Deliciously Easy Recipes
Chewy and fudgy Banana Blondies with ripe bananas, chopped walnuts, white chocolate chips, and a touch of vanilla. An easy sweet breakfast or afternoon snack.
This easy recipe makes gooey and moist banana blondies packed with mashed bananas and vanilla flavor, but I added my own twist: hazelnuts and chocolate chips.
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There are some things in this world that bring instant happiness in my world. One of those things is JELL-O®. I will never forget the first time my youngest tried JELL-O®. She looked at me & said “WOW mom – this sure is bouncy!” That cracked me up & made me really take notice of just how fun JELL-O® is for all ages.
As you have seen, I have been planning a little Halloween Party of sorts here for the kids & their friends before the trick-or-treating starts. I have been testing out all sorts of recipes to serve. I decided that since JELL-O® is so much fun & so versatile- I would get a little creative with the JELL-O® JIGGLERS for some really great Halloween Party Snacks.
After viewing the recipe page & seeing all the super cute Halloween themed JELL-O® JIGGLERS
I was inspired to twist things up a little bit & make these Pumpkins.
I also made some regular JELL-O® in Grape & Lime & layered it in these jars with some Whipped Cream & Gummy Worms.
I then topped them with some Pumpkin shaped regular JELL-O® JIGGLERS I cut with a cookie cutter.
How fun is that?? My kids are over the top excited to share these with their friends come Halloween.
They had such a great time helping me with making them too.
That’s the best part- we had some really great family time while playing & creating.
Just make your JELL-O® JIGGLERS to the directions found HERE.
Then remove & add a Pretzel for the stem & some Piping Gel to draw the faces.
Don’t you think these are so cute?? They just make me so HAPPY! I’m practically squealing. 🙂
You MUST make some for yourself!
There are also some great recipes for Creepy Crawly JIGGLERS, Halloween Cat Eyes JIGGLERS & Halloween JIGGLERS Hands.
This post brought to you by Jello, making Halloween more wiggly for everyone.
Check out more Halloween recipes here: JELLO.com/recipes.
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As we are coming to the end of the fresh produce season here, I am spending lots of time visiting the farm down the road picking up apples 40 pounds at a time. I’m canning as many jars of applesauce, apple pie filling & apple butter as I can to see just how long it will take me through the cold months here. At the same time I am using some of those things in my baking for the kids & their breakfast. This time I decided to use some of that apple pie filling & make them a frosted breakfast cake. Rarely do I add the frosting for them but this one just seemed like the right recipe to do just that.
This has the perfect blend of cinnamon & apple. You know my son & his obsession with all things cinnamon was loving this.
It’s a great fall recipe that your family will love to have in those cool crisp mornings.
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Remember last week when I shared with you my Caramel Gingerbread Ice Cream Cake? Well I used my favorite recipe for Chocolate Gingerbread cookies to make that. I wanted to share that recipe with you all here today because I love you guys & I know you will really LOVE these cookie bars. Plus- you won’t believe just how simple they are. You know how I love simple- right?!
These are the perfect combination of chocolate & gingerbread. Neither flavor overpowers the other.
Soft & chewy- oh so yummy??
Come on over & share a couple with me over coffee?? There are plenty for all. 🙂
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Do you feel that sense of togetherness this time of year? When you think about family moments, do they center around food? I know a lot of my family memories are jogged by certain triggers, many of them food. Whether it be a smell, a flavor, a moment shared with my kids that is similar to one I had as a child- they are all so great & they all come flooding back & give me smiles.
I love creating memories like that with my kids. I want them to remember the times we spend in the kitchen. I want them to taste something when they are adults & remember something we did together & smile about it. One thing I am trying to do is bring back old family recipes & combine them with things I love to make new family favorites & great memories for the kids.
If you ask my kids what foods I love- they would definitely say Ice Cream. Not just any Ice Cream though. When I am looking for Ice Cream I want something that tastes amazing, wholesome ingredients, variety of flavors, creamy texture & makes me feel special. I think that’s part of the experience. So I decided to take one of my favorite cookie recipes & combine it with one of my favorite Dreyer’s Slow Churned flavors – Caramel Delight & make a treat that we will be making for years to come.
This was a HUGE HIT! We will be making this for many holidays here in the near future. I prefer the Dreyer’s Slow Churned for this not only because of it’s creamy texture but because it’s Slow Churned it makes it HALF THE FAT and 1/3 FEWER CALORIES than regular ice cream.
Don’t miss the seasonal flavors Pumpkin & Peppermint this time of year.
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Good Morning!! Hope you all are having a fabulous week.
This past week I was trying to think of ways to use up all these apples I have around here. I wanted to do something different for the kids & yet keep it relatively healthy. Sooooo- I started by taking some of my largest apples & cutting them into slices to get the shape of the apple. Then I added the peanut butter but I still wanted it to be more fun. Then I had an idea to use the candy corn & make these…
No need for a recipe here- just apples, peanut butter & candy corn in the shape of a Jack-O’-Lantern.
Simple, quick & so much fun for the kids.
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For an easy game day tailgating snack as part of a sponsored post for Collective Bias®
I made these Game Day Bites using MARS Snickers & Milky Way Bites for my family.
Do you love tailgating? Do you love sporting events? Do you love going to your favorite event with some great snacks to make the experience just that much more fun? I totally do. I love Yummy Bar Recipes! I am a HUGE College & Pro football fan & I LOVE NASCAR. We have not had the opportunity to go to a football game in a while but when we would head to the NASCAR track in Vegas we loved enhancing the party atmosphere with great snacks. Being a HUGE Kyle Busch fan – I regularly purchase & use MARS products in support of my favorite driver. So you can imagine how excited I was when I had the opportunity to work with MARS & Collective Bias® Social Fabric® Community to make a new tailgating recipe using MARS Snickers & Milky Way Bites.
I new I wanted something quick, simple & easy to transport to the track. I also wanted something that people could grab & walk around with that didn’t require a plate. Knowing that we typically get up before the sun to get to the track- I knew whatever I made had to still taste great if made the night before. So I decided on these Game Day Bites. I took my cake bar recipe, twisted it a little & then doubled the whole thing for extra yumminess.
Preheat your oven to 350 degrees & coat your 9×13 glass pan with cooking spray.
Put your cake mix, butter & evaporated milk in your mixer & beat well until it is thoroughly combined.Add in 1 cup of the Milky Ways bites & beat in on high.
Spread out 3/4 of batter in prepared pan. Bake 10 minutes.
Pull out of oven & sprinkle on 1 cup Snickers Bites & remaining Milky Way Bites.
Drop remaining batter on top – do not spread out. Return to oven.
This is what it looks like up to this point.
Bake 40-45 minutes – until toothpick test is mostly clean. Cool completely before cutting.
These are so tasty. A cross between cake & brownies with the nougat & caramel of the bites melted throughout. OH MY!
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Good Morning! I’m still visiting with my family who is in town. Life is crazy full at the moment & I’m certainly ready for some comfort food. I don’t know about you- but flavors like salted caramel top my list for comfort. Add in there a little pumpkin spice & it just screams fall for me. I have about a million different things I was going to make but I kept coming back to the idea of salted caramel pudding. But I really wanted to make it more fall like- especially since I don’t do a lot of recipes with actual pumpkin in them. But I do love pumpkin spice- so I came up with…
The salt mixed with the rich flavors of caramel & pumpkin spice is the perfect blend.
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Remember when I made the Chocolate Chip Cookie Cookie Butter?? I mentioned that I would probably make it in bulk & store it in the fridge for future recipes. Well- I did do that & so today I bring you the first of probably many more recipes using that cookie butter. Oh heavens- it’s so amazing. Taking chocolate chip cookie flavored buttery spread & using it to make other treats- really… it doesn’t get any better. So this time I made…
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I don’t know about you- but one thing I really look forward to this time of year is candy corn. I LOVE IT! It usually doesn’t last long enough in this house to make it into recipes. But I was really good & used all self control this time because when I bought it- I had this recipe in mind. I knew that the mix of the brownies, the dough & the colors of the candy corn would make the perfect Fall/ Halloween treat.
I thought I might hold off on the Halloween type posts until at least October 1st. But I just couldn’t help myself with this one.
The thought of it kept swirling around in my head & the craving just got stronger & stronger.
The heat made a week long return after we had such fall like temps.
But I ran the oven anyway because I just couldn’t wait any longer to make these.
Oh my- so decadent. One with a tall glass of milk will take care of any brownie, cookie dough or candy corn craving you might be having.
Take these to your next pot luck or gathering. They will be the first dish that runs out- I promise.
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What’s more comforting than a chocolate chip cookie?? How about cookie dough? Do you like eating cookie dough- but do you worry in the back of your mind that it has raw eggs in it?? I so do! I could eat the whole thing & not even bake cookies. Sometimes I would buy the pasteurized eggs for my cookie dough just so I could eat it- especially when I was pregnant. But now I have this recipe for eggless cookie dough. This is not for baking!!! I have not tried it but I don’t think it would bake like regular cookies should.
Anyhow- in the middle of the night I woke up with the idea to take the “safe” cookie dough & use it as a filler for chocolate chip cookies made into a cookie sandwich. I mean really- it’s like chocolate chip cookie overload. What’s not to like??!! Everyone in my house was stoked when I put these together & they were gone in a flash. I mean- the poor guys at the station have been missing out on some serious goodies because they never last long enough to make it over there.
So I’m not sharing my actual cookie recipe. That one I have not even shared with my own mother.
I’m even debating if I will share it with my kids before they leave the house. I may take it with me to my grave. We will see.
Buuut- I am sharing the “safe” cookie dough for you to use with your own favorite chocolate chip cookies.
Dark Chocolate Pistachio Fudge
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Have you all seen the rage over Biscoff lately?? I totally get it. It’s ground up cookies made into a spread. What’s not to like?!
Seriously!!! I can’t get enough.
Oh my word- this is SO GOOD. It’s like spreading a chocolate chip cookie on my toast. Sigh…….
You may or may not see more recipes using this in the future. 🙂 Just sayin’
Thinking about making it in bulk.
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Today is 9/11. Today is a difficult day for our family. Having a hubs in the fire service on that day was a tough one. The 343 were his brothers just like every other firefighter in this great nation. 9/11 is a solemn day- one to stop & reflect on just how great this country is, how vulnerable we can be & to cherish every single day because sometimes some crazy things happen- things that you would never dream could be possible. Those things change people, lives, families & nations – forever.
Because this is a day where I just want to curl up on the couch with my babies & do nothing else but watch coverage of what happened that day- I thought I would need some comforting sweets to snack on. I figured that a nce warm cobbler full of cinnamon would do the trick. I had been mulling over different cobbler ideas all summer but I just never wanted to use my berries that I had for any cobbler recipes. Buuuuut now- since I already had a ton of pears & I had pear pie filling & caramel on hand- I decided to make these cobbler bars.
I love Yummy Bar Recipes!
Oh my- they are better than I can even describe & exactly the comfort food I was after. They were also so incredibly simple. Do you see a theme here?? I try to do my best to keep the steps to just a few & not make things too complicated around here. I like simple recipes & so figure with everyone being so busy these days- I’m sure you do too. On days like today- who wants to slave away in the kitchen. Quick & simple is key.
Whip up a batch- tell your babies you love them & curl up with a couple of these & a blanket.
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Today some my my dearest blogger friends have joined me for this month’s Recipe Round-Up. We are all posting our Best Fall Recipes. My friends have really pulled out all the tricks this month & have shared some really awesome recipes for the fall season. I’m so excited to try them all. At the request of the hubs- I decided to share with you today this super quick & tasty breakfast recipe.
I’m sharing this as part of our September’s Recipe Round-Up. Want more Fall Recipes???
Apple Cake with Brown Sugar Glaze from Let’s Dish
Chocolate Peanut Butter Caramel Pretzel Poppers from Reasons to Skip the Housework
Apple Ginger Cocktail from One Martini at a Time
Apple Fritters from In the Moment With
Rosh Hashanah Apple Cake from Random-osity
Apple Pumpkin Muffins from Joyful Healthy Eats
Chocolate Pecan Pie Granola from Little by Little
Crock Pot Tuscan Bean Soup from Mostly-Homemade Mom
Apple Cupcakes with Salted Caramel Frosting from Nap-Time Creations
Caramelized Pear Pie Filling, a quick & easy dessert canning pears to use in homemade pear pie, or added to any of your favorite fall dessert recipes.
and you know- when you put a nice dollop of whip cream on top- it taste divine. Who cares if it’s not all in one slice.
So when it released from the pan you couldn’t really tell what the design was because all the details stuck to it.
I have tried greasing, greasing & flouring, cooking spray & bakers cooking spray.
As you can see- I sprinkled with a little powdered sugar – that tasted pretty good too.
I was able to get at least a couple slices out of it.
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If you haven’t noticed- this week I’m on a comfort food kick. You know- it must be the season. I’m in this really cozy mood & I just want to make & share all sorts of things that give you warm & fuzzies. : ) I don’t make or share cookies all that often here in this space. I’m not sure why- maybe this season I will work on changing that. As I mentioned yesterday the hubs & I have been in recipe tweak mode & I have been working on shaking up our “usuals” to make them a whole lot more fun. So this time I decided to take the hub’s ALL TIME FAVORITE cookie recipe- Oatmeal Raisin Cookies & turn them into…
Because … well- I like dates a whole lot more than I like raisins. So now I can enjoy them too. Win- Win!
These are definitely a family favorite & the kind of cookies I find my hubs eating all day long.
They certainly don’t last in this house.
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Brownie Chunk Frozen Yogurt -the perfect easy summer dessert. No-bake chocolate treats loaded with brownies makes this no-churn frozen yogurt pure heaven!
Indulge in the perfect balance of rich and refreshing with this Brownie Chunk Frozen Yogurt. Creamy, tangy yogurt meets fudgy brownie chunks in a frozen dessert that’s both satisfying and lighter than traditional ice cream.
It’s a dreamy summer treat that’s easy to make at home and packed with flavor in every bite.
View postI participated in a campaign on behalf of Mom Central Consulting for Smart Balance.
I received product samples, and a promotional item as a thank you for participating.
I make a lot of recipes- you all know that. Some….okay, most of them are not so healthy. But I have been trying to change that in an effort to make the things we love to eat a little better for us. So when I was asked by Mom Central to check out Smart Balance & their new packaging I was thrilled. We often purchase Smart Balance & love all the different varieties. We use it as a spread mostly but never really used it for cooking & baking. But like I said- I have been wanting to start changing our favorite recipes to make them healthier, so this was the perfect opportunity to push me to do that sooner rather than later.
I’m really loving the new square tub too. Smart Balance redesigned their round packaging to a square tub to save space in refrigerators & in the store. The 15 oz quantity is the same as before- but the new tub is eco-friendly. It reduces greenhouse gas emissions by 18% – that equals 6,487 newly planted trees each year. Very cool!! For more info on Smart Balances eco-friendly, space saving package redesign- check out their website.
I really do like the square tub- it’s amazing how just changing the shape can save me so much room in my fridge.
Enjoy!!! This is a huge hit in this house!!
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Hi Everyone!!
What a nutty week!! A while back I shared these Spiced Apricot Fro Yo Pops when I was contributing over at Reasons to Skip the Housework. I’m guessing that not all of you popped over to pick up the recipe – or missed the post that mentioned I was contributing over there that day- so I thought I would share it all with you today.
These were so easy & HEALTHY. I didn’t feel at all guilty about giving these to the kids with their lunch or after dinner. They loved them & didn’t mind at all that they were not loaded with sugar or sweeteners. My kids are pretty good about that anyway- they actually like things like broccoli & don’t even like soda. So I wasn’t shocked that they loved these. For my own peace of mind I felt so much better knowing I wasn’t loading them up on junk.
As we move through August I am sure you will be seeing less & less frozen treats & more baked goods.
I have really missed baking & I am really looking forward to doing more of it as the weather cools in the coming weeks.
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Do you love game day?? Do you love football??
I absolutely LOVE football & game day is what we all look forward to all week long in our house. Whether it’s college or NFL we REALLY LOVE watching our favorite teams each weekend. I spend all week planning out just what we will make for snacks. Appetizers & munchy, snacky foods are in full spread here. I like to spend my Fridays preparing the house. That means decorating with our favorite team colors & inviting guests over for the game.
What’s on the menu this coming Game Day??These Crock Pot Brownies. So simple- I can whip up the batter- pop them in the crock pot & let them cook while I work on the rest of the goodies.
I love that they cook in the crock pot so I have my oven available for the other things I’m preparing.
*Note – Start cooking on high but reduce to low when you start seeing the sides looking more cooked. They will burn before the center has a chance to finish cooking if you leave it on high the whole time. Since all slow cookers cook a little different it’s hard to say exactly how long this will take or when you should do this. Just keep an eye on it – checking them periodically throughout the process.
As everyone is arriving I prepare the snacks while we chat & watch kick off. I like to put the brownies in the crockpot around kick off time. OMG-the smell through the house is heavenly & by the time we reach the really heated part of the game- the brownies are done & everyone is happy. You have got to give them a try. No one will believe they were cooked in your crock pot.
So that’s how we spend our weekends in the fall.
What’s a creative way you prepare for game day??
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Peanut Butter Seven Layer Bars
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I have been meaning to do more recipes with blueberries all season. I love Yummy Bar Recipes!
I had one more Pillsbury product to try out – the pie crust. But you know the problem- I’m trying to not run the oven while it’s hot outside. Sooooo- I decided to see how this Pillsbury Gluten Free pie crust would do in the slow cooker. You know- for not having a recipe to follow- I was actually really happy by how great it turned out. Good thing I wrote down what I did so I can do it again- because the family loved these Dulce de Leche Banana Blueberry Pie bars.
The crust was so buttery & flavorful.
Oh yes- it was ooooey, gooey goodness all over the place.
Don’t forget I’m giving away a premium baking set from Pillsbury.
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Use this to try my SUPER SIMPLE gluten free recipe using this Pillsbury Pie Crust
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Happy National S’Mores Day!!!
I have been meaning to make s’mores literally ALL SUMMER LONG!! I kept putting it off until I was asking Jessica what she thought about for the theme for our August Recipe Round-Up. She mentioned that today would be National S’Mores Day so I figured that was the perfect excuse I needed to make something s’mores related. Most of the time I try to not go completely over the top with my recipes. I don’t like to add too much usually. But this one was just calling me to do go overboard. So I created…
It’s certainly overload & Ah-Maz-Ing. One of those things that you want to be sure to have a lot of people around to help you eat it because you don’t want this sitting in your house with only you to eat it. Yep- 100% sinful. But OH SO worth it!
I will be sharing my recipe for this mocha ice cream soon- stay tuned.
This really is something you have to try at least once in your life- I promise you that.
I’m sharing this as part of our August Recipe Round-Up. Want more S’Mores Recipes???
Chocolate Bananas Foster S’Mores from Let’s Dish
S’Mores Chocolate Chip Cookies from The Taylor House
S’Mores Martini from One Martini at a Time
Frozen Mocha S’Mores Overload from Kleinworth & Co.
Peanut Butter S’Mores Spread from In the Moment With
Peanut Butter & Banana Boat S’Mores from Random-osity
Mini S’Mores Cups topped with Raspberries from Joyful Healthy Eats
S’Mores Monkey Mix from Little by Little
S’Mores Cookies from Mostly-Homemade Mom
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I love Yummy Bar Recipes! I don’t know about you but it seems like everyone I talk to has an issue with gluten. It’s more & more prevalent & there are more & more products on the market that are gluten free. I know that while I don’t always cook gluten free- when I do, we all feel better around here. So I have been doing my best to be more conscious about what our foods have in them – which is part of why I have been so focused on making the kids breakfast for so long now.
But lately I have been really wanting to make more desserts that are gluten free in hopes that the hubs will want to eat more of what I make instead of having to pass on all the goodies. So this time I made Gluten Free Chocolate Strawberry Gooey Bars. Oh they turned out so tasty & you would never know they are gluten free. Just goes to show you that gluten free doesn’t mean flavor free or no dessert.
Did you know that Pillsbury now has it’s first-ever gluten free cookie dough, pizza dough & pastry/pie dough?? I was pretty stoked to find that out & even more thrilled to try it out. I know that many moms don’t have time to make cookies & other treas from scratch & often buy the ready made doughs & crusts. Before now that meant that those with a gluten intolerance couldn’t eat them. Now they can. So many people now are looking for gluten free solutions for their families & Pillsbury has made eating gluten free easy convenient & delicious. These are all found in the refrigerated aisle of your store. These are so quick & easy to use – virtually no prep time at all.
So to celebrate these new gluten free products from Pillsbury I’m giving away a premium baking set.
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Today I wanted to share my gluten free recipe using this Pillsbury Cookie Dough
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The homemade preserves are gluten free, coconut, chocolate chips & marshmallows are all naturally gluten free as well. Yippee!!
Excited to start baking, but need a few recipes to get going??
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Over the next couple weeks I will be sharing more gluten free recipes using the new Pillsbury doughs.
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So I finally have pictures to show you of the munchkin’s birthday cake. I kept it low key because I really didn’t have an excuse to go over the top like we did last year. I mean I had all sorts of help when we did the pink ombre cake. Plus I had company to help eat it. This year no company for the party- so I kept this to a simple 2-layer 8″ round cake. A lot more manageable than what we have done in the past which was great because I really didn’t have the time, resources or desire to make this into a huge deal. Sometimes less is more and lately I have been going to that more & more.
Once I decided on the colors I knew what I would do for the cake. All the party decorations that I shared with you last week were all centered around the idea for the cake. I wanted it all to scream summer birthday party & I just love the tones in it all. Reminds me of rainbow sherbet. The blending of colors is so simple (a huge plus in my book) but still gives that girly feel- perfect for a girls birthday cake.
I used my FAVORITE Buttercream Frosting Recipe because it is just the perfect amount of sweet- without being over the top. I love it because it forms the perfect crust layer on the top while being ever so perfectly creamy on the inside. I love that it’s made with butter- no shortening. I used to make a meringue frosting that used margarine & shortening- both left a greasy film not only on my utensils & decorating supplies that was hard to get off- but also in my mouth. While the flavor was great- the fact that their was margarine & shortening in it always bothered me. So I LOVE this recipe for it’s lack of those two ingredients.
I used one batch to fill, crumb coat, frost & decorate this 2-layer, 8″ round cake. I still have a little left in the fridge which would have been plenty for piping around the bottom or any other decorating if I had chosen to do so. This recipe is easily cut in half or doubled depending on your project.
This is so yummy. Seriously- it’s this frosting with my mom’s cake that makes me just swoon. I could have eaten this entire 8″ cake BY MYSELF. I don’t like to share cake. Don’t judge- I may have done it before- with a larger cake. (on my wedding day) Cake is my #1 weakness – especially this one.
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The kids are loving it & asking when I will make more.
Fortunately I can do that as often as I like because it took hardly any time at all.
You have to give this a try. I think I will be seeking out a whole variety of candy flavors now.
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Topping with some frozen berries made it all the yummier (is that even a word?)
Can you tell I am just loving these little pails from the $1 bin at Target.
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Baking-Ginger – Watermelon Coconut Ice Cream
The Novice Chef – Black Forest Trifle
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Yeah- this really didn’t last very long. I had just about everyone coming out to check on my progress as I was taking these pictures. They did not want to wait any longer for this treat. It was bad enough I made it the night before & they didn’t want to have to wait until the following night to enjoy it. I really do have to make things early enough in the day so that they are ready to be photographed before dinner. Otherwise people around here start getting a bit irritated that there are treats staring at them in the fridge & they can’t have any. 🙂 I know- I’m mean right??!!
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Good Morning!!! How are all of you today?? I made a special – healthier treat for breakfast the other day.
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Bacon Cheddar & Spinach Quiche Cups
Peanut Butter Overload Pancakes
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Overnight Cinnamon Apple Baked French Toast Casserole from Life Love & Sugar
Raspberry Cream Cheese Coffee Cake from OMG Chocolate Desserts
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They loved them!! Just one more thing to add to the treat menu that doesn’t take too much time.
Really- the most time consuming part is making the cherry pie filling. But even that is less than 20 minutes. I love this because they look so pretty that people don’t realize just how simple they are to make. The perfect little treat for those that want to be a bit more health conscious. If you want to go all out & be bad- you could substitute the yogurt for either pudding or ice cream or whipped cream. 🙂 Yeah- I’m all about how you can jazz it up & make it super sinful. You know how it goes!
Have an AMAZING weekend everyone!
Patriotic Chocolate Chip Skillet Cookie
Patriotic Chocolate Chip Cookies
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White Chocolate M&M Popcorn is an easy dessert recipe for popcorn coated with melted white chocolate & loaded with patriotic M&M’s. Perfect holiday treat!
One of my favorite frozen summer recipes is frozen yogurt. I love making my own & I certainly love jazzing it up to create my own flavors for more fun. I got really good at making frozen treats when we lived near Death Valley & spent most of our year hovering around 100 degrees. I was making some sort of easy frozen dessert almost every day. This time I decided to use some of the blueberry syrup that I made & add it to my simple vanilla frozen yogurt. It was SO GOOD!
This is so simple & a great way to cool off this summer!
Also- We are wrapping up Watermelon week today. Be sure to check out these AMAZING ideas from these talented ladies.
Brenda: https://wp.me/p39A28-jU wrapping paper
Sarah https://www.craftquickies.com/a-sweet-watermelon-inspired-outfit-for-a-sweet-little-lady/
Summer https://www.summerscraps.com/2013/06/sweet-watermelon-trio.html
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