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Merry Christmas to all of you, from our crazy family. May your holidays be filled with love, laughter and your family surrounding you. Cherish the twinkle in your children’s eyes as they experience the wonder of giving and of course, the magic of too much chocolate combined with the glee of new toys and over [...]
I have never been a cobbler kinda gal. I like my fruits in crisps, the cakey topping that I usually associate with crumbles can’t hold a candle to the crunchy oatmeal topping that crisps are known for. The story that lead me to this recipe is a common one around this house. It started with [...]
Oh, yes I did! These lovelies were inspired by my first trip to the Bulk Barn, prompted by everyone on Twitter telling me how much I was missing in life by not frequenting said store. And I mean everyone. I think even Jessica Alba chimed in at one point and said “Are you crazy??” Ok, [...]
The devil made me do it. That’s the only thing that came to mind when I realized that on a day when it was about plus 28 Celsius, I was finally making the cookies that have been niggling in the back of my mind for a long, long time. I recently posted the base recipe [...]
Everybody knows my love, nay, my addiction we might call it, to sweet and salty combinations in food. Chocolate covered pretzels are only topped on my favorites list by buttered popcorn with M&M's on top at the movie theater. Yes, I totally just said that. You take a bag of movie popcorn - make sure it's buttered!- and dump on M&M's, the peanut ones being my favorite. I highly suggest … [Read more...]
Popcorn balls bring back memories of trick or treating out in the country when I was a kid. Because you knew all of your neighbors, homemade treats were common on Halloween night. No one was afraid of razors in candy or poison or whatever urban legends were circulating at the time because you knew exactly who put what in your child's Halloween bag, or pillowcase for that matter. There was one lady … [Read more...]
For some reason, I got the idea of making caramel corn all Halloweeny and gross stuck in my head. Where these thoughts come from I have no idea. It just started with the vague idea of black chocolate drizzled on it, moved on to green as well in my inner thoughts, then clinched it when I found candy bugs. This caramel corn is my mom's recipe, one that we have used for years and it's perfect. No … [Read more...]
These were a spur of the moment creation brought on by several things. I had this urge to make cute pops for my Halloween open house yesterday and had thought of doing eyeball ones, the round shape of cakepops naturally lends itself to eyeballs like white belongs to rice. But when faced with the reality of the short amount of time I had left, I realized cake pops were not going to be in my … [Read more...]
Lordy, I love candy corn. What is it about those little morsels of bliss? Is it the colors that draw you in with promises of toothache inducing sweetness? The colors that immediately remind us of Halloween? To be honest, what IS the flavor of candy corn anyway? When I sat down to think about it for a moment, I realized that I really couldn't place exactly what the flavor is. What I do know is … [Read more...]
Since I had such success with my lemon sugar cookies last year, I decided that it was time for a chocolate version. Since I don't really enjoy plain white sugar cookies-yet, I haven't tackled a recipe to make it to my own tastes- I knew that my next attempt would be chocolate. Oh ho. Good thing these crispy little beauties haven't been in my repertoire. Too tasty. Too … [Read more...]
I don't like sugar cookies, something just isn't right with them, I never enjoy the taste, they remind me of sugared cardboard a bit, I don't know, I can't quite put my finger on it. But I definitely DO know that the lack of taste drives me batty. Ha ha....batty..Halloween...I am funny. So I just went ahead and created my own, the idea for which has been rattling around in my empty noggin like a … [Read more...]
I love my kids, my husband and chocolate.
The order depends on when you ask.
Welcome to my nest!
