Kitchen Concoctions





3 out of 5

Today I am ending the back to back cookbook of the month recipe marathon for June… wait it is not June any more… silly me…anyway!?! The Hershey’s Cookbook that I decided to feature at the last minute at the end of the month of June was… partially a hit. It wasn’t a total deaster because I did get THREE really good recipes out of the five I made. And these THREE I am totally making again… no matter what. So I guess all in all THREE out of five recipes ain’t bad at all! So I take back that whole partially hit thing!
I thoroughly enjoyed this cookbook. It had everything you want (or at least everything I want) in a cookbook. Pictures for EVERY recipe: heck yeah… Well rounded variety of recipes: um more heavy on the whole sweet/dessert recipes but who’s complaining there, NOT ME… Number of servings listed: check… Cooking/Prep Times easily listed: ok not so much, but hey I guess we can’t have everything.
Even though I choose to feature several entrees from a cookbook by Hershey’s; this is totally a great cookbook to have on hand for when you get major sweet tooth cravings (I know I get them on a regular basis). Or this book would be perfect to pull out for the holiday baking because of the wide variety of cookie, pie, cake, and treat recipes that flood this book.
This Tex-Mex Rubbed chicken unfortunately made my “I won’t be makin’ this again” list. I felt like there was no flavor to what they were calling a “Tex-Mex” rub. But hey I guess you can’t win them all.

The second recipe I tried was better than the first (the Tex-Mex Rubbed Chicken) but still lacked the “I’ma gunna hurry out and make this” vibe. They called it chili but I liked this concoction much better slapped on some hamburger buns and called a Sloppy Joe Chili.

Ahhh. I finally found a WINNER! A HUGE winner! These Chocolate Cinnamon Rolls where ‘da bomb (OMG…who says that anymore… I guess I still do… hehe)! Eric asked that these be the ONLY cinnamon roll I ever make anymore. EVER… that just speaks for it’s self!

MMMM. These brownies were delish. The best way to describe these Perfectly Peppermint Brownies is that I made a small batch of these and Eric and I conquered them. I then made more to take to a 4th of July get together and they were the first dessert gone. And if you are still not sold yet, Eric’s brother, who said he was a York Peppermint Pattie hater, ate THREE of these delicious brownies and said: ‘What was I thinking hating York Peppermint Patties. These are fantastic!’

And finally the last recipe I tried, I attempted another savory dish and had ultimate success. These Asian Chicken Bites with Peanut Dipping Sauce were positively scrumptious. Eric and I also conquered and devoured this chicken and were totally left wanting more

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