Cooking is an art form that most people have a natural knack for. Somehow they are able to create these fantastic culinary creations from a simple list of ingredients. It is some kind of voodoo magic, I'm sure. But you would think from all the hype of recipes on Pinterest, Youtube, Twitter, etc. that they would be relatively doable for the average person; and so they are described as being easily manageable products to create. Unfortunately, there are people like me that are unable to do the easiest of recipes. I am the type of person who will go out and follow the ingredients list to a T, specifically analyze all recipe necessities, and yet no matter how hard I try to follow the instructions, I still manage to have a catastrophe on my hands.

For instance, this was the first Easter Sunday that I celebrated with my boyfriend. So, of course I thought this would be an excellent opportunity to try to show off my domestic skills and impress said boyfriend by making him a double chocolate pie (baked goods seem to be the only thing I can decently prepare). Hint, Hint: Not a good idea. What is the first thing an incompetent college student does when they want to try to cook something? You enlist your mother's help. So, lucky me, she went on a grocery store run with me and managed to help me collect all the "necessary" ingredients and then some; because all great pies need more sugar and sweets than you originally think. Then came the big day.

With my recipe and ingredients all set out before me, I was ready. I was going to make this pie, even if it killed me. The beginning of the pie was relatively easy. You just roll out the pre made pie crust onto the pie tin, but then came my first conundrum. It said to "flute" the crust over the tin...of course I had absolutely no idea on what "fluting" was, so against my better judgement I asked the boyfriend what it was. Of course, him being the master chef and I just the naive novice, he came over and quickly did it for me. But this was against my master plan! He couldn't help me make the pie. So I quickly shooed him away and continued. *FYI, fluting is just curling the edge of the pie crust into little wave-looking things.

After attempting to "flute" said pie and letting it cook for 10 minutes, I then proceeded to layer the bottom with milk chocolate fudge. It's not my fault if about half of the container of fudge had somehow found its way into my stomach. I was simply checking to make sure it was non-lethal. So, then after shoving most of the ingredients down my throat (quick tip: don't let someone with a sweet tooth make you pie), I reached my second and worst dilemma. The recipe called for both Cool Whip, as well as heavy cream. I guess the coffee had yet to kick in, because for some reason I decided it would be an excellent idea to mix the Cool Whip in place of the heavy cream. Not realizing the horrid mistake I had made until it was done, I then proceeded to have a sugar-crazed break down. Numb, I pounded the pie with miniature Reeses and a ridiculous amount of toffee bits. I guess in my mind by shoving more sugar onto the pie it would correct my grave error.

Ultimately, it did help fix my mistake...but then so did the boyfriend. So, at the end of the day I was unable to show off my culinary skills, or lack thereof. However, my first Easter celebration with him was top-notch (probably in part due to the amazing ham he cooked as I struggled with the pie). Moral of the story: always have back-up when you try to cook something for the first time. You never know if you will actually be able to handle making it, and in the end cooking with friends and SO's is the most fun!