bake. eat. repeat.
Are you looking for a cute Easter treat to make with your family this weekend. These Oreo Bunny Pops are so fun and easy to put together.
I have one last quick and easy Easter treat to share with you this week. I realize that this it totally last minute and you probably already have your Easter treats all decided on.
Easy Easter eggs truffles made with that delicious Biscoff spread in the middle. These Biscoff Cream Eggs are the perfect extra homemade goodie that your family will love this year.
For the past few years I have been making these Peanut Butter eggs/rabbits at Easter for my kids to enjoy. My oldest son absolutely devours them each and every time. This year he told me he wanted his birthday cake to be made completely from this filling. I think he is on to something 
We made a batch of Peanut Butter Cream eggs this weekend, but it got me thinking. There are so many people with nut allergies that can’t enjoy these delicious eggs. Now this isn’t rocket science and it’s probably been done a thousand times, so just humor me. I substituted Biscoff spread for the peanut butter!!!
Oh my word!!!! The dough itself was addicting…yes, I may have had my fair share of little pieces. But when you dip the eggs in white chocolate, it is like true magic. White chocolate and Biscoff just belong together!!!
Let’s get started making some eggs. First mix all your ingredients into a dough. Then divide that yummy dough into 12 balls. If you are anything like me, you will have trouble not eating one or two of those balls. Shape them into an egg shape and flatten slightly.
Now here is the part of the recipe that I don’t like. You have to refrigerate the dough! Boo! That means I have to exercise patience before I can dip the eggs. You could dip them early, but I really don’t recommend it. Freezing the dough just helps it keep its shape better when you start pouring hot melted chocolate over the top.
After about 30 minutes in the freezer, we are ready to dip. Melt the vanilla CandiQuik according to the package and give it a stir. I like to use a fork to drop the egg into the chocolate. Then you use a spoon to cover the tops of the eggs. Do not let them sit in the hot chocolate for very long. We don’t want runny eggs getting in the chocolate…although melty Biscoff chocolate would be kind of nice to dip apples in
Remove the eggs and place on a wax paper lined tray and go to town with some sprinkles. I used two different kinds just for some more fun. It made them look so pretty!!!
What are you waiting for? You can be enjoying Biscoff eggs in less than an hour! I’m feeling the itch to make a few more batches!
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Here are some more fun treats that make good Easter treats:
Peanut Butter Easter Egg Chicks
Biscoff and marshmallow cream dipped in white chocolate for a fun twist on those Easter eggs.
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You could also divide the dough down even smaller to make 24 biscoff truffles.
Other Biscoff treats from around the web:
Chocolate Biscoff Puppy Chow from Kitchen Meets Girl
Biscoff White Chocolate Cookies from Shugary Sweets
Biscoff Bunny Tail Truffles from Bubbly Nature Creations
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How do you eat your marshmallow Peeps? Can I confess to you that I like to eat them stale, but I also like them sitting on top of Party Peeps Eclair Cake Cups.
Easter is only a week and a half away. Have you started to think about what desserts you will be serving? One of my all time favorite Easter treats are marshmallow Peeps, so I knew I want to incorporate these fun sugar coated marshmallows into a fun dessert that my kids would gobble up.
My mom used to put them in our Easter basket every single year. The on thing that she always did was to open the package and divide them up between our baskets. Now you know the problem this presents right? Easter grass was always stuck on the Peeps.
The other problem with open Peeps? They get stale. Now trust me…that is NOT a problem. Peeps are the best once they get stale. (I have been known to open a package of Peeps and then shove them in the back of the cupboard for a month.) Best thing ever!!!!
When I was at Walmart a few weeks ago, I noticed they had a few new Peep flavors to choose from. I saw these bright blue chicks and I was smitten. They are party flavored Peeps and they have some fun glittery sugar colors sprinkled on them. I brought them home and there they sat until the day I decided to make some pudding cups. But not just any pudding cups…these are a fun variation of Eclair Cake pudding cups.
Hello, Party Peeps Eclair Cake Cups! Say that 10x fast!!!
I added a whole cup of party chip dry cake mix into my pudding and whisked away. I wasn’t sure how adding cake mix to pudding was going to turn out, so I had to take a big bite…for product review
The pudding tastes just like cake batter!!! You know you all lick your bowls clean when you make cake too. The best part of this pudding…you don’t have to worry about those pesky eggs!
Look at all the layers in these pudding cups. I layered graham cracker crumbs with the cake batter pudding (look at the fun sprinkles in there!) and ended with a chocolate icing topping. The marshmallow Peep got a bed of Cool Whip to sit as the topping. Don’t you just want to dive right into these cups???
I have some more fun for all my blog peeps today…a huge Peeps giveaway and a fun Peeps Hop Along. You definitely want to check out all these great ideas!!!
Ready for more fabulous PEEPS recipes and ideas??? Visit the following websites, each is sharing an amazing PEEPS post for you today, so hop on over and check them all out! Don’t forget to enter to win the fabulous PEEPS Prize Pack below as well! Happy Spring!
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Easy no bake pudding cups topped with a marshmallow Peep is a fun way to serve dessert this Easter. The pudding mix gets a fun cake batter flavor from adding a dry cake mix when mixing.
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If you don't have any jelly jars, you could also layer this in an 8x8 baking dish.
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Looking for a fun and different Easter dessert recipe? This Carrot Cake Fudge has a Carrot Cake layer, a cream cheese frosting layer, and Carrot Cake M&M’s.
When I start on a flavor, I tend to run it into the ground. Carrot Cake is my choice of flavor right now. On Sunday I shared these Carrot Cake Magic Bars, today it is fudge, and I still have one more recipe in the works. I will wait until next week to share that one. There were a few other ideas I thought about making, but I will add those to my list for next year. [Read more...]
Do you like Carrot Cake? These Carrot Cake Magic Bars are a quick and easy treat to serve after Easter dinner.
The other day I was shopping at Walmart, and I came across this season’s newest M&M flavor. They created a white chocolate carrot cake M&M. Now you either are an A person who decided immediately that it sounds nasty, or you are a B person who is intrigued and want to give it a try. I am usually a B person with most new flavors, unless they are sour. Sour candy gives me the heebie geebies! Just can’t do it!!! Anyway, I instagrammed a picture asking opinions on this new flavor, and sure enough, the results were about half and half on whether you guys would try these too. Of course being a B person, I brought them home with me. [Read more...]
Do you have any special Valentine’s Day treats you will be making your loved ones tomorrow?
If you are still looking for something fun and delicious, I have put together 30 of my favorite recipes that I have made over the past few years.
I hope you find one that you would love to make.
PEANUT BUTTER BROWNIE BATTER ICE CREAM
NO BAKE STRAWBERRY CHEESECAKE CUPS
M&M PEANUT BUTTER PUDDING COOKIES
WHITE CHOCOLATE MOCHACCINO CHIPPERS
APPLE CIDER WHOOPIE PIES WITH RED HOT FROSTING
CHERRY MARSHMALLOW KRISPIE TREATS
CHOCOLATE CHERRY FRENCH TOAST BAKE
TRIPLE CHIP RED VELVET COOKIES
WHITE CHOCOLATE OREO BROWNIE PARFAITS
HAPPY VALENTINES DAY!!!!
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These Red Velvet Cookies with three kinds of chocolate chips will be a favorite Valentine’s Day treat this year.
A couple months ago I made these Chocolate Mint Cookies. I had to give them away, or I would have eaten the entire batch of cookies before the day was over. They were that good!
Have you tried the cake mix cookies yet? They are one of my favorite go-to cookies at the moment.
I love quick and easy they are to mix up and bake. You could bake them right away, but I like to let the dough chill in my refrigerator for about 30 minutes. It helps the dough from spreading out too thin. And DO NOT bake them more than 9 minutes. They will look very undone, but they will set up quickly.
My favorite way to eat them is fresh out of the oven. The center is still so gooey and soft and just perfect. Plus the chocolate is so melty and delicious.
I wanted to make some of these Red Velvet Cookies with a Valentine’s flair for this month. When I was shopping at Walmart I found the Nestle Valentine’s mix of chocolate chips. Every bite of these cookies has a good amount of chocolate in it.
The best thing about these cookies is that they stay soft for about 5 days. I’m sure they would stay soft longer, but cookies just don’t last long enough in our house for me to test that theory.
I hope you like red and pink Valentine’s Day treats because I kind of went overboard this year and baked quite a few. So get prepared for a new one every day and maybe even one after the heart day is over.
Here are a couple more Cookie recipes for Valentine’s Day treats that you might like:
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Red Velvet cake mix cookies with three kinds of chocolate chips
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These Caramel Mud Pie Cups are the perfect no bake treat for when you only have a few minutes to make a chocolate dessert or a Valentine’s Day treat.
Last week I didn’t bake anything at all. I know! I was just as shocked as you.
Over the past few weeks I have made so many pink and red treats to share with you, that I was kind of ahead of the game in baking. All I had to do was edit and post each day. Plus, I thought no baking means no yummy chocolate treats in the kitchen tempting me from my diet. Because we all know that sugar talks to me…and the sad thing is that I listen to whatever it tells me to do. ”Oh hello, delicious cookie. Why yes, I do want to eat you. And your friend? Of course, I’ll see what I can do.” It’s ok. I know I’m a little off my rocker. It’s the sugar talking again.
I knew the no baking would end in me making something. The last time I tried to do no baking, the week ended with these Chocolate Avocado Muffins. It was only a matter of time before I made something sugary.
Now my kids have gotten used to all these cookies and treats being around. So a week of no baking was so foreign to them. They kept asking where the snacks were. We kept pointing at the bananas and carrots and told them to have at it. Apparently they don’t want veggies and fruit after a long day at school. But we didn’t budge…well, until I had this brilliant idea to make these yummy No Bake Caramel Mud Pie cups for an after dinner treat. I found the original idea for this pie in a Holiday Jello booklet that I was looking through.
FYI…looking through cooking magazines and books when you are trying to stay away from baking is not the best possible thing you could do. I now have about 30 new ideas of things to make…like I needed more things on my list.
We had everything I needed for these no bake cups. Well, I didn’t have nuts and that’s what the original called for. Honestly I am not a huge nut fan for a crust or in anything for that matter. Don’t quote me on that though, because every once in a while I will add nuts to some things. Just doesn’t happen often.
Anyway, I started looking in our cupboards and I found a bag of holiday pretzels. Yes, people we still had jingle bell pretzels in our cupboard. The bag was unopened, so I thought this was the perfect way to get rid of them.
And since I am slightly addicted to salted caramel, I decided to add caramel topping to the no bake cheesecake layer. Best.idea.ever. Well, not for the diet eating plan but that was just silly any way!
If you are not wanting to make a bunch of little pudding cups, feel free to double the recipe and put everything in an 8 inch pie plate. Your sweetie will love you when you make this for a Valentine’s Day treat.
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Want more easy no bake dessert ideas?
No Bake Strawberry Cheesecakes
Peanut Butter Brownie Batter Ice Cream
Easy No Bake Caramel Mud Pie cups with a Pretzel Crust
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Feel free to double the ingredients and make it in an 8 inch pie plate.
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Peanut Butter Pudding cookies can make a fun Valentine treat when filled with red and pink M&M candies and chocolate chips.
These cookies will be gone before you know it.
I made these M&M Peanut Butter Pudding Cookies a few weeks ago. I thought they would last the entire week for the kids to pack in their school lunches. I should have known better! We did the same thing when I made these Peanut Butter Pudding Cookies and these Caramel Corn Pretzel Cookies. The kids kept trying to eat these for breakfast. It is full of peanut butter so I guess it is great protein.
For these particular peanut butter pudding cookies, I decided to combine both of those old recipes into one delicious cookie. If you can keep your family from devouring them right away, they would make a great Valentine treat. They are so easy to make, so grab your mixer and a baking sheet and let’s get baking.
You will start by creaming your butter and sugars until light and fluffy. I use my Kitchen Aid for every recipe…I love having my hands free to measure (and instagram). Then start adding the ingredients little by little. This recipe really is a one bowl kind of recipe. Do you like it when you only have one bowl to wash? Yeah, most days I do too!
After your dough is mixed up, you will need to chill the dough. Now quite honestly, you could bake the cookies right away, but they will not be quite as thick and puffy. Give the dough at least 30 minutes of chilling time and then start rolling the M&M Peanut Butter Pudding cookie dough into 1 1/2 inch or 2 inch balls. The dough will be slightly sticky, but it should roll easily. If not, refrigerate it longer. Keep your dough in the refrigerator while each batch is baking.
I like to bake my cookies on a Silpat. It will keep your cookies from spreading out even more. Look at that freshly baked peanut butter pudding cookie. Yes, I know that it looks underdone, but DO NOT bake any longer than 9-10 minutes. I promise you they continue to bake and set up after you pull them out of the oven. I always let my cookies rest about 2 minutes on the tray before moving them to some parchment paper on the counter. For the cookies that are really fat and tall in the center, I gently pressed the centers down with the back of the spatula or a spoon. Not too hard…just enough to flatten it out just slightly.
Store your peanut butter pudding cookies in a tightly sealed container once they are cool. I had one of these 2 days after I made them, and they were just as good as the day I made them. Obviously the kids thought so too. By the end of the 3rd day, all our M&M Peanut Butter Pudding cookies had disappeared! I would call that a recipe success.
I guess I need to find two more of my favorite cookies and try to combine them into another great cookie recipe.
More Peanut Butter recipes you may enjoy:
Peanut Butter Mini Cheesecakes
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Peanut Butter Pudding cookies with peanut butter M&M candies and chocolate chips....great for Valentine's Day treats.
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I love Rice Krispie treats.
Like, love them so much I can’t stop eating them until they are gone. It’s bad people.
Bad for the jeans in my life that is. Me on the other hand…
well, I am good with more krispies in my life.
I should probably stop making them when no one is home with me.
Today’s White Chocolate Reese’s Krispie Hearts will make you want to eat the entire batch in one day. What? That’s not normal to do?
This batch of rice krispie treats starts out like a regular pan of krispies, but at the last minute you add a box of white chocolate pudding into the melted marshmallows. Pour in the cereal and stir until coated. Go ahead and press the hot mixture into a buttered pan. Yes, go ahead and lick the spoon. You know you want to.
But…you probably are going to burn your tongue. I know, because I do it every single time I make krispie treats.
I was at Target the other day and I just couldn’t resist buying a bag of the Reese’s hearts. Not that I can resist regular Reese’s, but there is something about cute fun shapes that makes me buy them even more. I didn’t have any idea what I was going to make with them. I just knew they had to come home with me. (Please tell me I am not alone in my random candy buying!!!)
Enter the White Chocolate Rice Krispies cooling on the counter. All of a sudden I knew I wanted to share my love of krispies, CandiQuik, and Reese’s all in one glorious ADORABLE treat! You start by cutting the white chocolate krispies into a heart shape just slightly bigger than the Reese’s hearts. Then drizzle the tops of the krispie hearts with white CandiQuik and drop a Reese’s heart on the top. (go ahead and eat the rest of the Reese’s while the chocolate is setting…I won’t tell
Super easy! And so stinking cute!!!
The bonus part of cutting hearts from these white chocolate krispies???
Someone has to eat all the scraps!
It’s a rough job, but someone has to do it. ;-)
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White chocolate rice krispie treats topped with white chocolate CandiQuik and a Reese's peanut butter heart.
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You could also cut the rice krispie treats into squares and top with the melted chocolate and hearts.
Looking for ways to incorporate more Reese’s into your life this Valentine’s Day?
Here are a few of our family favorites.
PEANUT BUTTER THREAT CHEESECAKES
MARSHMALLOW REESES BLONDE BROWNIES
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Hello, Raspberry Hot Chocolate Bar goodness!
Yes, I like to incorporate chocolate into my breakfast every.single.chance I get! I don’t see it as any different than adding chocolate chips to muffins. And I’m not going to apologize for the spots of color in my baked goods.
Lately I have had some not so favorable comments about this Almond Joy Banana Bread…I am fully prepared for the bashing these granola bars will take for the color in them. Bring it on…it won’t stop me from throwing colored M&M’s into more things. Actually it just might make me do it more. I’m kind of like that! 
This bar recipe has become my favorite go-to granola bar. It is so easy to customize it for other flavors. Last month I had the thought that hot chocolate would be great in them. Turns out I was right…I only know this because the pan of Peppermint Hot Chocolate granola bars disappeared rather quickly. Probably from all the “just one more” bites I kept taking.
So, when I started thinking of doing more recipes with hot chocolate, I went to the grocery store and started looking for some other flavors. As soon as I saw the raspberry flavor, I knew that I had to try that for the bars. Finding the raspberry M&M’s in the candy aisle was just the icing on the cake….or should I say the chocolate in my bar. I love these pretty pink and red candies. They are the perfect color and flavor for Valentine’s day treats.
My daughter went to a sleepover last weekend. It was the perfect “excuse” to bake yet another treat. Actually I was happy to get these Raspberry Hot Chocolate bars out of the house. I couldn’t stop eating little bites. It is possible that I like this version the best out of all the ones I have made.
Let’s just talk about this sleepover for just one minute. Can you believe my daughter told me to make sure I wore make up when I picked her up? Apparently I just look better that way. Ha! Yes, I walk around my house with no makeup on and sometimes even mismatched clothes. Or better yet…I have been wearing my tight jeans this week. My thought is that it will stop me from eating more sweets if I can’t breathe! It has worked one day so far.
Ok, let’s get to the bars because really that’s why you are here right? To scroll through my ramblings and get to the recipe?
The texture of these bars is soft and chewy. They aren’t hard and crumbly like the store bought ones. If you like the hard ones, you could probably bake these an extra 5-10 minutes and get that texture. But I like all my baked goods to be soft, so I pulled them out of the oven at 22 minutes. I almost second guessed myself because they looked underdone. For one split second I thought about baking them longer. They had an almost undone look to them.
DON”T bake them any longer. They will set up as they cool and become this perfect chewy granola bar texture. The raspberry hot chocolate is subtle but definitely there. The raspberry M&M’s help enhance the raspberry flavor just a little bit more.
If you don’t like that much chocolate on your breakfast goods, go ahead and skip the CandiQuik drizzle. Like I said, I always look for ways to include chocolate in every meal, but that’s just me.
These are the perfect on the run bar. Package them individually in ziplock bags and grab one as you run out the door for school or work.
The only thing you will regret is not grabbing TWO for the road.
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These quick and easy granola bars get their flavor from a raspberry hot chocolate mix and raspberry M&M's.
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Want to try a few more of our favorite granola bars?
Caramel and Apple chunks give these Caramel Apple Bars the perfect texture.
Chocolate and Peppermint is always a winner in these Peppermint Hot Chocolate Bars.
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So I have decided that it is time to start posting some Valentine’s recipes here. You’re down with that right??? I promise not to go completely overboard, but this is a low fat chocolate cherry muffin top. Who wouldn’t want this kind of recipe early?
You could wait until February to make these muffins, but I seriously don’t recommend it. They were delicious!!! The yogurt in these muffins give them a soft, tender inside. I really like using yogurt instead of sour cream for muffins. It helps cut down on the fat content, which is something that I have started to watch a little more. My kids aren’t big cereal eaters, but they will eat muffins if I keep them on hand. By making them with yogurt I feel better about them eating chocolate for breakfast. Of course, we ate them at all times of the day. They are a perfect afternoon snack when you are craving just a little bit of chocolate. (that makes me laugh because when I crave chocolate, I don’t want to eat a little) These chocolate cherry muffins are also a great before bed snack…or a midnight snack! Whenever you decide to eat them, they will satisfy your chocolate crave!!!
The great thing about this muffin is that it is easy to make it in a muffin top pan or a whoopie pie pan, or if you don’t have either, just bake it in a regular muffin tin. I have included both baking times in the recipe for you. Let’s talk about the cherries for a minute. If you like fresh cherries, by all means, use the fresh cherries in your batter. I just happen to love maraschino cherries. There is usually a jar in my fridge at all times for sundaes or drinks. And I keep a backup jar in my baking cupboard…does that surprise you that I have more than one jar? Something about the taste of these jarred cherries makes me happy. They also keep their bright red color when you bake with them. I love pretty food!!! Pretty food just looks so much more appetizing!
See how puffy those chocolate cherry muffin tops turned out? I know you want a bite
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Chocolate muffins made with yogurt and filled with chocolate chips and cherries
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You can use a regular muffin tin if you don't have a muffin top pan. Bake the muffins for 18 minutes. Makes about 15 muffins.
Looking for more chocolate muffins? Try one of these…
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