These creamy and colorful ube cheesecake bars are made with two types of cheesecake fillings swirled together: tangy sour cream cheesecake and ube-flavored cheesecake! Learn more about ube, the vibrant Filipino ingredient that gives this cheesecake its unique color and flavor, and grab the recipe (with tips, tricks, and step-by-step photos) in the post.
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The Best Brownie Box Mix
This blog post will tell you literally everything you ever wanted to know about brownie box mix. I did taste tests to find the best brownie box mix (spoiler alert: it was a toss up between Ghirardelli and Duncan Hines brownie box mix). From there, I sampled different Ghirardelli brownie box mixes to find the best flavor/variety, tried popular brownie box mix hacks to see if they really did improve the brownies (another spoiler alert because omg, they did), and even dropped some controversial hot takes about brownie box mixes.
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Ruby Chocolate Blondies
These ruby chocolate blondies are made with ruby chocolate, a naturally pink chocolate that tastes like a mix of white chocolate and raspberries. Learn more about this unique sweet and tart ingredient in the blog post, as well as more tips, tricks, and FAQs on how to make these unique, pink-crumbed blondies.
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Sarah Kieffer Brownies
These brownies are from famed food blogger Sarah Kieffer’s 100 Cookies and The Vanilla Bean Baking Book cookbooks! They are VERY similar to boxed mix brownies, with a light-yet-chocolaty, fudgy-yet-chewy texture with a shiny top that crinkles and flakes when sliced.
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White Chocolate Brownies
Just like regular chocolate brownies, these white chocolate brownies are tender-yet-chewy, with a glossy sugar top that flakes when sliced. They only difference? They have the sweet toasted milk flavor of white chocolate! Grab the recipe in the post, along with tips and tricks on how to make these delicious white chocolate brownies.
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Stella Parks Brownies
These are Stella Parks’ brownies from her cookbook, BraveTart: Iconic American Desserts! The brownies are super rich and decadent thanks to ingredients like brown butter and espresso powder. They are slightly thicker than regular brownies, with an intense fudgy texture and a shiny, glossy top that flakes when sliced.
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