Learn how to make sugar cubes from scratch and you’ll never buy store bought again. Plus, get the best tips and ideas for using them. Don’t forget to check out more fantastic party recipes here, too! It all started when I wanted to make champagne cocktails. Of course, it’s easy enough to go […]
Puppy Themed Party Food | 30+ Paw-some Ideas to Copy
Perfect for Paw Patrol and Puppy Dog Pals fans, make planning the birthday party menu easy with these cute and creative puppy themed party food ideas. RELATED>>>>THE BEST PUPPY THEMED BIRTHDAY PARTY IDEAS “Are those Snausages for dogs?” (chewing hard) “Uh, yeah, grandpa.” “Huh” (still chewing) True story. My grandpa ate a dog treat. I’ll […]
11 Stinkin’ Adorable Gender Reveal Food Ideas
From sweet to savory and everything in between, you don’t want to miss these 11 tantalizing gender reveal food ideas to serve at your party. Finding out the sex of your baby is one of the most exciting moments of pregnancy. The gender reveal trend was just starting to hit the scenes when I was […]
Easy Patriotic Snack Mix
Easy patriotic snack mix is filled with fun and flavor! Everyone in the family will enjoy this combination of dried blueberries, chocolate drizzled pretzels, and patriotic candies. It’s so much fun having kids, especially during holidays. Before we got married, the husband and I would enjoy watching July 4th fireworks from my studio apartment […]
4th of July Dessert Recipes for Your Neighborhood BBQ
Get in the patriotic spirit with these 15 super fun red, white, and blue 4th of July dessert recipes. They’re perfect for the neighborhood BBQ. Hi there. My name is Leslie, and I like to play with my food. Well, more specifically, I love to see how to make food work within a theme. […]
Homemade Chocolate Marshmallow Recipe
This homemade chocolate marshmallow recipe combines two delectable ingredients into one soft, pillowy, and tasty treat. Everybody knows that marshmallows are made infinitely better with chocolate. Think about it. What are the BEST ways to eat marshmallows: Dunked in hot chocolate As marshmallow pops Addictive choco-mallow And, of course, you can’t forget s’mores. […]
Birthday Cake Marshmallows are Easier than You Think
Celebrate anytime with buttery, sprinkle-coated birthday cake marshmallows. No box mix required and they’re easier to make than you think! I just don’t get most ‘birthday cake’ and ‘funfetti’ recipes that aren’t actually cake. Yep, me, the total dessert and sweets addict. You can try to convince me, but adding a bit of cake […]
St Patrick’s Day Treats | 15 Fun Recipes to Make This Year
From simple to wow-em, here are 15 of the cutest St Patrick’s Day treats to make on this side of the leprechaun’s rainbow. Many, many years ago, I actually found a four leaf clover. It was pretty awesome. I even preserved it in a photo album for several years. You know, the […]
20 Valentine’s Day Treats to Make Your Heart Melt
Spread the love this Valentines Day with one of these 20 Valentine’s Day treats. They’re perfect for classroom get-togethers or just as a treat for two. “All You Need is Love. But a little chocolate now and then doesn’t hurt.” ~ Charles Schulz I’m with Mr. Schulz on this one. I guess that’s […]
Halloween Monster Munch Goodie Bags with Printable Toppers
School treats are a cinch this year! Just whip up a batch of these Halloween monster munch Goodie Bags with printable toppers and the kids will love you! “I’m watching you Wazowski, Always watching” Can you believe that summer is coming to an end? We’re already discussing Halloween costumes here, and I’m longing […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
{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 […]
{12 Days of Holiday Candy} Pumpkin Gingerbread Truffles
Get your pumpkin spice fix with these two delicious pumpkin truffles recipes: pumpkin gingerbread truffles and pumpkin cream cheese truffles. Are you tired of pumpkin yet? If you are, I’m sorry to say that this post just might put you over the top. Maybe I did a good job avoiding too much pumpkin spice […]
12 Days of Holiday Candy Recipes
Today is December 1st! Can you believe it? The holidays are officially upon us, our Elf Sprinkles is performing her typical antics, Christmas music is playing on repeat, and every weekend is scheduled with a different family tradition. I can’t help but love all the chaos that goes from December 1st through December 25th. Of […]
Conversation Heart Brownies – Valentine’s Inspiration in Action
Make your brownies extra special this Valentine’s Day with this ridiculously easy and colorful recipe for conversation heart brownies. I cheated again. I was all gung-ho for making something ridiculously adorable for T’s classmates. What I ended up doing was getting some store bought valentine just like 90% of the other parents. BUT, we were […]
{From FAIL to WIN} Candy Coated Popcorn!
Monday I posted about some of the major FAILS I had when trying to put together Easter treats. Basically, I knew I wanted to use leftover green candy melts and Easter sprinkles I just HAD to get when I saw them in the Target Dollar Spot. Oh, and I also didn’t want to purchase anything […]
{Foodie Friday} A Sweet for Your Sweetie
As if Tuesday’s post didn’t already have enough chocolaty goodness; I recently took some time to tackle my first foodie goal of 2011 – homemade chocolate truffles! Mmmmm….chocolate! Because they just look so good ultra close! I used a recipe I found on the Joy of Baking website; and a blend of artisanal dark chocolate […]