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A spatula serving a churro cheesecake bar

Churro Cheesecake Story

Easy pumpkin pie bars with a classic pumpkin pie filling and a 2 ingredient cake mix crust. Made in a 9x13 inch pan, these pumpkin pie bars are amazing!

Pumpkin Pie Bars

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Box Brownies Made Better Story

A plate of chocolate cookies topped with chopped pecans, caramel pieces, and chocolate chips, with additional caramel cubes, pecans, and chocolate chips scattered around the plate.

Turtle Cookies

Mini smores cups topped with toasted marshmallows are arranged on a wooden platter. In the background, whole marshmallows, graham crackers, and a chocolate bar are on a plate.

S’mores Bites

A close-up of a blueberry muffin with a sugar-dusted top sits on a white plate, surrounded by a few fresh blueberries on a light background.

Blueberry Muffins

A close-up of chocolate and peanut butter brownies on a wire rack, topped with peanut butter chips and swirled with peanut butter. Peanut butter cups and chips are scattered around.

REESE’S MAGIC BARS

A slice of rich, moist chocolate cake with chocolate frosting and chocolate shavings on top, served on a black plate with a fork.

Homemade Chocolate Cake

A tropical pink drink in a glass garnished with pineapple slices, maraschino cherries, and shredded coconut on the rim, with a striped straw. Fresh pineapple and a pitcher are in the background.

Pina Colada Sangria

Three frosted sugar cookies stacked on top of each other, decorated with swirls of pink and blue frosting and colorful sprinkles. The top cookie has a bite taken out of it. More decorated cookies are blurred in the background.

Frosted Sugar Cookies

A close-up of a loaf of banana bread on a wooden cutting board, with several slices cut and lying in front of the loaf. The bread appears moist with a golden-brown crust.

Easy Banana Bread

A close-up of freshly baked chocolate chip cookies arranged in neat rows on a baking tray. The cookies are golden-brown, round, and studded with chocolate chips.

Chocolate Chip Muffins Story

A close-up of a cherry cobbler in a white baking dish, with a wooden spoon lifting a serving of the dessert showing juicy red cherries and golden, crumbly topping.

Cherry Dump Cake Story

A plate of round lemon sugar cookies is arranged with lemon slices; one cookie has a bite taken out, and a hand is picking up a cookie from the plate.

Lemon Sugar Cookies Story

Three tall glasses filled with layered, colorful rainbow smoothies are topped with fresh fruit, including strawberries, blueberries, blackberries, banana, and spinach. Sliced fruit is scattered around the glasses on the table.

7 Layer Rainbow Smoothie

A metal cup filled with swirled chocolate whipped cream, piled high in a soft, textured peak.

Easiest Chocolate Whipped Cream

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