Great Recipe Experiment 2013 #17 - Tim Tam Cake

Ever since a bunch of Australians introduced me to a little bit of chocolatey decadence many years ago at Pennsic, I have been a fan of the Tim Tam Cookie. I became very excited to discover a store near my sister in Maryland sells them and I get several packages when I go to visit.

So of course I was intrigued when I came across a recipe on my facebook wall called a Tim Tam Cake.

But, I'm not enough of a chocolate fan to make one for just me and waited for the right time. That came when my company's holiday party had a dessert contest. So I broke out the recipe and tried it.



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Great Recipe Experiment 2013 #18 - Grinch Cake

Every year my friends Michael and Deidre throw a Christmas Party called "Grinchmas". The theme is the Grinch and we watch the Animated Grinch and the horrid Jim Carry movie.

But it's a potluck and this year I went looking for something different to bring and went to my new favorite evil site "Oh Bite It" and lo and behold, she had a thing called "Grinch Cake" Which I absolutely had to try and subject my friends to



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Great Recipe Experiment 2013 #19 - Holly Crackles

For the Christmas cookie baking this year I wanted to try some new things. The first on the list is one I always associate with Christmas but never tried making and was rather surprised to find out just how easy they were.



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Great Recipe Experiment 2013 #20 - Pretzel Turtle Candies

Pintrest is an evil, evil thing. Especially when things like this candy appear. Needlesstosay I had to try it.



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Great Recipe Experiment 2013 #21 - Chocolate Marshmallow Pillow Cookies

These came because the Katie asked for them and the recipe happened to hit my email in-box on the same day.



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