The old saying tells us that revenge is a dish best served cold.   A new baking book will also have you believing that revenge is a dish best served sweet.  Sweet Revenge: Passive-Aggressive Desserts for Your Exes & Enemies by Heather Kim, due to be released in January 2018 is a super fun read and contains over 50 sweet treats to help you weather the storm when life gets tough. 

Those of you who are regular readers will know that I adore a pun so the names of the recipes in this book were pure gold for me.

In additions to the Everyday I Regret You S'more Brownies you can also find:

Shut Your Stupid Cake Hole - a coconut mochi cake with sesame coconut pecan icing
Stop Texting Me You Crepe - a crepe cake with Oreos
You're A Piece of Sheet Cake - a cinco leches cake with malted milk whipped cream and salted dulce de leche drizzle (OMG...yes!!!!!)
Go Fudge Yourself - Macinac Island chocolate fudge with white chocolate candied ramen
I Ain't Puddin' Up With You - Butterscotch puddin' pots with chocolate sauceI was beside myself with joy at some of these.  Truly. And not just for the names. I mean cinco leches cake with malted milk whipped cream and salted dulce de leche drizzle sounds like heaven.  Who even knew there were that many leches?  But now I want all cinco of them baked in a cake.  With a   dulce de leche drizzle...

As for the S'mores Brownies, let's start with the base which a dark, glossy, fudgy brownie which was ridiculously easy to make. 

Sweet Revenge not only has some great recipes like the ones above but also handy tips, gorgeous photos and cute drawings.  The downside of Sweet Revenge was that some of the flavour combinations were a little too out there for me vis a vis:

Carrot Cake truffles with Cool Ranch Doritos Sugar
Strawberry biscuits with chicken skin candy
Pound cake with Sriracha icing. 
Flamin' Hot Cheetos Ice Cream Sandwiches with Flamin' Hot Cheetos Ganache
But you know what?  There are always going to be recipes that I don't  fancy in any book. And it might be better to be edgy than boring! And I know I am making a judgement on a sample size of one but this seems like a pretty solid book - the brownies were amazing!

Where do I start, the visuals, the style, the content? From the colors to the perfect photographs to the funny little notes tucked in everywhere (including the copyright page!), the entire book is scrumptious before you even get to the main content itself. And we can all use a reminder to step away from the keyboard and let yourself cool off along with some amazing cookies while you prepare to kill someone with kindness.

The author’s recipes are as original and interesting as the author seems to be. Heather Kim is pastry chef, painter and tattoo artist.

I’m not sure you can stay too angry at someone if you are going to bake that person one of the yummy recipes with fun names from this book. Personally, I think if I went to the trouble of making them, I’d eat them myself. While it appears that they would be a good way to let off some steam, many of the recipes have more than one step, and they would take some time to make.

You might want to share this cookbook with someone who is going through a bad breakup, lost their job, is being bullied, or someone they trusted let them down. The notes and names of the recipes are amusing, and it is fun to read.

I know this book is supposed to be a passive-aggressive cookbook for your exes and the folks you're mad at. But it has to be the most adorable cookbook I have ever seen! The vibrant cover reels you in immediately and the mouth-watering images inside alone make this a book you want to add to your bookshelf immediately.

This cookbook is filled with decadent desserts ranging from cakes, cookies, pastries, to candies to fill anyone's sweet tooth-- not just your ex-boyfriends. Heather Kim does an excellent job of giving these sweet treats witty names like "I'm Not Fondue You," "Donut Call Me Again," and "You're a Piece of Sheet Cake." Pretty amusing, right?

Not only is this cookbook filled with delectable goodies, Kim gives cooking tips (accompanied with fuchsia illustrations--swoon) relationship advice, and cool recipe hacks. Each recipe even has a "burn factor" that lets readers know its level of difficulty. I just love all the fuchsia writing scribbled in the margins and the humorous advice Kim shares throughout the book.

This cookbook is a good read for just about anyone who loves desserts. It's perfect for the teens in your life who are new to baking and breakups. It could also be a hit for the seasoned cook in your life who enjoys pretty books filled with puns and humor (like me). I enjoyed it and can't wait to grab a physical copy when the book releases. Thank you to Netgalley for providing me with an ARC of “Sweet Revenge: Passive-Aggressive Desserts for Your Exes & Enemies."

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Awesome cookbook even though there were some weird recipes! (Cheetos ice cream!?) I loved the presentation and idea of it, very food cookbook to read and really is outside the box! I really enjoyed it! Thank you NetGalley for a free ebook copy.

Has it ever crossed your mind that cooking up some concoction could be used as revenge? And maybe, relieve some of your stress at the same time? Take a peek at Heather Kim's cookbook, "Sweet Revenge," Try this (recipe) on for size: "When I Think of You Ice Cream (AKA: Flamin’ Hot Cheetos Ice Cream Sandwiches with Flamin’ Hot Cheetos Ganache)" This, and every recipe in the book like it, will pique your interest and help you get back at that scoundrel. If it doesn't, try throwing it at 'em. Have fun.

I love the concept of this book, every single recipe has the f*ck you element but looks and reads delicious, I enjoy the images, the creativity and a lot of the dessert must be a pleasure for the moment I'm not on a diet.

With hilarious Table of Contents titles like "Forgetting You Was A Piece Of Cake" and "I Never Kneaded You Anyway", it is a cookbook sure to make you enjoy cooking recipes.

The recipe names are funny, but the recipes are not. The book is a real cookbook filled with great recipes and comments to tickle your funny bone. For example, "Kiss My Molasses" is a gingersnap cookie recipe with lemon curd filling. "I Honestly Don't Give a Fig" is also a cookie recipe.

The author's comments are precious such as helpful instructions for "Cool completely" is augmented by snickering "or burn the crap out of your mouth" advice.

Kiss My Molasses Gingersnaps w/Lemon Curd

GINGERSNAPS 1 cup granulated sugar 2 cups all-purpose flour 2 teaspoons baking soda 1/2 teaspoon salt 1 tablespoon dried ginger powder 1 teaspoon cinnamon 3/4 cup vegetable shortening 1 egg 1/4 cup dark molasses 1/3 cup sugar in the raw
1 Flip on your oven to 350°F. 2 In medium bowl, whisk all the dry ingredients together. Set that stuff aside. 3 In a larger mixing bowl, mix vegetable shortening and sugar together until oh-so fluffy. Then dump in the egg, molasses, and dry ingredients, and mix together. 4 Shape dough into 1-inch balls, roll in the sugar in the raw, and then plop ’em 2 inches apart on an ungreased baking sheet. (Do NOT flatten those little suckers!) 5 Bake for about 7 minutes, and then turn the sheet and bake another 5 minutes or so. 6 Remove them from the oven when the edges are firm and the centers are tummy-soft. Cool on the sheet for 1 minute, and then move to a rack and cool all the way.

LEMON CURD 1/2 cup lemon juice 1/2 cup granulated sugar 2 large egg yolks 2 large eggs 1/2 teaspoon salt 6 tablespoons butter
1 Place a fine mesh strainer over a medium bowl and set aside. 2 In another bowl, whisk together the lemon juice, sugar, egg yolks, eggs, and salt. Set aside. 3 Melt butter in a medium saucepan over low heat. Then crank the heat to medium and add the lemon-juice mixture, whisking until that stuff thickens into a pudding. 4 Take off heat and smash that curd through the mesh strainer. Throw it in the fridge until cooled.

TO ASSEMBLE: Dunk plain cookies directly into a bowlful of the curd, or make cookie & curd sandwiches.

I recommend this cookbook for cooks and recipe collectors of all ages. ARC furnished by Bookish.

This cookbook is great fun! I love all the pictures and the color scheme! I love how Heather Kim takes a tough situation and encourages people to use their emotions for baking instead of internet wars. I like that she provides a variety of information about tools, sugar, buts, etc not assuming that we have previous knowledge in baking. This helps me a lot as I am really starting to expand my cooking repertoire.
The only issue is there are so many recipes I wouldn't actually use. I have no desire to I really have no desire to incorporate Cool Ranch Doritos or Flamin' Hot Cheetos.
Over all this was a fun and engaging cook book and I came away with a few new recipes.

Sweet Revenge by Heather Kim offers up a delicious assortment of passive aggressive desserts to gift to those dreadful ex's or keep for yourself in a revenge overindulgence. Kill them with kindness or maybe a sugary overdose of deliciousness. Don't waste your time crying over spilled milk, get in the kitchen and whip up a batch of "You've Got A Latte Balls"(Pumpkin-spice latte balls with Chex mix crumble). Tell that ex of yours "Donut Call Me Again" (Mochi donuts with lemon-nutmeg glaze and Vietnamese coffee dip) or "Suck It Up And Grow A Pear" (Pear cheesecake with ginger gastrique). With over 43 delicious desserts to choose from, you are sure to find the perfect message to send to the "World's Greatest POS/piece of strudel" (Streusel strudel). Beware, some of these recipe combos are not for the faint of heart...so be adventurous and jump on in. Laugh along as Heather shares tips and tricks and witty comments. This cookbook is fantastic with vivid photos, essential tools, and ingredient comparisons. A must have for any kitchen!

I was super excited to get to review this cookbook. After reading an excerpt I knew I had to have it! The desserts in this cookbook are all so yummy that I can't wait to get in the kitchen and start baking up all this goodness...no I don't have an ex I just love desserts...don't judge me! This releases on Jan 1, 2018 and you will find me hovering outside of my bookstore, impatiently waiting for it to open so I can grab my copy.

Sweet Revenge: Passive-Aggressive Desserts for Your Exes & Enemies by Heather Kim is a very clever, funny, and well put together recipe book. In addition to the laughs of some of the names of the desserts, there are some really yummy looking desserts that I would try.

This book is so much fun! Not only are all of the recipes awesome and so tasty (the pictures are amazing and make you want to make every single recipe RIGHT NOW!) but the titles for all of them are so sassy and funny. I highly recommend this book for everyone who has ever been done wrong, but even if you haven't, you should still get this book because the recipes are just too good!

Great recipes, great book! Would recommend it to my friends and my frienemies.

If only every breakup was this fun and sassy! Recipes are creative and trendy, easy to follow. The photographs and graphic doodles are a nice touch. A laughable good read!

Never thought I would say that I laughed at a cookbook. This is definitely the funniest and most engaging cookbook I ever read. I know I will have to try out the recipes in it and see how they are. Also, the pictures are so vibrant. It made me very hungry reading through this. This writer, I feel could make anything funny, just from what I saw here.

Overall, this would be a nice cookbook to have on the self that I enjoyed reading.

While some of the recipe ingredients are not for the faint of stomach (flaming hot cheetos and funyons immediately come to mind), this book is so much fun. I can't wait to try a few of the recipes out, and the stories and advice had me in stitches. If you know someone who likes to bake, and is surrounded by toxic people, this book is for them!

This was a thoroughly entertaining cookbook. Laugh out loud funny! I enjoy perusing cookbooks, this one I read cover to cover in one sitting. The food looked delicious (and I will try some of the recipes), but the antidotes on the pages were amazing! I am 55+ years old and loved it! Purchasing for my two daughters-in- law because I enjoyed so much.

Such a fun, creative, angry cookbook! Author Heather Kim had me laughing, licking my lips over the yummy recipes, and honestly, just a little bit scared. ;-)

SWEET REVENGE PASSIVE-AGGRESSIVE DESSERTS FOR YOUR EXES AND ENEMIES. Quite the title. How could I pass it up? I couldn’t! From the title, to the cover, to the description, I knew this was not going to be my average recipe book. Any it wasn’t.

Despite the title, author Kim has created a way to safely blow off steam by creating mouthwatering, amazing desserts with names that allow you to get the hurt out of your heart, and kindness into your soul. Super fun chapters like . . . Go Ahead and Bite-Me Sized Treats, and I Never Kneaded You Anyway, you can get an idea of the recipes titles. A few are . . . You’re a Total Monster, Kiss My Molasses, I Cannoli Be Happy When You’re Dead, Stop Texting Me You Crepe, You’re a Piece of Sheet Cake, Suck it Up and Grow a Pear, Donut Call Me Again, I Ain’t Pudding Up With You, and so many more, you’ll have no problem finding a recipe to fit your mood, to give to that not so special someone in your life.

Along with the cleverly titled recipes, you’ll find pages full of colorful photos, fun illustrations, great tips, sugar profiles (who knew there were so many types?), nut identification, and more, SWEET REVENGE is as informative as it is fun.

I had a really great time with this one of a kind cookbook. You can tell the author has a great sense of humor. And I love that the sting of betrayal can start your healing by making wonderful desserts that taste good, and make you laugh.

If you know someone who has been burned by a significant other, or friend, treat them to this funny and vengeful cookbook. Have a SWEET REVENGE sweets party. By the time you’re done baking, laughing, and eating, you’ll forget all about the jerks in your life!

Wow! I never thought I could be unhappy with a cook book but I am with Sweet Revenge: Passive-Aggressive Desserts for Your Exes & Enemies by Heather Kim . Why, well I felt the graphics detracted from the recipes and pictures. There were no recipes that I wanted to jump in and make. The recipes used wacky ingredients, such as Nacho Cheese Dorritos and Cap'n Crunch Cereal in a cookie recipe or recipes like Flamin' Hot Cheetos Ice Cream Sandwiches with Flamin' Hot Cheetos Ganache, Candied Chicken Skin and Sriracha Icing. Also some recipes called for ingredients most well stocked pantries would not have such as Pandan Extract . Several recipes called for premade foods which defeats the purpose of making something from scratch with good healthy ingredients. I enjoy catchy recipes titles but the humor throughout the book and recipes titles were lost on me. I understood the humor just didn't feel it fit in with a cook book. There are loads of pictures and lots of tips, but as a serious cook and baker it's just not what I look for in a cook book.

This is so freaking cute I can't stand it!
There are some SUPER weird recipes in here: flaming hot cheeto sugar and sugared Funyons, for example, but others look freaking INSANE and delicious.
Funny anecdotes cute pictures and delicious recipes with horrible names? YES PLEASE!