Cadbury Cupcakes

1 box devils food chocolate cake mix
Ingredients according to package directions
2 packages of 12 mini cadbury cream eggs

Follow directions on cake mix box. Fill up cupcake pan with cupcake liners and fill 2/3 with cake batter. You can either place each mini egg into the center of each unbaked cupcake. Bake according to package directions. I usually do 350 degrees for about 20 minutes. You may frost them but I find that it really doesnt need frosting. Please be sure to cover the cupcakes with foil once they come out of the oven for about 15 minutes. Doing this will ensure that you are going to have a moist cupcake. Note: the center where the egg was will be gooey at first but after a while it will harden a bit. I find this to be really good because the chocolate from the egg will have melted throughout the cupcake creating a really creamy chocolate flavor. If you decide you do want to frost them, any chocolate frosting will work but I am currently constructing a really good homeade frosting so stay tuned for that recipe! Oh I love those cadbury eggs!

Cadbury Eggs

I do not YET have my own recipe for these but they still remain one of my favorite treats. I love how creamy and rich the chocolate shell is and how sweet and smooth the inside cream is. No matter how much I am trying to eat well, I can't ever say no to one of these! Stay tuned for a cadbury egg recipe and be sure to "like" my facebook page, Julie's Sweet Bites: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Julies-Sweet-Bites/151449918295822

Oreo Trick For You Calorie Counters

A double stuft oreo has about 160 calories in 2-3 Oreos. If you love the flavor but can't afford the calories, scrape out the cream filling and dunk them wafers in milk. This slashes the calories dramatically and you get your oreo fix. There are 30 calories in 2 cream-less Oreos. So scrape, dunk, and enjoy!

Sugar Free peanut butter chocolate cookie dough

This recipe really is a base to help you figure out ways to improve upon sugar free baked desserts and non baked desserts. I know many who are diabetic and cannot have sugar or need to be on a strict watch for how much they consume. Luckily in this day in age, there is so much on the market as far as sugar substitutes go. Here goes:

3 packets of "Diet" hot cocoa mix
3/4 cup agave syrup
3/4 cup Splenda Sweetener
1/4 cup peanut butter
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
2 sticks softened almost melted unsalted butter (if butter is a little melted its okay)
1/4-1/2 cup of lactose free milk (if you arent concerned about a little sugar, you can use fat free milk)
2 eggs (I like to use egg substitute)
1 teaspoon vanilla
2 cups flour
1 teapoon salt
1 teaspoon baking soda


Mix hot cocoa powder, splenda, agave, butter, peanut butter and vanilla in a large mixer until creamy. Slowly mix in eggs and beat until creamy. In a separate bowl, mix flour, baking soda, and salt. Slowly mix flour mixture into suagr and butter mix. Bake at 325 degrees for 6-8 minutes or until no longer raw. These cookies may come out a bit puffier than a usual cookie but they still have a great taste for sugar free. Enjoy!!

*For cookie dough balls, omit the eggs

Cookie Baking Tip

If you are the type of person who loves a moist chocolate chip cookie or any cookie for that matter, I have a great tip. Reduce the baking time by one minute. Once you pull them out of the oven, immediately transfer them to a plate and cover the plate with foil. This will create a steam bath from the heat which will keep your cookies super moist and soft. If that is too moist for you, skip the covering part. Enjoy a nice plate of warm and soft chocolate chip cookies!

Spider Man Cupcakes

So, I am not into cupcakes as much as my other desserts. If you want to see some amazing cupcakes, my cousin Dan and friend Jalynne with Some Sweet Cakes on Facebook makes great cakes. Anyway, this was my creative take on cupcakes for a boy who sure loves that Spider Man:

1 box of chocolate cake mix (or whatever their favorite flavor is)
Ingredients according to cake mix
Red or blue cupcake wrappers
1 cup melted milk chocolate chips
2 cans white frosting
red food coloring
blue food coloring

Prepare cupcakes as directed on the box using the red or blue cupcake wrappers. Cover cupcakes with a towel for about 20 minutes or until they have cooled (this is my trick to keep a moist cupcake). Mix frosting in two different bowls with red food coloring and blue food coloring. It may take quite a few drops of dye to achieve the right blue and red. If you dont use enough food coloring, the colors may come out pastel which is not what you want. Take a small amount of red frosting and cover half of the top of the cupcake with red and the other half with blue or you can do blue frosting in the middle and red around. Just be creative and have fun. Once the cupcakes are frosted, melt the chocolate. If you do not have piping bags, you can cut a tiny hole in the corner of a ziplock and place the chocolate in there to use as a piping bag. Make sure the hole for the piping is very small to acheive the right type of webbing. Start off by squeezing a little out on a napkin to practice. I usually start by making a big "x" on the cupcake and adding more lines to make a star shape. You may add lines going the other way inside the lines to create the web look. Dont worry if it doesnt look perfect. Another cute idea is taking the chocolate piping bag and making a large filled in circle on the middle of the cupcake and making little legs coming off of the circle. Once all cupcakes are decorated, place in the fridge to allow the chocolate to harden. Enjoy!

Valentine's Truffles

Valentine's Day is coming up and so far my cookie dough truffles have been a huge hit. I will be able to take order until the 7th of February. That will be the last day I can ship them. The great news is that they keep wonderfully in the fridge for a month and in the freezer for 6 months. I can make them heart shaped and decorate them how you wish. Leave a comment here or on my Julie's sweet bites Facebook page if you are interested. Prices are to the right of this blog site as well as flavors. I will also take special requests. Happy Valentine's Day!