I have a personal tradition of drinking a cup of hot cocoa on the first snow of every winter. I always load it up with whipped cream drizzled with caramel and sprinkled with a little bit of hot chocolate powder. The first snow of winter calls for a little indulgence. Whether its to celebrate or…
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Christmas Break Recap: Amazing Chocolate Cake and Snowman Sugar Cookies
For the past three weeks I have been visiting home. I grew up in a winter wonderland: Welcome to the new year! If you are like me, you are probably thinking back on all the treats you ate during the holidays and thinking of ways to eat better this year. I usually eat pretty healthy…
Hot Cocoa Cream Puffs
When I was little I was big on all things fancy. When my parents were building my childhood home, I really really wanted my room to have a fancy chandelier and a canopy bed. They had a little more common sense and went with a light with little roses engraved in the glass, which I…
Kernel-less Carmel Corn
WARNING!!! This caramel corn is extremely addictive!!! Some nice ladies brought some into my work for us and as soon as I ate the first bite, I knew I just had to make it. I went straight to the store after work and picked up the Pirate’s Booty needed for this recipe. What’s Pirate’s Booty?…
Nutter Butter Reindeer Pop’s
Last minute Christmas post for ya’ll. Don’t you just love how the little one with the pupils is rolling his eyes at his brothers. He is probably thinking that he is better than everyone else because he has pupils and they don’t. Little does he know, in the end everyone’s just sticks. Ingredients: 1 package…
A Cookie Exchange Makeover: Host A Chex Party Mix-Change (Giveaway)
This holiday season I had the opportunity to host a Chex Party Mix-Change . I was provided with recipes, 5 boxes of Chex, $20 for party supplies, cute little to-go boxes, invitation templates, and party ideas by Chex through Myblogspark.com. The idea of a Chex Party Mix-change is to cut out the holiday stress of…
Caramel Vanilla Rice Krispie Treats
I love Rice Krispie treats. They are probably my favorite dessert after cheesecake. I even had my wedding cake made from rice Krispie treats.They are also one of the easiest treats to make. Most of you probably already know how to make Rice Krispie treats, but you never know. Maybe some of you out…
Christmas Red Velvet Whoopee Pies
Have you ever had “one of those days?” A day where nothing seems to be going right? A day where everything ends up being so much harder than in should be or needs to be? Well that was how my day was when I made these really easy cookies. The recipe for these cookies…
Candied Citrus Peel
I know we had a little celebration on this post because I finished my student teaching, but we need to celebrate again, ok? Tomorrow my husband is graduating! He will have his bachelor’s degree! I am so proud of him. He will be so mad when he reads this, but I need to brag for…
