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Bakery Style Strawberry Buttercream Frosting. The most amazing homemade strawberry buttercream frosting that tastes just like the frosting you get at a bakery. This smooth and fluffy strawberry frosting is perfect for cakes and cupcakes! Strawberry Buttercream Frosting Strawberry Buttercream Nothing beats a bakery style cake with some bakery style frosting except making it at home! It is so simple to have that amazing Bakery buttercream … [Read more...]
Looking for a super easy Valentine's Day cupcake that also looks festive? You are going to LOVE these Chocolate Valentine's Day Cupcakes with Chocolate Buttercream! Valentine's Day Cupcakes Chocolate Valentine's Day Cupcakes with Chocolate Buttercream I love going all out for holidays, however I have to admit that this year I am waaayy behind where I normally am in prepping and planning. I have our Valentine’s Day Breakfast planned out … [Read more...]
Chocolate Cherry cupcakes are an easy homemade chocolate cupcake that after baked is filled with cherry pie filling. The perfect spongy chocolate cupcake paired with cherries is one of the best cupcake flavor combinations you will find. Chocolate Cherry cupcakes Easy Chocolate Cupcakes When I am wanting a quick and easy cupcake this is my go to recipe. I used my go to chocolate cupcakes recipe like I always do when making chocolate … [Read more...]
Peanut Butter and Jelly Sandwich & Fruit Kabobs are a fun way to change things up with the kids lunches! Peanut butter and Jelly sandwich, with pieces of fruit and strawberries shaped like hearts make the perfect kid friendly lunch! Peanut Butter and Jelly Sandwich & Fruit Kabobs I love having fun and changing things up for the kids. Keeping things fun when packing the kids lunches is a great way to make them smile at lunch time. … [Read more...]
If you are looking for Valentine's day lunch box ideas this Peanut Butter And Love Sandwich is PERFECT! Your traditional lunchbox sandwich with a heart cut out to make it extra special and festive for Valentine's Day. This easy kid friendly Valentine's Day recipe takes the traditional peanut butter and jelly sandwich up a notch to make is the perfect easy Valentine's Day treat for kids! Easy Valentine's Day Sandwich I love going all out for … [Read more...]
This Heart Quesadilla recipe is the perfect easy Valentine's Day recipe. Taking the traditional quesadilla recipe and making it perfect for Valentine's Day. Heart Quesadilla Easy Valentine's Day Meal My kids are suckers for the holidays, ok who am I kidding. So am I. I love any and all holiday, the kids love any and all holidays and we love celebrating them together. So for their Valentine's Day dinner I decided to turn one of our favorite … [Read more...]
Chocolate Covered Strawberry Meringue Cookies are the perfect light and airy cookie dipped in chocolate giving you the perfect chocolate strawberry flavor in an amazing cookie. Chocolate Covered Strawberry Meringue Cookies If you are looking for that perfect meringue cookie then you are going to love this Chocolate Covered Strawberry Meringue Cookies Recipe! It is one of my favorites! Plus they are so much easier to make then you would … [Read more...]
If you are looking for an easy to make no bake Valentine's Day treat look no further then this no bake Valentine's Day cookie, Cupid Poop! With only 4 ingredients, these easy Valentine's Day treats are done in about 10 minutes! Cupid Poop Recipe Whether you love Valentine’s or hate it this Cupid Poop has to put a smile on your face! What other color would come from cupid than red? When you get past the “Eww” factor these treats are not only … [Read more...]
Chocolate Covered Valentine Pretzels are the easiest Valentine's Day treat to make! With only 3 ingredients and a few minutes of time you can have these easy kid friendly Valentine's Day treats done and ready to enjoy! Chocolate Covered Valentine Pretzels Every sweetie need something sweet for Valentines day. These Chocolate Pretzel Rods may look like they were hard to make but they are very simple. As you all know I love the holidays, … [Read more...]
Valentine's Day cookie Oreo pops are super easy to make and they look amazing! You can make them in to a Valentine's Day pop if you want to or as Valentine's Day chocolate Oreos, whichever one you prefer. Chocolate Valentine's Day Oreos are chocolate covered sandwich cookies decorated for Valentine's Day! Valentine's Day Oreo Cookies Oreo Valentine Cookies I am sure you have all noticed that I LOVE Oreo cookies, I love chocolate covered … [Read more...]
Heart shaped pizza is the perfect delicious simple pizza recipe. It is perfect for Valentine's Day or any special day you want to celebrate someone you love. You can make this heart pizza with homemade pizza dough or store bought dough, whichever you prefer! Everyone will love this heart shaped pizza Valentine's Day Recipe plus you can personalize it with their favorite toppings! Valentine's Day Pizza Heart shaped Pizza I love having fun … [Read more...]
Strawberry Meringue cookies are a light, airy tasty cookie that are easy to make and only need 5 ingredients! These strawberry meringue cookies are perfect for a Valentine's Day treat when you shape them like hearts! Strawberry Meringue Cookies Recipe One of my good friends was pregnant and craving my meringue cookies, being the baker and cookie maker that I am it only made sense for me to help her fix that cookie craving! Since … [Read more...]
I am a huge fan of Peppermint chocolate covered Oreos, you are giving a classic cookie a tasty make over! And let's be honest everyone loves Oreos! These Chocolate Covered Oreos topped with crushed peppermint candy canes are the perfect Christmas treat. Peppermint Chocolate Covered Oreos Chocolate Christmas Peppermint Oreos If you have a party that you are headed to and want to wow everyone, these easy chocolate covered Oreos are perfect. … [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...]
These Homemade Brownies Using Homemade Brownie Mix are amazing! If you already have batches of homemade brownie mix made, and you can not find the baking instructions for homemade brownies you are in luck! These are the BEST homemade brownies EVER, you won't use boxed brownie mix again after making these! Homemade Brownies Seriously I am not sure there is a better dessert then a chocolaty, moist and delicious brownie! Brownies are one of my … [Read more...]
Homemade popcorn is AMAZING! Did you know that you can make microwave popcorn in the microwave in a brown paper bag with NO oil? You can and it is the BEST way to make microwave popcorn ever! My kids like to call it Paper bag popcorn, I like to call it the BEST EVER Microwave popcorn! Microwave popcorn! My daughter is in love with microwave popcorn, however I have a few bones to pick with store bought popcorn. First issue I have is that, … [Read more...]
You know what is super easy and the kids will love on Valentine's Day? Making them a Bacon Heart (or a bunch of them)! And making a bacon heart is sooo simple! This Bacon heart recipe go perfect with any Valentine's Day Breakfast! Bacon Heart Easy Bacon Hearts Bacon Hearts are an easy Valentine's Day breakfast idea that my kids always love! The one year I didn't put a Bacon heart on their plates for breakfast they all gave me the biggest … [Read more...]
This White Chocolate Popcorn for Valentine's Day is a hit with my kids every year I make it. Any year that I have not made them Valentine's Day popcorn they ask me why I didn't. It has now become a Valentine's Day staple for us! This easy Valentine's Day popcorn recipe is sure to make your kiddos happy! Plus white chocolate popcorn is oh so tasty! White Chocolate Popcorn Easy Valentine's Day snack I love all holidays. I love making … [Read more...]
When making my cupcakes I have my go to flavors, Chocolate cupcakes, vanilla cupcakes and strawberry cupcakes. This is my go to Chocolate Cupcake Recipe. It is the best one I have ever come up with and it is the chocolate cupcake recipe that everyone tells me tastes just like it came from a bakery. I am a big fan of everything that comes from a bakery and really need all of my baked goods to taste as such. This easy chocolate cupcake recipe I am … [Read more...]
Lately, I have been loving chocolate truffles as a special treat. The only problem is how expensive they are when you buy them at the store. These Milk Chocolate Truffles are by far one of the the simplest candy you can make. There is no worrying about tempering chocolate or cooking sugar to the right temperature, it's the matter of just following the directions that I provided for you. Which are SUPER easy! You will be an AMAZING Milk Chocolate … [Read more...]