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Reese’s Turkeys

November 15, 2012 60 Comments

I couldn’t wait any longer to show you these cute little peanut butter turkeys. Well, ok, I had to wait until today because I finally finished putting everything together this afternoon. But the idea for them has been rolling around in my head all month long. I sure hope you have a bag of candy corn and some leftover Reese’s candy from Halloween. Who am I kidding? Leftover Reese’s? That never happens in this house either. My kids are just as crazy for those candies as I am. They used to share them with me when they were little…now they hide them, so I can’t find them:-) So, I just bought more for this fun project. I can’t wait to make more for us to devour on Thanksgiving Day.

How cute would these little fry boxes be at each kid’s place setting this Thanksgiving? I think this fry box die cut is my favorite one from Lifestyle Crafts right now. It makes the cutest little boxes for small treats. Plus using a die cut sure beats tracing an old McD’s fry box and trying to cut it all out right:-) I also found the “Keep Calm and ______” stamp at JoAnn’s the other day. I just filled in the “eat ham” part with some small letter stamps I found at Walmart. How perfect is this saying for these little boxes filled with turkeys?

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Pumpkin Potato Corn Chowder

November 7, 2012 23 Comments

I have been wanting to recreate this Pumpkin soup since last November. Last year my husband and I went on a mission trip to Haiti with a group from our church. You can read about it HERE and HERE if you want:-) It was such an awesome and eye opening experience for me. It is one thing to see the poverty from pictures and TV, but to experience it first hand breaks your heart. One thing that I came back thinking was how I need to be so much more thankful for the things and people that God has put in my life. I also realized how much I really can do without.

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Filed Under: dinner, seasonal, Thanksgiving Tagged With: chowder, corn, potato, pumpkin, soup

Stuffins for a Progressive Dinner Hop

November 1, 2012 38 Comments

Now that the sugar rush of Halloween is behind us, it is time to look forward to the holidays. Do you realize that Thanksgiving is in 21 days? Three weeks people…that’s all we have to finalize our dinner menus. Today I have a fun change of pace for you. I am taking a break from all the sugar that I post and participating in a fun blog progressive dinner. Join me and 8 other fabulous bloggers as we share our favorite Thanksgiving dinner ideas today…there is even a fun giveaway involved too:-)

Do you have a favorite part of Thanksgiving dinner? For me, it has always been the stuffing. I just love my dad’s stuffing fresh baked from the turkey. It was always the first thing to disappear from the table. Today I am sharing my stuffing with you, but with a fun twist. I didn’t have time to bake a whole turkey just yet, so I wanted to share a fun stuffing idea that I saw in a few magazines this year. Stuffins!!! That’s right! Stuffing baked in muffin pans for individual servings.

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Filed Under: dinner, seasonal, Thanksgiving Tagged With: bread, muffins, stuffing

Sweet Potato Crumb Cake

November 20, 2011 12 Comments

Let’s talk about one of the most controversial Thanksgiving dishes.

At least it’s pretty controversial in our house…

and by controversial, I mean everyone else hates it and I love it!

Sweet potatoes covered in brown sugar and marshmallows!!!

I am just curious…do you love or hate this delicious veggie?

And yes, I realize that I just called a dish that is loaded with sugar

and marshmallows a vegetable:-)

You’re right…it should be part of the dessert tray with the amount of sugar that I put in it!!!

Last week I wondered if I could trick my kids into eating sweet potatoes…

and I would have gotten away with it if I had remembered to put away

the list of treats that I was baking for the week.

(that list just keeps getting longer and longer each week:-)

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Filed Under: breakfast, seasonal, Thanksgiving Tagged With: cake, marshmallow fluff, oatmeal, sweet potato

Chocolate Covered Pumpkin Twinkies

September 23, 2011 43 Comments

Happy First Day of Fall!!!

I am so excited that it is now officially Fall.
The weather has even been cooperating for the most part.
We have been enjoying some cool and rainy days.
Now I am just waiting for the leaves to start turning beautiful colors.
Throw in a bonfire and it will be just about perfect:-)

How many of you get excited to bake with pumpkin each fall?

I might be going a little overboard this year…
so far I have made bread, donuts, whoopie pies, and now twinkies…
and I have 1 or 2 pumpkin recipes still waiting to be made:-)Can you say pumpkin obsessed??

For some reason it is the only time of year that I actually bake with pumpkin…
so I am just making up for lost time.
I mean the last time I baked pumpkin treats was a whole year ago.
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Filed Under: miscellaneous, Thanksgiving Tagged With: chocolate, frosting, pumpkin

Reeses Brownie Bite Turkeys

November 19, 2010 49 Comments

I just knew that this month I wanted to create
some sort of edible turkey…
but what to make???

I googled turkey treats and found tons
of the same ones made out of oreos.
Those are cute and all, but call me crazy…
I wanted to come up with some thing slightly original.

Yes, I do know edible turkey treats are NOT an

original idea, but I hope you enjoy
my take on the brownie bite turkey.
(plus to make it even more original, I FORGOT to add his gobble…
I just realized it when I was adding the pics)

You knew brownie bites were coming, right????

10 bonus points to those that spotted that one right away:-)
I couldn’t help myself…
brownie bites were the perfect body for this “sweet” guy!

I need to caution you…
these are only for the SERIOUS chocolate lover!!!
They have chocolate all over them…
just warning you now:-)

And to fill these brownie bites, I used up some of the
reeses peanut butter cups that were lurking in my cupboard.
These would be a great thanksgiving day “craft”
to do with your kids.
They could easily dip the pretzel sticks and put the sprinkles on.

Reeses Brownie Bite Turkeys

Prep Time: 1 hour

Cook Time: 25 minutes

Yield: 15 brownie turkeys

Reeses Brownie Bite Turkeys

Brownies and peanut butter cups dipped in chocolate and decorated with chocolate covered pretzels for a fun turkey treat.

Ingredients

1 pkg. brownie mix

75 mini pretzel sticks

30 Reeses peanut butter cups

30 yellow Reeses pieces

1 container fall sprinkles

1 pkg. chocolate Candiquik

1 oz. white chocolate Candiquik

15 candy corn candies

30 twist pretzels

Instructions

Bake the brownies according to the package. Cool.
Melt the chocolate melts and dip the pretzels sticks. Sprinkle with fall sprinkles. Dip the pretzel twist and let set.
Cut the tip off an Indian candy corn and add a small dab of melted chocolate to it. Attach to the front of a peanut butter cup. Melt the white chocolate. Use a toothpick to drop some white chocolate on for the eyes. When they have set, dab a little brown in the center for the eyeballs.
Once your brownies are cool, cut into 15 squares and place a peanut butter cup in the center. Roll up. Place in the freezer for 30 minutes. Dip in chocolate and let set.
Attach your peanut butter cup head to the top of the bite with some chocolate. Dip the bottom ends of the sprinkled pretzels in choc and attach to the back of the bite. Hold for a minute or it will fall off. Attach the pretzel twists to the sides the same way.
Dip the tip of the Reeses pieces in chocolate and attach to the front for feet.

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Happy Turkey Making!

Filed Under: Brownies & Bars, seasonal, Thanksgiving Tagged With: brownies, peanut butter, pretzels, Reeses Peanut Butter Cups, Reeses pieces

Pumpkin Cappuccino Chip Muffins

November 3, 2010 28 Comments

We are on our way back from a week long trip to Disney…
oh the places we went and the fun we had!

I think it was unanimous
everyone’s favorite place of the week was
The Wizarding World of Harry Potter.

It was totally wicked!!!!
(anyone know that movie quote?)

We honestly felt like we were at Hogwarts!
That place was incredible…
the best part was that it was overcast,
so the snow on the rooftops looked so realistic!!!
Can’t wait to print out pics and start scrapbooking!
(I have a cute mini album idea for some of the pics…)

But for now back to some fun baking…
and first up are these Pumpkin Cappuccino Chip Muffins.

I found this recipe at my local Starbucks…
they have been promoting the new VIA ready brew…
and have some recipes to use it in.

But I was in the mood for Pumpkin Muffins…
being that time of year for pumpkin anything,
so I modified the recipe just slightly;-)

Pumpkin Cappuccino Chip Muffins
(adapted from Starbucks recipe)

2 c. flour
1 c. sugar
3 tsp. baking powder
1/2 tsp. salt
1 c. milk
2 eggs
1/2 c vegetable oil
1 packet Starbucks VIA (I used 2 tsp. espresso powder instead)
1 c. mini chocolate chips (optional, but who are we kidding…everything is better with chocolate!)

BruCrew Additions
1 c. canned pumpkin
2-3 tbsp. sour cream
4 tbsp. extra flour
1 1/2 tsp. cinnamon

Preheat oven to 350*. Line muffin tins with cupcake liners. Mix together dry ingredients. Add wet ingredients and stir until combined. Do not over stir, batter should be lumpy. Add the chocolate chips…it isn’t optional:-). Fill muffin liners 2/3 full. Bake for 22-24 minutes or until muffins spring back when touched. Cool on wire rack. Enjoy! Makes about 24 muffins.

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