Marbled Chocolate Cheesecake Toast

Have you ever seen a prettier piece of toast?  I most certainly have not.  I almost didn't want to eat it because it looked so pretty.  And then I really wanted to eat it and almost forgot to take a picture (*gasp!*).  Have you made my strawberry cheesecake toast (here)?  Well..this recipe may be even better.  There are way too many toppings you can put on toast, (you can look at my toast page here) so I only post the really really reallyyy good toppings on my recipe page.  And this recipe definitely qualifies for a spot.  It's everything you love about chocolate cheesecake, but on toast.  Now you can whip it up for breakfast, dessert, or just as an any time snack..and it won't take you 5 hours, like a normal cheesecake would - more like 2 minutes.  The warm chocolate chips get all melty and you have to lick off the frosting if it starts to fall of the toast cause it gets all gooey and delicious and warm and - OHMYGOSH!  Just make this.  You won't regret it.

Ingredients:

1 slice of bread

2-3 tablespoonfuls of cream cheese frosting*** (or your desired amount)

handful of chocolate chips 

Gram Cracker Crumbs (optional)

Chopped nuts (optional)

Sweetened flaked coconut (optional)

Instructions:

1.  Toast bread.  While bread is toasting, place chocolate chips in a microwave safe bowl and microwave for about 15 seconds, or until soft.  Don't heat them up for more than 15 seconds at one time or they may burn.

2.  Spread hot toast with cream cheese frosting.  Drop soft chocolate chips on top, and swirl them with a knife to make a marble looking design.  Top with additional toppings if desired.  Serve immediately.

***If you don't have cream cheese frosting prepared, you can use the frosting from here, but leave out the maple syrup.

S'mores Toast/Sandwich

I think this is my best toast creation yet!!! It's even better than s'mores.  It's everything you love about s'mores, but on a piece of toast.  I guess you could say it's healthier - kind of...I did make mine on whole wheat bread...and nutella is all natural, so I guess that makes it healthy, right?  Broiling the marshmallows really makes them taste exactly like they would roasting them over a fire.  The outside gets brown and slightly crispy, and the inside is warm and gooey and oh so delicious!  Just watch very closely when broiling it because it will brown really quickly.  I caught mine just in the nick of time...and I like mine pretty toasty brown.  I wasn't sure whether to use marshmallows or fluff, so I decided to use both(:  I think the fluff tasted better, but it was SO hard to put on top of the nutella/graham cracker layer smoothly, so I just ended up blobbing it on. The marshmallows browned faster than the fluff, so the toast looked kind of funny, but I'm telling you: it was the best toast I've ever had!

Ingredients:
1 slice of bread ***
1-2 tablespoons nutella
3 tablespoons graham cracker crumbs
handful of marshmallows and/or a few spoon fulls of marshmallow fluff


Instructions:
1. Set oven to broil.
2.  While oven is broiling, toast bread.  Spread nutella immediately over hot toast.  Sprinkle with graham cracker crumbs, and then marshmallows and/or plop on fluff.  
3.  Place toast in a small, ungreased pan.  Broil the toast until marshmallows brown (watch closely to prevent burning because they brown very fast!)
4.  Remove toast from pan and enjoy.


*** If making a sandwich, add a piece of toast on top of the toasted marshmallows after broiling, and add another tablespoon of nutella to that slice.

Chocolate Cream Pie Toast/Sandwich

Ahhh nutella....the world's most favorite spread....along with peanut butter, of course.  Did you know that there's a World Nutella Day?  Yep.  You can check out the website here.  There are sooo many amazing recipes all revolving around that one heavenly ingredient: NUTELLA. Whoever invented nutella was a genius.   I mean really, chocolate on bread?  Can it really be that easy and that delicious?  Ohh yesss..it most certainly can.  So I decided to enhance the usual nutella on toast to be a little more decadent: by adding whipped cream!  The whipped cream gets soft and slightly melted on top of the warm nutella and melts in your mouth.  I've had this toast many times...always with different toppings.  Feel free to add whatever toppings you'd like...crushed oreos, nilla wafers, or other crushed cookies, drizzle peanut butter, flaked coconut, caramel sauce, crushed candy bars, chocolate shavings....oh yeah, I've had it all.  Whatever way you choose to jazz it up, it will always be good.  And that's a promise.

Ingredients:

1 slice of bread, or 2 for a sandwich

1-2 tablespoons nutella (depending how much you want)

desired amount of whipped cream

desired toppings (see ones listed above, optional)

Instructions:

Toast bread.  Spread nutella immediatly over hot, toasted bread, until evenly coated.  Put whipped cream on top of nutella.  Add desired toppings, and enjoy(:

***you can add a slice of toasted bread on top to make a sandwich, too. And just a warning...the whipped cream tends to ooze out. But hey, it's the taste that counts, right? 

Strawberry Cheesecake Toast/Sandwich

I had a blog-worthy idea the other day: dessert toast.  Genius, right?  Yeah, I know.  It's so easy and there is an incredible amount of options to choose from. And you can have it for dessert or breakfast...or even just a snack.   I got the idea from my delicious pumpkin pie toast found here.  I came up with this because we had some left over Cinnabon cream cheese frosting in the refrigerator (from cinnamon rolls on Christmas Eve morning...yum!), so I decided to use it up (usually I just slab it on graham crackers, but I decided to be more creative).  This  seriously tastes just like a cheesecake, but in toast form.  I let my dad have a bite, and the first thing he said was: "you have got to put this on your blog.  It's amazing."  So true.  It's very refreshing tasting.  Now that I think about it, It's like a cross between strawberry shortcake and cheesecake.  I realized after making this recipe that you can make sooo many variations of cheesecake toast: chocolate, cherry, peanut butter cup, caramel, apple...pretty much any type of cheesecake that you've ever heard of (think the Cheesecake Factory!) you can incorporate onto toast.  I'm definitely gonna post some more cheesecake toast recipes very soon(: So stay tuned.

Ingredients:

1 slice of bread

1/4 cup cream cheese frosting**** (more or less, depending on how you like it)

2 tablespoons graham cracker crumbs (again, more or less)

enough sliced strawberries to cover the top of your toast

whipped cream (optional)

****you can find a home-made cream cheese frosting recipe here.

Instructions:

1. Toast bread

2. Spread cream cheese frosting evenly over toasted bread.  Sprinkle graham cracker crumbs evenly over frosting.  Top with strawberries.

3.  Top desired amount of whipped cream over strawberries, if desired.

***you can add a slice of toast bread on top to make a sandwich, too.

Mashed Banana Toast/Sandwiches

Do you mash or slice your bananas???


I would guess you have probably been slicing them your whole life.  Well, here's something new to try: MASH 'EM! All it does it make it creamy.  It's literally like creating your own banana spread.  Especially if the banana is really ripe...mashing a ripe banana will make it taste way better than a greenish banana (since ripe bananas have more sugar). Did you know that they sell banana peanut butter?  I don't understand why would anyone buy that when you can just make it yourself.  Anyways...instead of your usual peanut butter and sliced banana toast/sandwiches that I'm sure you've been doing for as long as you can remember, just mash the banana!  You can mix other spreads in with the banana if you want to change it up even more.  


Mashed Banana Toast/Sandwich:


Ingredients:
1 slice of bread, toasted   (or 2 for a sandwich)
1/2 to 1 ripe banana (depending how big it is)




Instructions:
Mash the banana as chunky or creamy as you'd like.  Spread mashed banana on hot toast.


***Add a slice of bread on top to make a sandwich if you prefer.  Toasting is optional. 


Variations:  Mix into mashed banana mixture before spreading on top of bread...

• peanut butter
• nutella
• honey
• melted chocolate chips (flavor of your choice)
• cocoa powder
• cinnamon
• blueberries
• almond butter (or other nut butter of your choice)
• chopped or sliced strawberries
• crushed Nilla Wafers
• toffee bits
• coconut flakes
• dash of vanilla extract
• brown sugar (this is very sweet..but delicious)
• chopped nuts of your choice
• grape nuts (or other cereal of your choice.  Honey Nut Cheerios and Cinnamon Toast Crunch is really good too)
• caramel sauce
• whipped cream
• chocolate sauce/syrup
• pudding
• maple syrup
• jelly 
• yogurt

Melted chocolate chips & banana:

Peanut Butter, Cinnamon, and Banana:

Peanut Butter, Banana and Chocolate Chunks:

Mashed Banana and Nutella Sandwich:

Almond Butter and Banana:

Spread it on graham crackers!

Pumpkin Pie Toast/Sandwich

One thing that I have always loved and always will love is incorporating dessert for breakfast.  Since I have an incredibly large sweet tooth, dessert is a meal that I can never have too much of.  I've realized that you can transform almost every single dessert into oatmeal, pancakes, french toast, waffles, or simply just toast.  Thanksgiving was a few days ago, so I was thinking about all the desserts I had, like my delicious pumpkin pecan praline cheesecake, which was made with William Sonoma's pumpkin butter.  And I had an idea: pumpkin pie...on toast.  So simple, yet so delicious.  And way healthier than the traditional pumpkin pie.  If you've never had pumpkin butter, it tastes just like pumpkin pie filling, but it's all natural and doesn't use evaporated milk.  So I spread a little bit on toast, added some whipped cream, topped it with graham cracker crumbs, and wa-lah! Pumpkin pie toast.  It was like eating pumpkin pie for breakfast.  Yum.

Ingredients:
1 slice bread (I used whole wheat)
2 tablespoons pumpkin butter*
whipped cream
graham cracker crumbs


Instructions:
Toast bread.  Spread pumpkin butter over toasted bread.  Spread enough whipped cream on top of the pumpkin butter so it's completely covered.  Sprinkle top of whipped cream with generous amount of graham cracker crumbs.


*If you don't have pumpkin butter, then you can make your own.  Combine canned pumpkin with a sprinkle of sugar (white or brown is fine), and a dash of pumpkin pie spice.


***you can also add a slice of toasted bread on top to make a sandwich.

Grits on Toast

If you like toast, and you like grits, then you’ll enjoy this recipe. It’s just a little twist from your usual buttered toast or cheese toast.  I would recommend adding the egg too.

Ingredients:

1 slice whole wheat bread

1 packet instant grits – any flavor (butter, cheddar, or original)

1 egg (optional)*

Instructions:

1. Cook grits according to instructions
2. Toast bread in toaster
3. Pour grits over toast and eat with a fork and knife

* If adding an egg, scramble or serve sunny-side up over toast, and then pour grits over top the egg.