For those that don't have ovens.

It came to my attention that there are a few people that may not have the luxury of an oven.  Those people are still in luck.  I am going to share some recipes for those that want to have some good desserts.  There are a lot of desserts out there that are really delicious and they don't even have to be baked.  Before we start there are a few things that will have to be bought, well most of the stuff, actually.
One dessert that everyone loves is chocolate. Am I right??  Chocolate can be tricky but if you do it right you can have the best desserts around.   If you want to have some miniature desserts to just snack on then these truffles will suit you just fine.  The truffle recipe is very simple and easy to do without a mixer and an oven.

OREO TRUFFLES (a classic)

1 container of Oreo's (any kind you like I prefer the originals)
1 package of Cream Cheese (pretty standard in the store in 8 ounce box)
1 package of chocolate chips

First you start out in finding a bowl that is microwave safe and take the cream cheese out of the foil package(which will catch on fire in the microwave) and nuke it for about 15 seconds.  We are not looking for it to be melted we just want it to be softer.  After it is softer, take about 20 or so cookies and crush them up over the cream cheese. Using a spoon or your hand proceed to mix them together adding more cookies if you need or want to.  We want the mixture to be able to hold itself together when we form it in to balls or any shape that you want. You will need to find a pan or something that you can set all the truffles on.  When you get all of the mixture made into shapes of your liking on the pan then find a sandwich bag or a gallon zip-lock bag or something similar and put about a hand full or more depending on the size of bag and zap it in the microwave for about 5 to 10 seconds. You will probably need to do it 3 to 5 times depending on the microwave wattage and how chips that you are trying to melt.  We want the chips to be just melted.  Once you have made it to this stage you will want to put those truffles that you made in the bag and coat or just cover the truffles.  Then place them back on the pan that you had them on and let them cool or put them in your fridge until they turn dull in color or you can eat them right away like I do.  Once they cool set them out for friends or hide them for yourself.  Easy enough. Wasn't it.

DIRT PUDDING (Sounds gross but isn't)

1 package of Oreo's ( or the leftover ones from the truffles)
1 package of cream cheese
1 container of Whip Cream preferably not the metal can
1 package of chocolate chips ( or the leftovers)

This recipe will work better if you have a hand-held mixer or a stand mixer.  Take half of the cream cheese or the whole thing depending on how much you want to make and mix it with the whip cream and whip it until it is light and airy.  It will take a few minutes.  Then take a BUNCH of Oreo's and crush them up and put it in the cream cheese mixture.  Then take a spoon or a spatula and mix them together.  The goal here is to make it look like dirt.  The darker the better.  After getting it done you can get creative in the vessel that you put it in.  If you want to you can get a glass jar or vase(see-thru) or clear plastic and put all of that mixture in the vase and get some plastic flowers and stick them in it.  So when the company comes and you  head to their house for dinner you can tell them you are bringing dessert and when you get there they think you just brought flowers.  Then surprise them after dinner with your dessert.  If you are like me (a guy) and flowers are not your forte then you can get a number of different things like a brand new, washed small tool box and fill it with the pudding and add some plastic spoons in the top part of it.  This is where creativity comes into play.

These recipes are something that you can do at home with kids and/ or without them so the mess is much less.  There are other recipes that are out there and I just gave you these two to get you started and to let you know that I will do my best to help anyone that I can learn how to make desserts.  If you like these or you have any questions leave me a post and I will give more recipes or answer your questions.  From Novice to know-how I am signing off.