Recipes, Travel, Crafts & Family Advice for Moms
Chocolate covered Oreos are one of the best sweet treats ever. These chocolate covered Oreos are an Oreo sandwich cookie, dipped in melted chocolate and then drizzled with more chocolate. Chocolate covered Oreos make a great party treat or dessert. Once you get the basic chocolate covered Oreo cookie recipe down you can easily get creative and make chocolate covered Oreos for any holiday. Chocolate Covered Oreos Making Chocolate Covered … [Read more...]
These Candy Corn Cupcakes are a super easy Halloween cupcake that is perfect for a Halloween treat! These easy Halloween cupcakes are a simple cupcake that uses homemade frosting, colored and layered to look like a candy corn. Candy Corn Cupcakes Easy Candy Corn Halloween Cupcakes When I am making holiday treats I want them to be festive but I also want them to be easy. There is no time for over the top creativity here because well, I am … [Read more...]
These Pumpkin Patch Dirt Cups Pudding Parfaits are the easiest fall dessert recipe that you can make! With just a few easy ingredients including instant pudding, oreos, and shredded coconut. These easy pudding cups can be made with any flavor pudding you want to, and we have included the best pudding cup flavor combinations for you too. If you are looking for an easy Halloween dessert or and easy fall dessert these pudding parfait cups are … [Read more...]
This is the best royal icing recipe that you are going to find! This Royal icing Recipe is perfect for decorating cookies and desserts. Everything you need to know about making royal icing (how to make cookie icing), coloring royal icing and decorating with royal icing will be covered in this post. Royal Icing Recipe What is Royal Icing? Royal icing is a great icing because it starts off liquid than hardens when it dries. I love using this … [Read more...]
Pumpkin Spice Rice Krispie Treats are the perfect combination of no bake marshmallow treats and pumpkin spice, the perfect fall flavor! If you are looking for the perfect pumpkin rice Krispie treat then you are going to LOVE these! Pumpkin Spice Rice Krispie Treats! Trust me, you are going to LOVE them! Pumpkin Rice Krispie Treats Pumpkin Spice Rice Krispie Treats I can not get enough pumpkin spice everything when it is fall, actually I … [Read more...]
If you are looking for an amazing Chocolate Buttercream Frosting then you do not want to miss this amazing recipe. This is the only Chocolate buttercream frosting recipe I will use, and I have been using it long before blogging was a thing. Most chocolate buttercream recipes are either lacking in rich chocolate flavor or they are lacking a great buttercream texture that you can pipe out well. This chocolate buttercream frosting recipe does not … [Read more...]
Homemade pumpkin puree is the best way to make all the pumpkin recipes that you love! Once you realize how easy it is to make homemade pumpkin puree and how much better it tastes then the store bought stuff you will never go back to using a can of pumpkin puree! Following the easy steps for how to make homemade pumpkin puree you will be making pumpkin puree in no time! This post will teach you everything you need to know, from how to roast … [Read more...]
If you are looking for the cutest Halloween cookies ever that everyone will love, then you are going to love these super cute and spooky Halloween Spider Chocolate Chip Cookies! Using melted chocolate chips and homemade chocolate chip cookies these Spider Chocolate Chip Cookies are the perfect tasty Halloween cookie. These easy halloween cookies are sure to be loved by everyone! Spider Chocolate Chip Cookies Halloween Spider cookies These … [Read more...]
Halloween hot chocolate is the perfect after trick-or-treating treat for the kids! For this fun Halloween treat you are going to make adorable ghosts out of marshmallows and then add them to the most amazing homemade hot chocolate. This Halloween hot Chocolate is the perfect fun Halloween drink for kids! Halloween Hot Chocolate This sweet treat is a great way to warm your little ghost and goblins this Halloween season. I used my Starbucks … [Read more...]
If you are looking for a fun Halloween cookie then you are going to love these Vampire Cookies! These vampire cookies are made with homemade chocolate chip cookies, marshmallows, frosting and almonds. Vampire cookies are for sure going to put some creepy in your Halloween fun! Vampire Cookies This halloween cookie recipe is so much fun to make! When you are all said and done you have some creepy vampire mouths! They are totally perfect for … [Read more...]
Looking for the best pumpkin sugar cookie? This is it! We love these homemade pumpkin sugar cookies that are made with no spread sugar cookies and the best royal icing recipe ever! These pumpkin cookies are perfect for Halloween, Thanksgiving or if you just want to celebrate that it is time to bring out all things pumpkin. Pumpkin Sugar Cookies Perfect Cookie for fall! If you are looking for the perfect fall cookie this is it! They are … [Read more...]
Looking for tasty treats for Halloween? Everyone will love these Tasty Halloween Recipes that are perfect for Kids! They are so much fun and they will make for one super tasty Halloween party! From pumpkins, to ghosts, to orange spaghetti there is totally something for everyone in this awesome list of Tasty Halloween Treats for Kids! Most of these are quite easy to make, and you can get the kiddos involved helping you make them too! Of course we … [Read more...]
There is just something so classic about a vanilla cupcake. It is so versatile that you can mix so many different fillings and toppings to change the taste. Vanilla cupcakes have a more of a mild flavor unlike chocolate cupcakes, it pairs well with lots of different flavors. Yet if you don't have that great vanilla cupcake recipe it can ruin all of your hard work on any other items you made to put on them. Now the classic cake that I had … [Read more...]
This No Spread Sugar Cookies Recipe is the best sugar cookie recipe ever! You can make your sugar cookies and not have to worry about them spreading after baking! Not only do they keep their shape but they taste amazing too! They are the perfect sugar cookie recipe ever! No Spread Sugar Cookies Recipe The BEST Sugar Cookie Recipe There are so many different sugar cookies recipes that you can find online and spend all the time making them … [Read more...]
This Apple looks like it took a lot of work but it was quite simple for a caramel apple. The first time I made it was a complete accident I was trying to just stripe it with the chocolate and my finger bumped into the wet chocolate. But sometimes beautiful things come out of mistakes. Make sure you read how to melt the chocolate in a double boiler and Make sure you read how to make perfect caramel apples. If you want to make these without all the … [Read more...]
A sweet treat doesn't always mean it has to be bad for you. This Candy Corn Fruit Salad a great treat to get your kids into that Halloween sprit without loads of candy. The point of this salad is to layer the orange, yellow and white just like a piece of candy corn. You can use the individual fruit cups if you are making them for 1/2 kids or use cans of fruit if you are making it for multiple kids. Candy Corn Fruit Salad Candy Corn … [Read more...]
I am going to eat your brains!!! On the plus side they will taste very yummy! This zombie brains are really just a nut cover in royal icing. These cookies will sure be a hit at your next Halloween party or just for you to enjoy while you watch your favorite zombie show. Check out here on how to learn everything you need to know on making sugar cookies . You will want to use the perfect sugar cookie dough recipe and the royal icing recipe when … [Read more...]
Making & Decorating Perfect Sugar Cookies These little cookies can make such a wow factor as gifts for friends or a center piece at a party. The only thing is they can take some time to get all of the details to look just right. With this article I will walk you though all my tips on home to make professional looking cookies without having to spend $20 a dozen. Making & Decorating Perfect Sugar Cookies Tools: Rolling pin Rolling … [Read more...]
Having fall down south is very different than what it is like up north, I am used to that full fall experience of leavings changing, pumpkin picking and apple flavored food everywhere and in the south it is so not like that! I love having caramel apples but they are very hard to find around here premade so I am resorting to making my own and now I am sharing my secrets on How to Make Perfect Caramel Apples with you. Plus you will make homemade … [Read more...]
I am always looking for a healthy way to celebrate holidays and my kids love yogurt banana pops. In our house they are a special treat and they have no clue they are having a very healthy snack. These little Yogurt Banana Ghost Pops are sure to scare you little ones into eating them quickly! If you have any small mouths eating them you can cut them in half so they can eat the Yogurt Banana Ghost Pops easier. Yogurt Banana Ghost Pops Yogurt … [Read more...]