Happy Star Wars Day!

Celebrating Star Wars Day at the Johnson home with some Star Wars chocolates made by yours truly with some awesome Star Wars chocolate molds from Amazon.  All you need are some molds and some Wilton candy melts and you’re good to go.  Melt the candy melts according to the package directions, spoon melted chocolate into … Continue reading

Salted Caramel Hot Cocoa Fudge

This is by far the easiest fudge recipe that you will ever find!  You can make it with as little as two ingredients, Wilton Candy Melts and a can of sweetened condensed milk, BAM!  FUDGE!!  I like to buy the seasonal flavors of the candy melts and freeze them.  I bought these Salted Caramel Hot … Continue reading

Honeydukes Pink Coconut Ice

Another treat from the Harry Potter party, this one tastes delicious (if you love coconut) but I could not get it to set up, it was pretty gooey.  There are a lot of recipes out there for Pink Coconut Ice so maybe I need to try another. 2 cups powdered sugar 1/4 teaspoon cream of … Continue reading

Candy Box Easter Baskets

I can’t remember where I first saw this idea so I don’t know who to credit but it is all over Pinterest so you can look there for variations.  I still like to give my big kids something for Easter so when I saw these “baskets”, I knew what they were getting this year.  Everything … Continue reading

Loaded Candy Hearts

I saw this idea on Pinterest but apparently didn’t pin it and now I can’t find it again so I can’t give credit where credit is due, so sorry!  Easy, yummy and cute, right? 1 silicone heart shaped mold (I found one at Walmart with 24 cavities) candy melts, your choice color (I used a … Continue reading

Maple Cream Truffles

We celebrated Jaren’s (my son in law’s), birthday last night so I decided a special treat was in order so I experimented with these truffles and they came out great, so yummy and so easy!  I used these Maple Syrup Cream Cookies that I found at Costco: and this recipe for “Easy Oreo Truffles” and … Continue reading

Oreo Truffle Flag

Happy day after the 4th of July!  Yesterday I made this Oreo Truffle Flag for the fam in celebration of Independence Day, I think it came out so cute!  And it tasted even better.  The inspiration came from Betty Crocker, but I decided to go with Oreo Truffles instead of cake balls, recipe for the … Continue reading

College Survival Kit Graduation Gift

So here’s a cute little idea that I found on Pinterest for a high school graduation gift.  I found multiple variations of this idea so this one is pulled from about 4 different kits.  Here’s what’s inside and a list to go with it: Hugs and Kisses (Hersheys) – to remind you that you are … Continue reading