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Funfetti Confetti Cookie Cake

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Hey y’all! This Wednesday I bring to you a funfetti confetti cookie cake! Oh my goodness.  This dessert makes any celebration 1000 times better. Birthdays are not complete without it, heck, no celebration is complete without it.  I decided to make this cookie cake to celebrate the Lilly Pulitzer After Party Sale!

For anyone who doesn’t know me, I am obsessed with Lilly Pulitzer.  They have the cutest printed dresses and clothing that are filled with bright colors. This is a major event since there are only two sales a year. What better way to celebrate than with a soft, chewy, colorful funfetti cookie cake?  This cake is loaded with rainbow sprinkles, white chocolate chips, and a buttercream icing that is to die for.

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M&M Chocolate Chip Cookies

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Happy Sunday friends!!  This weekend has been super relaxing.  Last night, Joe and I celebrated Pittsburgh Restaurant Week at the Grand Concourse in Station Square and it was amazing! We had a perfect view of the city and ate delicious food.  Pretty sure I’m still in a food coma from the raspberry fudge cake we ate for dessert. I need to learn how to make something similar to that ASAP!

After dinner, we drove up to Mount Washington to see the view of Pittsburgh at night since I have only ever been there during the day.  It was stunning! Definitely a must see in Pittsburgh if you’re ever in the area.

Today, I slept in and decided to make these M&M chocolate chip cookies when I woke up.  I made them a couple weeks ago and have been craving them everyday since then!  Fun fact: my favorite candy is plain M&M’s!  So M&M’s mixed with my favorite dessert (chocolate chip cookies) is basically a match made in heaven!

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S’mores Pudding Pie

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Happy belated national s’mores day friends! Maybe we should just call it s’mores week because I’ve been eating this dessert everyday (#noshame). Growing up s’mores were always a rare treat for me since I lived in the city. My friends and I would always make them with marshmallows roasted over the gas stove! S’mores are one of those desserts that basically define summer. So obviously I had to make a twist on this classic treat, and all I have to say is YUM.

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Lemon Blueberry Cheesecake Bars

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Blueberries, lemons, cream cheese, and cookies! What more could you want in a summer dessert?

I recently got a Costco membership and have been going there to get my groceries (and apartment stuff, and maybe some clothes…) Anyways, the other day I went on an empty stomach so naturally I not only ate all of the samples, I bought a ridiculous amount of groceries. One of those items were blueberries. Of course, since I got it at Costco, I had enough blueberries for a family of 10. I not only bought a giant container of blueberries, I also bought a giant tub of cream cheese. So it only made sense to make blueberry cheesecake bars, am I right? And what goes better with blueberries than lemon? Nothing.

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