Christmas fun with Candy Melts!

I’ve been working so much that I’m way behind in my Christmas prep so I’ve been trying to get caught up especially with the neighbor gifts and candy melts are my new best friend.  The possibilities are endless!  At Michaels they had a couple of fun versions for the holidays – the version in the … Continue reading

Christmas Treat Day!

So yesterday was Christmas treat day around here, as in I spent the whole day making treats and thought I would share for those of you looking for some quick and easy last minute gift ideas.  All of these treat ideas are already on the blog so this will just be adapting them for Christmas … Continue reading

Maple Walnut Fudge

Started the Thanksgiving food prep yesterday with these little beauties!  The recipe is from the October 19, 2012 issue of “All You” magazine.  YUMMY! 1 cup firmly packed light brown sugar 1 (7.5 oz) jar Marshmallow Fluff 1 (5 oz) can evaporated milk 6 tablespoons unsalted butter 1/2 teaspoon salt 1 (11 oz) bag white … Continue reading

Turkey Cookie Pops

Made these little cuties to take to the Young Women at church today.  I saw this idea on Pinterest but when I clicked on the picture it took me to a website that required a password so I couldn’t get to it to get the instructions but then I found it on another website called … Continue reading

Acorns and Pilgrim Hats

Here are the little Thanksgiving treats the girls made.  First up, acorns!  This idea comes from a blog called “Party Frosting!”.  You need Hershey Kisses, mini Nilla Wafers and mini chocolate chips plus something to stick them all together, I used Nutella.  So just a dab of Nutella on the bottom of a mini Nilla … Continue reading

Melted Witches

Here is my last treat from yesterday – Melted Witches!  This idea came from a blog called “Party Frosting” but she got the idea from a blog called “Confessions of a Cookbook Queen” so I’ve given you both links, your choice!  I made these for the Young Women at church.  One of the other ladies bought … Continue reading

Chocolate Mustaches

Courtney and I were at Michaels one day and she saw this candy mold and got all excited about it so we bought it and then when we got home I just put it away and we forgot all about it but then yesterday when I was in party mode I remembered it for some … Continue reading

Halloween Pretzel Treats

  Yesterday was a great day!  I spent almost the whole day in the kitchen getting creative making Halloween treats and then last night we had a family party with my husband Bob, my son Zach, my daughter Courtney and her fiance Jaren where we ordered pizza, ate treats and carved pumpkins!  So here is … Continue reading

White Chocolate Peanut Butter Krispies

Everything tasted great but after much deliberation, I’m pretty sure that these were my favorite treat from the party.  Sort of like the Avalanche Bars I posted earlier, only better!  These were white for Faith.  The recipe is from the blog called Plain Chicken.  YUMMY!  I gotta be honest, I’m gonna go eat one as … Continue reading

“Cheers To You” Graduation Gifts

So this post could also be called “Fun at the Dollar Store” since I bought all of the items for this project at the Dollar store.  Some of my cute little neighbor girls just graduated from high school and I wanted to give them a little something to celebrate so I hit the dollar store … Continue reading