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Sweet Treats, Easy Eats

Her Campus Placeholder Avatar Catherine Ku
Her Campus Placeholder Avatar Ajibike Lapite
This article is written by a student writer from the Her Campus at Princeton chapter.

I confess, I’m a foodie. In high school, my friends and I loved trying out a new restaurant or a new recipe. Baking was one of our go-to activities. In the last week of summer, before our lives headed in different directions, two of my best friends and I had a baking day. Five recipes, three sticks of butter, and an entire jar of Nutella later, we were exhausted but completely, utterly satisfied. There’s something about baking that is extremely comforting. No matter what happens, you can always count on the fact that if you add x cups of sugar, flour, butter, and water together and bake for y amount of time, the end result is a tasty treat to enjoy.
I was relieved to find that a few of my hallmates have found the magic in baking as well. We immediately bonded over our love for fresh apple crisp still hot from the oven. At Princeton, baking became a social activity, a stress reliever, and an excuse for study breaks all in one. The only problem has been limited ingredients. Without a stand mixer, piping tips, or more exotic ingredients such as buttermilk, trying new recipes hasn’t always been easy. However, there are still ways to make tasty treats with ingredients found in the U-Store or small nearby markets like Olive’s. Here are a few of my favorite recipes beyond your typical chocolate chip cookies or apple crisp. Most of them don’t even require an oven! Happy eating!
 

  1. Peanut Butter Pretzel Bites: a delicious combo of salty and sweet, no baking necessary! http://www.scribd.com/doc/51510412/Peanut-Butter-Pretzel-Bites-Dipped-in-Chocolate
  2. Chocolate covered Oreo truffles: Who doesn’t love milk’s favorite cookie? http://www.kraftrecipes.com/recipes/easy-oreo-truffles-95085.aspx?pf=true
  3. Muddy Buddies: a crowd favorite, great for late night munching and study breaks. http://www.chex.com/recipes/RecipeView.aspx?RecipeId=45860&CategoryId=447
  4. No Bake Cookie Bars: http://www.best-ever-cookie-collection.com/club-cracker-no-bake-cookie-bars.html
  5. No Bake Chocolate Peanut Butter Cookies: http://allrecipes.com//Recipe/no-bake-cookies-i/Detail.aspx
  6. White Chocolate Chip Cranberry Oatmeal Cookies: my favorite cookies. These are worth turning on the oven for! http://www.food.com/recipe/white-chocolate-chip-cranberry-oatmeal-cookies-112683

Image Credit to: Stephanie’s Kitchen

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Catherine Ku is a soon-to-be sophomore at Princeton University and lover of running, books, and food, in no particular order. 
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Ajibike Lapite is a member of Princeton University’s Class of 2014. When not studying, Ajibike tutors at the Young Scholar’s Institute in Trenton, NJ; serves as the President  of the Princeton Premedical Society; is the Editor-in-Chief of Her Campus Princeton; currently holds the title of Most Stylish Undergraduate (from Stylitics). Ajibike is a  molecular biology major with a certificate in global health & policy. She enjoys consumption of vanilla ice cream and sweet tea, watching games of criquet, exploring libraries, lusting after Blair Waldorf’s wardrobe, watching far too much television, editing her novel, staying watch at the mailbox, playing tennis and golf in imitation of the pros, hanging out with the best friends she’s ever had, baking cookies that aren’t always awesome, being Novak Djokovic’s fan girl, and sleeping—whenever and wherever she can.