The kids are off from school and we are headed to the country for a day of driving long winding roads, apple picking, a country store, and warm apple cider doughnuts! We love the sweet, cinnamon sugar, moist apple cider doughnuts this time of year! We find ourselves craving them on these crisp fall mornings! This apple cider doughnut cake is a tribute to one of our favorite fall sweet … [Read more...]
Baked Apple Recipe
Every year on vacation we pass through one of my favorite places in Amish country. It's a country, homestyle restaurant that lines the table with the best comfort foods! I always leave a little room for one of the greatest desserts I have ever had! A baked apple covered in a buttery, cinnamon, sugary pie crust. My baked apple recipe is a twist on this amazing Amish country … [Read more...]
Spring Candy Bark
I love white chocolate and carrot cake and they come together to make this super sweet Spring candy bark. I have seen so many great recipes for chocolate bark and I always wonder how to make it. I thought it would be hard, but after a little digging found that it was actually really easy! I love the pastel colors of Spring and I was able to use three different spring colored … [Read more...]
Irish Cake Mix Cookies with {Copycat} Panera Icing Recipe
It's just the girls and I at home and we are creating an Irish cake mix cookie for when the boys come back! One of our favorite cookies to enjoy are the sugar cookies with the colorful icing from Panera! The icing and the cookie together create this sweet combination! We decided to change things up a bit and make shamrock shaped cake mix cookies with {copycat} Panera icing! We had the … [Read more...]
Leprechaun Snack Mix
The night before St. Patrick's Day we have a leprechaun come and tear through the house messing up toys, hanging green streamers, turning the potty water green, turning our morning bagels green, and leaving a trail of chocolate gold coins behind! We try our best to catch him because as the legend says if you catch the leprechaun he will lead you to the pot of gold! Our plan this year is … [Read more...]
Lucky Charms Popcorn Bars
My kids have been asking for sometime to try Lucky Charms cereal and this morning I surprised them with a box! As they enjoy breakfast they have created different ways to eat this cereal. They dump the cereal out, sort it by marshmallows, trade marshmallows, play tic-tac-toe all while eating and chatting! It has become the most entertaining cereal in the house! Hopefully after the … [Read more...]
Shamrock Shake Recipe
A thick, creamy, minty Shamrock Shake just like McDonalad's! Make it at home any time of day! Every year at this time we eagerly anticipate the McDonald's shamrock shake! We find ourselves craving them and we anticipate our next trip to get one! It's this thick, creamy, slightly minty shake that has us going through the McDonald's drive thru again and again! While being snowed in we … [Read more...]
Valentine’s Day RoundUp
Love is in the air with Valentine's Day quickly approaching! Here in all one place are the life lessons, party planning, gift giving, and sweet treat ways that we have decided to celebrate the national day of love! Life is so much sweeter with these heart shaped cake mix cookies! Easy to make, and fun to eat these cookies are worth the time and the calories! Put some in a cute treat bag to give … [Read more...]
Heart Shaped Cake Mix Cookies
We are snowed in and we are watching endless movies snuggled by the fire while munching bowls of popcorn! We take a movie break and head to the kitchen to create something sweet to eat! I have made heart shaped cake mix cookies and now they are ready to decorate! We have even made a way for the leftover edges of the cookies to be fun to eat! These heart shaped cake mix … [Read more...]
Chocolate Covered Cracker Tree
Christmas is around the corner...Are you ready?!?! This year I have a plan for success to get everything all set for Christmas day, it's alot to squeeze in but I am on a mission to get all the wrapping, cooking, baking, gift giving, party going, light seeing, family and friend times, memory making moments in! In all our baking and creating, and obsession with all things sweet and … [Read more...]
Oreo Snowmen
I have started making all the delicious, sweet cookies for my holiday cookie platters! Each year I choose one recipe that I make more than any other! This year I have chosen to create different chocolate covered oreos, and I decided to make one into a snowman! I found egg nog flavored chocolate melts and they taste just like a cup of egg nog! I am so excited to pair this sweet egg nog chocolate … [Read more...]
Angel Kiss Cookies
We are surrounded this time of year by so many great opportunities to give to others in need. There's great organizations that we can partner with to be a difference maker in someones life during the holidays. Organizations life Operation Christmas Child and Toys For Tots bring toys to children who would otherwise go without. The Angel trees that you see around your community bring gifts to those … [Read more...]
Christmas Snack Mix
This post contains affiliate links that three kids and a fish will not be compensated for. All opinions are my own. :-) It's no secret that I really like the sweet salty combination for creating great munchie mixes and I use an insane amount of chocolate candy melts to get the snack mixes made! {Chocoley} must have noticed because they graciously offered to send me … [Read more...]
Turkey Pretzel Snacks
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Happy Halloween
Print Out these Trick or Treat Safety Tips Check out these Halloween Sweet Treats : {Halloween Sweet Treats} … [Read more...]
Halloween Sweet Treats
Over the past couple of weeks we have been creating and crafting fun Halloween sweet treats and a free printable! We have collected all of our creations and put them all in one place! Whether you are hosting a party, going to one, getting ready for trick or treat, or just want to create with your kids in the kitchen these Halloween sweet treats will be fun to create, eat and … [Read more...]
Pumpkin Recipes
Over the past several weeks we have enjoyed all things pumpkin from picking them to creating fun pumpkin recipes! We have collected all our pumpkin recipes right here in one place and as we look back we remember making great memories and great pumpkin recipes! This pumpkin pie dip is easy to make and with only 5 ingredients this dip is finger licking good! {pumpkin pie dip} This … [Read more...]
Halloween Popcorn Balls
There are so many great projects, ideas, and fun foods for Halloween out there and we are excited to create some of our own for our upcoming Halloween events! We host a Halloween get together and my kids love to give their friends 'thank you for coming' gifts! This years gift is going to be these Halloween popcorn balls! Microwave popcorn, some sticky sugar, and some good … [Read more...]
Pumpkin Popcorn Balls
Fall is our family's favorite season because of the crisp weather, football, leaves changing colors and falling, comfort foods, and lots of things pumpkin! These fun to make pumpkin popcorn balls are a great kids in the kitchen snack! There was a lot of popcorn munching, candy nibbling, and sticky finger fun happening in our kitchen today as we made these pumpkin popcorn … [Read more...]
No Bake Pumpkin Cheesecake Recipe
The season for all things pumpkin is here and there are endless ways to eat it! We are planning to go pumpkin picking soon and I am excited to go to the country store to see what delicious dishes they have created with their pumpkins this year! I have sampled and enjoyed some really great pumpkin recipes this fall! This no bake pumpkin cheesecake is one of these great recipes … [Read more...]