Make every day your birthday with birthday cake ice cream! Butter-cake ice cream is filled with real pieces of cake, rainbow sprinkles, & a frosting ribbon. My kids start counting down the time until their next birthday right after they just celebrated their last one. They love having a day dedicated just to them with […]
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Dairy-Free Raspberry Coconut Pops
These Raspberry Coconut Pops are so incredibly easy & delicious! The perfect blend of raspberry & coconut in a cool & refreshing pop. Hi there From Play Dates to Parties fans! If we haven’t crossed paths before, I’m Gina & I blog over at Kleinworth & Co. I have 3 kids, ages 13-19 […]
How to Make these Adorable Floating Olaf Jello Cups
These floating Olaf Jello cups are surprisingly easy. In 3 simple steps, you can have the perfect Frozen-themed snack for your kid’s Frozen-themed party. Have you ever seen something awesome on Pinterest, only to realize that there’s no explanation on how to make it? That’s what happened when I started planning my 4-year-old’s Frozen themed […]
Beer Brownies with a Pretzel Crust
Everyone loves beer brownies with a pretzel crust! Make a batch of this easy treat for game day, Father’s Day, or any time you’re craving something tasty. I like to make creative recipes for our celebrations. Of course, we have our favorite go-to party recipes, but sometimes an event calls for a fun […]
Double Decker Triple Stuffed Christmas Brownies
Layered with chocolate and vanilla, and filled with three kinds of candy, stuffed Christmas brownies are an easy and impressive treat to make for a crowd. I like to think of plain brownie batter as a starting point. Sure, sometimes all you want is your basic chocolate brownie, but it’s always fun to […]
Easy Cinnamon Spice Cake Mix Blondies with Eggnog Glaze
Cinnamon spice cake mix blondies are the perfect treat for the holiday season. Perfectly chewy and so easy to make, take just one bite and you’ll be hooked! You probably either hate box mixes or love them. While I agree that baked goods from scratch are preferable, sometimes you just need an easy […]
3-Ingredient Coconut Cherry Angel Bars
Simple. Fast. Tasty. At this point in the holiday season, that’s all any of us can really spare for our baked goods, isn’t it? With parties and activities to attend, gifts to wrap, and travel plans to finalize, there isn’t a lot of time left for recipes that take a long time. Starting today, and […]
Pear Pie Crumble Bars with a Cookie Drizzle
Want a creative spin on holiday treats this year? Then pear pie crumble bars with a cookie drizzle are perfect for you! They are simple, impressive, and tasty! Did you know that December is national pear month? I know, I know, it feels like it should be national peppermint month, or national stuff-your-face-with-candy […]
Colorful Krispy Christmas Trees
As I write this, a Google search for “Rice Krispy Trees” returns 519,000 results. Yet here I am with another version. Why? Well, while most of the rice Krispy trees that come back on Google are cute (very cute), they almost all look way too time consuming. Look, I’ve got three kids ages 7 and under. […]
Dark Chocolate Gingerbread Bars with Rum
“And quick as a wink, Before he could think, With a snap and a snick,And a lap and a lick, The Gingerbread Man was gone!” – The Gingerbread Man The Gingerbread Man is my 4-year-old’s absolute favorite holiday story. She asks us to read it nightly. My husband hates it with a passion. Thankfully I don’t mind reading […]
White Chocolate Blondies with Peppermint
You have to try these white chocolate blondies with peppermint this holiday season! They are perfectly chewy with just the right amount of peppermint flavor! Finally, I cut into the perfect white chocolate peppermint blondies. Not too cakey, doughy, or hard. It wasn’t too minty or too bland. Just like Goldilocks, the third […]
Red Velvet and Pistachio Ice Cream Bread Bars
No one will believe you when you tell them how easy it is to make these delicious red velvet pistachio ice cream bread bars! Have you ever had ice cream bread? Have you even heard of ice cream bread? I hadn’t either until browsing Yummly over the summer. Intrigued, I saved it to […]
Java Eggnog Brownies
How do you channel holiday flavor in a brownie? You could add peppermint. It’s classic, and most people love the combination of chocolate and mint. But I’ve got better plans for mint this year. Cranberries are another classic holiday flavor, but let’s all agree that cranberries are best left as the star of any dessert instead […]
Sweet Potato Bars with Maple Frosting
Make these sweet potato bars with maple frosting and everyone will ask for the recipe! Full of seasonal flavors, they’re the perfect fall or holiday dessert. I love it when a baking experiment turns out better than you ever expected. But that’s exactly what happened when I decided one day to bake sweet […]
Gingerbread Magic Bars
It was the same every Christmas. My father would spend a whole Saturday baking. Some treats might change from year to year, but there were always a few specialties that just had to be made. Buckeyes were requested by everyone, his fudge was melt-in-your-mouth delicious, and then there were always seven layer bars. Or to […]
Cranberry Curd Bars with a Pistachio Crust
Cranberry curd bars with a pistachio crust are the perfect holiday alternative for anyone who loves the sweet-tart combination of lemon bars. This post may contain affiliate links for your convenience. I am a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for this site to […]
7 Tips To Make The Best Holiday Brownies, Blondies, and Bars
I hate to admit it, but I nearly skipped the whole Thanksgiving thing this year. After Halloween was over, I jumped right into planning and testing recipes for the 3rd annual 12 Days of Christmas series. Since 2014 was all about holiday cookies, and 2015 was all about holiday candy, things are getting changed up […]
15 Pumpkin Recipes to Take you From Breakfast to Dessert
It’s October and I haven’t made a single pumpkin recipe yet this fall. It’s not that I don’t love pumpkin. I do. We had exactly one Thanksgiving without pumpkin pie and I nearly felt scarred for life. (Okay, maybe that’s an exaggeration, but it didn’t feel right at all.) Life has just been a little […]
Feed a Crowd in 10 Minutes with Sweet & Sparkly Mermaid Munch
This mermaid munch recipe combines sweet and salty ingredients for the perfect 10-minute treat to feed a whole crowd of hungry kids. Planning and preparing for a birthday party when you’re 8 months pregnant is exhausting. By the time my oldest’s sixth birthday rolled around, all I wanted to do was take a nap. Despite […]
No-Churn Healthy Strawberry Ice Cream for Hot Summer Days
Looking for a treat to beat the heat? We love anything with cold, but with allergies in our home, finding dairy-free desserts isn’t easy. So a long time ago I began freezing fruit and experimenting. You literally can make any “ice cream” out of frozen bananas, even dairy-free strawberry ice cream! Hi friends, my name […]
Make Your Own Ombre Cake
Do you want to know a secret? Ombre cakes are a lot easier to make than you think. It’s no surprise that I love to plan and decorate parties. And I also love to bake delicious treats, but I’m still learning how to make beautiful cakes. I can’t level a cake to save my life. […]
{Cooking with Kids} Basic Banana Bread
I’m back again today to share with you more about how T and I dedicated one week of our summer together last year to an at-home kid’s cooking camp. Having spent our Monday making applesauce in the crockpot, and learning about key concepts like kitchen safety and hygiene, I decided to up the ante just […]
{12 Days of Holiday Candy} Candied Pecans
There are less than 10 days until Christmas! Are you ready yet? We’re still shopping over here and haven’t wrapped a single present. If you have time to make another batch of Buckeyes or candied cranberries then I’m jealous. All I want this late in the game is something that doesn’t take long, tastes great and is a crowd […]
{12 Days of Holiday Candy) Holiday Bark
So far, this holiday candy series has included pumpkin, peanut butter, toffee, gingerbread, cranberries, egg nog and plenty of chocolate – but no mint. If you Google Christmas or Holiday candies you’ll see a lot of peppermint and candy canes. And you can hardly see a holiday candy roundup that doesn’t include some sort of peppermint bark. […]
Bailey’s Irish Cream Caramels Recipe
Bailey’s Irish Cream caramels are the perfect grown-up version of a classic candy. The resulting flavor is creamy and sweet, with a perfect hint of coffee. After making those boozy truffles, I was on a liquor infused candy kick. Apparently I’m not the only one. I found recipes for liquor infused gummy bears, spiked chocolate […]
Holiday Truffles with a Boozy Twist
The right touch of wine or liquor can take a recipe from good to great. And since chocolate truffles are a classic way to celebrate any holiday or special occasion, combining chocolate and liquor to make these holiday truffles is a natural progression. I wrote about making chocolate truffles a long time ago on this blog, […]
Gingerbread Fudge
Spice things up this holiday season with gingerbread fudge. It’s smooth, creamy, and bursting with all the flavors in your favorite gingerbread treats. There are certain flavors associated with the holiday season. One of my favorites is good old-fashioned gingerbread. I love a classic slice of gingerbread cake, chewy ginger cookies, gingerbread magic bars, […]
Orange Vanilla Candied Cranberries
Orange vanilla candied cranberries are sweet and sour little bits of deliciousness that everyone in the family will enjoy. Okay, I’m officially adopting a love of the sweet-tart combination! I was always more of a sweet-salty person, but these orange vanilla candied cranberries are too good to pass up! Who knows how the idea […]
Simply Scrumptious: Choco-Mallow Candy Squares
Move over s’mores! Chocolate and marshmallows combine with a touch of coffee and toasted nuts, to make a candy even adults want to devour. Alright, so as much as I waxed poetic about homemade marshmallows yesterday, that one 8×8 recipe yielded far more marshmallows that I’m interested in eating. And if I let the […]
Homemade Eggnog Marshmallows
Eggnog marshmallows are the perfect holiday treat to add to a cup of hot chocolate for the kids or as a delicious holiday creamer in your coffee. I just can’t help myself. Every holiday season, I have to have at least one cup of eggnog. Yes, I know a lot of people can’t […]
Christmas Crack: Chex Mix Candy and Ritz Cracker Candy
Chex Mix Candy and Ritz Cracker Toffee Candy are both so good they’re addictive. We call them Christmas Crack, but you can just call them awesome! A couple years ago I remember seeing a post on Pinterest titled “Christmas Crack”. For some reason I didn’t click through at the time, but the title […]
The Perfect Buckeyes Recipe (Chocolate Peanut Butter Balls)
Buckeyes have been a family tradition since I was a child. Here, I share how we learned to make the perfect Buckeyes recipe year after year. Buckeyes. I can remember looking forward to their presence every Christmas. And when they were finally made, sneaking several of them at a time. These yummy treats […]
Brown Sugar Cashew Brittle
A twist on the classic peanut brittle, brown sugar cashew brittle is crunchy and sweet with a hint of toffee and vanilla. Many years ago, my mother in law passed down to me her old candy thermometer. For a long time I avoided using it; favoring less precise recipes instead. But when I decided […]