Anticlimactic.

I hate baking a lot during the summer. My kitchen gets hot and I get cranky. But yesterday I had the itch, so to speak, so I made my family a little coffee cake. Now, I have to confess, I'm famous for adding chocolate chips to anything I possibly can. So when I found a Chocolate Chip Coffee Cake recipe, I just knew it was meant to be.

So here's the Anticlimactic part. I don't have a picture.

See, the whole thing is gone. Scarfed. My family has apparently been more deprived than I originally thought because they devoured the whole darn thing. Tears may have even streamed down my daughter's face at some point as she sighed, "This is the BEST thing I've ever put in my mouth!" By the time my camera battery was fully charged, there was nothing left but crumbs.

Anyway, try it. I definitely give it 4 stars. While I try not to adjust recipes too much, I did add 1/2 a cup of applesauce (as suggested by those intrepid reviewers!) because there's nothing worse than dried out coffee cake. Plus that makes it healthy, right?

Holy cute.

If there's one thing I hate about summer (other than the heat, the electric bill, the kids getting bored and complaining and making each other scream, the lack of anything good to watch on TV, and potato salad) it's slaving over a hot stove. So I try to find fun recipes that require very little to no cooking. This recipe is a winner in several areas. A) it requires ZERO turning on of the oven; B) it contains only 3 ingredients; C) it's actually a lot of fun to prepare; D) even kids can help put it together; E) you will forever be famous for both making these and having "too much time on your hands."


The recipe for these little darlings can be found here. As you are probably aware, it is required by allrecipes.com law that one must change a minimum of one ingredient. I'm no rebel. I used herb cream cheese and they were a huge hit. Try them. You will be famous, I guarantee!