Fudge Puddles

It all started with an innocent paint chip. Ribbon Pink. With one glance, I go right back to my great-grandmother's bathroom. It was such a girly room. Pink in every corner. The walls, the accessories, the bathroom scales. All fluffy and frilly enough to scare off the bravest man. Yep...pink.

My sister Wanda and I were trying to find the perfect color for her bathroom. We poured over my massive selection of paint chips in search of a color. We somehow got on the subject of awesome bathrooms, which led us to our Nannie Jordan's bathroom. Then it was obvious what had to be done. It had to be pink.

With this bathroom renovation came several days of hard work. I always like to tease Wanda about being the Anti-Martha/Bob Vila in her younger days. But over the last several years, she could give them both a run for their money.

It is funny when you think back to your childhood and remember how irritated you were by your sisters. They were royal pains most of the time. Always borrowing your clothes without asking, reading your diary, blaming you for stuff you didn't do. It is so nice now to NOT think that way. Now when I view my time spent with Wanda, it is one of laughter, singing and planning of new projects. There is no insufferable tolerance. We work well together...just like peanut butter and chocolate!

The fun definitely outweighs the work. What is more entertaining than reading the instructions for the new bathroom fixtures completely in Spanish??? Or singing a bad country song, like Roll On (18 Wheeler) and Islands in the Stream?? Classics!! And as long as there is a good supply of carbonation, loud music and some chocolate to fuel us, we can go for days.

So now, after many trips to Central Building Supplies, SuperStore and Walmart's home decor section and ebay shopping for those just-right vintage prints, the bathroom is complete. I am really proud of this room. We managed to capture the very essence of Nannie's bathroom, with a few modern updates. Roll On, Nannie J, Roll on!!
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These REALLY are yummy!! They are smooth and creamy and that just right combination of peanut butter and chocolate!

Fudge Puddles
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1/2 cup butter
1/2 cup peanut butter
1/2 cup white sugar
1/2 cup brown sugar
1 egg
1/2 teaspoon vanilla
1 1/4 cups flour
3/4 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt

Cream butter, peanut butter and sugars; add egg and vanilla. Mix well. Add dry ingredients. Mix well, then chill for 1 hour. Shape into balls and place in lightly greased mini muffin pans (I used non stick spray). Bake at 325° for 14-18 minutes. Remove from oven and immediately make a "well" in the center of each by lightly pressing with a melon baller (I used Pampered Chef tart maker). Cool 5 minutes, then remove from pan and cool on racks.

Filling:
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1 cup milk chocolate chips
1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
1 can sweetened condensed milk
1 teaspoon vanilla.

Melt chips in medium bowl in microwave, stir well. Add milk and vanilla stir well again. Fill each shell with filling.

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