Pinterest Made Me Do It

It's a new series! Welcome back to my blog. I hope you all had a lovely Thanksgiving as well as some relaxing days off.

Over the weekend I was thinking of what I wanted to plan for my blog in the upcoming weeks. I was making my grocery list while looking on Pinterest and of course pinned SO many holiday treats, crafts, and more. Since I was heading to the grocery store anyways I decided to pick up ingredients to make on of the things I pinned. That's when I thought of doing a series called "Pinterest Made Me Do It." Like I said, this series will include not just food but also crafts - maybe fashion looks? We'll see with that one but definitely food and DIY!

I decided to start with something that wasn't too overwhelming. My first recipe in this series is a Loaded Cookie Bar.

This recipe is by no means healthy (obviously) BUT it's delicious and a little goes a long way. It's loaded with mini chocolate chips, white chocolate chips, and m&m's - oh my! This is a perfect dessert to bring to a holiday party, cookie swap, or just to make for your family!

Let's start off with prep and ingredients.

Preheat the oven to 350 and grease a 9 x 13 baking sheet.

The ingredients you'll need are:

• 2 sticks of butter, at room temperature
• 1 cup of granulated sugar
• 1 cup of firmly packed brown sugar
• 3 large eggs
• 1 1/2 teaspoons of pure vanilla extract
• 3 cups of all-purpose flour
• 3/4 teaspoon of baking soda
• 3/4 teaspoon of salt
• 1 1/2 cups of M&M's , plus more for topping
• 1 cup of mini chocolate chips, plus more for topping
• 1/2 cup of white chocolate chips

1.) In a mixing bowl, beat butter and both sugars until fluffy.

2.) Add in eggs, and vanilla while continuing to beat

3.) Lower the speed of the mixer and add in flour, baking soda, and salt - mixing until combined

4.) Add in M&M's, and mini chocolate chips (saving a little to top it off) and reserving the white chocolate chips to add on top as well. 

5.) Transfer dough to greased baking dish and press remaining M&M's and white chocolate chips on top. 

6.) Bake for about 35 minutes or until golden brown

And there you have it! My first Pinterest Made Me Do It project...and it's delicious! This one is definitely a thumbs up in my book. Only thing that would have made it better is if Wegmans had plain Christmas colored M&M's! Or maybe they did and I didn't notice but either way this still came out amazing and definitely rich! If you have a sweet tooth like me, these will blow your mind. 

Be sure to let me know if you make these too! Be on the lookout for my next "Pinterest Made Me Do It" post! These are fun :)