Coconut Macadamia Brownies

I brought some unsalted macadamia nuts back with me from our trip to Hawaii. I wanted to use the flavors of coconut and macadamia nuts in a dessert and I love Mounds candy bars. This was made from an almond joy brownies recipe but I used macadamia nuts in place of the almonds.

The brownie layer was super moist and fudgy. The coconut layer was rich and chewy. The milk chocolate layer was smooth and sweet. The chopped macadamia nuts on the top added crunch. I would make these brownies again. They are more time consuming than brownies from a box but they are complex in flavor and highly addictive.

Mint Chocolate Cookies

Our friend Israa came over to visit. We whipped up some cookies from whatever we could find in the cupboards. The recipe had no eggs in it which was good because we were able to eat the cookie dough too. We only had a little bit of mint chocolate chips so we added dark chocolate chunks. The cookies were very soft in the oven but firmed up when we cooled them on the rack. They taste great with a glass of ice cold milk.