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I'll Take A Dozen! Mexican Hot Chocolate Cookies

Photo mexican hot chocolate cookies by rachel is coconut&lime

It's getting cold outside, huh?

About time to brew up a mug of mexican hot chocolate, and then take things up a notch by adding in some Mexican Hot Chocolate cookies.

These cookies just look so warm and comforting (and chocolatey!)

I'll take a dozen, please!

Grab the recipe! Mexican Hot Chocolate Cookies

The Iron Cupcake: Chocolate Chipotle Cupcake with Lime Filling and Frosting

Image by nicoleisvegan

There are some cupcakes that just take things up a couple hundred notches, and this is one of them!

Forget your classic yellow batter with chocolate buttercream, move aside devil's food with fudge frosting--make way for the Chocolate Chipotle Cupcake with Lime Filling and Lime Frosting (and it's vegan--why does this not surprise me?!)!

This is the culinary masterpiece of Nicole, from Cupquake, and this is her entry in the Iron Cupcake Challenge. I never knew that there was such a competition, but I'm all for it!  

I think she has a good shot with this entry--what do you think?

Go to the link below for the recipe and to see what the deal is and how to vote for Nicole in this Iron Cupcake Competition (the voting starts on August 31st and run through September 4th)

Grab the recipe! Chocolate Chipotle Cupcake with Lime Pudding filling and Lime Cream Cheese Frosting

Fire Extinguisher Needed: Chili Chocolate Truffle Brownies

Image by jamieanne

Sometimes you can take a basic recipe and send it over the moon by simply making some spicy substitutions.

Remember the time when that other baker used spicy nuts in her brownies instead of the regular nuts? Genius!

Well this inventive baker/photographer took a basic Martha Stewart recipe for Chocolate Truffle Brownies and substituted chili chocolate ganache for the plain semi-sweet chocolate ganache that the recipe called for.

To accomplish this, I think you would just take some chili spiced chocolate (you can buy chili chocolate bars all over the place nowadays) and use that in the frosting part of the recipe.

Warning! Be sure that you have an ice cold glass of milk within reach when you take a bite of these--I hear they're SPICY!

Grab the recipe! Chili Chocolate Truffle Brownies (use chili chocolate ganache instead of the recipe's semi-sweet chocolate ganache to get the hot treatment)

The Life Of The Party: Spicy Chili Almond Brownies

Brownie Variations- Chili Almond Uploaded by Jocelyn | McAuliflower

I LOVE this idea--this baker, Jocelyn, has outdone herself on the creativity!

She doctored up a regular brownie recipe to give it KICK!

She found spiced nuts (with cayenne and balsamic vinegar) and also an exotic spicy chocolate bar (you know they even have those at Target now!).

Then she added those special HOT ingredients to her brownie batter and this was the result!

Imagine biting into one of these--first the chocolate hits you, then the salty nuts, then you get a jolt right at the end of cayenne and balsamic!

This is a brownie with some depth--a triple threat! Chocolate + Salty + Spicy

No recipe--just grab your favorite brownie recipe (I would use the boxed kind--shhhhh, don't tell!) and add your spicy ingredients.

Then, knock everyone's socks off! :-)