Springtime Easter Reese Stuffed Oreos have the sweetness from the chocolate, the crunch from the cookie and a creaminess from the peanut butter! Topped with little sugar flowers, they’re just perfect for Easter and Spring!
Routine has never really been my thing. I always try to stick to stuff and then I get bored or forgetful while I wonder off into other directions. Up until now there have been two things that I’ve stuck with and that have become natural for me, this blog and my marriage. hahaha 😉 Everything else just kind of comes of goes. Well that was until I just realized that without promising myself that I’d do it, I’ve actually fallen into a morning routine. You see something like that it totally not normal for me. Before I start my day, I take a fish oil pill, a few of my bio cleanse pills from Plexus, drink my pink Plexus pink drink, and 4 little aspirin pills. After all of that, I wait about 30 minutes and eat a little packet of Organic oatmeal, now did I buy this oatmeal because it was organic and because I was going to go all healthy and eat organic? No, I bought it because it’s in little individual packets that a local woman puts together and sells at the Farmer’s Market, the organic part is just a plus, however, every morning I find myself eating one of these packets for breakfast. This is also a big deal because I’m not an early morning eating kind of person.
But that’s my little routine that I’ve developed and If something happens that prevents me from doing that it totally messes up my day. Well I mean I still function haha but I feel like something is missing. Psst. Can I tell you a little personal secret that I’ve been dealing with over the past few months? I wasn’t really going to say anything but I just feel like I need to type it out haha. So, I keep having panic attacks, like huge ones.
My mind gets so worked up over this one little subject that I literally send myself into a panic attack and think I’m going to die. You know what I’m panicking over? A heart attack. My mind has convinced its self that I’m going to have a heart attack, so much to the point that I wake up in the middle of the night freaking out sometimes. I have carpel tunnel in both arms/wrists so my hands and arms tingle all the time, but now if they go numbs I automatically think I’m going to die. I’m also being 100% serious, not like the “omg I’m going to die haha”, NO, it’s like a full on panic that my heart is going to stop beating.
None of this started until my friend Joan (who was huge in the blogging community) passed away last year from a heart attack and months before that my friend Crystal lost her husband to one too. Ever since then I’ve been in a silent panic. When we were in Chicago last year, I was rooming with Crystal and got really ill. I just felt awful and that night I started having a panic attack and I had to call Thomas so that he could calm me down because I was almost to the point where I was going to walk next door to the fire department and freak out. I’m a mess I tell ya.
It’s one of the reasons that I cut back on carbs and junk even more than I had been. I mean we had been doing good about eating right but now I’m like paranoid. I mean I’m not giving up my favorites like 100% but um….I haven’t had pasta in 2 weeks. That my friends is HUGE for me. Heck, I had rice for the first time in 2 weeks last night.
No, I’m not saying that I think getting rid of pasta and rice will keep me from having a heart attack, but it makes me feel better physically so that makes me feel better mental. I’ve also cut my “in moderation” level down A LOT. I’ve always been in the mindset of “everything in moderation” but it’s really hitting home for me now. For example, the Chocolate Dipped Robin Egg Cookies that I posted the other day, normally I wouldn’t have thought twice about eating a few while I tested them out and then maybe having one later that night or the next day.
Nope, well, of course I had to test taste one or two while I was baking since I was looking for that perfect texture but I didn’t have the whole cookie, just a bite and then I put the rest of my “sample cookies” in a baggie for Thomas. Then I had 1 over the course of the weekend, it was delicious, but I packaged them all up and delivered them out to people I knew. My taste buds wanted to have ALL THE COOKIES, my brain won that battle though. Ok, so I didn’t give them all away ONLY because of that, I really did want to share them with everyone because they were amazing but I did want them out of the house.
Just like these Reese Stuffed Oreos, they are amazing but after taste, half of a half of one I packaged them up and off they went with the cookies. I had made stuffed oreos before when I made the Rolo Stuffed Oreos last year so I knew what they tasted like. I know, I know. What an odd subject to be jabbering on about when I’m sharing a Reese Stuffed Oreos recipe with you today. You’ll have to excuse me, I just wanted to chat.
I think you know that eating one of these Reese Stuffed Oreos (or two) or whatever isn’t going to give you a heart attack. You’re smarter than that. haha I just wanted to write today, my panic was on my mind and well this is my blog so technically I can write what I wanna write, I guess. haha.
So thanks for listening. You’re the best. Hopefully my paranoid self will calm down soon. I don’t want to be all crazy and be like “well, moving on to Reese Stuffed Oreos now” but that’s exactly what I’m going to do. You’ve had to listen to me enough today, let me share a cookie with you and listen to your fears and problems for a while.
Reese Stuffed Oreos
TIPS for these Springtime Easter Reese Stuffed Oreos:
- When you’re assembling these, twist the sandwich cookies apart carefully. Lay the half with the filling on the bottom (with the filling up), dab on a little melted chocolate, sit the unwrapped peanut butter cup onto that, dab a little melted chocolate onto the peanut butter cup and then lay the 2nd part of the cookie sandwich onto that. This will help it all stay together.
- Build a bunch at once and then let them sit in the fridge on a plate for about 5-10 minutes. This will help keep them together.
- When you go to dip them, make sure that the chocolate is not super hot. You don’t want to start melting the peanut butter cup. The dipping chocolate should be smooth and creamy but you should be able to touch it without it burning your finger.
- Let these cool and chocolate harden completely after dipping them before eating.
- You don’t have to put anything on top of them when you make them. I just added flowers for a “springtime Easter treat”, if you’re looking for little flowers you can find them here. (I got mine from Walmart but I’ve seen them at Hobby Lobby too!)
- I used the yellow springtime oreos just to give them a pop of color but regular ones will work just fine (or any flavor you want to use!)
Springtime Easter Reese Stuffed Oreos
They've got the sweetness from the chocolate, the crunch from the cookie and a creaminess from the peanut butter.
- Prep Time: 5m
- Total Time: 30m
Ingredients
- 12 chocolate sandwich cookies (I used Oreos)
- 12 ounces White Chocolate Melting Chocolate (like CandiQuik or Chocolate Melting Wafers)
- 12 Peanut Butter Cups, unwrapped (I used Reese's)
- Mini Flower Candies
Instructions
- Melt a little bit of the melting chocolate according to the package direction.
- Twist open the chocolate sandwich cookies, laying the side with the frosting on the flat surface.
- Place dab of melted chocolate onto the middle of the filling a sandwich cookie and press a peanut butter cup on to it.
- Dab a bit of melted chocolate onto the top of the peanut butter cup and top it with the other half of the sandwich cookie.
- Repeat for all of the cookies.
- Place them onto a plate and put them into the fridge to chill for 5-10 minutes.
- Melt the rest of the melting chocolate according to the package directions.
- Once the chocolate is cool to the touch, balance a cookie onto a fork and dip it into the chocolate. Use a spoon to help cover the cookie with chocolate.
- Tap off the excess chocolate and then sit the chocolate dipped cookie onto a sheet of wax paper.
- Top the chocolate dipped cookie with mini candy flowers or other edible decorations before the chocolate harden.
- Let cookie cool and harden complete before eating.
TIPS for these Springtime Easter Reese Stuffed Oreos:
- When you\'re assembling these, twist the sandwich cookies apart carefully. Lay the half with the filling on the bottom (with the filling up), dab on a little melted chocolate, sit the unwrapped peanut butter cup onto that, dab a little melted chocolate onto the peanut butter cup and then lay the 2nd part of the cookie sandwich onto that. This will help it all stay together.
- Build a bunch at once and then let them sit in the fridge on a plate for about 5-10 minutes. This will help keep them together.
- When you go to dip them, make sure that the chocolate is not super hot. You don\'t want to start melting the peanut butter cup. The dipping chocolate should be smooth and creamy but you should be able to touch it without it burning your finger.
- Let these cool and chocolate harden completely after dipping them before eating.
- You don\'t have to put anything on top of them when you make them. I just added flowers for a \"springtime Easter treat\", if you\'re looking for little flowers you can find them here. (I got mine from Walmart but I\'ve seen them at Hobby Lobby too!)
- I used the yellow springtime oreos just to give them a pop of color but regular ones will work just fine (or any flavor you want to use!)
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beautiful presentation
These are the cutest things! They look stunning.
Thank you! <3
I can’t stop thinking about these!
<3 I bet you'd love them
Oh, boo at people not reading the post. 🙁
I am so sorry about your panic attacks! They sound horrifying. I think it’s awesome that you’re making changes to your diet for the better. Starting tomorrow, I’m just going to eat fruit, veggies and meat for a what I’m guessing will be a long time (I’ve done this before and continue blogging by spitting out whatever I sample of my desserts because I have NO self control. Example – I just ate 6 freshly fried donuts!). We can be pastaless and riceless together. 🙂
Haha ehh, what can ya do lol 😉
Boo for being pastaless and riceless but atleast I won’t be alone haha. I did have a little bit of rice the other night but I literally cut “1 serving” into 3! haha I totally couldn’t spit out what I sample but I literally have only been tasting for quality purposes (seriously) and then giving the rest of the stuff away.
I have been there with the panic attacks. Years ago I was in the middle of one and swore to myself I was dying and having a stroke. I went into the hospital crying that I knew I was having a stroke and that I wasn’t crazy. (Pro tip – never claim you’re not crazy at a hospital. They will in fact think you are crazy.) Luckily the doctor who was there that night was calm and knew what I was going through. Panic attacks are scary because the fear in your brain outrides the normal “common sense” part of your brain. You truly feel as though you are going to die. But you know what – it happens. Know you’re not alone. Mine was triggered because I was in a horribly abusive relationship and I mentally couldn’t handle it anymore. To be honest the best thing I ever did for myself was seek therapy. It’s been life changing! I’m not longer as neurotic (I say “as” because I’m pretty sure being neurotic is just part of my personality…haha) and those panicky feelings can be better dealt with before going into full on attack mode. Having coping skills for those moments are a life changer.
Now, onto a lighter subject – YUM to these little candies. You went and took all my favorite things, combined them together and dipped them in chocolate. Bless your heart! I wish I lived near you so I could have had a sweets delivery 🙂
I didn’t really start getting panic attacks until Thomas deployed over seas during the first year of our marriage. I literally remember my first panic attack and it scared the daylights out of me. I was sitting at a stop sign about 5 minutes from our house heading into town after he had been overseas for a few weeks and something made me think about his deployment and the fact that is was a possibility that he could not make it home and I freaked out. Thankfully we lived in the middle of nowhere at the time so I managed to pull myself together good enough to make it back up the road to the house but it was terrifying. I had kind of dealt with them pretty good until last year and BAM they’re back. :/
Wish you lived closer! I would totally be stopping by with treats for you!
Those diet changes are so hard. I try everyday to make the right choices, and it’s so hard. The panic attacks too, I get it. I get so anxious sometimes, and have had attacks. I actually had postpartum anxiety, not depression, with attacks, of course always when we’re out somewhere. To cope, I have to be in corners when we’re out and have a clear exit strategy at all times.
These little stuffed oreos look amazing though. Peanut butter and chocolate is the perfect combo!
my husband is the same way with staying in corners when we’re out and have a clear exit strategy, mainly from his military years. I am the same way EXCEPT for when we’re out together. When we’re out together, I always put him in the corner and my back too everything else. I think watching him for his signs of being stressed out or freaked out over take my need. Weird, right?
So sorry you have been going through this but it sounds like in the end you are making better choices for yourself and getting into a routine of a new normal. I guess we never know what will happen big or small to create a paradigm shift within ourselves. If at the end of the day your eating is healthier and controlled I guess its a good thing. I myself an wrestling with making better choices as well. These lil bites are the cutest!!