I was visiting my family in Southern California and was thinking of ideas for Easter on the Oven Mitt. You wouldn’t believe who had the best idea, my 13 year old nephew. He said I should dip strawberries into orange chocolate, so they look like carrots… Brilliant!! So, I take no credit in this adorable, yet super easy idea for Easter! I was in luck, as my local grocery store had just restocked their organic strawberries. They all looked and smelled perfect! It’s definitely that time of year again for some beautiful, red ripe strawberries. For the sake of them looking like carrots, I would recommend grabbing some larger strawberries. Ingredients: • Fresh Strawberries • Orange Candy Melts(I got mine from Michael’s) Make sure…
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This is a special post, where my mom is doing the bakin’. It’s the holidays, which means mom is whipping up her famous fudge! She’s always baking other goodies as well, baklava, pistachio bark and cookies. It changes every year, but the fudge is definitely the staple! I took down her recipe and got some action shots of her creating the chocolatey epicness that the family devours every year. The Ingredients for 2 lbs of fudge: 3/4 cup butter 1 (5oz.) can of evaporated milk 3 cups sugar 1 (7oz.) jar of marshmallow creme 1 tsp. vanilla (she prefers to eyeball the amount, but guesses it’s about a tsp.) 1 (12oz.) bag of milk chocolate chips 2 cups of walnuts Mom recommends getting every…
The holiday must-have for my family is definitely the peanut butter blossoms. I enjoy making these so much because they’re simple to make and everybody enjoys them. Another great thing about the recipe is that you can easily axe the Hershey Kisses and make regular peanut butter cookies. I’m happy to add that I finally have a tripod! Even better… it was free! I was taking family photos at my parent’s house on Thanksgiving and my dad whipped out a tripod that I’ve never seen before. He mentioned that they hadn’t used it in over 5 years, so I gently suggested that it would be a great early Christmas gift to me… he agreed! The less fortunate news, I didn’t exactly take photos with…
It’s beginning to look… a lot… like… Chriiiistmassss! One of the easiest, yet tastiest things you can create for the holiday season is peppermint bark. It’s always been a favorite of mine and I don’t even like candy canes that much! As long as something is paired with chocolate, it’s got my vote. The beauty of peppermint bark is that you can tweak it to whatever works for you. A lot of people just use white chocolate and mix in the candy pieces, others don’t use candy canes at all, but use peppermint extract instead. I decided to have one layer of dark chocolate, one of white chocolate and then sprinkle some candy cane bits on top. Ingredients: 1 12oz bag of white chocolate…
Ever since my little sister and I were born, my Grandma has lived in Florida. We’d fly out every Christmas to spend the holiday with her and the rest of the family. Once we were a bit older, we decided to alternate flying her out here and us out there, but during the summer time. South Florida in the summer is a mistake, but we love her very much, so it’s worth it. Since she couldn’t see us for Christmas, she would send us tins and tins filled with her homemade cookies and candies. It was something we all looked forward to, even more than any Christmas present. All the fudge, chocolate walnut cookies, jubilee jumbos, lemon tarts and buckeyes we could eat. Buckeyes…
Ever notice that cookie dough usually tastes better than the cookie? Why is this!? Such a trick! Good thing we could easily make a cookie dough snack, as long as we take out the egg. I wasn’t sure how well these would turn out, so I used small measurements and some left over butterscotch chips. This recipe made 18 small pops. By all means, double or triple this recipe to create more of these small pops or to make larger pops. Ingredients: • 1/4 cup butter (softened) • 1/4 cup sugar • 1/4 cup brown sugar • 1 tbs. milk • 1/4 tsp. vanilla extract • 3/4 cup flour • Dash o’ salt • 1/2 cup butterscotch chips • 1/2 cup melted white chocolate…
I first tried honeycomb when my mum bought some on a trip to Disneyland. As a child, I was willing to try anything that involved chocolate. Little did I know that the chocolate was only the beginning, it was the inside that was so magical! You’re hit with an immediate crunch and before you can even think, there is sugary, honey goodness melting ever so lovingly in your mouth. As I got older, honeycomb became more and more difficult to find. I have discovered that some stores carry Violet Crumbles, but it just wasn’t quite the same. The easier and cheaper way to enjoy these amazing treats? Make ‘em! Ingredients: 1 cup sugar 3 tablespoons honey 3 tablespoons water 1 teaspoon vanilla extract 1…
Have you noticed that mustaches and mustache-like props are cool now? I’m alright with it, nothing wrong with people drawing mustaches on their fingers and holding them to their upper lip or felt mustaches at parties. I’m down on the mustaches. Some of you might be sick of them, which I can understand. Which is exactly why I’ll only bother you with this once! I present to you, the choco-stache. I bought a chocolate mold at Michael’s Craft Store (yay clearance!), some lolli sticks and some Wilton’s candy melts. Melt the chocolate in a double burner or the microwave and pour it into the molds. Place the lolli sticks on the ridge and make sure it’s covered by the chocolate. Stick them in the…
I love Meringues. The sugary goodness that melts in your mouth… Not only are meringues light and delicious, they’re also very easy to make and you can customize them to whatever flavor or color that tickles your fancy. The standard meringue requires egg whites and sugar. You could add any flavored extract to create a desired taste or food coloring for some colorful treats. I decided to substitute regular sugar for brown sugar and to use vanilla extract. This gives the meringues a rich, sweet flavor and a nice light golden brown color. Let’s get started! What you’ll need (this will create about 2 dozen meringues): • 3 Egg Whites • 1/2 Cup of Golden Brown Sugar • 1/2 Tsp. of Vanilla Extract •…
