The Sweetest Temptations.

I have spent the better of the past couple weeks with a flamin’ sweet tooth. I am not your typical “lovin’ all things chocolaty and sweet” kinda girl, I’m more of a candy lovin' kinda girl, anything chewy is my BFF. The worlds best combination is sweet and salty, hands down. So if one of those candies is combined and followed closely by the salty crispiness of a tater chip...I’m a really happy girl. But here as of late all I have been wanting is cakes and cookies, caramel apples, ice cream, I have even went as far as to think about brownies (and if you know me at all, then you know brownies are close to one of my least favorite things)- what is wrong with me?!?
I want to bake and try everything- and it's a bit of a waste when it’s only for two and we all know that baking can get a bit costly, especially when once I get a bite I’m usually finished…the hubby on the other hand would eat it all, creating a huge temptation for him. Everyday I find myself thinking what sweet thing can I have today- what can I make?!? This is a bit of a problem, although I must say that I have not given in to the everyday temptation- just the occasional one.

Last week I made a butter cake with chocolate icing (I only have one piece, then it was divided out between all the people who would eat it). A couple days later there was the amazing chocolate oatmeal cookies, they are a fave, so needless to say I did not just stop with one. They were delicious, O.M.G! Yesterday, we went out to dinner at Olive Garden, where I immediately picked up the dessert menu and drooled at the sights of the new berry sorbet and lemon cake…Of course, I didn’t get one because, well, if you’ve been to the Garden then you know that you can make a whole dessert for the price of the piece. We discussed grabbing a cone of ice cream but eventually made the decision to just go to the store and get some cones and ice cream of our choosing…Strawberry cheesecake it was and it was SO good. Ice cream, honestly?!? I don’t even care for ice cream- I am never tempted when at a parlor to get or try any, yesterday was the exception. Now today, I have spent the better part of the day moping around with a terrible headache thinking that something sweet would surely make it better, right?!? So far I have settled for a double dose of Tylenol downed by a mello yellow ZERO.

While browsing the internet I came across something that totally caught my eye. As I browsed the recipe wiping the little bit of drool that creeped out of my mouth, taste buds swooning- it was definitely a moment. The Pioneer Woman's Best Chocolate Sheet Cake. Oh.my.goodness, it looks divine, oh how tasty it would be accompanied by some dill pickle chips (a freak?!? Me?!? Hardly ;)). Go on, click it, you know you want to...see for yourself that I’m not completely losing my mind when I say that this cake could easily have been invented by the devil himself with the evilest (is that even a word) of intentions. Now just imagine biting into it shortly after that ding from the oven.

Should I?!? Oh, I am ever so tempted.

I am really starting to freak myself out here. Bless!