Here’s another really good recipe for you while you’re awaiting the release of HER LITTLE SECRET, HIS HIDDEN HEIR.

This one isn’t in the book, but something similar (i.e. chocolate + peanut butter = :spaghetti ) is.

And, yes, I mean the actual recipe, so if you want THE best cookie recipe I’ve got to offer, be sure to pick up the book as soon as it’s available. :howyoudoin

You’re lucky I was willing to share…& this one, too, because they are both To. Die. For. :bigwow

CHOCOLATE PEANUT BUTTER BARS

Ingredients:

6 tablespoons butter
1 cup peanut butter
3/4 cup granulated sugar
1/2 cup brown sugar, packed
3 eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 cup flour
1/4 teaspoon salt (optional)
2 cups semi-sweet chocolate chips, divided

Directions:

Preheat oven to 325.
Line a 9” X 13” baking pan with foil, leaving some hang over sides, for lifting out bars once baked.
Grease foil with Crisco, then flour. Set aside.
In large bowl, cream butter and peanut butter until smooth.
Add sugars, eggs, & vanilla. Beat until creamy.
Blend in flour & salt.
Stir in 1 cup of chocolate chips.
Spread into prepared pan.
Bake 25 minutes or until edges begin to brown.
Remove from oven. Turn oven off.
Sprinkle remaining cup of chocolate chips over bars.
Return to oven for about 3 minutes or until chips become soft.
Spread softened chocolate to cover entire top of bars.
Cool on wire rack for about 15 minutes.
Remove from pan using foil as handles.
Once chocolate “frosting” has hardened, cut into bars.

For more great recipes & fun chit-chat, be sure to sign up for my HappyBookers YahooGroup. We’re doing a bit of a recipe swap over there, too, in anticipation of HER LITTLE SECRET, HIS HIDDEN HEIR‘s upcoming release, so you can collect or share recipes to your heart’s content. :flip

It is time again to vote for our upcoming Hunk of the Month.  And since June marks the release of my latest Harlequin Desire, HER LITTLE SECRET, HIS HIDDEN HEIR—a.k.a. the bakery book—I think it’s only fair that we make all the candidates this time fellas who are hot & sexy in the kitchen, as well as the bedroom. :inbed

(Whip me, baby!)

(I’m hot & spicy.)

(Well, butter my buns!)

(I can cook in more than just the kitchen…)

In preparation of HER LITTLE SECRET, HIS HIDDEN HEIR‘s release, it’s important that we watch as many food-related movies as possible.  This will work to get you all hungry & salivating, thus creating not just a want, but a need to read Marc & Vanessa’s story.

Oh, I’m going the right way for a smacked bottom, & I don’t care who knows it! :bart   That’s right…I will stop at nothing to get you to buy my book, & that includes the cruelest forms of torture. :mwah

I’ve got a great list of Must-Watch foodie movies started, but let’s see how many more you can come up with.

Here are mine:

Chocolat

Stranger Than Fiction

Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory / Charlie & the Chocolate Factory

Run Fat Boy Run

No Reservation

Waitress

Eat Drink Man Woman

Ratatouille

Like Water for Chocolate

Julie & Julia

So how about you—what food-filled films would you recommend to work up an appetite for HER LITTLE SECRET, HIS HIDDEN HEIR? :cookin

P.S. I’m going off the reservation a bit today, also blogging at Brava Authors & giving away cover flats (if you’re interested) for my September 27th paranormal release, MUST LOVE VAMPIRES.  Hope you’ll drop by & say hello. :cupcake