Hmmm, I hope you’re not thinking what I think your thinking!…LOL.  A great sweet to eat this is.  Easy to–the kiddos would enjoy this!

INGREDIENTS:

• 1/2 cup (1 stick) butter, melted
• 3 1/2 cups powedered sugar
• 2 cups creamy peanut butter
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 2 cups (2 ounces) semisweet chocolate chips
• 1 tablespoon solid vegatable shortening (optional)

DIRECTIONS:

Combine the melted butter, powedered sugar, peanut butter, and vanilla in a large bowl and stir until well blended and smooth.  Chill for 2 hours, or until firm enough to easily handle.  Roll the mixture into 1-inch balls and place on a sheet of wax paper.  Melt the chocolate chips and shortening, if using, in the top of a double boiler over simmering water, stirring until smooth.  (The shortening makes the chocolate shiny.) With a thin skewer or a toothpick, spear each ball and dip it into the melted chocolate, leaving a small area uncovered to make it look like a buckeye nut.  Place the dipped balls back on the wax paper to cool and remove the toothpicks.  Drip a bit of melted chocolate over the holes make by the toothpicks.  Chill until firm.  Store in an airtight container in the refrigerator for up to 4 weeks.

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First, woohoo, we have a winner for the Cuisinart Food Prep Processor.  There were sooooo many entries!!  Thanks so much for entering:) 

May 1st officially kick started my 3 month long giveaway!  Every week from May 1st until July 31, I’ll be giving away a prize.  Let me tell you people, you won’t wanna miss this.  I’ve already given away a Cuisinart Food Processor and I currently have a Kitchenaid Stand Mixer giveaway going on right now!

The best way for you to keep track of each weekly giveaway, is to subscribe to my feed via RSS reader or by EMAIL.  If you choose email, you MUST confirm your subscription or you won’t get any updates.   I promise you will receive NO spam!  Only email updates when I make a new post here. 

I’ve made it VERY easy to enter so everyone can win.  What is that you ask?  Do I ship anywhere?  ABSOLUTELY!  I have always made my contests & giveaways eligible to everyone no matter where you live.  If UPS or USPS can deliver there, I’ll mail it there. 

TODAY’S PRIZE: GIFT SET THAT INCLUDES A KITCHENAID CHEESE & FOOD MILL, COOKING USA COOKBOOK, & 3 DISH TOWELS!…. with a Wooden Spoon;)

Prize Details: 1 Kitchenaid Professional Cheese & Food Mill.  2 blades are included–Course Grating Blade for nuts, coconut, and eggs.  Fine Grating Blade for cheese, garlic, spices, breadcrumbs, dry herbs, etc.  You basically put your stuff in it and do a little twisting action!  Viola, your stuff is grated:)  The cookbook is called Cooking USA- 50 Favorite Recipes from Across America.  This has great recipes with some fun facts about each state.  You also get 3 dish towels.  2 darker red, striped ones and 1 tan striped one and of course, you get a wooden spoon;)

HOW TO WIN:

I’ve made it super simple to enter.  You can do one or all.  You get 1 entry for each one you do, with the exception of the banner.  Please try to leave everything you’ve done in ONE comment.  It makes it easier for me to keep up with;)

1. Leave a comment. EDITED: Only ONE comment per person will count!  I seem to have one particular person that thinks he can leave several comments for additional entries.  NOT THE CASE!
2. Blog about this week’s giveaway linking to this prize page OR my home page.
3. Stumble this post.  You must be a member of Stumbleupon.  Don’t lie and say you did because I can track everyone who stumbles.  Besides that’s not fair to the others  who really did stumble.  Don’t know what Stumbleupon is?  Read about stumbling here.
4. VOTE for My Wooden Spoon as the Best Food Blog at the Blogger’s Choice Awards.  Not because of the giveaways but because you genuinely enjoy my food blog.  Be sure to tell me your username in the comments.  If you have already voted for me, leave your username in the comments for me too:)

BONUS entry:  Add a banner  to your sidebar for the duration of the giveaways (which is 3mths) and I’ll automatically give you 5 extra entries into each giveaway that you choose to enter!  I MADE FOUR BANNERS THAT YOU CAN CHOOSE FROM.  CLICK HERE!  Remember, if you already have a banner up, just let me know in the comments to remind me.

The Fine Print

Every week, the 4th entry will vary.  Number 1,2, and 3 will always remain the same.   If you choose to blog about it, you must do this for each prize, each week.  Each winner (each week) will be selected randomly.  The winner will have 1 week to claim his or her prize.   You MUST contact me to claim your prize!!

THIS WEEK’S PRIZE GIVEAWAY WILL END ON MAY 15TH, 2008 AT ABOUT 10:00PM CST. 

 Good luck to all who enter!!

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I’ve received a number of requests for dutch oven recipes and since I have some experience with that, I thought I would share one with you today. You can use your dutch oven in the home as well. Just bake it at 350′ until done.

INGREDIENTS:

• 1 (30 oz.) can fruit cocktail
• 1/2 tsp. ground nutmeg
• 1 (30 oz.) can sliced peaches
• 1 yellow or lemon cake mix; dry
• 1 (12 oz.) can crushed pineapple
• 1 cup brown sugar
• 1/2 cup instant tapioca
• 1/4 lb. butter; cut into pieces
• 1/2 tsp. ground cinnamon

DIRECTIONS:

Into a 12″ Dutch oven add canned fruit (juice included), tapioca, cinnamon, and nutmeg. Stir to mix. Sprinkle cake mix evenly over top of fruit. Sprinkle brown sugar over top of cake mix. Dab butter all over top of brown sugar. Place lid on oven. Bake for 45 minutes to an hour using 12 briquettes top and 12 briquettes bottom heat. Cobbler is done when top is brown and cake has absorbed fruit juices and is no longer dry.

Variation: Combine 1 cup of crushed pecan halves with the brown sugar for a crunchier topping.

Serves: 8-10 depending on how much your family can stuff in their mouth!

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WOOHOO!! Today is a surprise in my 3 month long giveaway! Every week from today until July 31, I’ll be giving away a prize. (1st giveaway here) with unannounced surprises like today!  Let me tell you people, you won’t wanna miss this. I gathered up some great prizes from cash, gift sets, magazine subscriptions, and even a KITCHENAID FOOD PROCESSOR:) !!!

The best way for you to keep track of each weekly giveaway, is to subscribe to my feed via RSS reader or by EMAIL. If you choose email, you MUST confirm your subscription or you won’t get any updates. I promise you will receive NO spam! Only email updates when I make a new post here.

I’ve made it VERY easy to enter so everyone can win. What is that you ask? Do I ship anywhere? ABSOLUTELY! I have always made my contests & giveaways eligible to everyone no matter where you live. If UPS or USPS can deliver there, I’ll mail it there.

TODAY’S PRIZE IS A KITCHENAID STAND MIXER FROM THE GOOD PEOPLE AT FOOD CONNECT!!

If you don’t remember, I did a review of Food Connect a while back. If you’re an avid foodie or just a beginner, it’s a great place to be social with other people of the same interests– Not to mention all the fine recipes you’ll find there! I encourage you to go read my review and then head on over and checkFood Connect out! Oh and did I mention that the WINNER will get the color of their choice?!! How cool is that! A great big thank you to Food Connect.

HOW DO WE ENTER LORI?

I’ve made it super simple to enter. You can do one or all. You get 1 entry for each one you do, with the exception of the banner. Please try to leave everything you’ve done in ONE comment. It makes it easier for me to keep up with;)

This contest will have one required entry. You must use the widget below and either ask or answer a question.  Please scroll down to ask or answer.

That shouldn’t be too hard should it?  Surely you folks can think of some questions to ask or perhaps even answer someone else’s.  I think it’s pretty cool myself and look forward to seeing what you all ask and reply with:)  I have even put one in my sidebar PERMANENTLY!

1. Leave a comment. EDITED: Only ONE comment per person will count!  I seem to have one particular person that thinks he can leave several comments for additional entries.  NOT THE CASE!
2. Blog about this week’s giveaway linking to this prize page OR my home page.
3. Stumble this post.  You must be a member of Stumbleupon.  Don’t lie and say you did because I can track everyone who stumbles.  Besides that’s not fair to the others  who really did stumble.  Don’t know what Stumbleupon is?  Read about stumbling here.
4. Add My Wooden Spoon to your blogroll! (http://mywoodenspoon.com)
5. If you’re a non-blogger, please show me the love by emailing all your friends about my giveaway;)

BONUS entry:  Add a banner  to your sidebar for the duration of the giveaways (which is 3mths) and I’ll automatically give you 5 extra entries into each giveaway that you choose to enter!  I MADE FOUR BANNERS THAT YOU CAN CHOOSE FROM.  CLICK HERE!  Remember, if you have already put a banner in your sidebar, you automatically get 5 entries!!  Just remind in the comments section;)

THIS PRIZE GIVEAWAY WILL END ON JUNE 17TH, 2008 AT ABOUT 10:00PM CST. Winner will be announced with 2 days of contest ending.

 Good luck to all who enter!!

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