The Apple Upside-Down Cornmeal Cakes were the perfect size, easy to make and not overly sweet.  I was attracted to them the minute I saw them in the magazine but Husband was a bit unsure of the cornmeal and apple combination.  Perhaps if they had been very sweet with a more typical applet spice topping the cornmeal would not have gone but that is not what these are.  Instead they have a delicate apple and walnut topping that simply lets the flavors of the Gala apples shine through and perfectly complements the cornmeal cakes. 

The Double-Chocolate Peanut Butter Pie was advertised as an adult version of a Reese's Peanut Butter cup; I would agree.  We did, however, modify the recipe.  The original recipe called for a crust made from chocolate wafer cookies combined with semisweet chocolate.  Husband wanted a graham cracker crust. I like to stick to the recipe, especially the first time, and then modify it if we aren’t' satisfied but in this case we made the change and it was great.  You really can't go wrong with a graham cracker crust.  The pie itself was pretty simple to make and the combination of the peanuts, cream cheese, peanut butter and chocolate was amazing.  It was sweet but not overbearing as some peanut butter and chocolate desserts can be.  Still, a little bit went a long way.

I'm definitely going to make the apple cornmeal cakes again, they were really good and quick to make.  And the peanut butter pie was great but that will be held for when we have a large group so everyone can help eat it because it is definitely heavy and fattening....