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 […]
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Chocolate Peppermint Brownies
These Chocolate Peppermint Brownies have a fudgy chocolate brownie base and melt-in-your-mouth peppermint buttercream frosting topped with smooth chocolate mint icing and crushed candy canes. It’s that combination of chocolate and mint that gets me every time! Brian and I even served chocolate mint brownies at our wedding in addition to a wedding cake. During much […]
The Best Chocolate Layer Cake
The Best Chocolate Layer Cake recipe has silky smooth chocolate swiss meringue buttercream frosting and a dark chocolate cake dotted with chocolate pieces. I just celebrated my birthday and I this is the cake I made myself. I’m calling it THE BEST CHOCOLATE LAYER CAKE. Claiming that something is the best is a pretty […]
Apple Snicker Salad With Pumpkin Spice
This Apple Snicker Salad With Pumpkin Spice recipe is cool and creamy with crispy apples and chewy Snickers. It is perfect for fall celebrations. We all know and love the classic Apple Snickers Salad recipe with apples, whipped cream, and Snickers. Some of us add pudding, some of us add caramel sauce but no […]
Slow Cooker Pumpkin Pecan Bread Pudding
This Slow Cooker Pumpkin Pecan Bread Pudding is a great way to use leftover bread and can be served for brunch or dessert. I am excited to report that it finally cooled off for a couple of days! Yesterday I had to grab a sweatshirt when I went to sit on the front porch to […]
Iced Chai Latte
This Iced Chai Latte is a cool and refreshing combination of chai tea, milk, and espresso over ice. This recipe is great for an afternoon pick-me-up! My sister works at a restaurant and she knows that I love chai tea so she mentioned to me recently that some of the diners order a dirty chai […]
Cinnamon Snack Toast
Cinnamon Snack Toast is a crispy, crunchy treat you can make at home. This easy cinnamon toast recipe is an alternative to trenary toast and zweiback! Cinnamon snack toast is like toasting a piece of bread and sprinkling it with cinnamon sugar. But instead of the toast being soft on the inside, snack toast is […]
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. […]
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.
Frosted Sugar Cookie Cupcakes
This recipe for Frosted Sugar Cookie Cupcakes has a vanilla cupcake on the bottom with vanilla buttercream frosting and a frosted sugar cookie on top. Sponsored by BAILEYS Coffee Creamers. You love cupcakes and you love sugar cookies, but which one is your favorite? Why not have the best of both worlds and combine these two […]
Mini Caramel Pumpkin Pies
This Mini Caramel Pumpkin Pies recipe is perfect for fall. They have a green candy stem and would be fun, kid-friendly dessert for your Thanksgiving dinner! Today’s recipe for Mini Caramel Pumpkin Pies is perfect for fall and would be a great kid’s dessert at your Thanksgiving dinner! Speaking of fall, the leaves from the […]
Pumpkin Cheesecake Mousse
This Pumpkin Cheesecake Mousse recipe is a delicious, creamy dessert that is so fun to serve from mini pumpkins! It’s perfect for Thanksgiving dinner. Have I ever mentioned that fall is my favorite season? Actually, I think that is a pretty common here in Minnesota. Contrary to popular belief, our summers are actually quite hot […]
Pumpkin Caramel Pecan Baked French Toast
This Pumpkin Caramel Pecan Baked French Toast recipe is irresistibly good and is perfect for serving to overnight guests or at a holiday brunch! What is it about breakfast foods that makes them so good? Is it that you are “breaking the fast” and pretty much anything will taste good? I don’t think so because […]
Sunset Slushie Recipe
This kid-friendly Sunset Slushie recipe is a perfect beverage for sharing with family and friends. Make it as a layered sunrise drink for breakfast too. I made this recipe as part of a sponsored post for BAILEYS® Coffee Creamers. Sunrises and sunset are one of life’s little pleasures. I have hundreds of sunrise/sunset pictures. I’m […]
Key Lime Cheesecake
This key lime cheesecake is so easy to make, yet it looks impressive. This no bake recipe features a macadamia nut crust with an ombre cheesecake filling. I am sharing this recipe for Key Lime Cheesecake as part of a sponsored post for the Melbourne Beach Villa Retreat in Florida. I’ve been sharing key lime recipes […]
Monster Cookie Bars Recipe
Monster cookie bars are so much easier to make than cookies! This monster cookie bars recipe includes oatmeal, peanut butter, M&M’s and chocolate chips. When I get a craving for cookies, I take out the ingredients, mix up the cookie dough (usually a double batch) and start forming the cookies, one cookie sheet at a […]
Buttermilk Pancake Recipe
This Buttermilk Pancake Recipe is perfect for breakfast in bed. Make these made from scratch pancakes for a special occasion or on a weekend morning. Even though I am a food blogger and I love baking and cooking, one of the things in life that truly brings me joy is eating food that someone else […]
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 […]
Peppermint Mocha Java Jar
Peppermint Mocha Java Jar is a homemade gift idea that is so easy to assemble! Mason jar gifts are fun to make, and everyone loves to receive them! My daughter’s favorite coffee drink of the entire year is the Ho Ho Mocha Mint from Caribou. She waits for it all year. When she can’t have […]
Tea Time Mason Jar Gift
This Tea Time Mason Jar gift is a homemade Christmas gift or Mother’s Day idea for the tea lovers in your life! Includes a printable label! Is it Coffee vs Tea or is it Coffee + Tea? I am most definitely a coffee drinker, but I would like to start drinking more tea, especially now that […]
Slow Cooker Chocolate Turtle Bread Pudding
Slow Cooker Chocolate Turtle Bread Pudding is a warm, comforting dessert with chocolate, caramel, and pecans. It’s a crockpot recipe that everyone will love! You know how most kids spend their candy money on gum and candy bars? When I was a kid, I spent my candy money on those things as well, but unlike […]
Chocolate Mint Milkshake
This Chocolate Mint Milkshake recipe is a cool, creamy combination of ice cream, coffee, mint, and chocolate topped with whipped cream! My husband’s favorite flavored coffee drink is a grasshopper or mint condition, so this is the milkshake version of those coffee drinks, and it is so delicious!
Pumpkin Ice Cream
Make this Pumpkin Ice Cream recipe and serve it in edible bowls made from pie crust! No churn ice cream is easy to make and perfect for fall. This homemade ice cream tastes like a pumpkin pie in ice cream form! The first time I ever tasted pumpkin ice cream was as a child at […]
Blueberry Melon Protein Smoothie Recipe
A blueberry melon protein smoothie is an easy breakfast recipe that is perfect for back to school. It also works as an after school snack or a quick, on-the-go meal. When I was a fourteen, I made my first airplane trip without parents, to visit my relatives in Washington state. My cousins and I had […]
Picnic In A Jar
A Picnic In A Jar is perfect for parties. Customize the food in a jar, colors, and the washi tape for the party or shower! Eating outside in the summer is so much fun (as long as the bugs leave you alone). Every morning, I grab a cup of coffee and drink it while sitting […]
Pina Colada Muffins Recipe
These Pina Colada Muffins are gluten-free, dairy-free and are filled with pineapple and coconut. They are the perfect way to start the day and give you a taste of summer all year long! This post brought to you by Silk. All opinions are 100% mine. The nice weather puts everyone in a great mood and […]
Streusel Topped Blueberry Muffins
These delicious Streusel Topped Blueberry Muffins are the best version of blueberry muffins because they have a crunchy pecan streusel topping. This cake-like muffin recipe is perfect for breakfast with a cup of steaming coffee! When Zack was an infant, he couldn’t get enough blueberries. I would give him a serving and he would gobble […]
Toffee Scones Recipe
This Toffee Scones recipe is the perfect thing to enjoy with a cup of steaming coffee. The sweet, crunchy toffee is delicious in the soft scones. I’ve always had a thing for toffee. Growing up, Skor bars were one of my favorite candy bars. My mom used to make Almond Rocca (something I’ve got to try […]
Banana Bars Maple Buttercream Frosting
I love banana recipes so when I had a few ripe bananas so I used them to make delicious banana bars with maple buttercream frosting! Ever notice that there are so many flavors that go well with bananas? A banana split from DQ comes with strawberry, pineapple and chocolate on it. Then, of course, there […]
Chocolate Truffle Fudge Bars
Chocolate Truffle Fudge Bars are melt-in-your-mouth delicious. These triple chocolate bars have a brownie base, a chocolate truffle layer and smooth chocolate frosting on top. A couple of weeks ago, I made some bars that were going to be served after church on Sunday. I didn’t know what to make, but as a food blogger, […]
Banana Oat Muffins Recipe
Love banana recipes? Try making these Banana Oat Muffins! I love eating them warm, with peanut butter on top. Ahhhh…that is the sound of me relaxing in the peace and quiet of my home, alone for the first time in days. What crazy weather we’ve had lately! From the polar temps here in Minnesota, to […]
Low Sugar Banana Nut Scones Recipe
Scones meet banana bread in these low sugar Banana Nut Scones. This easy scone recipe is perfect for breakfast when paired with a cup of coffee! Ahhh…yes, we have come to that time of the year when we are looking for healthy recipes. The holidays and all of the treats were great fun but now everyone […]