Baking Inclined.

Baking is a huge passion of mine! My “Baking Inclined” blog will introduce you to the recipes I’ve discovered and baked myself, so you can bake them at home. Featuring adapted content from amazing other bloggers - plus a number of original recipes!

Ghoulish Dark Chocolate Peanut M&M Cookies
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Ghoulish Dark Chocolate Peanut M&M Cookies

Who doesn’t love seasonal M&M’s? I absolutely love using them in bakes – since the colors always fit the season. Unfortunately, I usually forget that they exist until about a week before the corresponding holiday. And then they’re always a challenge to track down. Thankfully, I happened across the Ghoul’s Mix Peanut M&M’s while running errands. I knew I wanted a dark dessert that allowed the bright colors to pop. So, I decided to adapt my favorite brownie cookie recipe into a fitting vessel for these M&M’s.

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Peanut Butter Puppy Chow
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Peanut Butter Puppy Chow

While looking for a holiday-snack last Christmas, I stumbled across a post that added peanut butter and other mix-ins to the standard puppy chow recipe. Using this as a guide, I created my own blend of Peanut Butter Puppy Chow – the perfect treat for the chocolate peanut butter lover in your life.

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