Top 10 More Sweets, Please Desserts…
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…according to The Husband- because it’s our ten year anniversary today (it’s okay, I know it might have slipped your mind. You can overnight us something silver, like a dessert platter; it doesn’t have to arrive today, per se.) Well, this is the list of what I think are his Top 10 ‘More Sweets, Please’ desserts, because I didn’t really ask him outright- but I am observant and notice his inhalation rate. Typically a dessert that goes faster than the others means it’s not a colossal failure. If he insists that I not share a dessert so he can have it all to himself, that’s another indication of success. In a kitchen where I make three new recipes a week, if he asks for a dessert again and again, it just might make the Best Of list.
Background: The Husband (a.k.a. Kitchen Guinea Pig) has been sampling my desserts for ten years (16 1/2 including the courtship years). That’s a lot of sugar, butter and chocolate since 1997. And yet he’s managed to not be 300 pounds, which is pretty impressive.
So here’s the list, in no particular order, because it’s way too hard to decide whether a pie is better than cake or if a cookie is better than a brownie:
Banana Coconut Cream Pie
This pie is no joke. The Husband recently anointed it as “maybe my new favorite”, but he had had a lot of wine by that point in the night so you never know.
Lemon BarsHe’s always been a lemon freak. He even lapped up the Lemon Slurry disaster last year, pretending to make the proverbial lemonade out of lemons just to make me feel better.
Ugly-But-Good BarsHe did recommend that I change the name of these bars, but I didn’t. They are ugly, but they are also P.F.G.
Guilt-Free Chocolate Chewy CookiesThe Husband really seemed to take a liking to these- he even asked me to make a batch to take to his office this past week (which I promptly refused, making The World’s Greatest Fudge Brownies instead, because I’m on permanent brownie replay mode).
Vanilla Bean Crème BrûléeWe had it for dessert at our wedding, so enough said on that one. (Except mine’s better than the one at On the Twenty, mais naturellement.)
Chocolate Mint BarkAnything mint + chocolate = Husband happiness. (Even in this horrific instance.)
Double Cherry Cookie SandwichesHe fell for them not just because they were heart-shaped (although I’m sure that helped), but because they’re seriously yummy. Valentine’s Day is less than four months away… why not make a batch early, in preparation?
Rocky Road ChunksBecause he’s still a total child. (It should also be noted that he downed the Rocky Road Brownie Pie in record time, too.)
Irish Cream Chocolate MousseI was kind of wigging out about the texture of this mousse (since it wasn’t as smooth as I wanted), but he downed multiple servings. I know that doesn’t say much, because he also drank the Haute Chocolate I made for him with ‘questionable’ (a.k.a.: seriously past its prime) whipped cream on top, but he did like the chippy texture of the mousse. I’ll bring it on for St. Patty’s day again. Maybe.
The World’s Greatest Fudge Brownies
Let’s be honest with one another: The Husband and I wouldn’t have made it past year one, let alone 10, if he wasn’t a fan of the bingeworthy brownie. He gets the scraps, the corners, the edges. Sometimes he gets the good pieces from the middle of the batch. He always comes back for more, with every deviation I come up with (oh- he did resist the one version I made with chocolate-covered raisins, but other than that, he’s all over them- especially the Mint Chocolate ones). We have a little bag in the freezer for the scraps he’s allowed to eat (so he doesn’t break into the carefully wrapped batches that I’m saving for an ‘official purpose’, which he’s been known to do). What I will commit to is a lifetime of leftover brownie chunks in a Ziploc bag, in one section of the freezer, just for The Husband. How’s that for a romantic renewal of vows?
But really… cheers, B! It’s all for you.
(The Husband’s pathetic bag of frozen treats. See the Coconut Macaroon Fudge Brownies on the right? Yummy.)
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10 best years of my life J! If the next 10 (years and recipes) are even half as good, I’m still the luckiest.
You are the bestest. :)
i love ya’ll. such a sweet post. congrats on 10 years!
p.s. “PFG” is my new favorite abbreviation.
Thank you so much- 10 years feels like 5 :)
oh i forgot to tell you. i noticed that your side panel changed and i was curious to see if you added a picture of yourself (i promise i’m not a stalker, it’s just interesting to see the face behind the words). anyway, there was a big picture of this tiny young asian girl with big boobs in the side panel. no immediate indication that it’s an ad, though i was obviously super skeptical of you being a skinny asian girl with big boobs (sorry?). well, the second time reading a post on your website i decided what the hell, maybe it is you, so i clicked it to see if it would take me to your profile.
needless to say, you are not a skinny young asian with big boobs. and i felt like an idiot but it made do for a good laugh. :D
You just made me laugh out loud- I am SO not Asian with big boobs! Google Ads have been up to no good. Too funny!