Most people who know me, know that I am a big fan of chocolate. But when you pair chocolate with caramel and pretzels? Watch out! This quick and easy candy recipe would be perfect for your upcoming holiday party. Really, it'd be great for anytime of year. What is your favorite go-to holiday treat? Chocolate Walnut Caramel Pretzels Ingredients 24-36 tiny twist pretzels 12 ounces milk chocolate chips 12 ounces caramels 4 ounces chopped walnuts Supplies Wilton Chocolate … [Read more...]
White Chocolate Oreo Pretzels Recipe
How about a simple three ingredient treat for Christmas that is sure to please the whole family? I mentioned before that we are having a large family Christmas Eve party where we will be having a Minute to Win It game night and we'll be eating finger foods and desserts. This would be perfect. Plus, it is so easy. White Chocolate Oreo Pretzels Ingredients: 1 bag Pretzel rods 12 ounces white chocolate 12 Oreo cookies Supplies Wilton Chocolate Pro Electric Melting … [Read more...]
Decorate Your Own Edible Ornaments {not just for kids!}
This blog post is part of a paid SocialMoms and #HostessHoliday blogging program. The opinions and ideas expressed here are my own. We have had such a great holiday weekend. This is one of my husband's very few weekends off from church. (Minister's families know how that can be.) So our Thanksgiving holiday was awesome. Thursday we gave thanks to God, ate a huge feast with 30 family members, and cheered on our home team (Seahawks) for a big win. We put up our Christmas tree and … [Read more...]
20 Appealing and Festive Vegetarian Appetizers
Each year for Thanksgiving we like to have a large family dinner here on our reservation. We have a good sized extended family and eating together, watching football, playing games, and eating some more is a favorite past time. Truly. Having appetizers on trays throughout the day is actually a great idea for my large family. So I thought I'd roundup some vegetarian appetizers that'd be perfect for my favorite holiday. Vegetarian Appetizers Vegetarian Meatballs Pumpkin Cream … [Read more...]
Here are 20 Apple Recipes You Must Try!
Check out Apple Recipes You Must Try by LaVonne Long at Foodie.com Here in Washington state you'll find apples galore. In fact, we headed to our local farm yesterday and picked a bag full so we could make an apple dessert today. Now that I've collected 20 on Foodie.com I am not sure which one to choose. In my apple recipe collection above you'll find: apple tarts apple donuts apple cupcakes apple crisp apple dumplings and so much more! What is your go-to apple dessert? I … [Read more...]
Caramel Apple Pizza for Family Movie Night
We made Apple Pizza this week for the first time. I was heading to the store with my sister and we were talking about fruit pizza and how we hadn't had that dessert for quite some time. She mentioned making it with refrigerated cinnamon rolls. Well that gave me the brilliant idea to use my canned apple pie filling on top with caramel sauce. It was pretty simple. I unrolled the cinnamon rolls and cooked them for about 7 minutes on 350 degrees. I then topped the cooked cinnamon … [Read more...]
DIY Egg Roll Up Bar – Great for the Kids!
Our family loves eggs. We don't eat them daily but when we make them, they are a hit. I decided to do something fun with the kids this week. We had an Egg Roll Up Bar. They got to decide which fixins they wanted in their egg roll up - kind of like a burrito. And do you know what? It was a huge hit! {I even LOVED it.} Egg Roll Up Recipe Ingredients 2 Eggland's Best Eggs (per roll-up) Cheddar Cheese, shredded Green Onions, diced Tomatoes, diced Kale, chopped Salsa Sour … [Read more...]
