Valentines Day Brownie Truffles with Strawberries

Are you a chocolate lover?? Cause, if you are, this is going to be the PERFECT recipe for you! 

But beware. This is super chocolatey!! That's why I paired it with the strawberries. It gave it the perfect contrast!

Be prepared to win over your tribe :)

Brownie Truffles with Strawberries

Shopping List

1. 4 oz. of unsweetened baking chocolate

2. 2 sticks of butter (equaling 1 cup)

3. 4 eggs

4. 2 cups of sugar

5. 1 tsp. of vanilla

6. 1 1/4 cup of flour

7. 1/2 tsp. of baking powder

8. 1 bag of semi-sweet chocolate chips

9. Any kind of fun toppings you'd like! (Sprinkles, melted white chocolate chips, etc.)

Recipe

1. Chop up the baking chocolate and 2 sticks of butter and microwave it until it is all melted together. I put it in for 30 seconds at a time and stirred it every time it came out of the microwave! 

2. Allow your buttery chocolate concoction to cool and combine your eggs, sugar, and vanilla until they are completely mixed together!

3. Slowly add in your chocolate concoction to the egg mixture and make sure it is all combined. 

4. In another bowl, mix your flower and baking soda together, then combine it with the chocolate mixture. 

5. Preheat your oven to 350, and spray a 9x13 pan. 

6. Pour your mixture into the pan and cook for 25-30 minutes, until the brownies are cooked. 

7. Once the brownies are cooked, let them cool completely, and then fluff them all up with a fork so that they are separated!

8. Form them into small balls (make sure they're smaller than mine. I made the mistake of making them too big that it's too much chocolate in one...) and then stick them into the freezer for about 20 mins. 

9. Melt your chocolate chips.

10. Dip your balls into the chocolate and then let them set on a baking sheet in the fridge. Any decorations that are not melted chocolate (like sprinkles or anything else) need to be applied to the truffles before they are set. 

11. Serve on a bed of freshly cut strawberries and enjoy! I recommend keeping these in the fridge!

These would be perfect to make for your loved one for Valentines day! Put some cute pink sprinkles on them, and set them in pink and red cupcake liners in a heart shaped box. Even more perfect to serve them with strawberries!

What's Up Wednesday!

The end of the first month! Oh my goodness! Already???

Check in to see what we've been up to :)

What's Up Wednesday

What We're Eating This Week

We have been all about trying new things! Here's what's on the menu!

Eggs on Cheesy Bread 

Asian Sesame Chicken Salad

Chili

What I'm Reminiscing About

How tiny our baby was! He was 3.8 pounds just 2 months ago! Now hes up to 12! Oh my goodness. The time flies. He's getting heavier and heavier! 

Sweet Coley bear is all into barking (since he's found his voice), he loves ripping up his toy shoe, and cuddling with his stuffed monkey. And hooray! He's finally crate trained! Now on to the potty training ;) He's now 12 weeks and daddy and I are so excited to finally be able to take him on runs!

What I'm Loving

I am loving the new Morphe Palette that I ordered! In case y'all haven't heard of Morphe Brushes, it's a company that is movin' on up in the makeup world! They certainly are making a name for themselves because they are so cheap!!! But, it's great quality! I love my brushes and my eyeshadows from them. I have no complaints. Here's the one I recently got to add to my collection:

The Morphe 35 o Palette. How gorgeous?!! It's only $22! Use the code JACATTACK to get 10% off too :)

What We've Been Up To

Well, my oh my, we have been exploring! Among the several interviews that seem to take up our off time (my man is lookin' for a new job!), we just hit up Multnomah Falls. It's super breezy and cold up there right now, but I love how the water froze as it was falling down!

We're a mess! Can ya tell??

What I'm Dreading

Totally dreading this weather getting colder. We don't get much snow up here, but we do get rain! And it's freakin cold. Right now we take Cole on daily walks or runs, but I have the hardest time getting up and going when I know I'm going to freeze my buns off outside!

What I'm Working On

I am really working hard to stay motivated on my workout routine! I'm trying to make it enjoyable, because I don't really enjoy working out... I've been looking at becoming a Beachbody Coach possibly... but I'm having a super hard time taking the plunge. Does anyone know anything about this company??

I know it takes a lot of work to build your company up, but I definitely have that time right now. So, I'm just wondering if anyone thinks it's a scam? Anyone out there?

What I'm Excited About

I am so excited about us visiting Laguna Beach! If you didn't see my Friday Favorites last week, go check it out here! 

I outline 3 of my favorite places to go in Laguna Beach. I'm even thinking of doing a whole post on it. Anyone interested? I think it would be so fun. Laguna is one of my most favorite places ever!

What I'm Watching/ Reading

The Bachelor

Vanderpump Rules

The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills

Duck Dynasty

Keeping Up With The Kardashians

Chicago Fire

New Girl

What I'm Listening To

All sorts of stuff! But especially new country music. Like these!

1. Break Up In A Small Town by Sam Hunt

2. Drunk On Your Love by Brett Eldridge

3. It All Started With A Beer by Frankie Ballard

What I'm Wearing

Capris! Laguna is fairly warm. So I've been wearing yoga pants and my Miss Me Capris!

And I'll soon be wearing these babies, if my man let's me get them ;) 

What I'm Doing This Weekend

I have a feeling that a lot of cuddle time is coming up this weekend! We've had a crazy month! So some down time will do us some good. 

And maybe some trip planning? Like tying up loose ends for Hawaii and Disney World (and a cruise for next year)! Ahh! So exciting.

We love adventures!

What I'm Looking Forward To Next Month

Well, my goodness. I'm not sure yet. But we love some good excitement around here. Also, Valentines! So hello! I have a pretty good gift idea for my man... so I'm hoping he loves it! 

Anyone out there just do small little gifts for Valentines?

What Else Is New

Not much! I always think this question is silly :) I shared so much above, I'm not sure I have anything else, lol! I hope y'all have had such a wonderful week! 

You're over the hump!

Happy Wednesday!

Friday Favorites

Oh my goodness. If these 2 weeks are any indication of how quickly this year is going to move, then 2016 is going to ZOOM by! 

It's Friday Favorites, y'all! Let's do this thing! 

Friday Favorites

ONE

Y'all. Are you interested in what we're eating this week? I have a bunch of new recipes up for you! 

We just had Bison Burgers last night (YUM) 

They're so easy peasy! 

We also had Dorito Casserole this week, and Chicken Stroganoff! 

Anyone interested in any of these recipes? I'd be happy to share! Let me know if you'd like to see these in the comments below :)

And in case y'all are wondering, I've already made my newest Chili Recipe again. That would make for twice this week!

TWO

I've also showed you ladies my Winter Favorites this week! 

Hint, it totally includes my newest favorite warm drink. Does anyone else know about this drink???? It's so freakin' yummy. And addicting. Oops! 

Does anyone else also feel like they're having a hard time transitioning from fall to winter?? 

Hopefully my favorites will help you with that :)

THREE

Okay, has anyone else bee seeing these super cute Valentines Decorations coming out?! I usually never decorate for Valentines day, but I may be rethinking that this year ;)

I'm loving Hobby Lobby and Marshalls for this kinda stuff!

I'm sure there's also a ton of DIY things out there that you can do for Valentines day, but whenever I try to do DIY, it always ends up costing the same as what I would buy it for already made. Plus the quality is not as good! 

But, maybe I'll be making a super sweet banner to hang on the fireplace, saying something like "Be Mine".

Anyone else love this!?

Also, along the lines of craftiness... I'm looking at making our own wreath for our front door with our last name initial on it. So I'm just a little excited for that :)

FOUR

My girl time has been a favorite this week! We had my best girl friend, Kowbear in town this week, and we did all sorts of girly things! We got pedis, went dress shopping, and had popcorn movie nights!

Are you in need of a little girl time? Check out this week's Makeup Mondays: Favorite Products!

What's your favorite thing to do for yourself every week? Or your girl time?

FIVE

It's been a couple weeks since I've shared my favorite songs! 

Please feel free to contribute if you'd like :)

1. Invincible by Kelly Clarkson

2. Oceans by Hillsong

3. Give Me Faith by Elevation Worship

I hope you have had a good week! I know my little family and I have been having a blast going on adventures together. Get out there and do something new this week :)