The Best Brownies Without Cocoa Powder (Made with Chocolate Chips)

This recipe shows how to make fudgy brownies using semisweet chocolate chips instead of cocoa powder. The straightforward one-bowl process yields a crackly top, chewy edges, and gooey center. With a prep time of 15 minutes and bake time of 28-32 minutes, it serves 16 delicious brownies.

Chocolate Cookies Without Cocoa Powder (Easy & Chewy)

These easy chocolate cookies use melted chocolate chips instead of cocoa powder, resulting in a soft, fudgy texture with crispy edges. Ready in 25 minutes, the recipe yields 18 cookies ideal for satisfying cravings. Key ingredients include butter, sugars, and flour, with optional extra chocolate chips for added richness.

Pancakes, Soccer, and Family

It’s just a Tuesday, and I’m snuggling on the couch with my kiddos and Youness. Usually we’re busy cleaning the house or running our weekly grocery errands, but Morocco plays soccer today. The house has holiday season energy. We love soccer in our family, especially when Morocco is playing. Our game day tradition is to…

What Even is Self-Care?

I’m three and a half months out from having my third baby, and self-care is running scarce around here. My uniform has turned in to breast milk soaked t-shirts that are at least a day old. I blame myself for not knowing the last time I shaved my legs. I felt envious today of a…

This is Zute

As of February 2026, I’m a mom of three. It seems chaotic to be starting my own blog at this time, but that’s kind of the point, isn’t it? Zute is chaos and calm. It encompasses all the mosaic pieces of a woman’s life, my life, from the cringeworthy phases we all endured growing up,…