Snickers Pie

1 stick butter, cut up
1/2 cup packed brown sugar
2 eggs
1 tsp. vanilla
1 cup flour
1/2 tsp. baking powder
1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
1 Tbsp. cocoa powder
13 fun-size Snickers
garnish: additional cut up Snickers and chopped peanuts

Spray a 9 inch glass pie plate with nonstick spray.

Melt butter and brown sugar in large saucepan over medium heat until it starts to bubble. Remove from heat. Cool 10 minutes.

Into mixture, stir in 1 egg and the vanilla until blended. Stir in flour and baking powder until smooth.

Put 3/4 cup of mixture into prepared pie plate. Don't try to spread it now. Freeze for 10 minutes or until firm.

Meanwhile, preheat oven to 350 degrees.

Melt 1/2 cup chocolate chips. Stir melted chips, the remaining egg, and the cocoa powder into the remaining batter.

Take pie plate from freezer and press chilled batter evenly over bottom and halfway up sides of pie plate. Top with the 13 whole Snickers. Pour chocolate batter evenly over the top.

Bake for 24 to 27 minutes. Sprinkle remaining chocolate chips in middle. Let stand 5 minutes until chips become soft, then spread to near the blond crust. Top with garnishes.

Let cool before cutting.

Berry Freeze

14 oz. can sweetened condensed milk
1/4 cup lemon juice
2 cups mini marshmallows
16 oz. can whole berry cranberry sauce
20 oz. can crushed pineapple, drained
1/2 cup chopped walnuts
few drops of red food coloring, if desired
8 oz. tub Cool Whip, thawed

In large bowl, whisk together sweetened condensed milk and lemon juice. Stir in marshmallows, cranberry sauce, pineapple, nuts, and food coloring. Fold in Cool Whip.

Spoon into a 9 x 13 inch glass baking dish. Freeze until firm (4 hours or overnight). Cut into squares and serve.

Brownie Delight

plain brownie mix and ingredients to make brownies--13x9 size
1 cup chopped walnuts
8 oz. cream cheese, softened
1 cup powdered sugar
16 oz. container Cool Whip, divided
2 boxes instant chocolate pudding
3 cups milk

Make brownies according to box, adding in the walnuts. Cool completely.

Beat cream cheese until smooth. Beat in powdered sugar. Fold in one cup thawed Cool Whip. Spread on top of cooled brownies. Put in fridge and chill at least one hour.

Whisk 3 cups of milk into the instant pudding. Let set 5 minutes. Spread on top of cream cheese layer.

Spread remaining Cool Whip (thawed) carefully on top of pudding layer. Refrigerate.

Hide the scale.

Mud Pie Cake

1 1/2 cups flour
1 cup sugar
1/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
1 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp salt
1/3 cup cooking oil
1 Tbsp vinegar
1 tsp vanilla
1 cup water

Place flour, sugar, cocoa powder, baking soda, and salt in a large resealable plastic bag. Seal bag. Shake to mix well. Put flour mixture into an ungreased 8x8 baking pan.

Use a table fork to make a well in the middle of the flour mixture. Measure the oil in a liquid measuring cup. Add the vinegar and vanilla to the cup. Stir. Pour into well in flour mixture. Add water.

Stir together all ingredients. Bake at 350 degrees for 40-45 minutes.

Cool. If desired, serve with vanilla ice cream, chocolate syrup, and a maraschino cherry.