Peeps. Everyone has an opinion on Peeps. There has never been a more controversial topic around the family Easter table that has resulted in so much thrown ham. They are either a perennial Easter favorite or a much maligned “last treat in the basket” candy. Some adults have fond memories of these sugar coated marshmallows …
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Edible glitter is an actual thing. I don’t know about you guys, but with the holidays approaching my Pinterest boards are filling up with all kinds of yummy looking desserts.
Want another amazingly crazy crazy cake recipe? Last week I shared our Vanilla Crazy Cake and not even kidding – y’all went nuts. Get ready to strap yourself in ’cause this Chocolate Crazy Cake is just as amazing and how can you go wrong with chocolate? Don’t know about crazy cakes yet? They’re also known as Wacky …
Mornings don’t have to be about rushing around when you’ve got a slow cooker! Instead, check out these 33 Slow Cooker Breakfast Recipes! You can set them the night before and wake up to delicious, wholesome home cooked food that’ll give you and your family energy enough to tackle the entire day. Want more slow …
“What flavor do you want?” When it comes to neapolitan, the only correct answer is, “All three, please.” Anyone who picks just one doesn’t deserve the triple delight deliciousness that is neapolitan. And, I dare say, those plebeians definitely don’t deserve the glory of these 25 neapolitan dessert recipes all tucked into the same place. …
As a little girl growing up the only thing I knew about hot cross buns was that it was a song your piano teacher makes you play over and over when you’re first learning to play. Plus, it sounded a bit like Three Blind Mice – if Three Blind Mice had a really boring center. …
Nothing tastes better on a cold winter day than a drink that heats you from the inside out. And that’s exactly what this sinfully delicious slow cooker hot cocoa is made for. Decadent to the core, this traditional, easy recipe will fill your home with the sweet, sweet smell of chocolate as it cooks, and …
Valentine’s Day hasn’t always been my favorite holiday. I remember in high school everyone would receive carnations in class and I’d sit there all grumbly and awkward about the fact that my crush didn’t notice me. Wish I could say I’ve grown up some since then, but to be honest, even when I have a date …
There’s something about strawberries that makes me think of warmth, sweetness, and the changing of the seasons. Or maybe that’s just the wine in these Wine Infused Strawberries that has me feeling really good about life today. Seriously, I didn’t think the concept of chocolate-covered strawberries, as simple as it is, could ever be improved upon. …
You want to give your sweetheart something nice and sweet this Valentine’s Day, right? Something smooth, chocolatey, memorable… Something they’ll think about on those days when sweetness isn’t on the menu. These Sweetheart Cheesecake Wafers are exactly what your love-muffin is craving, they just don’t know it yet. Smooth as Barry White’s voice and just …
Now I don’t know about you, but I’m a little tired of getting the same old heart-shaped box of chocolates every single year on Valentine’s Day. There’s only so many times you can open the box before the mystery of which chocolate contains the delicious peanut butter filling is lost because you know exactly which one …
This is the simplest thing you will ever make for Valentine’s Day. After all the hand-crafted cards and macaroni hearts and special classy dinners, all you will have left is a strong desire for something salty to counteract the sudden influx of candy in your life. These Valentine’s Day Chocolate Drizzled Pretzels are so easy they …
There’s something about sugar cookies that just make them perfect for holiday celebrations. So obviously, I decided not to make any of them for Valentine’s Day this year. No way, not me. 2016 is the year of experimentation (I had a year like that during college too…we see where that got me), so a few …
I’m just going to go ahead and say it: I don’t like Valentine’s Day. Oh, don’t get me wrong. I’m all for love. I appreciate both the grande gestures that take immense planning and the small gestures that may simply come in the form of hand holding or brushing a stray hair out of a …
Sometimes eating healthy feels like a punishment…but honestly, if it does, you’re doing it wrong. There is no rule that says healthy food has to taste gross. In fact, sometimes the healthier version of something tastes better than the original. Take this vegan chocolate chia pudding, for instance. While regular chocolate pudding can sometimes taste …
Next time you’re craving a little extra chocolate in your hot chocolate, make these adorable Hot Chocolate Spoons. Think about it…what better way to make your drink extra sweet than to mix in melted chocolate and cute little sprinkles? Or next time you have the kids over for a party or movie night, imagine the …
Look, if you’re female and have a uterus that still does it’s monthly molting, you’ve been here. There’s just nothing worse than being a tough-ass woman 90% of the time, and then having those one or two days a month where you’re tearful for no flecking reason and then “IT” starts. Yeah. We’ve ALL been …
Kids suck. I get it. If you’re lucky you might only have to yell at them to get off your lawn once or twice a year. But when October 31st rolls around all the neighborhood ragamuffins have been given carte blanche to roam as they please, trodding across your carefully cultivated fescue. The worst part …
I was one of those kids who loved to collect Hot Wheels cars. I had to have all the colors, all the styles, and all the tracks to go with them. To be fair, it didn’t really matter if they were actual Hot Wheels brand cars or not – every car was welcome – but …
Easter is on the horizon, and with it come the squishiest and most confusing of candies: Peeps. And I have to admit, I have a little bit of an obsession with these strange marshmallow-y things. But since it’s not really socially acceptable to sit around just eating row after row of Peeps because you may …
When you spend as much time looking at recipes as I do, you tend to come across the phrase “sinfully delicious” a lot. And I’ll be honest, I don’t really get that. “Sinful” implies that it’s something we shouldn’t enjoy having, and when it comes to chocolate, let me tell you, not even the Devil …
Sometimes, when I’m stuck inside my house and it’s like 30 degrees outside, I find myself with a strange and sudden craving for s’mores. I have no idea where it comes from or why, but I think all of you can probably sympathize with unexpected desires for chocolate-y goodness. If so, you need to try …
Now I don’t want to start an internet dessert war here, but hot fudge sundaes are just…not really my thing. Why would you want your precious ice cream to melt before you get the chance to enjoy it all? Why mix that delicious melty hot fudge with other things when you could just have it …
Some of us love dessert (Okay, most of us. Like probably all of us…If you don’t love dessert get out of my face). Some of us love our dessert with a little side of the good stuff, and no, for once I’m not talking about coffee. This Little Drummer Joy may sound innocent enough, but it …
If I hear another person asking me if I want to build a snowman, I might just throw something. Then again, if they want to build something like these Snowman Oreos, I might reconsider. Truth be told, these cookies are probably the only kind of snowman I want to even lay eyes on this time …
Even if you don’t have time to stand in front of a hot stove, stirring an even hotter pot, you can still make chocolaty goodness in your own home. These 25 Slow Cooker Chocolate Candy Recipes will make great gifts for friends, snacks for late night movie watching, and desserts that can be enjoyed year …
It should be noted that despite it’s name, butterbeer has only a very slight alcohol content. It’s been known to get house elves drunk, but only because their bodies are so tiny and they have no tolerance whatsoever on account they rarely drink the stuff. For wizards and muggles, butterbeer merely has a delicious flavor …
Sometimes fun Thanksgiving treats are hard to come by, but that’s not the case anymore. These Thanksgiving Turkey Pretzels are topped with the most adorable, and delicious, turkeys around that are sure to make everyone’s day! Make a batch for your Thanksgiving crowd, package them in pretzel bags to hand out to teachers and neighbors …
Now that Halloween is over, we all know what’s coming…Christmas Carols! Everywhere you go, you’re going to hear about how it’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas, and how it should snow, and that Santa and mommy were caught canoodling underneath the mistletoe. So you’ve got two options here, folks: you can fight it, …
If, when the day comes, I get to choose how I’m going to die it’s gonna be death by chocolate. I can even imagine it: I’d be visiting a chocolate manufacturing plant somewhere and the tour would take us through the huge vats of chocolate room. We’d be moving along a walkway above one of …
Sometimes my house gets invaded by kids. I’ll have planned a night of watching Netflix and munching on microwave popcorn and then my daughter comes home from school and asks, “Hey, can these three people come over tonight?” And she has those eyes. You know the eyes. The eyes that are like, I’m only going …
Every year I go through the same thing…and so do you. Here’s the 100% honest reason why my candy (and yours) will never see Halloween. Why do we do it to ourselves—give in to the temptation of buying those delectable bite-size bits over-flowing on store shelves weeks before Halloween? We know the baby Butterfingers aren’t for …
Some people say that their favorite part about camping is being out in nature. While that is great, it’s not my favorite part. Some people say their favorite thing about having a bonfire is hanging out with friends. This one is close, but that’s not what comes to my mind first. Some people say that hot chocolate …
This Kahlua Fudge Frosting is nature’s answer to, “What do I do if I can’t find a boyfriend before the holidays??” Find it hard to deal with relatives? Make this frosting. Grandma wants to set you up with her dentist’s son? Make this frosting. Your sister just gave birth to adorable twins who sleep all night …
Sometimes in life, you have to put your stamp on things. Look at something you love, hold out your hand and tell the world, “Back off, this is mine.” These Pumpkin Spice Turtles fall into that category. This unexpectedly decadent treat of caramel, pumpkin spice, chocolate, and crunch is incredibly delicious, but who says you …
This Halloween, dress up as Martha Stewart and whip out these 35 Epic Halloween Candied Apple Recipes. These are the best of the best and every single one is totally doable with easy ingredients you probably already have at home. The best part? We’ve got recipes for pretty much every occasion! Booger apples for kids, Spiderman, …
Now, when you think about candy corn, you probably don’t have thoughts like, “Gee, I wonder how I can turn these into lava.” This is, admittedly, probably a good sign for you and a bad sign for me. However, thoughts like that do tend to result in totally awesome effects like the one on the top of …
There are people in your life right now who are going to tell you that you can’t have everything. You need to get rid of those people, because either they’ve never tried these Chocolate and Popcorn Candy Apples, or they don’t believe something as epic as this can exist. Let me repeat…chocolate…and popcorn…coating a caramel …
You work hard, and you deserve a little something pretty in your life. These Chocolate Covered Sunflower Seeds Caramel Apples are as pretty as they come. Between the bright colors and the sweet, delicious taste, this is probably the best treat you’re going to try all autumn. So unless you’re against pretty, these apples are …
Remember when childhood was all about Mother Frosted Cookies and staying up later than bedtime? Man, those were the days. Today kids lives are so much more complicated, but that doesn’t mean we can’t give them a taste of what we once had. These White Chocolate Covered Apples with Sprinkles are anything but complicated. They’re …
If you haven’t latched onto the chocolate covered chips craze yet, you haven’t lived. Really. There’s just something amazing about that salty/sweet/creamy taste that makes being human worth the effort. But I’m here to tell you – even if you’ve tried that, you haven’t lived yet. Not really. Check out this recipe for Chocolate Covered …
Fall is fast approaching and before we whip out our warmer clothing, we need to make sure and plan for those cool weather drinks. Yeah, I said it…drinks are Way more important than clothes. Why? Because clothes can only keep you so warm and drink will get you through any cold night. Oh boy, am …
My nephew loves yellow. LOVES it. It’s his favorite color, his favorite socks, he even wants a yellow room at some point (but he shares with his brother, so let’s face it – probably not going to happen). So is it any wonder he’s gone completely mad for the Minions in all their bright yellow …
I am a chocoholic. I am a born of the cloth, down to my DNA, can’t fight the beat (and why would I want to?) unreformed chocoholic. You know that song Amy Winehouse sang about Rehab? That’s me if anyone tries to take away my chocolate. No. No. No. This DIY Chocolate Brownie Candle is …
Kids LOVE Minecraft…and they will LOVE you when you make this Minecraft Creeper Chocolate Candy. Whether for a Minecraft-themed party, or just an afternoon snack this treat is delicious and easy to make. Want more Minecraft fun? Check out these 30 Awesome & Easy Minecraft Party Ideas. Enjoy! What You Need To Make Minecraft Creeper …
Bippity Boppity Boo, this Cinderella Glass Slipper candy is just for you! No fairy godmother or royal prince necessary when it comes to these delicious and absolutely adorable chocolate slippers. Any princess would be ecstatic to see these at her party, or as a topper on a cupcake made just for her. And don’t worry about jealous stepsisters…these glass …
Food was such a big part of my family life growing up, and there are some recipes that have been handed through my family for nearly a century now. This recipe for Chocolate Hazelnut Cookies isn’t one of the super old ones (as far as I know), but it is one I remember my great …
M-I-crooked letter-crooked letter-I-crooked letter-crooked letter-I-hump back-hump back-I was the first big word I learned to spell. As well as I can remember I was in either first or second grade and the accomplishment was HUGE. We didn’t celebrate it, but if we had I wish it had been with these Mississippi Mud Bars. Between the …
Nothin’ says lovin’ like brownies in the oven. And seriously, these Classic Brownies have love written all over them. Whether it’s for a birthday, or just a day that ends in ‘y’, brownies are the sweet treat that can’t be beat (unless you top them with ice cream and maybe hot fudge)! What You Need To …