Homemade Chocolate Ice Cream

Love chocolate? Love ice cream? You HAVE to try this homemade chocolate ice cream recipe! It has a smooth, creamy texture and rich chocolate flavor.

Warning: this chocolate ice cream recipe is insanely delicious. If you try it once, there’s a good chance you’ll have it on repeat all summer long! I shared this vanilla ice cream recipe a few years ago, and it’s become SO popular that I knew I had to share a chocolate version too. After lots of testing and tweaking (read: eating lots of chocolate ice cream), I’m happy to report that this recipe makes some of the best chocolate ice cream I’ve ever tasted, homemade or otherwise. It’s luxuriously creamy and super chocolatey. I’ve eaten it straight out of my ice…

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Easy Fruit Dip

This fruit dip is creamy, flavorful, and lightly sweet. Easy to make with 5 ingredients, it's perfect for parties, picnics, and as a healthy snack!

Meet our new favorite fruit dip recipe! I’m firmly of the mind that there are very few ways to improve fresh fruit (it’s already delicious!), but this fruit dip might be one of them. I first started making it for my son Ollie, but it didn’t take long for me to start making it for myself too. I think it’s a perfect healthy snack. It’s fairly satisfying, thanks to a base of Greek yogurt and peanut butter, and it’s also delicious, with a smooth, creamy texture and sweet, nutty flavor. Since we’re heading into summer, I’ll also mention that this…

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35 Easy Memorial Day Recipes

Our best Memorial Day recipes! We've rounded up summer salads, sides, dips, desserts, and more—everything you need for a delicious cookout.

The unofficial start of summer is just a few days away—it’s time to plan your Memorial Day menu! I’ve rounded up our best Memorial Day recipes below. They include fresh appetizers, salads, side dishes, drinks, desserts, and more. They’d all be perfect for a Memorial Day cookout…and cookouts all summer long. I know I’ll have many of these recipes on repeat this summer. I hope you also find some you love! Memorial Day Appetizer Recipes Antipasto Platter Bring an Italian vacation to your own backyard with this aperitivo-inspired platter! It’s loaded with marinated mozzarella balls, gigante beans, olives, and more.…

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Blondies Recipe

We can't get enough of this easy blondie recipe! Made with brown butter, the blondies have a rich, caramel-like taste and perfect chewy texture.

This blondie recipe is one of my new favorite desserts! No offense to brownies, but I might like these blondies…better? They have a dense and chewy texture and a warm, butterscotch-y flavor from brown butter, brown sugar, and a generous splash of vanilla. White chocolate chips give them creamy pockets of sweetness, and walnuts add delicious crunch. These blondies are super simple to make (1 bowl! 8 ingredients!), so they’re a great dessert to whip up whenever you’re in the mood for something sweet. I’m also planning to make them for picnics and potlucks throughout the summer. They’re nice and…

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Easy Carrot Cake

This easy carrot cake recipe is one of our favorite desserts! It's wonderfully moist and warmly spiced. Tangy cream cheese frosting takes it over the top.

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Jack declared this carrot cake recipe the best he’s ever tried. Coming from him, that’s high praise, because carrot cake is his favorite dessert of all time! I don’t disagree with him though. I think this carrot cake recipe is just about perfect! It has a wonderful moist crumb and warm depth of flavor from spices, vanilla, and brown sugar. This cake is chock-full of freshly grated carrots, and while it’s delicious plain, it really shines with a thick layer of tangy cream cheese frosting on top. This carrot cake recipe is easy to make with basic ingredients. It’s simple enough to…

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Carrot Muffins

Love carrot cake? Then you HAVE to try these carrot muffins! Moist, fluffy, and warmly spiced, they're a delicious breakfast or grab-and-go snack.

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These carrot muffins combine two of my favorite things: carrot cake and muffins! They’re moist, fluffy, and warmly spiced, with plenty of grated carrots, chewy raisins, and crunchy walnuts mixed in for texture. Unlike my carrot cake cupcakes, which are firmly in dessert territory, these healthy carrot muffins are a great grab-and-go breakfast or snack. I love that they taste like carrot cake while packing in some more nutrition. They freeze perfectly too. When you have time on a weekend, make a big batch and stash it in your freezer. If you’re anything like me, you’ll love having these carrot muffins…

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Double Chocolate Chip Cookies

Kick your next chocolate craving with these double chocolate chip cookies! They have crisp edges, soft middles, and an ultra-chocolatey flavor. YUM!

Chocolate lovers, these double chocolate chip cookies are for you! Made with a chocolate cookie dough and PACKED with chocolate chips, they have a rich chocolate flavor (think brownies!). These double chocolate chip cookies have a delicious texture too. They’re lightly crisp around the edges and thick, soft, and chewy in the middle. You can make this recipe in 30 minutes or less. That’s right—you don’t have to chill the dough! It’s simple to mix up with a stand mixer (or hand mixer) using basic baking ingredients. Bookmark this recipe for the next time you have a major chocolate craving. Quick, easy,…

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Healthy Pumpkin Muffins

These easy pumpkin muffins are moist, tender, and warmly spiced—the perfect fall treat! Make a batch, and it'll disappear before you know it.

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These pumpkin muffins are perfect for fall! They’re soft, super moist, and deliciously spiced—cinnamon, allspice, and more fill them with seasonal flavor. But best of all, they’re so easy to make. You can whip them up in less than an hour with a couple of mixing bowls and a whisk. No mixer required here! I love that these pumpkin muffins taste sweet, but not too sweet, so that they can pass for breakfast or a healthy snack. Enjoy one (or two) in the morning with a cup of coffee, and then grab another for an afternoon pick-me-up. If you have any…

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Soft Pumpkin Cookies

These pumpkin cookies are soft, moist, and filled with pumpkin spice flavor. Enjoy them plain or with cream cheese frosting for a delicious fall treat!

These pumpkin cookies are soft, cakey, and filled with pumpkin spice flavor. You can think of them as little pumpkin muffin tops. They’re not chewy like chocolate chip cookies. Instead, they’re airy and moist. I love them plain (especially alongside a cup of coffee), but they’re also delicious with cream cheese frosting. If you need more reasons to love this pumpkin cookie recipe, here’s a big one: you don’t have to chill the cookie dough! When you’re in the mood for fall baking (which for me, lately, has been often), you can quickly whip these cookies up. I hope you…

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Apple Crisp

This apple crisp recipe is a delicious fall dessert. It features juicy cinnamon apples and a brown sugar oat topping. Serve with vanilla ice cream!

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Let’s make apple crisp! I love this classic fall dessert because it’s easy, delicious, and full of the flavors of the season. Cinnamon, apples, and brown sugar? Yes, please! I’m sharing my favorite apple crisp recipe below. It features juicy, cinnamon-spiced apples with a buttery brown sugar and oat topping. It’s rich and comforting, especially with a scoop of vanilla ice cream on top. 🙂 I’ve shared apple crisp and crumble recipes in the past, but never one as simple or as classic as this. What sets it apart from my other recipes is that you don’t have to pre-cook the apples,…

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Chocolate Chip Cookies

My best chocolate chip cookie recipe! It's easy to make with simple ingredients, and the cookies come out soft, chewy, and delicious every time.

Meet my best chocolate chip cookie recipe! These cookies are everything that I think chocolate chip cookies should be. They have a perfect soft and chewy texture. They’re PACKED with melty, gooey chocolate chips. And they’re easy to make with basic ingredients and equipment. No stand mixer required! In all my years of blogging and writing cookbooks, I’ve shared nearly 50 cookie recipes. But I recently realized that none of them has been for classic, chewy chocolate chip cookies. I’m FINALLY changing that today, because everyone needs a good chocolate chip cookie recipe in their back pocket. If you don’t have…

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