Mini Peanut Butter Mousse Pies

Last weekend we got the urge to make ourselves pretty looking desserts on Saturday night.  It was probably inspired by our unbelievable dinner on Friday night, which I'll get to later.

 

I had peanut butter on the brain (which I do about 90% of the time), but I had two issues to overcome:

1) I didn't want to make a whole gigantic pie for 2 people

 

2) All of the peanut pie recipes online called for too many ingredients, like corn syrup, chocolate chips, black bottom crusts, ganache, etc. 

 

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I wanted simple.  So I simply put together 4 foolproof ingredients:

 

- 4 ounces of 1/3 less fat cream cheese

- 1/2 cup of reduced fat peanut butter

- 1/4 cup sugar

- 1 teaspoon of vanilla

 

I beat those ingredients together until smooth.  Then I folded in 1/2 cup of whipped cream that I whipped myself, but you could totally do store bought to make it even easier. 

 

Once that whole concoction was well mixed I placed the mixture into 6 mini graham cracker crusts:

 

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These things are so cute, convenient, and controlled as far as portion size. 

(Don't you just love a dessert alliteration?)

 

Then I put them in a tray with some plastic wrap over each tart so that they wouldn't form a skin, and I let them harden in the refrigerator for about 4 hours. 

 

For the final touch I topped with No Sugar Added Hershey Syrup and some chopped salted nuts.  Each tart was the perfect dessert for one.  And with 6 servings we had leftovers to look forward to the next day...for breakfast :)

 

 

These would also be amazing frozen and/or topped with additional whipped cream and/or Magic Shell topping and/or they would be amazing with anything.  Now I'll stop.

 

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Wow.  It's a disturbing world we live in:

 

 

Priorities people.

 

And for the record, I was looking up "how much does an electric fence cost".  Yesterday Grant took his eyes off of Rosie in the backyard for a few minutes.  He looked up and she had vanished.  After a frantic and unsuccessful search, she casually came sauntering up the driveway with a bagel in her mouth as if nothing had happened. 

 

We don't have bagels.  And we still have absolutely no idea how she procured the breakfast treat.  She's a mysterious creature, that one!

Family Decals

Finally, a decal I can get on bored with.

 

 

 

Because the only thing I love more than sitting on my ass in a recliner is my awesome little dog!

 

 

 

 

Dog is My Copilot

And Jesus is among us.  In this dog's butt:

 

Dog Butt Looks Like Jesus Christ In A Robe

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Happy Friday :)

Look No Further

I've got the perfect Father's Day gift for you and yours:

 

The $30,000 necktie.

 

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It's black based so it goes with everything.  It's encrusted with 100 diamonds.  And it only cost $30,000!

 

And if that doesn't tickle your fancy this article also shows you where you can get:

 

- $75,000 set of golf clubs

- $190 bottle of beer

- $500,000 television

 

All  your bases are covered.  Happy Father's Day!

Oopsie Daises

 

I would never try to make light of such a tragic event as the Boston Marathon bombings, but have you ever seen a more unfortunate placement of the address box on a magazine? 

 

Haven't these ladies lost enough?  Now you take away the bottom of one woman's remaining leg and the top foot of another.  Not cool People.  Not cool.