Tasty treats Tuesday

I know I haven't done any back to basics post in a couple weeks - now that we're more settled in the apartment and my life is a little bit back to normal I'm charging full steam ahead! The point of this series was to be for the twelve weeks of summer, and so far I've only shared eight recipes, so I'll be doubling up on a couple of posts to make sure I give you all the recipes I promised!

So...remember when I mentioned a coffee recipe a friend shared with me last week? (You know, the co-worker who shares my love of sonnets?) I got the okay from her to share it with the blogosphere so you can thank me her later.

C (as I'll refer to her from now on) shared this treat with me on a day when I was seriously needing caffeine, but didn't want to drink the bitterness that is coffee.

Here's what you'll need:

Your favorite mug, some chocolate (or dark chocolate) almond milk (for this post I had soy milk because I couldn't find almond milk at the store - the almond milk is much better!), and a pack of Starbucks Columbia VIA.

Fill your mug about half full of the almond milk, and then heat it up for a minute or so in the microwave.

Stir in your VIA...

Add a little bit of hot water....and enjoy.

That's it! It's delicious, will give you the caffeine boost you need, and is such a treat in the morning - like drinking chocolate coffee.

And what better to go with chocolate coffee than No Bake Chocolate Peanut Butter Chews?

This recipe is from Oh She Glows, but I was made aware of it by the lovely Kyla. I know it probably seems like I say this a lot, but this recipe was so easy! (Yes, those are all the ingredients required).

And yummy. Mmm.

I altered the original recipe, only because I didn't get all vegan products. However, I'd never used rice syrup instead of sugar and it was interesting to know that can be a substitute.

However, when it got to the part of wetting your hands and forming the dough into balls? Epic fail. I don't know why I couldn't get it to work, so I improvised.

(All hail the ice cream scoop).

It's like a rice krispie treat only richer and more chocolate-y and peanut butter-ey. In fact, it's not like a rice krispie treat. It's better.

I thought it was weird that the recipe only made seven, but I had plenty of ingredients to make another batch. I understand why now too - they're so rich, you really shouldn't have more then seven at time. (And for the record, no I did not eat them all. Although I was tempted).

However, combining one of these chews with my new "treat" coffee? That makes for a divine morning indeed.

Do you have anything you treat yourself to, or indulge in, even if it's as simple as coffee?

Happy Tuesday!