M&M Peanut Butter Pudding Cookies

February 7, 2013 60 Comments

 Peanut Butter Pudding cookies can make a fun Valentine treat when filled with red and pink M&M candies and chocolate chips.

M&M Peanut Butter Pudding Cookies, peanut butter pudding cookies

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.

M&M Peanut Butter Pudding Cookies, peanut butter pudding cookies

 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.

M&M Peanut Butter Pudding Cookies, peanut butter pudding cookies

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.

M&M Peanut Butter Pudding Cookies, peanut butter pudding cookies

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.

M&M Peanut Butter Pudding Cookies, peanut butter pudding cookies

 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 & Jelly Cookies

Peanut Butter S’more Blondies

Peanut Butter Mini Cheesecakes

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M&M Peanut Butter Pudding Cookies

Prep Time: 45 minutes

Cook Time: 9 minutes

Yield: 48 cookies

M&M Peanut Butter Pudding Cookies

Peanut Butter Pudding cookies with peanut butter M&M candies and chocolate chips....great for Valentine's Day treats.

Ingredients

1 cup butter, softened
3/4 cup sugar
3/4 cup brown sugar
1 cup peanut butter
2 teaspoons vanilla
2 eggs
1 box instant vanilla pudding (3.4 oz.)
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
2 cups flour
1/2 cup white chocolate chips
1 cup Peanut Butter M&M candies
3/4 cup chocolate chips

Instructions

  1. In a large mixing bowl, beat the butter and sugars until creamy. Add the peanut butter, vanilla, and eggs and beat again. Sift together the pudding mix, salt, baking soda, and flour. Slowly add to the butter mixture. Stir in the chocolate chips and M&M's by hand.
  2. Chill the dough for at least 30 minutes. Roll the dough into 1 1/2 balls. Bake at 350* for 9-10 minutes. Cool on the pan for 2 minutes before removing to parchment on the counter. Cool completely. Store in a sealed container for 4-5 days. Makes 48 cookies, depending on the size of your dough balls.
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Reese’s Peanut Butter Cup Puppy Chow

February 3, 2013 61 Comments

Peanut Butter Cup Puppy Chow

 It’s official.  Puppy chow is my new snack love!  I made Reese’s Peanut Butter Cup Puppy Chow for the Super Bowl party we are headed to this afternoon…and it is amazing!!!

Let’s talk puppy chow for a minute.  No, it isn’t really for puppies, even though that is what the name suggests.  There have been so many comments all over pinterest about how chocolate isn’t good for dogs!  Hello!!!  People read the ingredient list…do you feed that stuff to your dogs?  Because I don’t. Well, unless she steals the bag of chow from the counter…which does happen here if we aren’t careful.  But I don’t GIVE it to her.  I have also seen it called Muddy Buddies, and to me that name isn’t much better, because who eats mud.  Right?

Whatever you call it, just call it good!!!   I mean it’s cereal coated in melty chocolate goodness and doused in a whole lot of powdered sugar.  How could you not love the stuff?

Peanut Butter Cup Puppy Chow

Now I know that I just posted the Mocha Cappuccino puppy chow recipe on Thursday, and here I am with another puppy chow for you today.  But in my defense, this Peanut Butter Cup Puppy Chow was way too good to wait any longer.  I just had to share it with you right away.  I mean it has 4 different kinds of Reese’s loving going on in it.  You can see why I couldn’t wait another day!

Ok, ok!  Fine, I had to share it right away for two reasons.  1.  It was amazing!!!!  You needed it.  2.  I didn’t want to wait…because I just knew one of my amazing blog friends might have this chow version up their sleeves…so I didn’t want to be disappointed when I googled it a week from now, and someone else had already made it.  :-)

Peanut Butter Cup Puppy Chow

 For this batch of Reese’s Peanut Butter Cup Puppy Chow, I used more chocolate so the powdered sugar would stick a little bit heavier.  If you do not want so much powder, feel free to use a little less.  Have you used the CandiQuik melting chocolate before?  I love that it comes with it’s own melting tray.   I just opened the outer package and put the tray in the microwave.  Once the chocolate was melted, I added the peanut butter right to the tray and stirred it in.  It saves me one dish to clean later.  Gotta love that!

Peanut Butter Cup Puppy Chow

A yummy Reese’s snack that takes less than 10 minutes to make?  That’s my kind of treat!

Did I say I was taking this to a party today???

I think I feel a cold coming on…I better stay home and make it feel better with Peanut Butter Cup Puppy Chow :-)

 

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If you ever have extra Reese’s just lying around, I suggest one of these recipes.
Hahaha!   That made me laugh…I never have extra Reese’s just for no reason!!!

Marshmallow Reeses Blonde Brownies

Marshmallow Reese’s Blonde Brownies

Peanut Butter Threat Cheesecakes 2

Peanut Butter Threat Mini Cheesecakes

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Prep Time: 10 minutes

Yield: 10 cups

Reese

Chex cereal coated with a peanut butter chocolate and tossed with 2 kinds of Reese's candies

Ingredients

8 cups Chex cereal
2 cups Reese's Puffs cereal
16 oz. vanilla CandiQuik
1/2 cup peanut butter (I used Reese's)
1 bag Reese's mini peanut butter cups (8 oz.)
2 cups powdered sugar
1/2 cup mini Reese's pieces

Instructions

  1. Combine the cereal in a bowl and set aside. Divide the powdered sugar into 2 big ziplock bags and set aside. Place the CandiQuik in the microwave for 1 minute. Stir. Heat an additional minute, stirring every 30 seconds. Spoon the peanut butter into the melted chocolate and stir until smooth.
  2. Pour the melted chocolate over the cereal and stir until coated. Toss the peanut butter cups with the cereal. Spoon the mixture into the two ziplock bags evenly. Close and shake until thoroughly coated. Spread out on a parchment lined cookie sheet until set. Sprinkle with the Reese's pieces. Store in a sealed container for up to one week.
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White Chocolate Reese’s Krispie Hearts

January 27, 2013 42 Comments

White Chocolate Reese's Krispie Hearts

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?

White Chocolate Reese's Krispie Hearts

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.

White Chocolate Reese's Krispie Hearts

 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!!!)

White Chocolate Reese's Krispie Hearts

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!!!

White Chocolate Reese's Krispie Hearts

 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 Reese’s Krispie Hearts

Yield: 15 hearts

White Chocolate Reese’s Krispie Hearts

White chocolate rice krispie treats topped with white chocolate CandiQuik and a Reese's peanut butter heart.

Ingredients

3 Tablespoons butter
1 bag miniature marshmallows (10 oz.)
1 box Jello white chocolate pudding (3.4 oz.z)
6 cups Rice Krispies cereal
2 oz. white CandiQuik, melted
15 Reese's peanut butter hearts

Instructions

  1. Place the butter and marshmallows in a large saucepan. Heat and stir on medium heat until melted and smooth. Add the pudding and stir for about 1 minute so the pudding can dissolve. Stir in the cereal.
  2. Pour the cereal into a buttered 9x13 pan. Press gently and evenly. Let set about 15 minutes. Use a heart cookie cutter to cut out 15 hearts. Let cool completely.
  3. Drizzle the krispie hearts with the melted CandiQuik. Press a Reese's heart on top before the CandiQuik sets. Let set before serving.

Notes

You could also cut the rice krispie treats into squares and top with the melted chocolate and hearts.

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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 Pudding Cookies

PEANUT BUTTER PUDDING COOKIES

Peanut Butter Threat Cheesecakes

PEANUT BUTTER THREAT CHEESECAKES

Marshmallow Reeses Blonde Brownies

MARSHMALLOW REESES BLONDE BROWNIES

Reeses Popcorn Munch - chocolate covered popcorn filled with Reeses PB cups and pieces #reeses #popcorn http://www.insidebrucrewlife.com

REESES POPCORN MUNCH

 

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Reese’s Turkeys

November 15, 2012 60 Comments

Reese's Turkeys

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.

Reese's Turkeys

 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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Peanut Butter Blasted Oreo Popcorn Munch

October 31, 2012 41 Comments

Happy Halloween!  The one day a year we let our kids take candy from strangers…in fact, we even let them knock on the strangers doors begging for the candy.  Does anyone else find the irony in this holiday?  That being said…my kids are going out with us right behind them, watching every move everyone makes.  This year we attempted to create their costumes using only what we had on hand.  For some reason they are obsessed with the show “My Babysitter is a Vampire”, so vampires all around.  I’m just glad my son gave up the werewolf costume…I couldn’t find anything here in the house to recreate that.  Vampires are so much easier to come up with.

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Peanut Butter Marshmallow Brownie Cups

September 12, 2012 37 Comments
Lately I have realized that I am easily distracted or disorganized…or both.

I have been losing receipts and putting things down then forgetting where they are.
Those are the times I pound around the house blaming one of the kids for moving it.
But then I find it, and realize that I am the one who moved it.
The thing is our house isn’t that big and I don’t have huge messes everywhere.
Yes, there are some things that could be a little better organized.

It is just this mom brain of mine that needs some more help.

Just a few weeks ago, we were coming home from somewhere.
I don’t remember…I have forgotten that already.
Anyway, my husband had some cash from something and he handed it to me.
Joking around he laughed and said “Can I trust you with this?” It wasn’t a lot.
But it’s money.  I can be trusted with that always.  Wink, wink!!!

Well, I put it in a pocket in my purse that I don’t ever put money in.
Don’t ask.  I don’t know why either.
Fast forward a few days and my husband wants the money for something.
Do I remember where I put it?  Of course not.

I search my purse, my wallet, my jeans pocket…the van.
No money anywhere.
It’s gone.  Disappeared. Vanished.

About a week later, I was digging in my purse.  Yes, the very same one I searched earlier.
Any guesses what I found in the inside pocket, under some missing receipts:-)
The money.
It was there the whole time…probably laughing at me.

I can tell you one thing that I will never lose!!!
Brownies.
Especially brownies with a fluffy peanut butter nougat filling,
oh, and a hidden marshmallow center!!!
You didn’t think I would forget to tell you about the center, did you???

Of course not.  These were way too good to forget about.
Plus, I only have one refrigerator so they were kind of hard to lose.

Don’t make these unless you have somewhere to take them or someone to give them too!
They are super addicting!!!
I kinda really wish I had lost them…my jeans wish I had too:-)

Want more mini brownie ideas?
Milky Way Brownie Cups - BruCrew Life
Brownie Bites with Root Beer Frosting –  Shugary Sweets
Pumpkin Swirl Brownie Bites – Bakers Royale
Pumpkin Spice Brownie Bites- BruCrew Life

Peanut Butter Marshmallow Brownie Cups

by Inside BruCrew Life
Prep Time: 20 minutes
Cook Time: 12 minutes
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Ingredients
  • 1 box brownie mix (for 9×13 pan)
  • 1/2 c. marshmallow fluff
  • 1 2/3 c. peanut butter chips (10 oz. bag)
  • 1 1/2 tsp. shortening
  • 1 container cool whip (8 oz.)
  • 1/4 c. chocolate chips
Instructions
Prepare the brownie mix according to the 2 egg direction on the back of the box. Spoon 1 teaspoon into greased mini muffin tins. Bake for 12 minutes at 350*. Let the brownies cool in the pan for 2 minutes, then use a wooden tart shaper or spoon to push the centers in. Let cool 2 more minutes in the pan, then remove to wire rack and cool completely.*
In a small sauce pan over low heat, melt the peanut butter chips and 1 teaspoon shortening. Stir until completely smooth. Beat with mixer for 1 minute. Add whipped topping and beat one more minute.
Spoon a small amount of marshmallow fluff into each cup. Spoon the whipped peanut butter mixture into a piping bag or plastic bag and swirl it on top of the marshmallow. Refrigerate until set.
In a microwave safe bowl, heat the chocolate chips and 1/2 tsp. shortening for 20 seconds. Stir and repeat until melted and smooth. Place in a plastic bag and cut the tip off. Drizzle over brownie cups and top with a mini Reeses pieces. Keep refrigerated.  Makes 48 mini brownies.
Note: I use a butter knife to go around the outside of the brownie cup, making it easier to remove from the pan.
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Peanut Butter Kit Kat Ice Cream Sandwiches

September 9, 2012 25 Comments

I was cleaning up some photo folders on our computer and,
I realized that I have so many recipes from this summer that I still haven’t shared.

I’m sure that means I bake way too much and should probably slow down…
yeah, like that’s going to happen:-)
And I have the stretchy pants to prove it!!!

Yesterday our weather turned cooler…very fall like and wonderful.
Gotta love bringing out the jeans and hoodies.
I am so excited for my favorite season to be here non stop!!!
In the evening my husband got out our fire pit and we enjoyed a blazing fire.

The irony in this…we were huddled around the fire to keep warm…
while eating ice cream!!!

I came to the realization that just because summer is gone (I hope),
doesn’t mean we stop eating ice cream here.
And I’m betting that most of you keep eating ice cream too.
So, I think I am safe to share the couple ice cream goodies from this summer.

A chewy oatmeal peanut butter cookie…
studded with white chocolate Kit Kat bars.
What could be better?
Oh yeah, TWO of these cookies and vanilla ice cream in the middle.

Sandwich cookies are the best because you get 2 cookies + filling every time you have just one.
I definitely need to make more filled cookies just for that reason alone:-)
And you wonder why I wear stretchy pants…

Peanut Butter Kit Kat Ice Cream Sandwiches

by Inside BruCrew Life
Prep Time: 45 minutes
Cook Time: 11 minutes
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Ingredients
  • 1 c. peanut butter
  • 1 c. butter
  • 2 c. brown sugar
  • 2 Tbsp. honey
  • 3 eggs
  • 1 Tbsp. vanilla
  • 1/2 tsp. salt
  • 1 tsp. baking soda
  • 2 1/2 c. flour
  • 2 c. quick oats
  • 3 c. chopped white chocolate Kit Kat bars
Instructions
Cream together the peanut butter, butter, honey, and brown sugar until fluffy. Add the eggs and vanilla and beat again. Sift together the salt, baking soda, flour, and oats in another bowl, then slowly add them to the creamed mixture. Do not over beat. Stir in the candy bars by hand. Refrigerate the dough for at least 30 minutes.
Roll the dough into 1 1/2 inch balls. Place on a baking sheet with 2 inches around each one. Bake at 350* for 11 minutes. Let cool for 2 minutes before removing to a wire rack to cool completely. Place a scoop of ice cream on a cookie and top with another one. Makes 24 sandwiches.
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Reeses Peanut Butter Pudding Cookies

August 16, 2012 13 Comments
In a yummy cookie mood today???
Today I am sharing one of my absolute favorite cookies with you.
These cookies are full of peanut butter cups, Reeses pieces, and marshmallows.
Want the recipe?


Then head over to Southern Lovely today, where I am guest posting 
and sharing the recipe for these absolutely delicious cookies!!!

I can’t wait to see you there:-)

 

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Peanut Butter & Jelly Cookies

August 2, 2012 51 Comments
I made cookies…again….with more Reeses!
Does that surprise you??
Yes, addicted is the word I use too:-)

Ever since I made THESE COOKIES
I kept thinking about a vanilla version with more Reeses in them.

Then one day when the kids were having a super simple lunch of pb & j…
and it hit me!!!  Peanut butter and jelly in a cookie!
Awesome idea huh???

I suppose I could make better use of my time and do housework things
like dust, mop, laundry, or even clean the toilet.  ”shiver”
But when I get an fun baking idea in my head,
I kind of get distracted until I make it come to life!!!

And I have to say, making cookies is always more fun than a super squeaky clean house.
I usually do little cleaning things while the cookies are in the oven.
Gotta save some face a little here!
Honest I do clean my house…but I probably spend more time in the kitchen.
Probably why I get “that look” from my hubby some days.

Does anyone else get that look?

You know…the silent stare???
No?  Maybe I’m the only one:-)

It’s the look that that says I have been crafting, baking, & blogging way too much.
Always a good idea to spend the next day feverishly cleaning up my mini messes!

Plus we can only eat cookies so many days a week.
One day off from baking is probably a good idea…

at least that’s what my thighs keep telling me!!!

Peanut Butter & Jelly Cookies

by Inside BruCrew Life
Prep Time: 30 minutes
Cook Time: 10-12 minutes
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Ingredients
  • 1 white cake mix
  • 1/2 c. butter, melted
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 tsp. vanilla
  • 1 c. chopped Reeses peanut butter cups (9 snack size)
  • 1/2 c. chopped dark chocolate raspberry Ghirardelli squares (6 squares)
Instructions
Preheat oven to 350*. Mix cake mix, butter, eggs, and vanilla in a mixing bowl for about 2 minutes. Gently stir in the chopped candy pieces. Chill the dough for 20 minutes in the refrigerator before baking. Form into 1 to 1 1/2 inch balls and place on a non stick baking sheet. Bake 10 -12 minutes. Let cool on baking sheet for 2 minutes then remove to your wax paper lined counter to cool completely. Makes about 30 cookies.
Note: I froze the peanut butter cups and raspberry chocolate before baking. It made it easier to chop without smashing the candy.
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Fluffernutter Popcorn Balls

July 30, 2012 45 Comments
It’s the last Monday of the month…
do you know what that means???
It means it’s the Secret Recipe Club reveal day for my group!!!  Go group D!!!

Today I can finally tell you what blog I have been stalking reading through this past month.
The fun twist to this club is that you have to keep your lips zipped on who you have.
This month I was assigned Kimberly’s blog Rhubarb and Honey.
As soon as I saw she was addicted to shoes and magazines, I knew this would be a happy place:-)
Plus we are celery hating twins!!!  Fast friends in no time I tell ya!!!

Can I tell you how much fun she is to read through…the crafts, the photography,
and the recipes!!!!  It was tough to pick just one thing to make for this.
I mean look at this Peanut Butter & Jelly Banana Bread!
Or this Sweet Potato and Chorizo Lasana!!!  Yum!!!

But I procrastinated, yet again, and so as I was looking through Kimberly’s recipes…
I came across these fun Popcorn Baseballs.

If you have been reading my blog for very long…you know I am addicted to fun popcorn!
It was fate…I mean just Friday I shared Monster Cookie Dough Popcorn Munch!!!
Any chance I get to jazz up plain popcorn, I’m going to take it!!!!
THIS. WAS. THE. RECIPE. for me this month!!!

Simple, FUN, and easy to use whatever is in your baking cupboard.

We got back from camping on Saturday, so I knew time wasn’t on my side.
Can we say procrastinator…big time!!!!

Whatever was in the cupboard was going to have to do.
I dug through and found a few bags of Reeses peanut butter chips and mini M&M’s.
(yes, I always have a few bags or each kind just waiting around for inspiration or in this case disaster:-)

Peanut butter and marshmallow is definitely a favorite combo around these parts,
so I knew that I would have a winner for sure.
Now my first thought was to eliminate some marshmallow from the recipe and
make them into bars…BAD IDEA!!!

The first batch fell apart when I started cutting into them.
Bad for the post, but oh so yummy for our tummies!
The kids had no problem polishing off my little recipe “fail”!!!

So now it is Sunday and the post is due in ONE day….aaaaaahhhh!
Good thing I still had enough baking supplies to make it again…not time for a grocery store run.
This time I  was USING the marshmallows.
I figured that would make it hold together for a bar for sure!!!

Wouldn’t you know the minute I cut into them…
yup, you guessed it, they kind of crumbled.
Not as bad as the first batch…
but still not very picture worthy!!!
WHAT was I going to do???

You can imagine the panic that was starting to creep into my body.
So I grabbed a bunch and started to compress it into a popcorn ball…
this was going to work if I had anything to say about it!

And you know what…turns out I should have just followed Kimberly’s recipe
in the first place:-) They were super easy to make into popcorn balls.
But not as hard and crunchy as the ones I used to get in my Christmas stocking every year…
you know the ones right?  The ones that sat around until Easter when you finally threw them out!
I have no idea why my parents bought them every year? :-)

Not these popcorn balls…they are soft and easy to pull apart!

Now because I can’t leave well enough alone,
I started digging in my cupboard again.
I knew somewhere up there I had thrown a bag of wooden popsicle sticks.

In my head these popcorn balls would be so fun with a stick, a cupcake liner, and a washi flag!!!
EEEEEIIIKKK!!!  Love it so much when something goes from my head into real life!
I knew I bought that washi tape for a good reason:-)

These turned out absolutely adorable…and super duper delicious too!!!
So good, that I have the rest wrapped up to send out the door ASAP!
I can’t be around such cuteness without devouring one each time I go into the kitchen!!!

Thank you so much Kimberly for a fun recipe to play around with!!!
This recipe is a sure fire keeper!!!
I definitely see more fun popcorn balls in our future:-)
Can we say Christmas stocking tradition?
Yup, it just might live on now!

Fluffernutter Popcorn Balls

by Inside BruCrew Life
Prep Time: 20 minutes
Cook Time: 5 minutes
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Ingredients
  • 8 c. popped popcorn
  • 6 c. miniature marshmallows
  • 2 Tbsp. butter
  • 1 c. peanut butter chips
  • 1 Tbsp. shortening
  • 2 tsp. sea salt
  • 1 c. miniature M&M’s
Instructions
In a large saucepan, combine the butter and 4 c. of marshmallows. Heat over low/medium heat until melted and creamy. Set aside for a minute. In a microwave safe bowl, combine the peanut butter chips and the shortening. Heat for 30 seconds and stir. Repeat.
Place the popcorn in a large bowl. Pour the melted marshmallow over the popcorn and stir. Add the melted peanut butter chips and stir again. Toss in the m&m’s, salt, and the extra 2 c. of marshmallows and stir really well. Let cool. Squeeze handfuls into large balls and set on a baking tray. Garnish with popsicle sticks, washi tape, and cupcake liners. Keep covered. Makes about 12 large popcorn balls.
Note: I pressed my popcorn into a 9×13 pan while it was warm. After it was chilled, I cut it into squares and then made each square into a ball.
*Adapted from Rhubarb and Honey
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Peanut Butter Brownie Batter Swirl Ice Cream

July 25, 2012 46 Comments

I know…say that name 10 times fast!!!
But since July is Ice Cream month…

…we had to have ice cream again!!!
I would say this is the last, but we both know I would be lying!
You seriously need to try making the 2 ingredient ice cream…
it gets super addicting trying to make new flavors.
Of course once I was done with this…it wasn’t 2 ingredients anymore!
Hence the super duper long recipe name.
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Peanut Butter Banana Coffee Milkshakes

July 13, 2012 43 Comments

Yesterday was one of those days…

Peanut Butter Banana Milkshake, coffee milkshake

one where my attitude and heart just weren’t right all day.
I had a serious case of the crankies…
and the sad thing, was that I knew it.
Did I do anything to change it?
No, and I let my crankiness out on my family.
The kids were loud and obnoxious all day…
and the infernal whistling in the house was getting on my last nerve.
I have to confess that I raised my voice to them more than once…
and I’m sure if a mirror had been in front of me, I wouldn’t have liked what I saw.
Oh, and I made them clean up the many messes that they continued to leave behind.
Seriously I thought, “How many times do I have to tell them?” and
“Is summer over yet?”  I may have even let the comment slip that I couldn’t wait for school.
I let my irritation grow and grow without taking a moment to figure out what was behind it.
Peanut Butter Banana Milkshake, coffee milkshake
As I sat there,
I realized that I can pinpoint where my bad attitude is coming from.
Since summer has started we have gotten way off schedule.
Now that isn’t the bad part…I think it’s ok to relax a little when the opportunity is there.
But getting off schedule means we are up way later than before (me even later doing blog stuff)
causing us to sleep in until unearthly hours.
Then I am rushed to get exercise in, make food, clean the house, run errands, play games…
add in baking, blogging, photography…the list goes on.
Did you catch something???
No where in my list did I mention quiet time or Bible reading.
My heart isn’t right because I haven’t been getting the right food for my heart.
I spend a lot of my time every day around food, yet failed to miss the most important meal.
I keep telling myself that I need to get all this other stuff done first and that I will do it later.
Unfortunately later tends to never come.
PB Banana Milkshake
My day feels rushed from all the things that I do…or don’t do.
Some things are important (like trying to keep a clean house and feed munchkins)
but a lot of my day is filled with nothingness.
My priorities have gotten off track, and my attitude has just followed.
I need to be sitting down with my Bible and devotional and starting my day out better.
That alone will make me a more pleasant person to be around…
it will make me a nicer mom.
I don’t want cranky mom to be the one the kids remember.
My goal for the rest of the summer…
make the time each morning to sit quietly, without the distractions of the internet,
and have some real “breakfast”.
I think the crankies will disappear pretty quickly when I have the right food.
Peanut Butter Banana Milkshake, coffee milkshake

I know this had nothing to do with the milkshake pictures.  I’m sorry!

When I sat down to write something, nothing came to mind.
All I could think about was the bad day,
and how I messed up royally as a wife and mother.
The Lord prompted my heart and it all just came out as I typed.

Thank you for letting me share a little bit of what was truly on my heart.

Now who wants a
peanut butter banana coffee milkshake:-)

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Peanut Butter Banana Coffee Milkshakes

Prep Time: 10 minutes

Yield: 3 shakes

Peanut Butter Banana Coffee Milkshakes

Peanut butter banana milkshakes get a jolt of caffeine from the coffee

Ingredients

1 whole frozen banana
3 1/2 c. vanilla ice cream
1/2 c. peanut butter
1 c. brewed coffee, cooled

Instructions

  1. Add everything to a blender and pulse until smooth. Pour into 3 glasses and top with cool whip and sprinkles if desired. Serve immediately.
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