Coffee Bean Direct Blog

Pumpkin Chocolate Chunk Cookies with Espresso

Tuesday, October 13th, 2009

I love Fall; the leaves are changing, the air is crisp and pumpkin rules supreme! Seriously, pumpkin takes over during the Fall… pumpkin pancakes, pumpkin bread, pumpkin pie and the list goes on and on! So, in the spirit of all things pumpkin, I decided to make pumpkin chocolate chunk cookies and give them a CBD twist with a pinch (I’m using that term lightly) of espresso.

This started out as a seemingly easy task, but it quickly turned into a night filled with epic fails and colorful swearing. This is how it went down…
(more…)

Coffee-Coke Float

Thursday, August 13th, 2009

Good Morning All!

Last night I made one of my favorite coffee recipes to date! It was fast, there was not baking required and it was delicious!!! I’m talking about the coffee-coke float. Here is how I made it…
(more…)

Espresso Chocolate Chip Cookies

Thursday, August 6th, 2009

Well, I decided to bake again…
(more…)

Coffee Cake Recipe

Tuesday, July 21st, 2009

So, I was wandering around the office yesterday, looking for inspiration for a new post, when I stumbled across a citrus cream cheese coffee cake recipe on the back of a Jack Frost Sugar package. “Huzzah!” I thought to myself. I grabbed the package, took it to my desk and immediately began jotting down the recipe. Much to my surprise there is no actual coffee in coffee cake (apparently everyone else in the office knew this), which came as a huge let down because I have a whole pound of espresso waiting at home to be used in a recipe. But, oh well, coffee cake goes with coffee and we have plenty that around here, so I decided to carry on with the project.
(more…)

Birthday Brownies!

Wednesday, June 10th, 2009

Today is Anthony’s birthday! In honor of his birthday i baked him brownies. Why? Because he likes them! This also marks my first ever blog post on CBD!

I have incorporated coffee into the recipe because if some of you do not know…

Coffee + Chocolate = Good idea!
(more…)