** My blog was being very grouchy yesterday.**
The home page decided it would be fun to vanish for a few hours, taking my header and all the recipes with it. Not so fun for anyone trying to access a specific recipe, and I am so sorry about the inconvenience. With the help of Servint (I love them and recommend them to anyone searching for a host!), the blog was restored to Thursday– think System Restore, but for websites. Unfortunately, some comments were lost in the process. (Please feel free to leave another, especially if you had a question and never received an answer.) My most-recent post was also lost, and very few people could see it yesterday, anyway. So I’m re-publishing it below. If you’re waiting for new recipes, never fear: next week will be full of them!
America runs on coffee.
Dunkin Donuts wants you to think that America runs on them. But I don’t think I’ve ever had a cup of Dunkin Donuts coffee, and I’m still around.
I run on a different sort of caffeine: chocolate!
One of my college roommates definitely ran on coffee, though. She had a mug that said: “Where’s my Coffee?” If the mug was clean, I knew she must not be awake yet, because getting coffee was the very first thing she did every morning… and she was quite grouchy without it!
March is National Caffeine Awareness Month. Does anyone else think this is ridiculous? Surely we don’t need to raise awareness about something with which every single person in America is already familiar! Eh, but I like caffeine. So I’ll do my part to raise awareness anyway!
Below, the coffee-themed recipes on my blog:
One of the most viewed recipes on this blog, and you can probably make this cake faster than you could pour a cup of coffee! (There’s also a non-coffee version, for coffee haters.)
Quick! Get your latte fix now, because soon it will be summer. And who wants to drink a hot pumpkin latte in the summer? Then again, I bet this would be good on ice!
Copycat Starbucks Frappuccinos
Or you can turn the above recipe into ice cream. Frappuccino Ice Cream? Can it get any better? Well, yes, actually it can…
There, see? Better than Frappuccino ice cream. Or at least just as good!
Poor gingerbread man. About a minute after the photoshoot, he was completely submerged in the latte and was reduced to a soggy mush. It’s a dangerous world out there for a gingerbread man. But what a way to go!
Three-Ingredient Coffee Ice Cream
If you can’t tell from the photo, this is a super-old recipe post on my blog. Still delicious, though, especially topped with chocolate syrup. Caffeine overload!
After all, coffee isn’t the only source of caffeine…
My personal favorite source of caffeine.
Question of the Day:
What do YOU run on?
Coffee? Peanut Butter? A good night’s sleep?
Oh, I run on copious amounts of coffee and exhaustion rolled into one! No, seriously, with 4 kids (3 under 3 and a Big One), I DO pour a morning coffee but rarely finish it. I’m not entirely sure what I run on, but I certainly don’t sit down – I may not get back up! Love your recipes and thank you!
Haha too funny!
I drink wayyy too much coffee. I make it at home in the mornings, but sometimes I buy it from Starbucks or QT (they have the best gas station coffee in the world). I’m a Starbucks gold member, which is the highest level of their rewards program. So I get a few benefits from that here and there, but I still spend wayyy too much money there. 🙂
Good morning. That is great they restored you! Have a great weekend. I look forward to next week’s options!
This is going to sound weird but I run on fruit! Each day I need to have my “fruit fix” or else I don’t feel my best. Strangest addiction ever! I remember drinking coffee when I was about 11 when my parents would brew a fresh cup but I lost interest and have never drank it again. My mom is a real coffee junkie and gets headaches without it so I don’t really want to go down that road. I’ll stick with a nice warm cup of herbal tea!
Same here! I’m afraid of becoming a morning coffee drinker, because I’ve seen how addicted people can get!
My sons hugs and smiles and pure sunshine. I am blessed to teach where my sons go to school. So if I need a pick-me-up and they are out to recess…I run outside to grab some sunshine and a quick hug with smiles. Then back to grading papers that sent me outside to begin with!
Awwww that is such a sweet comment. It made me smile on this Saturday morning :).
That’s so sweet! I have 2 young kids and my sister often drops by my house after work for what she calls her “daily dose of cuteness”.
I run on green smoothies! But also, chocolate chips :).
I’m more of a tea drinker, but I DEFINITELY run on chocolate & peanut butter…many times together, too! Thanks for all your great recipes, I’ve become totally obsessed with your blog!
I run on THIS BLOG!
Seriously, it puts me in a good mood every morning. Thanks, CCK :).
Mmm I’d run on those brownies if I could ;).
I run on… well to take this question literally, I run on 1/2 a slice o toast with peanut butter. That’s my pre-run breakfast every morning :).
Oops, I meant “of”.