Ahhh, the aromas...

My house smells of wonderful things...chocolate, peppermint, and fresh baked cookies. I managed to keep within my calorie range today, but needless to say they weren't the best of choices! I don't like to take in or serve anything that I haven't at least tried so I tried one of each - oreo ball (not as good as the people over at the WW board advertised but ok), Mint Cookie (probably will be great tomorrow - or once it's cool! They smelled so good that I grabbed one while it was still hot!) and the Peanut Butter Stack (this was my favorite - melted chocolate/peanut butter chips, small amount of peanut butter, rice crispy's, marshmallows and peanuts all mixed together). I had problems with the Peppermint Bark - the semi-sweet chocolate melted perfectly. I let it sit in the fridge for a couple of hours. But then when I went to melt the white chocolate it wouldn't melt! I tried and tried in the double boiler (or whatever it's called) and then gave up and tried to melt it in the microwave. Nothing, nada! It just wouldn't melt!! So I ran up to the grocery store and got some more baking white chocolate. This time it melted perfectly - but I got some water in it so I had to re-do it. So my batch isn't as big as it should be since I only had about half of the needed white chocolate. I haven't tried it yet - but I will in the morning.

Now I'm off to get in 30 more minutes of exercise in tonight.