For days now, I've been longing for peanut butter cookies with M&M's as well as brownies with peanut butter chips and chocolate chips.
Why? Well beyond the obvious they're delicious, I have no idea why. Usually I think there's something to the whole "You crave what your body needs" theory, but I'm positive my body doesn't actually need chocolate or peanut butter for nutritional reasons. I can't stop thinking about them though. Last night I made the mistake of going to the grocery store while extremely hungry. At that time, I may have purchased the ingredients to make such delicacies.
And so, after much deliberation, I have decided this: I am going to make the cookies and the brownies, since I conveniently happen to have the necessary ingredients lying around in the kitchen. Indluging a craving of such a long duration is not the same as indulging a whim. I will enjoy said treats in moderation. Perhaps while doing this little dance but changing the lyrics to Peanut Butter Chocolate time.
And then I will take a break from baking for a while and get back to the business of losing weight.
If you've been thinking about it for DAYS, then, yes, just make the darn brownies. It'll satisfy the craving and get it off your mind.