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Captain Morgan Chocolate Chip Cookies

December 17, 2017 by Aly 11 Comments

Bake up a batch of these Captain Morgan Chocolate Chip Cookies – your favorite homemade chocolate chip cookie recipe with a rum-laced twist!

Disclosure: This recipe originally appeared on Cooking In Stilettos in August of 2009. The recipe has been updated with new photos and any recipe changes that I have incorporated over the years. This post may contain affiliate links to products I adore and use in my kitchen. Thank you for supporting Cooking In Stilettos.

There’s a story behind the creation of these homemade Captain Morgan Chocolate Chip Cookies like with any cocktail-esque creation or any of my boozy bite recipes.

In college, I fell in love with all things Captain Morgan thanks to a dear friend who constantly had a Captain & Coke in hand. Confession – there was one time during a Criminal Justice class where I went to take a sip of his coke only to find it was a bit “spirited” with a touch of Captain – talk about a bit of a surprise. Since my college days, when I want a cocktail with a bit of comfort, I will often pour a Captain & Coke.

This dear friend was an MP in the National Guard. When he and his unit deployed to Croatia and Bosnia, I was tasked with sending care packages from our crew. One thing he always mentioned was the lack of Captain Morgan on base. However, with rules, I couldn’t just ship him some bottles of his favorite rum. So – after a bit of thought, these homemade Captain Morgan Chocolate Chip Cookies were born. …

Delicious Dishes Recipe Party – The Best Christmas Cookies

November 28, 2017 by Aly 2 Comments

Get ready for the holiday season with some of the best Christmas Cookies at the Delicious Dishes Recipe Party

Welcome to the Delicious Dishes Recipe Party!

We are back and just in time because it’s Christmas Cookie Season y’all. It seems like one minute we are getting ready for fall and now it’s the holidays. Where is the time going? This week’s Delicious Dishes Recipe Party has some of the best Christmas Cookies on the internet and I hope y’all are hungry because you are going to want to make them all! We also have some of the most loved (and clicked) posts from our last party.

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Delicious Dishes Recipe Party – Holiday Cookie Recipes

November 29, 2016 by Aly 2 Comments

A delicious collection spotlighting the best Holiday Cookie Recipes and our Delicious Dishes Recipe Party!

Welcome to the Delicious Dishes Recipe Party!

I hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving and are ready for the fun holidays ahead. It’s all about the sweet treats this month and this week we are sharing the best Holiday Cookie Recipes that you all shared with us at last week’s party. Also, we are also sharing the most clicked recipes that you all loved at the Delicious Dishes Recipe Party.

If this is your first time, let me fill in you in on the scoop about this fabulous link party!

Delicious Dishes is a weekly link party where bloggers can share their most delicious recipes all while checking out the fabulous recipes that other bloggers are sharing.

Each week we will be featuring our favorite recipes from the week before and pinning them to our Delicious Dishes Pinterest board. Make sure to follow us there!

So – we hope you have fun with our party – we know we will!…

Lemon Ginger Tea Infused Madelines #LiptonTeaTime

February 7, 2016 by Aly 10 Comments

Whenever I am craving a bit of warmth and comfort in the afternoon, I often brew myself a steaming mug of Lipton tea. Since I was a young gal, I used to steal sips of my Nana’s tea and as I got older, I often would enjoy not only Lipton’s strong black tea but also their green tea, often with a sweet treat like one of my favorite confections, madeleines. When time allows, I love visiting with friends for afternoon tea at one of the lovely hotels here in Philadelphia where you can find sweet and savory bites to go with a perfectly brewed cup of tea. There is nothing like it – tea can not only be for comfort and relaxation, but also for celebration. It’s one of those things that makes me take a minute, relax and enjoy the moment.

I heard that Lipton updated their teas with bold flavors and new flavor combinations so I picked up a few boxes to try – their Pure Green Tea, their soothing Lemon Ginger Herbal Tea and, of course, my favorite – their English Breakfast Tea. The green tea has a light fresh taste, the herbal tea has natural flavors with fresh herbs and is caffeine free – perfect for late night and their black teas are bold and packed with flavor.

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#SpreadCheer with Peppermint Cookie Bark and Snickerdoodle Cookie Bark

December 22, 2015 by Aly 4 Comments

Peppermint Cookie Bark and Snickerdoodle Cookie Bark are sweet treats for the holiday cookie tray. #SpreadCheer this holiday season and bake up a batch to share!

This conversation has been sponsored by ACME Markets, Betty Crocker™ and Hershey’s®. My opinions and love for the brands are my own.

With the holidays, there are often the staple recipes that we all make every year, but sometimes you just need to change it up a bit. In Philly, the holiday cookie tray game is fierce. I have friends that are baking for hours on end just to get the perfect cookie tray and the Facebook feed is filled with the tales of hours of baking, dramatic stories of ovens misbehaving, etc. While I am in awe and applaud their tenacity and patience to achieve the ultimate perfect cookie – this gal doesn’t have time for that. Between work and the day to day, I want something quick and easy but delivers on flavor!

So, with the urge to bake some cookies for friends and neighbors, I decided to look for some recipe inspiration. Holiday cookies are everywhere but it was two words that caught my eye – Cookie Bark. Yes – you read that right – cookie bark. I often make candy bark for the holidays and it’s one of those treats that is always well loved. So – if you tell me I can do something in cookie form – well then, I need to give it a whirl.

I came across this Peppermint Sugar Cookie Bark recipe on the Betty Crocker™ website and headed to my local ACME Market to pick up some supplies. Betty Crocker is a brand I trust and keep in my pantry, especially for those times when I don’t want to break out 20 different ingredients to make a batch of cookies. While I was in the baking aisle, I spied the Betty Crocker Sugar Cookie Mix and added that to the cart. Right nearby was the Snickerdoodle Cookie Mix and I had a delicious idea – I would do a tale of two cookie barks – a little sweet with a Peppermint Cookie Bark and a little spicy with a Snickerdoodle Cookie Bark. I picked up some Hershey’s® Cinnamon Chips to add a bit of an extra cinnamon punch to the snickerdoodles along with some other goodies for baking and raced home to channel my inner baking elf….