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Recipes
20 Amazing Hot Chocolate Recipes to Try
Winter can be cold - and my favorite way to warm up is with a sweet cup of delicious hot chocolate. If you are a fan of Starbucks hot chocolate (I am!) you quickly realize how a few dollars per cup adds up. The good news is that you can make all sorts of gourmet hot chocolate (that tastes just as good, or possibly even BETTER than Starbucks?) at home. Some of my favorite food bloggers have posted the most amazing hot chocolate recipes I can't ...
Strawberry Cream Cheese Stuffed French Toast Recipe
I was thumbing through the new In the Kitchen with David: Back Around the Table cookbook for the first time, and looked up at my husband and said, "I want to eat every single thing in this cookbook!" I couldn't believe it. I have never found a cookbook where all 150+ recipes sound like something I want to make for my family. I'm serious, I want to make Every. Single. Recipe. Better yet, I'd love to have David Venable over to my house and ...
How to Make Mint Chocolate Sugar Scrub
I was hungry the day I decided to whip up a few batches of homemade sugar scrub. And apparently I was craving chocolate, because a sugary cocoa/peppermint combination sounded just perfect to me. A few months ago, I started experimenting with easy sugar scrub recipes. Even though you can use regular granulated white sugar or brown sugar, I think I like using turbinado sugar the best because it has a larger sugar crystal size. The larger ...
Disney FROZEN inspired Sparkling OREO Pops Recipe
Cake pops are one of my favorite dessert trends. Another one of my favorite dessert trends is Cake Pops' cousin, OREO pops. I am going to show you just how to make OREO cookie pops, it's unbelievably easy. There are a few steps involved, but they are all easy steps. The cool thing about chocolate dipped OREO dessert recipes is that they can be easily adapted to fit holiday colors and birthday party themes. We had a Disney FROZEN party and ...
12 Unique Pumpkin Pie Recipes To Try
When I was little, I loved spending Thanksgiving at my grandparent's house because my granny would let me eat cold pumpkin pie for breakfast. My favorite pie is a classic pumpkin pie - but did you know there are so many delicious variations of pumpkin pie? I could eat a different kind of pumpkin pie every day of the holiday season. (Could - not Should!) Thank you to Foodie for sponsoring this discussion on holiday pies. All opinions expressed ...
Movie Night Snack Ideas: Mix Your Own Trail Mix Bar
Popcorn is a must-have for any movie party. And for something sweet to go with the salty popcorn...you can never go wrong with M&Ms. I picked up party size bags of Plain M&M's® and Peanut M&M's®. Then I had a flashback to when I used to make an M&Ms trail mix -- and decided a Mix Your Own Trail Mix bar would be an easy party snack idea. To go with the football theme from The Blind Side movie, I found cute football-shaped ...
Princess Elsa and Anna’s Hot Chocolate with Sparkle Marshmallows
Have you heard of a movie called Frozen? It's about two princesses who live in a really cold place. Oh, you HAVE heard of Princess Elsa and Anna? So you must know how they like to keep warm by drinking a special white hot chocolate with colorful sparkle marshmallows! Do you want to build a snowman? Winter is the perfect time to have a snowman building party with your friends. Once you're done, come back inside for some of Princess Elsa and ...
Mix it up on Spaghetti Night! Try this Creamy Spaghetti Recipe
We eat spaghetti pretty often at my house, and it's always the same old, same old. Even though we really like the same old, same old spaghetti, something different is always good for a change. Especially when it is as easy as adding one ingredient to a basic spaghetti with ground beef recipe. You won't believe how easy it is to totally change up your spaghetti with a little cream cheese! I know what you are thinking: Cream cheese in spaghetti ...
