Alex loves to eat the Dark Chocolate Peanut Butter for breakfast on his waffles and toast and I love that it is non-GMO and has 6 grams of protein to keep him full until lunch. Not to mention that he thinks he is getting the ultimate treat by having chocolate for breakfast.

I decided to use the Dark Chocolate PB in one of my favorite cookie recipes, and they turned out so much better. The addition of the dark chocolate make the cookies taste like little, individual brownies, aka incredible!

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Dark Chocolate Blossoms

 

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Prep time

15 mins

Cook time

12 mins

Total time

27 mins

 

Serves: 25

Ingredients

• ½ cup Smart Balance Dark Chocolate Creamy Peanut Butter
• 4 tablespoons Smart Balance Buttery Spread
• 1 cup packed light-brown sugar
• 2 large eggs
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1½ cups whole wheat pastry flour
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• ¼ teaspoon salt
• 25 Hershey’s kisses

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
2. Using an electric mixer, cream Smart Balance Dark Chocolate Creamy Peanut Butter and Smart Balance Buttery Spread in a mixing bowl until smooth. Add brown sugar; beat until combined, scraping down bowl as needed.
3. Add eggs and vanilla, and beat until incorporated.
4. In a small bowl, combine flour, baking powder, and salt. Gradually beat in flour mixture in two batches.
5. Scoop off dough by the tablespoon; roll into balls. Place 2 inches apart on a nonstick insulated baking sheet.
6. Bake until cookies begin to puff up slightly, about 10-12 minutes.
7. Remove from oven. Press one kiss in center of each cookie. Let cool at least 10 minutes on baking sheet before transferring cookies to rack to cool completely.

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Hope you enjoy!

What’s your favorite kind of peanut butter? Are you a creamy or a chunky?

Smart Balance provided me with the Dark Collate Peanut Butter. All opinions, as always, are my own.

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Then came the hard part…what kind of recipe could I come up with that

could win a contest? Ideas rolled around in my head for days and every time I went to the supermarket I bought another Smart Balance product to create my recipe with. No joke, I’ve got at least 6 different Smart Balance products in my fridge/pantry right now because of my indecisiveness.

In the end I chose to submit my Spinach Artichoke Dip Cups as my entry. I made these for a BBQ and they were a hit. I got asked for the recipe a bunch of times and when we were eating leftovers the next day Tommy was complaining that we didn’t have any left. I knew I had a winner on my hands (I hope!)

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Spinach Artichoke Dip Cups

 

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A perfectly portioned alternative to chips and dip. These dip cups taste amazing, look impressive and are incredibly simple to make!

Recipe type: Appetiser

Serves: 48

Ingredients

• Smart Balance® Non-Stick Cooking Spray
• 1 package wonton wrappers
• 2 boxes frozen spinach
• 2 8oz. cans marinated artichokes
• ½ cup Smart Balance® Light Mayonnaise Dressing
• ½ cup sour cream
• ½ cup Parmesan cheese
• 1 tsp cayenne pepper
• salt and pepper, to taste

Instructions

1. Preheat the oven to 400°F.
2. Spray muffin tins with cooking spray.
3. Press wonton wrappers into a muffin tin and bake for 8 to 10 minutes or until golden brown.
4. Defrost spinach, chop and squeeze out the excess liquid.
5. Drain artichokes, finely chop and squeeze out excess liquid.
6. Combine spinach, artichokes, mayonnaise, sour cream, Parmesan cheese and spices. Mix well.
7. Fill wonton cups just prior to serving.

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The Smart Balance Battle of the Bloggers is going on right now on the Smart Balance Facebook page. You can vote once a day from a computer (the voting app doesn’t work on mobile) until August 11th and I’ll be your BFF if you vote for me! If I win, I get a $5000 contact to be Smart Balance’s recipe creator for a year! That’s a pretty impressive title if you ask me! The best part is that when you vote, you are entered to win one of five $200 gift cards for a kitchen make over and a year’s supply of Smart Balance products. Win-win situation here! Thanks in advance!

What’s you favorite dip? What’s your go-to appetizer?

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