Steve got me a waffle iron and I’ve leslie knoped twice in one week and I’m not ashamed to admit there’ll be a third and fourth time this weekend. I’ve chosen the waffle ironing over clothes ironing and I’m not quite sure you guys, but I think I’m yoloing.

Once I figure out which one I ate the fastest I’ll go ahead and share it with your faces on monday. Until then I just have to eat all the waffles and make EVERYTHING on this week’s grocery list because serious talent:

First up is Ashlae with some serious sea salt chocolate chip cookies that just happen to be vegan with an option for gluten free and they look like I need to have all of them. right now. like there’s no tomorrow. (via Oh, Ladycakes)

#BABYCAKESBYSARAH and it means I can eat multiple. (via The Vanilla Bean Blog)

PUDDING + PISTACHIOS + GAB’S STYLING = MISSJAYEYES4U. (via The Artful Desperado)

Let it be known that I would wear Melissa’s braid of chocolate bread on my head. as hair. forever. What is this beauty?! (via The Faux Martha)

I’ve had a falafel craving lately and obviously I sent out a signal to Jessica and she made me some baked falafel that take no time at all to throw together which means no time at all to make it to my facehole. (via How Sweet It Is)

Confession: I’ve never had molten lava cake. Confession: I would probably slam one on top of some vanilla ice cream and live my life. Nicole made some heart shaped ones that I would very much like to try. (via Dula Notes)

I’m not good with powdered sugar because the way I eat food means after 30 seconds everyone will think I’ve done cocaine but I’m willing to risk that for Erika’s Duck Fat Beignets. (via Southern Souffle)

I’m not vegan but that wouldn’t stop me from inhaling 4 or 5 of Dana’s vegan pot pies because they look fabulouuuuus. (via Minimalist Baker)

I need the killer looking salmon cakes Jon made in burger form with all the toasted bunz and friez. (via The Candid Appetite)

you know that thing where you have spaghetti and garlic bread but probably more garlic bread because it’s the best? I want to do that with these garlic herb bread twists Tracy made. (via Shutterbean)

Carb on those carbs with blue cheese and bacon biscuits from the cauxzy Adrianna.  (via A Cozy Kitchen)

Megan stepped up the cereal milk game again with some pudding and I want a giant bowl with loooooooots of the whipped cream. (via Take a Megabite)

Joy made buttered pecan biscuits and naturally I want to open them up and put a giant scoop of salted caramel ice cream in there because I’m a growwn woman. (via Joy the Baker)

I’ve never had miso and taxi cab confession I can’t do chopsticks but I still want everything that Stephanie has going on in this pasta salad post. (via i am a food blog)

Another post with chopsticks that I need to have like yesterday. Molly’s Bánh mì bowl means everything gets tossed in there and my brain tells me I can have two because it’s healthier than a sandwich. (via my name is yeh)

Speaking of sandwich: BACON, KALE, AND RICOTTA. You serve this and you better bring a mic to the table because you’re gonna need to drop it. (via Not Without Salt)

We’re times twoing the chocolate chip cookies this week with Heathers brown butter chocolate maple pecan face exploders. (via Flourishing Foodie)

and last but not least, seriously, this cake from Sarah. whipped sour cream aaaaand blackberry curd? ALL OF IT. (via The Sugar Hit)

MUSIC: I’m actually crazy excited about Foster the People’s new album coming out because their first one was killer, minus pumped up kicks seriouslytheworsttrackonthere, so I bring you the first single from their new album so you can go punchdance and make some waffles.

p.s. go look at all their videos because I want to make out with all of them because they’re fun and attractive and crazy.

It’s that time of year again where people everywhere freak out over being single or together or chocolate or whatever aka the big v-day. I’m always just meh about all of it. While some love it and others loathe the idea I’m just sitting over here eating a bunch of brownies making valentine’s  for Steve based of the trashy tv we like to watch. I actually get a little excited about it. I figured since it is the day of love and making out with sugar I’d round up some sweet goodness for this week’s grocery list. Cue my dance song:

First up is Nicole with the waffle donut hybrid of my dreams. Plusss there’s the prettiest of blood orange icing, so, win-win. (via Dula Notes)

Dana went and made mini vegan cheesecakes because MINI CHEESECAKES. I should probably suggest that you double them because I would probably eat an entire batch myself. Mini means you can eat more. (via Minimalist Baker)

Not only did Megan give us salted Caramel that I want to Nigella Lawson but she put it between some vanilla shortbread and fresh marshmallow cream and I can’t handle it. (via Take a Megabite)

Adrianna is pushing me even further into the need for a waffle maker with double chocolate waffles. I need one like whoa like I need these bebes. (via A Cozy Kitchen)

RITZ, CHOCOLATE, STRAWBERRY ICE CREAM. aka how to make friends with anyone unless you’re that wal-mart cashier that questioned my life when I bought some fudge dipped ritz. It’s okay, I handled the situation with one of these. (via Joy the Baker)

Jon is going all out for his Valentine with pistachio eclairs. I mean, pistachio everywhere eclairs. Little does he know I’m breaking into his house and taking all of them. (via The Candid Appetite)

Tracy’s just trying to get me to make dessert nachos with these cinnamon sugar tortilla chips. It doesn’t help that they’re supa cute and heart shaped. (via Shutterbean)

SPRANKS for your valentine. Cindy went and put them all over these cute bebe cupcakes. (via Hungry Girl Por Vida)

Jessica is trying to make the moves on me with a crispy croissant sundae. Crispy buttery goodness smothered in chocolate. Jessica please, it would never work out. (via How Sweet it Is)

I have ramonaeyes for Izy always but especially this week because not only did she turn 18, Happy Birthday Gurl!, buuut she announced her new cookbook that’s coming out in the fall. Pew pew pew confetti thing emoji! GET IT. Also everyone else, get this chocolate peanut butter layer cake. Popcorn’s invovled. (via Top with Cinnamon)

Not only did Sarah make nutella ice cream but she went and shoved it into a brioche roll. I can only imagine how many hearts that would win over. (via The Sugar Hit)

Natalie went and did one of those things where she made her own of something that is very readily available right now and NOW I NEED ALL THE HOMEMADE SOMOA’S. (via Wee Eats)

Steph made one of Steve’s favorites with pistachio ice cream. Then she threw in dark chocolate and candied bacon bits for good measure. Good thinking Steph. (via Girl Versus Dough)

Erika has all the drinks covered with some rapping involved. I’ll take several of these thank you. (via Southern Souffle)

Delicious looking heart topped cake? Check. Cute pink Frosting? Check. Molly’s gif of what it looks like when I eat anything? Check and Check. (via My Name is Yeh)

Stephanie went and made one of my favorite pies and turned it into french toast. YES I’LL BE YOUR VALENTINE. (via i am a food blog)

For music this week I stuck with the luuuv theme and am giving you some classic Mariah because she has a new single out and I’m still eh about it and this one has a wedding gown train that could Rapunzel’s weave a run for it’s money. Practice the words, go out and buy a wedding gown and sing this to someone special.

A couple weeks ago I got that piece of crap cold/flu/demonbaby that made it’s way around and I was not having any of it. I was, however, having a major craving for chocolate chip cookies. The last thing I wanted to do was make a batch of cookies so in my delusional state I drove to target and bought those cookies that are in a giant rectangle that you break up an bake. WHAT. THE. HELL.

They are officially to me what sprinkle cookies are to Theresa. What cardboard is to someone that eats cardboard. I can’t.

That led me to find these beauties the next day. There’s some whole wheat, a bunch of chocolate and I get to use cold butter because I don’t always pencil in my cookie cravings. Since then we’ve had major cravings for brownies on the weekly and I’ve been trying some different recipes. When the perfect one happens I’ll share with you my bebes. Until then we look over my grocery list that has some major sweet tooth happening.

Bebes.

First up is Lindsay with a hottie no bake peanut butter banana cream pie. Anything with that much peanut butter and heavy cream is totally a two ramonaeyes rating. (via Love and Olive Oil)

Heather made a big pan of rolls filled with chocolate and I want all of them end of story. (via Flourishing Foodie)

Izy went and made blondies even better with bananas and pecans and chocolate. I mean, I have a bag of those ripe bananas on my counter so there’s gonna be a sexy pan coming out of my oven pretty soon. (via Top with Cinnamon)

Joy reminded me that I have a doughnut pan and I should show it some love with double chocolate cake doughnuts and then eat all of them. I’m game. (via Joy the Baker)

Jessica casually added kettle potato chips to chocolate frosted raised doughnuts. I asked to motorboat, she said yes, I’ll keep you updated. (via How Sweet it Is)

You could give me any rice crispy treat and I’d eat it, but these peanut butter brown butter ones from Stephanie would be eaten like 10 times faster (via Girl Versus Dough)

Megan made everyone’s dreams come true when she made CEREAL MILK ICE CREAM using chocolate peanut butter cereal. I scream, you scream, we all Ramonaeyes for that ice cream. (via Take a Megabite)

Adrianna turned the beet around and shoved it in some hummus. Sorry. (via A Cozy Kitchen)

Dana also turned the beet around but she shoved it in some vegan chocolate lava cakes. Also sorry. (via Minimalist Baker)

I know everyone everywhere else is experiencing crazy cold right now so you should probably do like Tracy and put some cherry booze in your hot chocolate. (via Shutterbean)

Cindy went and made a dutch baby that made me facebook comment sing some No Doubt because Gwen Stefani. (via Hungry Girl Por Vida)

In case anyone wants to have their mind blown for breakfast, Jon gives you fry bread breakfast tacos because obvs. (via The Candid Apetite)

Also on the breakfast train/one recipe closer to making me need a waffle maker is Sarah with some feather light buckwheat waffles that I want to Leslie Knope so hard. (via The Sugar Hit)

Aaaand caboosing the breakfast train/this grocery list is my girl Erika with some pepper broccoli hash. Maybe we can casually throw some in a fry bread taco? Uh, yes. (via Southern Souffle)

For music this week we’re listening to Kylie Minogue’s latest single because it’s Kylie Minogue and I want to be her when I grow up. Plus this is total pants optional dance around the kitchen while baking cookies music aka the best kind of music.

Hey there you pretty bird, I’ve got some alcohol for you.

I figured that I should probably contribute something towards Super Bowl aka February Thanksgiving aka how many nachos can I fit in my face. For me the day isn’t too exciting because I don’t watch any sports. I’m that guy that watches for the commercials and Beyonce. I sort of Caroline Manzo all of it, and I’m just like in a dark corner by myself eating a pile of melted cheese and drinking a beergarita.

The beergarita is a special drink because most recipes involve a ton of tequila and a good amount of frozen lime-aid concentrate. I’m no go on the lime-aid and I promise to never use that same container to measure out tequila. My top needs to stay on.

This version of the beergarita is much simpler with just three ingredients: Beer (obvs), fresh lime juice, and agave. You’re getting the best of a couple worlds in just one glass. Now I know what you’re thinking: ‘Billy shame on you for trashing up beer’ to which I reply ‘I could give two shits.’ This is definitely something you should try with a couple of plain untouched beers so people have the option of what they want to use to intoxicate themselves. It’s your party, do whatever.

Now, let’s get to mixing.

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For the past couple of years, Lindsay over at Love and Olive Oil and Julie at The Little Kitchen have been putting on a big fabulous internet extravaganza called The Great Food Blogger Cookie Swap. Basically cookies were in everyone’s faces as bloggers swapped a dozen cookies with three other bloggers then ate the whole three dozen by themselves. I could have swore I read somewhere that we got a pair of pajama jeans for post cookie inhaling.

My contribution for this sugar explosion was something to use up all the brown sugar I’ve been making because I’ve been a brown sugar factory and I feel so Ina about it. You know how she is with chicken stock, that’s me with brown sugar. I’m basically one crisp white shirt and a barn away from being as fabulous as she is.

When I had made all the brown sugar in the world I had two recipes set aside: my one bowl blondies and Joy’s brown sugar cookies. I figured that Joy’s would be easier to ship so I made a double batch, threw in some toffee bits, and sprinkles a little Maldon on top.

OO. WEE.

These babies stay nice and chewy thanks to the brown sugar, are practically screaming MAKE ME INTO AN ICE CREAM SANDWICH, and are perfect for gift giving this year. Joy describes them as chocolate chip cookies without the chocolate chips and that’s totally what they are. We sneak some ginger and cinnamon in there, just enough to be like hey gurl not hey gurl heyy and it makes me think that they’re holiday cookie royalty.

When I sent my batches out to the other bloggers I got them bagged up and taped some keewwt labels on there aaand I gave them some fresh brown sugar because that’s who I am now. Also confetti was involved because duh. Rectangle shaped hole punches FTW!

On top of all this business, I’ve included a printaabbllllle! That tag up there gets printed out, folded and stapled to a clear bag (4x9x2). How easy is that?!

BRB I need to starch my shirt.

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If you follow me on Instagram you’ve been seeing a whole lot of cookie business and this week I posted about brown sugar and people are probably like WHERE IS ALL THE THANKSGIVING?! I’m opting for cookies right now and I’m working on a pie for you last minute people aka my people. Thanksgiving is less than a week away and you probably still need some ideas (I know I do). Luckily for all of us, people have been blogging Thanksgiving recipes like they’re going out of style and I’ve got some of mah faves on this weeks grocery list.

First up, Adrianna is shutting. it. down. with these pies. I mean seriously, that ROSE APPLE PIE will have everyone Ramona Eyesing, it’s a looker. Plus she went ahead and schooled us with pie crust 101. Go learn things! (via A Cozy Kitchen)

Not from a food blogger, but I instantly post-ited this classic dressing recipe from Bon Appètit’s Thanksgiving issue. The 1 1/2 sticks of butter is what did it for me. (via Bon Appètit)

I would totally serve hushpuppies at Thanksgiving and I know nobody would complain. Especially if they were Tracy’s that she laced with sausage and jalapeno. (via Shutterbean)

Joy has some Herb and Gruyere cheese puffs that would be super amazing with turkey or a hunk of cheese. More cheese, always. (via Joy the Baker)

Jessica’s letting us know about the cranberry margarita and her mom’s gravy tips (BOOKMARK IT). ps If you give me a cranberry margarita on Thanksgiving I WILL NEVER LEAVE. (via How Sweet It Is)

I kind of really need Gaby’s spicy green beans on my table. I think they might replace the casserole but don’t tell the half used can of fried onions that. (via What’s Gaby Cooking)

In case you aren’t feeling Joy’s puffs or you want to increase the cheese count (YES) Cindy has some crazy good looking sage and romano biscuits that obviously need to happen with your thanksgiving, orrr maybe make them for breakfast the next morning with all that leftover gravy? I’m just saying… (via Hungry Girl Por Vida)

If you need some help in the appetizer dept Megan totally has a cheese plate how-to that you should check out because it’s full of cheesy goodness and fir dessert she went out and made pumpkin piesicles that I’m still freaking out over. (via Take a Megabite)

Izy also contributes to the appetizer dept. with some maple, vanilla, flax roasted almonds and pecans. If anything you could bag these up and send ‘em home with people. I know I’d take them all in my purse/elastic waist pants when nobody’s looking. (via Top With Cinnamon)

Stephanie made a fabulous looking quinoa salad with hazelnuts and cranberries that I would like to eat an entire bowl of. It would also be great to help people feel less bad about that stuffing and gravy (via i am a food blog)

IF YOU HAVE VEGETARIANS then I would totally grab some roasted autumn vegetable pot pies from Jon and make a giant one. Because everyone loves pot pie. Fact. (via The Candid Appetite)

If you needed any more dessert Sarah has you covered with maple chocolate pecan pie madness. I’m not crazy about pecan pie but if it tasted kind of like a brownie I’d devour it. (via The Sugar Hit)

And lastly I knowww you need something for the morning after so you should check out Minimalist Baker’s Apple Cinnamon Waffles. BECAUSE THEY’RE APPLE CINNAMON WAFFLES. (via MInimalist Baker)

Now for the music this week we’re gonna cheat a little bit and I’m going to send you over to The Artful Desperado where mah boy Gab put together a gathering playlist  for West Elm that is perfect for your thanksgiving and prevents you from having to resort to Christmas music. Unless it’s Mariah’s All I want for Christmas is You, then that can go on repeat. Your guests will love you for it. Maybe.

I wanna know about other T-Day foods, let me know what you’re up to!