Homemade Chocolate Covered Strawberries are the ultimate treat! They look beautiful on a serving platter and can be given as a gift. I shared a recipe for white chocolate covered strawberries way back in 2013 and decided that I should also share how to make chocolate covered strawberries. These strawberries are easy to make and […]
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Peanut Brittle
Homemade Peanut Brittle is sweet and salty, crispy and crunchy. This classic Christmas treat is easy to make and better than store-bought! Peanut brittle is one of my husband’s favorite holiday treats so I decided to learn how to make it. It is so delicious that from now on it will be a holiday tradition!
Toffee Recipe
This Toffee Recipe is a homemade version of Almond Roca. A buttery, crunchy treat with milk chocolate that’s perfect for the holidays! Toffee is one of my favorite kinds of candy bars, anything from Heath bars to Skor bars! My mom used to make Almond Roca every year at Christmas time. The whole family looks […]
Christmas Cake
This beautiful Christmas Cake recipe has red, white, and green cake layers topped with fluffy vanilla frosting and cake crumb sprinkles! With so many Christmas dessert recipes for cookies and candy, it’s fun to switch things up with an easy to make Christmas Cake! This recipe uses boxed cake mixes to help save time during […]
Snowman Meringue Cookies
Cheerful Snowman Meringue Cookies are crunchy, airy, melt in your mouth treats. Place in a mug of hot chocolate to make a melting snowman! I love food that looks good, is fun to eat, and tastes great too. Things like hot chocolate cookie cups and mini candy houses. These snowman meringue cookies are like little, […]
Caramel Pretzel Bites
Caramel Pretzel Bites have a sweet, chewy caramel sandwiched between salty, crunchy pretzels dipped in smooth vanilla almond bark. These festive little caramel pretzel bites are the perfect combination of sweet and salty, crunchy and chewy. They are so easy to make and you don’t even need to turn the oven on.
Powdered Sugar Glaze
This easy Powdered Sugar Glaze recipe has only three ingredients! It’s the perfect icing for cookies, cakes, cinnamon rolls, and donuts. We use this same recipe to make a glaze for cake and donuts, as well as icing for cinnamon rolls and sugar cookies. It can easily be thinned and thickened or flavored and tinted.
Chocolate Covered Caramel
A Chocolate Covered Caramel is the most popular choice in a box of chocolates. Make your own caramel truffles that taste better than store-bought ones! Last December I shared an easy caramel candy recipe that is a family favorite. I’m all for caramels but when you dip them in chocolate, I’m an even bigger fan! […]
Molasses Cookies
Classic Molasses Cookies recipe with the perfect chewy and crunchy texture with the ginger and molasses flavor everyone loves. My favorite Christmas cookies and candies are the old-fashioned ones and molasses cookies are right up near the top of the list. It’s that chewy and crunchy, ginger and molasses flavor that gets me every time!
Sugar Cookies Icing Guide
Here is an easy Sugar Cookies Icing guide with recipes and directions for how to decorate sugar cookies from super easy to more advanced. Growing up my mom would always make cut-out sugar cookies with us and we would spend hours decorating them. It is a tradition I’ve continued with my kids and even though […]
Gnome Cookies
These cute Gnome Cookies are surprisingly easy to make and are super fun to decorate with your choice of a buttercream or cotton candy beard. Nordic Christmas Gnomes have been around forever but suddenly this year I took notice and think they are adorable. My husband, on the other hand, says they look like biker […]
Whipped Cream Recipe
This homemade Whipped Cream Recipe is light and airy while still holding its shape. Includes tips and tricks as well as how to make flavored whipped cream! I love homemade whipped cream so much that I prefer it over ice cream! It is the perfect topping for my pumpkin pie bars and is a must […]
Cream Cheese Frosting
This Cream Cheese Frosting recipe is smooth, creamy, spreadable, and easy to make! Use on cupcakes, cookies, pumpkin cake, and banana bars. While it is well known that I love buttercream frosting, I wanted to make a spreadable cream cheese frosting that is perfect for cakes and tastes like cream cheese. I decided to make […]
Buttercream Frosting
Here’s a recipe for buttercream frosting that is perfect for cakes, cookies, and cupcakes. Once you make homemade buttercream, you won’t go back to store-bought frosting! I use buttercream frosting for so many of my recipes and I realized that I didn’t even have the recipe on my blog. So I am finally getting around […]
Pumpkin Spice Latte Cookie Cups
Pumpkin Spice Latte Cookie Cups are your favorite autumn drink in cookie form, complete with a pretzel handle and frosting swirl on top! One of the best things about fall is the return of all things pumpkin! Starbucks recognized how excited everyone is and now releases their pumpkin spice latte in August! I decided to […]
Mini Candy Houses
Mini Candy Houses are EASY to make, FUN to decorate and look ADORABLE served at holiday parties. Kids LOVE to help make these BITE-SIZED gingerbread houses! One of our favorite holiday traditions from when our kids were little is making candy houses using graham crackers, frosting and lots of candy. Now that the kids are […]
Four Christmas Cookies From One Basic Dough
Kitchen hack for holiday baking: make four Christmas cookies from one basic dough with this recipe. Prepare the dough ahead of time, freeze and bake later! Can you believe that it’s almost November and the holidays will be here before we know it! Everyone knows that one of the best things about the holiday season […]
Vanilla Bean Syrup
Vanilla Bean Syrup is perfect for vanilla bean lattes. Making this vanilla syrup recipe at home with only three ingredients is super easy. One of my friends is slightly obsessed with vanilla bean lattes, which are great things to be in love with, except for the fact that hardly any coffee shops sell them, especially the […]
Chocolate Mint Cake
This Chocolate Mint Cake recipe includes layers of chocolate cake topped with fluffy mint buttercream and smooth chocolate mint ganache. If you are a long-time reader, you already know how much we love chocolate mint brownies. I’ve told you about how we served them at our wedding and that they continue to be a family […]
New Year’s Eve Mason Jars
New Year’s Eve mason jars are an easy-to-make NYE party idea. Fill the mason jars with confetti, party blowers, horns, and Hershey’s Kisses! Christmas is over, and it’s time to ring in the new year! We usually spend the evening at a friend’s house for a laid-back evening of appetizers, board games, and laughter. I […]
Chocolate Mint Bars
These Chocolate Mint Bars, aka Magic Bars, are irresistible! The crust is a chocolate cake mix topped with M&Ms and chocolate chips. The dark chocolate mint M&Ms remain crunchy, the bottom layer is like a dense brownie and the sweetened condensed milk caramelizes over everything…see what I mean? It’s magic, and they are perfect for […]
Chocolate Mint Brownies Recipe
This Chocolate Mint Brownies recipe will melt in your mouth! These bars are topped with mint buttercream and chocolate mint ganache. My husband and I have always loved chocolate and mint. One of the desserts we served at our wedding was homemade chocolate mint brownies. We asked friends and relatives to bring pans of brownies to serve. […]
Chocolate Mint Fudge
This Chocolate Mint Fudge recipe is smooth and creamy with crunchy bits of mint Oreos and Andes mints. It’s easy to make with 5 ingredients! Chocolate and mint are a flavor combination that my whole family enjoys, but the guys are the biggest fans. They enjoy everything from Grasshopper Lattes to Shamrock Shakes, peppermint patties, […]
No Churn Gingerbread Ice Cream
I’m sharing this recipe for No Churn Gingerbread Ice Cream as part of a sponsored post for PEEPS®. My son told me recently that he is getting a little tired of all the pumpkin and apple recipes and is ready for something new. I told him not to worry because I would start making peppermint, […]
Cranberry Orange Holiday Punch
Cranberry Orange Holiday Punch is so refreshing! This family-friendly, non alcoholic Christmas punch recipe is perfect for the holidays. This holiday punch recipe tastes delicious and looks so pretty, too! You can make it with lemon-lime soda or ginger ale. We enjoy it at both Thanksgiving and Christmas dinner.
No Bake Eggnog Cheesecake
This holiday dessert recipe for No Bake Eggnog Cheesecake with a gluten free crust is delicious and easy to make! Serve it at a holiday dinner or party. Sponsored post for Pamela’s Products. Oh, the flavors of the holidays…peppermint, eggnog, and gingerbread along with classics like caramel, cinnamon, and chocolate. Where does one even start? […]
Strawberry Sugar Scrub Recipe
Splendid Strawberry Sugar Scrub recipe using coconut oil. These mason jar gifts are perfect for Valentine’s Day, Mother’s Day, Christmas, and birthdays! One of my friend’s teen daughters is really good at giving pedicures. Last weekend while hanging out at their house, she offered to do our feet. Of course, that isn’t something we weren’t going […]
Chocolate Cherry JuJu Hearts
Chocolate Cherry Juju Hearts are an easy Valentine’s Day treat everyone will love. Serve them at a Valentine’s Party or put into treat bags for kids. Valentine’s Day is only a month away and it’s time to start sharing Valentine’s treats! Last year, I shared a recipe for chocolate covered gummy bears after some of […]
Crock Pot Peanut Clusters
Crockpot Peanut Clusters are so easy to make in a slow cooker and everyone loves them. They can cook while you are baking other goodies! In the spirit of holiday giving, I offered to do some baking for my husband to deliver to some of his favorite clients, his team, and his co-workers. Since I […]
Christmas Ooey Gooey Bars
Christmas Ooey Gooey Bars are the best holiday version of Rice Krispies Treats. This recipe has three delicious layers and is perfect for parties! Last night I got together with a bunch of my girlfriends for a Christmas sing-along. We shared fabulous holiday appetizers and desserts, sang Christmas carols and enjoyed visiting with each other. […]
Eggnog Cookie Cups
Eggnog Cookie Cups are sugar cookie cups filled with eggnog ganache. This edible craft idea is an easy eggnog recipe that is perfect for Christmas. Welcome back from Thanksgiving weekend! I hope you all had a wonderful time. We spent Thanksgiving with Brian’s family and it was such a nice day. We stuffed ourselves with […]
Candy Cane Crunch Donuts
Peppermint Candy Cane Crunch Donuts are easy to make with Pillsbury biscuits! These fried doughnuts are topped with a vanilla glaze and crushed candy canes. Although I enjoy mint desserts and candy year round, peppermint desserts always remind me of the holidays. It’s been a long time since I’ve made doughnuts so I had to […]