And here is the second sauce for the chocolate waffle dessert bar, this one is to die for, like eat it right out of the jar, no ice cream or chocolate waffles required! (not that I’m going to do that right after I finish this post and no, that’s not why there’s a spoon in … Continue reading
I finally have a little time off work so we had some friends over last night for a barbeque and visit. We made grilled pizzas for dinner and then for dessert, we did chocolate dessert waffles (recipe to follow) so I decided to make some homemade toppings for the waffles and this was one of … Continue reading
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
This recipe comes from “Cooking Light”; another quick and easy neighbor gift and who doesn’t love fudge? 1 (14 oz) can fat free sweetened condensed milk, divided 3/4 cup semisweet chocolate chips 2 tablespoons unsweetened dark cocoa powder (I only had regular cocoa so used that) 1/4 teaspoon coffee granules (I left these out this … Continue reading
This recipe comes from http://www.kraftfoods.com and was super simple and quick to put together. It’s pictured here in one of those little take out containers that I got at Target. Yummy little neighbor gift! 1 cup chopped pretzels 1/3 cup chopped toasted pecans, peanuts or walnuts 1 1/2 packages (8 squares each) semisweet chocolate, melted … Continue reading
DON’T THROW AWAY THE LEFTOVER CHOCOLATE! After you’ve dipped anything (truffles, cake pops, candies, etc), there is usually some chocolate left over after you’ve dipped everything, don’t throw it away! When I know I’m going to dip anything, I always buy a bag of pretzels for the leftover chocolate. Who doesn’t love chocolate dipped pretzels? … Continue reading
And now some green truffles to go with the red ones! These are also a Kraft recipe but there are 2 different websites listed, http://www.kraftfoods.com and http://www.bakerschocolate.com where you can find this and other fun recipes! I think the red and green truffles will look so cute together in a gift container. 2 1/2 packages … Continue reading
Oh, Christmas! I get to bake and bake and bake and then bake some more! It truly is the most wonderful time of the year! 🙂 These couldn’t be any easier to make and look how cute they are! The original recipe has them dipped in baking chocolate but I had a bag of red … Continue reading
Here is my Red Velvet Cake story! A friend of Courtney’s requested a birthday cake from us for her daughter’s birthday and she wanted the cake to be Red Velvet. I had never made a Red Velvet cake before so I asked my good friend Ann, who is a spectacular baker, if she had … Continue reading
All the kids in my Sunday School class graduated from high school on Thursday and I wanted to give them all something so Courtney and I (but mostly Courtney) made them these soda pop candy bouquets to congratulate them. The idea came from the little “Candy Bouquets” book that I got recently. Their idea started … Continue reading
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