Sue Needs Your Peanut Brittle Recipe

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Over at My Wooden Spoon’s facebook page, Sue commented how she’s lost her delicious, oh so buttery, melt in your mouth crispy peanut brittle recipe and needs to find a one to replace it.  She’s scoured the internet but nothing has come close to the one she lost. So I’m asking you to dig around… [Continue Reading]

The Best Homemade Fudge Recipe

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When trying to figure out what food gifts to give this year, I thought I’d make something I usually don’t, which is homemade fudge.  I’ve heard horror stories when it comes to fudge so I can see how it can be quite intimidating for some, much like pecan pies tend to do but my recipe… [Continue Reading]

Halloween Treat – Candy Covered Mini Chocolate Apple Bites

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These don’t have to be only Halloween treats but they does make for a fun one and as you can see, we used Halloween colors and decorations to celebrate the holiday.  They are very fun and vibrant.   Halloween always seems to be about sweets (and no exceptions here) but at least there are fresh apple… [Continue Reading]

Carnation Famous Fudge – The Perfect Fudge

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I have this little booklet full of recipes you can make using Carnation Evaporated Milk and what do you think my kids chose?  Yep, fudge.  Of course they would because even though the pear pie and quiche looked fabulous, their sweet tooth tells their brain to pick the fudge. So fudge it is. Now I… [Continue Reading]

Food Porn – Perfectly Sweet Cake – Chocolate, Caramel, Cool Whip oh my!

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oh.my.gosh.  I almost don’t have words to describe this cake. Actually, I don’t have words to describe it. It’s that good. I will tell you, that after we all had a piece, I went to do one load of laundry and within 10 minutes, 2 more pieces were gone. I’m not 100% of who the… [Continue Reading]

Fast and Easy Mexican Candy with Pecans

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Over the next week I’ll be bringing a few Mexican treats like today’s Mexican Candy.   Coming from a partial Hispanic background and marrying into a Hispanic family, I’ve had the pleasure to eat some really delicious sweets that are super easy to make and VERY budget friendly! There are a few versions of Mexican Candy… [Continue Reading]

Holiday Almond Popcorn Crunch Candy

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In need of a very good treat to give for the holiday?  Almond bark, popcorn, pretzels, peanuts oh my!!  This is the perfect, affordable treat that when wrapped in cute holiday buckets and plastic goody bags, will make anyone smile!   You can make it small and large batches and even use different themed bags &… [Continue Reading]