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21 Dec

Rolo Bites

These treats are so easy to make, colorful and perfect for your Christmas cookie plate. Supplies: Rolos Pretzels Pecans M&Ms Instructions: Preheat your oven to 350° F. Place the pretzels equally spaced on a cookie sheet with parchment paper. Unwrap your Rolos. Involve the kiddos in this part! They can unwrap while you work on […]

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1 Mar

Rainbow Popcorn

These colorful popcorn are perfect for any special occasion. The easy recipe can be found here. To make your popcorn match your party theme, whether that be your favorite sports team, your school colors or the color scheme of your birthday, bridal shower or wedding just use colored chocolate melts and check out this recipe […]

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26 Jan

Peanut Butter bites

When I was a tween and my sister a teen we had a secret treat we loved to make when my parents were away… I really have no idea who started it, or who had the original idea, but it was one of those things that we would make as soon as my parents walked […]

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23 Dec

Easy Apple Cider

This apple cider is such a simple recipe, but it will make your house smell like the holidays and warm you inside and out! Ingredients 4 cups apple juice 2 cinnamon sticks 2 whole cloves 1 sliced orange 1/8 tsp of nutmeg Add your ingredients to a pot on your stovetop and simmer on low […]

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23 Dec

Cute Christmas Cupcakes

Do you like my alliteration?! LOL Dessert should be fun, right?! I love a creative dessert that not only tastes delicious but also has kiddos ooing and aahhing and smiling over the magical fun you’ve created! Like these super cute and easy Santa’s hat cupcakes! Or these beautiful wreath cupcakes… Or these fun Christmas trees! […]

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7 Dec

An Extra Sweet Birthday

Making Gingerbread Houses for our December Baby! Covid is kind of a bummer. In fact, we’ve had to skip a couple birthdays, and Thanksgiving this year and Christmas will be limited too. I am looking forward to this particular season being over. And yet, there are still so many ways to make each day special […]

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27 Nov

Chocolate Caramel Tart

This chocolate caramel tart has a salty addition to it… a pretzel graham cracker crust! And it is sooooo good! It is delicious as a full-size tart, or as mini tarts like the ones I made this Thanksgiving! I love the bite-size tarts. It’s the perfect amount of caramel and chocolate and crust. This post […]

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12 Nov

Extra M**st Chocolate Muffins!

These are literally the best chocolate muffins ever! They are more dense than a cupcake, but still humid and light. They are chocolately, but not overwhelmingly so. Unless, like me you add a ton of mini chocolate chips… and then they are just perfectly chocolate! Make a batch for breakfast this week! They freeze perfectly […]

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4 Nov

Peanut Butter Caramel Corn

Ingredients: 1/3 cup Brown Sugar 2/3 cup White Sugar 5 Tablespoons Butter 1/3 cup Heavy Cream 1/4 cup Peanut butter Approximately 15 chopped Mini Reese’s Peanut butter cups Begin by popping your popcorn. You can use whichever method you prefer: air popped, on the stove top or in the microwave. If you buy microwave popcorn, […]

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29 Oct

Chocolate Pancakes

We all need a little comfort sometimes. Comfort = Chocolate. Right?! All this quarantine business is tricky and a little tiring and some times you just need something extra special to start the day! These chocolate pancakes do the trick perfectly! They are delicious with Nutella, Peanut butter, butter and powdered sugar or fresh fruit […]

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