Avalanche Bars

A traditional trip to the lake for the 4th of July, is upon us!  That means all summer diets are out the window and bring on the s'mores.  Well this year I decided for my sweet treat contribution to be Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory's Avalanche Bars :) I worked there for several months in Galveston, for my culinary internship.  I forgot how many hundereds of pounds of fudge I made while I was there.  I can say it was a lot! Anyways they have this awesome inexpensive bar.  White chocolate, peanut butter, marshmallows, rice cereal and mini chocolate chips..... What's not to love, right?!  They are the perfect quick treat mostly everyone who breathes can enjoy.  They don't cost an arm and a leg and they can easily be stored!  Perfect for a long weekend at the lake.  

Avalanche Bars

32 oz White Chocolate

1 cup Creamy Peanut Butter

6 Cups Rice Cereal

1 bag Mini Marshmallows

½ cup Mini Chocolate Chips

Extra mini chips for topping 

Melt white chocolate in microwave bowl on medium power for 2 minute intervals.  Once chocolate is completely melted,  add peanut butter and mix.  You can then add the rice cereal and once it is all incorporated, let sit 5 minutes before adding mini marshmallows.  Once the mallows have been added and mixed in, gently fold in  mini chocolate chips and then put in a parchment lined bakers dish, and too with extra chips.  Let sit 30 minutes before cutting up and storing.  Store in air tight container or bag up to two weeks!  

No Bake Cookies

Few things in life are as simple as no bake cookies.  Because of that I find myself making them more often than not.  This is a recipe my family and I have always enjoyed all year long and throughout all our ages.  Maybe it's the chocolate and peanut butter I don't now.  All I do know is this is a special cookie.  Sweet, soft with a bit of a chew from the oats.  You can't beat that when you are looking for comfort.  These are so easy that you can easy whip out several batches in a matter of half an hour.  Remember everyone likes a no bake cookie.  

No Bake Cookies

1 stick salted butter

2 cups of sugar

1/4 cup of milk

Bring to boil.

Mix in 3 1/2 cup old fashioned oats

1/4 cup cocoa powder

1/2 cup of peanut butter

1 tsp vanilla

Spoon onto wax paper.

Yield 2 dozen