!
In the "Title" section put the name of the recipe and the blog it came from.
Have you been eagerly awaiting the results for week 4 of the Pumpkin
Blog Hop? Have you been sitting at the edge of your seats all week?
Are you chomping at the bit to find out who came in the top 5 6?
We had some lovely pumpkinlicious entries for week 4. Since we only had 6 entries for the week I'm profiling all of them in the order of most clicked!
There's only a week and a half left until Thanksgiving!
Let's keep playing!
Link up your favorite pumpkin recipe for sharing (or two or even three!)
so we can all drool over them and try them out. Follow the directions
below. I'm looking forward to seeing what you come up with!
1. Please share a link back to your actual recipe post, not to your main blog page.
2. Please visit two links and leave a comment on their post letting them know I sent you over. Spread the love!
3. Come check back week after week to find out who got in the top 5!
4. Have fun and just try and refrain from licking your monitor!
5. This blog hop is going through Thanksgiving!
6. Grab my button and post it on your post that you linked up. It would make me awful happy!
Dear sweet pumpkin! How do we love thee? Let us count the ways!
Have you been eagerly awaiting the results for week 3 of the Pumpkin
Blog Hop? Have you been sitting at the edge of your seats all week?
Are you chomping at the bit to find out who came in the top 5?
We had some lovely pumpkinlicious entries for week 3. Here are the top 5 that got the most clicks from all of you.
Link up your favorite pumpkin recipe for sharing (or two or even three!)
so we can all drool over them and try them out. Follow the directions
below. I'm looking forward to seeing what you come up with!
1. Please share a link back to your actual recipe post, not to your main blog page.
2. Please visit two links and leave a comment on their post letting them know I sent you over. Spread the love!
3. Come check back week after week to find out who got in the top 5!
4. Have fun and just try and refrain from licking your monitor!
5. This blog hop is going through Thanksgiving!
6. Grab my button and post it on your post that you linked up. It would make me awful happy!
Dear sweet pumpkin! How do we love thee? Let us count the ways!
Have you been eagerly awaiting the results for week 2 of the Pumpkin
Blog Hop? Have you been sitting at the edge of your seats all week?
Are you chomping at the bit to find out who came in the top 5?
We had some lovely pumpkinlicious entries for week 2. Here are the top 5 that got the most clicks from all of you.
Link up your favorite pumpkin recipe for sharing (or two or even three!)
so we can all drool over them and try them out. Follow the directions
below. I'm looking forward to seeing what you come up with!
1. Please share a link back to your actual recipe post, not to your main blog page.
2. Please visit two links and leave a comment on their post letting them know I sent you over. Spread the love!
3. Come check back week after week to find out who got in the top 5!
4. Have fun and just try and refrain from licking your monitor!
5. This blog hop is going through Thanksgiving!
6. Grab my button and post it on your post that you linked up. It would make me awful happy!
Dear sweet pumpkin! How do we love thee? Let us count the ways!
Have you been eagerly awaiting the results for week 1 of the Pumpkin Blog Hop? Have you been sitting at the edge of your seats all week? Are you chomping at the bit to find out who came in the top 5?
We had some lovely pumpkinlicious entries for week 1. Here are the top 5 that got the most clicks from all of you.
Link up your favorite pumpkin recipe for sharing (or two or even three!)
so we can all drool over them and try them out. Follow the directions
below. I'm looking forward to seeing what you come up with!
1. Please share a link back to your actual recipe post, not to your main blog page.
2. Please visit two links and leave a comment on their post letting them know I sent you over. Spread the love!
3. Come check back week after week to find out who got in the top 5!
4. Have fun and just try and refrain from licking your monitor!
5. Feel free to grab my button and post it on your post that you linked up. It would make me awful happy! Just
right click on the image below and save it. Attach it to the post that
you shared on your blog.
6. This blog hop is going through Thanksgiving!
Dear sweet pumpkin! How do we love thee? Let us count the ways!
Pumpkin recipe #2! Look at me rocking out
the pumpkin! This one not only includes pure pumpkin; I was able to
squeeze in some Pumpkin Wheat beer as well. Sneaky sneaky!
Dear lord this dessert was flab worthy! Just don't sit down and eat the whole pan and you should be okay. Could you resist? Let me paint the picture for you in case the one above isn't clear enough. A warmly spiced Pumpkin and Stout Bread pudding drizzled with a warm Stout Caramel Sauce.
Shut the front door!
Pumpkin and Stout Bread Pudding Yield: 8 servings Ingredients:
7 cups, 3/4 inch cubes french baguette (14 ounce loaf)
2 large eggs, lightly beaten
1 cup canned pure pumpkin
1 cup heavy whipping cram
12 oz. pumpkin beer (I used Shock Top Pumpkin Wheat)
1/2 cup firmly packed brown sugar
1/2 t. ground cinnamon
1/4 t. ground ginger
1/8 t. ground allspice
Pinch ground cloves
Stout Caramel Sauce - recipe follow
Ingredients for Stout Caramel Sauce:
1 1/2 cups granulated sugar
1/3 cup Pumpkin Beer - pour the rest in a glass and drink it.
1 cup heavy whipping cream
1/2 t. vanilla extract
Instructions for Pumpkin and Stout Bread Pudding:
In large bowl, whisk together eggs, pumpkin, cream, stout, brown
sugar, and spices. Add bread; toss until well mixed. Pour into 8-inch
square baking dish that has been lightly coated with no-stick cooking
spray. Let stand 15 minutes for bread to aborb moisture, pressing on
bread often to evenly moisten. Bake in a 350 degree oven until knife
inserted in center comes out clean, about 25 to 30 minutes. Let stand
15 - 20 minutes. Serve warm with Stout Caramel Sauce.
Instructions for Stout Caramel Sauce:
In heavy 2-quart saucepan, combine sugar and stout over low heat;
cook stirring often until sugar dissolves. Bring mixture to a boil over
medium heat; cook stirring occasionally until mixture is amber colored
and thick enough to coat back of spoon, about 5 minutes. Reduce heat to
very low; slowly add cream (mixture will bubble up) and stir until
smooth. Cool sightly; stir in vanilla. Serve with Bread Pudding.
Adapted from Dierbergs Everybody Cooks
Servings: 1
Calories: 460
Total Fat: 13.8 g
Cholesterol: 98 mg.
Sodium: 320 mg.
Protein: 7.8 g.
Your turn! Link up your favorite pumpkin recipes! Dear sweet pumpkin, how do we love thee? Let us count the ways!
Congrats to these wonderful bloggers for getting the top 5! There were so many delicious links from so many wonderful bloggers! Thank you all for participating! Take a moment to stop by and check out these wonderful blogs!
