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Mouthwatering Chocolate Pie With Just a Hint of Mint

Posted by Jeanne Sager
on May 20, 2012 at 8:07 AM
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grasshopper pieEvery year, I try to make the Girl Scout cookies last as long as I can. And every year I fail. Thin Mints, you are my love, my life, and my downfall. Which is why this mint chocolate pie caught my interest.

Stuffed with all the chocolate minty goodness that makes my favorite cookie so impossible to resist, some people call it a Grasshopper pie. I just call it irre-friggin-sistible. I think the real seller is the mint, which cools your mouth and cuts the chocolate just enough that you can almost pretend you're not eating something so sweet it's bad for you ... almost.

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Decadent Chocolate Cake With Mint Chocolate Chip Frosting Will Make You Flip

Posted by Julie Ryan Evans
on May 19, 2012 at 8:00 AM
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mint chocolate cakeThere are cakes, and then there are cakes that you just can't forget because they're so ridiculously good. If you like the combination of mint and chocolate, this chocolate cake with mint chocolate chip frosting is one of the latter.

From Shugary Sweets, it's as delicious as it is impressive. Just look at the picture, how could it not be? The cake by itself is rich, moist, and amazing, but then you add the creamy, buttery icing with dark chocolate chunks and a hint of mint, and it's all over ... almost. Then you add an amazing chocolate ganache, and there's no turning back. It's great for special occasions like birthdays, or anytime you need a fix of something fantastically delicious.

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5 Essential Kitchen Tips From the 'Worst Cook in America'

Posted by Adriana Velez
on May 18, 2012 at 3:52 PM

kelli kirklandJust a few short months ago Kelli Kirkland was a lousy cook -- maybe even the worst cook in America. She was a busy student at UCLA and wasn't much interested in cooking. But her grandma always believed she had a great cook inside of her. So Kelli joined Food Network's reality show, Worst Cooks in America. Eight weeks of cooking boot camp and an intense competition later, she became the series champion!

Now Kelli has a 2-year-old son and is bringing her dazzling skills home so she can pass on her family's food traditions to the next generation.

Wouldn't we all love to get our own cooking boot camp with celebrity chefs? But since that's so not happening for most of us (hey, you never know!), Kelli has some super-simple tips for gettin' your chef on at home.

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Sugary Banana Split Cupcakes Are Like a Party in Your Mouth

Posted by Adriana Velez
on May 18, 2012 at 11:20 AM
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banana split cupcakesObviously this needed to happen. Someone had to invent Banana Split Cupcakes. Here's what's going on with these babies. You're mixing mashed bananas, maraschino cherries, and chocolate chips into yellow cake batter and baking that. Then you're combining marshmallow creme (you know, fluff) with vanilla frosting. And a cherry on top. Ta-da!

These would be awesome for a birthday party, but you could also make them just for no reason this weekend. Fluffy, banana-cherry yum.

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Satisfy Your Cravings With These Easy Money-Saving Snacks

Posted by Adriana Velez
on May 17, 2012 at 8:13 PM

trail mixHere's a dilemma I hate: I'm hungry for a snack. I don't like what's in the vending machine because it's mostly junk food and I'm trying to be skinny. So I go out -- and that's when my choices start getting expensive. Six dollars for a smoothie, three dollars for a bag of nuts, two dollars for a freakin' granola bar?

Feh! If I just plan ahead a little I could really save some dough.

We grabbed some great tips from FitSugar for homemade snacks that can save us dough (and that won't show up around our waistlines). Then came up with a few of our own. Have you ever made these?

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Severed Finger Found in Arby's Sandwich By Hungry, Unlucky Boy

Posted by Lindsay Mannering
on May 17, 2012 at 5:16 PM

arby'sA gutsy 14-year-old boy in Michigan really knows his digits. When Ryan Hart bit into an Arby's roast beef sandwich (good call, buddy, those things are delish), he knew right away that the bizarre texture he was experiencing wasn't the typical yummy goodness of undercooked cow. He told the local newspaper that he instantly thought "that's gotta be a finger," and boy, was he sorry to learn he was right.

Apparently, an Arby's employee cut her finger clean off in the meat slicer and headed straight for the emergency room. Thing is, no one really noticed she left, or what had happened, and they continued filling orders. That's when Ryan found out the true meaning of "finger lickin' good" and I'd venture to guess it did not taste like good mood food.

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7 Easy Grilled Cheese Sandwiches That Are Deliciously Different (PHOTOS)

Posted by Maressa Brown
on May 17, 2012 at 4:42 PM

grilled cheese sandwichNational Grilled Cheese Day came and went last month, but who needs a holiday to indulge in the all-time fave sandwich? In some households, every day is National Grilled Cheese Day. What can you do? It's just so easy and the little ones can't get enough!

But sometimes, you want ... okay, you need to mix it up. Have no fear, because here are seven easy, speedy variations on the classic grilled cheese sandwich that you're bound to salivate over.

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Man Gets Banned From All-You-Can-Eat Fish Fry & Makes Us Nauseous (VIDEO)

Posted by Adriana Velez
on May 17, 2012 at 2:57 PM

all you can eat

Bill Wisth has a beef with fish fry restaurant Chuck's Place. When he tried to take them up on their "all-you-can-eat" fried fish special, they cut him off after they ran out of fish. The restaurant says they fed Bill some 20 pieces, but Bill feels he had not truly eaten all he could eat. Now he's the lone protester, standing outside Chuck's with a sign reading "False Advertising."

Let me ask you something. When you see the phrase "All You Can Eat!" do you think to yourself, "Great, time to make an ass out of myself and literally shove as much food down my gullet as humanly possible!" Do you think that's what "All You Can Eat" really means?

Apparently Bill does. He took it literally. Way literally. And wait until you hear what else he did.

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Shamefully Decadent Chocolate Peanut Butter Fudge Cake

Posted by Jacqueline Burt
on May 17, 2012 at 11:25 AM
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peanut butter fudge cakeThis is NOT a cake.

Don't be fooled by the title! This dessert is much, much more than a mere cake ... it's an event. For example, it could be used this way in everyday conversation: Hey, what are your plans for this Saturday night? Oh, just Chocolate Peanut Butter Fudge Cake.

You know what?

It's even more than an event. It's a holiday! Mark it on your calendar.

I would say you could invite your nearest and dearest, but what if any of the guests actually showed up? Then you'd have to share. Things could get ugly.

Don't say I didn't warn you. And have a very happy Chocolate Peanut Butter Fudge Cake!

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Sneaky Ways to Make Hated Vegetables Taste Good

Posted by Kiri Blakeley
on May 16, 2012 at 7:00 PM

We all know we're supposed to eat vegetables. They should be the staple of any healthy diet -- even the majority of a healthy diet. But what if you simply don't like them? What if your kids don't? What if the very sight of an artichoke or stalk of broccoli makes you wanna holla, "Gimme a slice of cake!"

There's some good news. You can gussy up veggies so that they taste better or you barely even taste them at all. Seems bizarre to me, since I love veggies, but I get it that there are people with veggiephobia.

Here are some ways of getting those veggies down and loving it:

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