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Sweet Stuff

January 24, 2010 by Julie 30 Comments

Today my sweet tooth is running rampant! I can’t get enough of the sweet stuff! 

After a nice walk around the lake with Ryan and Sadie, I enjoyed a morning meal of lemony fluff. 

Pre-Blended Lemon Bowl

Lemony Jello Bowl

Ingredients: 

  • One package lemon sugar free jello
  • 3/4 c. cottage cheese

Directions: 

Prepare jello only using one cup of hot water. Do not add the additional cup of cold water as directed on the packaging. After jello hardens, add 3/4 c. cottage cheese and blend until a mousse-like texture is achieved. 

I also enjoyed a chocolate peanut butter sandwich on a whole wheat sandwich thin. 

Chocolate Peanut Butter Sandwich

Peanut Buttery!

After breakfast I hung out in the back yard with Sadie and started reading Wicked while Ryan headed off to soccer practice. 

Wicked

I am going to see  Wicked, the musical on February 6 with my mom and my sister. Ryan actually received tickets for us to see the show from his mom for Christmas, so I will be going again at the end of February as well. I love musicals, so I can’t wait! 

The weather is so nice in Orlando today and it was great to spend the majority of the day outside. Ryan had fun at soccer practice and came home hungry. Since my sweet tooth was still going strong, I made us 5 minute chocolate mug cake using a recipe my aunt emailed me yesterday. 

The entire cake is made in a mug and ready to eat within 5 minutes. 

Mug Cake: Step One

Mug Cake: Step Two

Mug Cake: All Done!

The cake was delicious! We enjoyed it with a Healthy Choice fudge bar. Cake and ice cream make the perfect combination. 

Cake and Ice Cream

5 Minute Chocolate Mug Cake 

Ingredients: 

  • 4 tbsp.  flour
  • 4 tbsp. sugar
  • 2 tbsp. cocoa powder
  • 1 egg
  • 3 tbsp. milk
  • 3 tbsp. oil
  • Splash of vanilla extract
  • Optional: chocolate chips, nuts

Directions: 

Mix all dry ingredients in mug. Stir in egg. Mix in remaining wet ingredients until combined. Microwave on high for three minutes. 

I don’t know if being five minutes away from chocolate cake is a very good thing or a very bad thing… 🙂 

At this rate, my dinner will be cookies and brownies. Anything to satisfy this intense sweet tooth!

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My name is Julie and I am a full-time blogger, new mama, fitness enthusiast (certified personal trainer and group exercise instructor) and food fanatic (mostly healthy... but also not-so-healthy) living in North Carolina with my husband, dog and baby boy. Thank you for visiting Peanut Butter Fingers! I hope you enjoy little glimpses into my life and have fun trying the sweaty workouts I frequently share and making some of my favorite recipes along the way!

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Comments

  1. Spotty Prep says

    January 24, 2010 at 6:12 pm

    I’m going to see Wicked Feb. 27th! I’m so excited 🙂 I tried reading the book, but couldn’t get into it. I love the soundtrack though!!

    My Junior League cookbook has a recipe for the cake in a mug- I was really surprised at how good it is!!

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  2. Anna says

    January 24, 2010 at 6:27 pm

    Aggh! Wicked is SO fun! You’re going to love it!

    That lemon fluff looks good! Never would have thought of doing that!

    Reply
  3. Anne @ the doctor takes a wife says

    January 24, 2010 at 6:51 pm

    That mug cake looks awesome. I can’t wait to try it!!

    Reply
  4. Jessica @ How Sweet It Is says

    January 24, 2010 at 7:34 pm

    I LOVE Wicked!! My fave show of all time. 🙂

    Reply
  5. Shelley (findinghappinessandhealth) says

    January 24, 2010 at 7:36 pm

    some very interesting/delicious looking eats in this post 🙂 the cake and the jello fluff both look so good! & wicked is amaaaazing..i’m obsessed.

    xoxo
    shelley
    http://findinghappinessandhealth.wordpress.com

    Reply
  6. Kelly says

    January 24, 2010 at 7:37 pm

    What an easy way to make chocolate cake! And you will LOVE Wicked! I saw this past August when it came to Austin and it was AMAZING! I love musicals too and this one did not dissapoint!

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  7. homecookedem says

    January 24, 2010 at 7:56 pm

    Woah girl, you’re on a roll with the sweet tooth recipes today!! Both look wonderful!! Thanks for sharing!! 🙂

    Reply
  8. Sara says

    January 24, 2010 at 8:28 pm

    Yum! i want some mug cake. 🙂

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  9. spiceaholic says

    January 24, 2010 at 8:35 pm

    Hmm, that lemony jello bowl just might help me learn to like cottage cheese!

    Reply
  10. April says

    January 24, 2010 at 8:48 pm

    I bet your mug cake tastes better than my protein mug cake 😉

    Sadie is on my blog again today!!!

    Reply
  11. Linda says

    January 24, 2010 at 9:18 pm

    That lemon fluff sounds delicious.
    Let me know what you think of Wicked the book. It’s on my list of books to read.

    Reply
  12. Nicole (dishin') says

    January 25, 2010 at 3:27 pm

    OMG that mug cake looks delicious! I’ll have to try that. It’s quick and portion-controlled 🙂

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  13. Alison says

    January 25, 2010 at 6:04 pm

    Your lemon fluff looks awesome! What a creative idea! I will have to try it with strawberry or watermelon jell-o sometime…yum!

    That’s really cool you are going to see Wicked. I’m actually going to see Beauty & the Beast and Lord of the Dance with my mom this year! I love shows! 🙂

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  14. Amy says

    January 26, 2010 at 12:32 pm

    I’ve been meaning to try the mug cake… it looks yummy! I did try the three-minute oatmeal cookie- wasn’t as big of a fan that I was hoping to be (maybe a good thing in the end).

    Reply
  15. Martha @simplyformylife says

    September 29, 2010 at 9:57 pm

    I needed a pickmeup tonight and am enjoying this right now! Thanks!! love it!!

    Reply
  16. Bok Delnegro says

    November 23, 2011 at 7:42 pm

    In America, we have that too but not in the juice form. They sell Birch Beer Soda at my college store. It’s fantastic.

    Reply
  17. Kristi Henderson says

    December 6, 2011 at 9:46 pm

    I just made this mug cake for my fiancé and topped in with Hershey’s syrup and he loved it! Thanks for the recipe!

    Reply
  18. Suzanne says

    March 13, 2012 at 12:27 pm

    This mug cake is delicious! My boyfriend and I used to eat it until I calculated the WW points and found out it was almost 17 points for the whole thing—needless to say I have NEVER made it again! It was amazing while it lasted though! LOL

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  19. Elizabeth @ Chocolate Drops and Pearls says

    March 15, 2012 at 9:26 am

    Hey Julie!

    I just tried this recipe last night with my boyfriend. It was delicious! They turned out a little bigger than I expected which is never a bad thing.

    I completely agree with you thought, 5 minutes away from a mouth-watering dessert is never a good thing.

    Thanks for sharing this.

    Reply
  20. Joann says

    May 22, 2012 at 5:06 pm

    I cannot wait to try this mug cake tonight! Thank you for posting the recipe 🙂

    Reply
  21. Maya says

    June 25, 2012 at 6:59 pm

    I tried the mug cake with a scoop of chocolate protein powder and applesauce instead of oil and it was amazing and healthy too!! thanks for posting:)

    Reply

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