When it comes to banana bread, I always hit up the same recipe (this one, in case you’re curious). It’s loaded with chocolate chips, it’s not too sweet, and it’s never dry or Wonder Bread-y. But sometimes, I don’t want to deal with all of those ingredients. Or, more accurately, I don’t want to buy […]
Desserts
Last-Minute Halloween Dessert: Graveyard Chocolate Pudding Cups
Growing up, Graveyard pudding — complete with Cool Whip-blob ghosts and Milano cookie tombstones — seemed like it was featured in every woman’s magazine my mom read. I saw it everywhere, but I never actually had it in real life. Worms and dirt, sure, but not the towering wonder that was a full-blown jiggly dessert cemetery. […]
Apple Nachos: The 5-Minute Appetizer You’ve Been Craving
I’m a big fan of nachos of all varieties — from classic ground beef to tater tot-chos, breakfast nachos to dessert ones (hello, s’mores!). But they all tend to feel pretty heavy after a few bites. Not these nachos. Well, depending how you load ’em up. You can make apple nachos in just a few […]
Pumpkin Peeps S’mores Dip
Gooey, melty s’mores are just about the best way to cap off a great night, but when you’re hosting a Halloween party, there are a lot of logistical issues that can prevent you from enjoying the treat (chilly temperatures, lack of access to a sweet bonfire, and most importantly, the fact that many poly-blend-who-knows-what costumes […]
Two Dorm-Approved Dishes You Need to Make This Week
Mug cakes have been a huge Pinterest trend for the past two years, but I’ve resisted posting anything about them on Collegiate Cook for one critical reason: I don’t think they taste good. They’re just not worth the effort — or calories. Have a Swiss Cake Roll or some Ben & Jerry’s, if you […]
3-Ingredient Peanut Butter Brownies
When there’s a blizzard brewing outside, there’s nothing better than baking up a storm. The oven can warm up your kitchen, your whole apartment is filled with the most heavenly scent and you get to enjoy a treat. (Plus, you need those carbs to fuel your future snowman-building and snowball-fight-rabble-rousing, right?) This recipe is the […]
The Ultimate Cookie to Bring to Your Christmas Cookie Swap
As you may know, we’re on an endless quest for the best chocolate chip cookie. It’s endless because the more we research, the more we realize just how widely tastes vary when it comes to constructing The Perfect Choco Chipper. We’re fans of gooey, oversized-and-undercooked monsterpieces ourselves, which is why we had, had, HAD to […]
Flakier-Crust Baked Cinnamon Apple Empanadas
Baked apple empanadas was one of the first recipes created for Collegiate Cook, and it’s been one of the most popular ever since (albeit a distant second to the 3-ingredient cookie dough truffles, after Buzzfeed featured ’em). However, I wasn’t always as sold on the crust. It was a crispy, whole wheat, healthy-ish dough, which is […]
Baked Cinnamon Sugar Apple Cider Doughnuts
If you live in the Northeast, you probably participate in a fall tradition that’s unlike the rest of the nation: After Labor Day, you must take a road trip to the nearest apple orchard to pick a peck (or a whopping, 40-pound bushel) of the legendary fruit known to keep doctors away when eaten every […]
#Halloween13: Pumpkin Cake Truffles
When we love something, we really love it. Like, Dane-Cook-impersonating-Celine-Dion lurve it. And since our cake and cookie truffles remain some of our most popular posts OF ALL TIME, we decided this year needed its own spin on the treat. Meet the pumpkin cake truffle. It’s a five-ingredient dessert that uses the same pumpkin puree […]