Oreo Rice Krispie Treats

When JV was taking a nap yesterday, I quickly ran down to the kitchen, as if a ghost was chasing me (Indonesian idiom), and made this treats. I found the recipe while browsing during one of those nighttime pumping sessions. It can be found here.

As usual, my creation does not look as good as the original recipe. I think it's because I use my Ninja to chop the oreos instead of just breaking them into chunks. Not too bad. 

It makes me want to make Oreo milkshake next. Hello sugar!

On How to Bake Something Pretty into Something Horrifying

Let's start with something pretty to look at, shall we? (No, I'm not talking about me. But thanks anyway)

I have been browsing to find any baking recipes to get into the holiday spirit. Or to be precise, since I have bought 3 cookie jars, I'd better start filling them up or they will be collecting dust. Out of these, I was planning to make the Raspberry-Almond Linzer, the Red Velvet Cookies with Cream Cheese Swirl, the Butter Cookie Sandwich with Chestnut Cream, the Chocolate Souffle, and the Chocolate Chip Mint Cookies (Please match the title with its picture yourself).

I thought the universe was on my side when I saw the deal on KitchenAid Standing Mixer from Kohl's on Cyber Monday. Kohl's had 20% off everything online. That made the price of the mixer down to $280 from $350. On top of that, there was a $50 mail-in rebate. So right now we're at $230. On top of the top of that (Yes, I like to make up my own words), I got $75 Kohl's cash. So I bought it.

It was hard to choose between Empire Red color or Aqua Sky. But I thought the red will pop in our white/gray kitchen. The day it got delivered was probably the greatest day of my amateur baking days. Then it went downhill from there.

Last Sunday, I made the Mint Chocolate Chip Cookies. It all can be concluded in 4 points:
1. They became a hit in my household.
2. My current household consists of my husband and me.
3. I don't like mint (with some exceptions). I hated the smell of the pure mint I used/
4. Thus only my husband ate the cookies. (36 cookies in one week). Probably that does not make me a good wife.
5. However, I didn't use the mixer because I used Betty Crocker sugar cookies mix and I want to be careful to pick the recipe that my lovely mixer will experience for the first time.

After some consideration, I picked the Red Velvet Cookies with Cream Cheese Swirl because I like red velvet cupcakes with cream cheese filling/icing, so I though Why not? But let me tell you. They didn't turn out as good as I'd like it to be. And trust me, I already lowered the standard. It all can be concluded in 10 points:
1. I forgot to mix in the brown sugar. Duh!
2. Mine looks like poop.
3. Some food coloring did not mix well.
4. Thus making it look like poop with hemorrhoid.
5. I'm sad.
6. Though I can't wait until my husband gets back and we can laugh together at it.
8. But I do not give up. (Listen to that, kids!)
9. I am preparing the next recipe already. Wish me luck!
10. I feel bad for my mixer

You can't clearly tell the unmixed red food coloring from the picture. But I hope you get the idea......
Don't they just look so poopy-ish?????!!! GOSH!!


Love,


Your angry-but-not-giving-up-yet-because-I-have-to-set-a-good-example-for-my-kids baker