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Andes Mint Cookie Dough Truffle Bars

Andes Mint Cookie Dough Truffle Bars: No bake cookie dough truffles get even easier to make when you spread them into a pan and cover them in mint chocolate.

These easy chocolate no bake truffles are made with Andes Mints and aerfect for holiday cookie trays.

Want to know something crazy about me?

I am a big time talker. Oh, but not out loud and to anyone. That's right. I talk to myself. Really I think it is just because I have so many ideas going through my head at once that some of them have to come out somehow or I'll explode. That and for some reason actually saying things out loud helps me process my ideas even more. Tell that to my hubby! He just thinks I'm plain crazy. As long as I'm just talking about cookie dough and treats, I think I'm totally sane...right?

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Peanut Butter Cranberry Granola Bites

Peanut Butter Cranberry Granola Bites are a simple and healthy little snack that is so delicious. They are the perfect size to munch on during the day.

The weekend is when I tend to slack off on eating healthy. All week long we do really well with planning healthy meals, and I stay out of the goodies that I make.

But then the weekend hits and one bite after another seems to be worse than the last. Sweets, carbs, more sweets. You name it, and I am probably eating it. [Read more...]

10 Fun Things About Carnival Cruises

Last month we took our family on a Carnival cruise. February was the perfect month to go this year with all the snow and cold weather we experienced. My husband and I booked this cruise about 6 months ago, but we didn't tell our kids. It was a long six months, and we almost spilled the beans so many times. But the end surprise was so much fun to share with them. We actually waited until the morning that we were leaving to tell them. We woke them up early for a "family" meeting where we let them know they weren't going to school because of our trip. The look on their faces was priceless. We have never seen them get ready so quickly on a school morning 🙂

I wanted to find a fun way to share some of the pictures I took that week with you, so today I am putting them into our top 10 things we enjoyed the most about Carnival cruising.

1. Carnival Cruises are affordable. Vacations with 5 people tend to get pricey when you start figuring in lodging, food, travel expenses, clothing, and so many more things. We love that a cruise includes most of those expenses in one flat fee. You do still have your travel expenses getting there and buying whatever clothes you may need, but the cruise itself is very doable.

If you book one of the older ships, you can also have 5 people in one cabin. Yes, that is tight, but totally doable as well. Even with our kids getting older, we still had plenty of room. The only thing you need a cabin for on a cruise is sleeping and showering. Why spend more money on a bigger cabin that you are not going to be in? [Read more...]

Sesame Ginger Chicken

We just finished up signing our youngest up for soccer and baseball, and our daughter is looking at running track and also has a volleyball camp in a few weeks. That means meal time is about to become interesting in our house.

Track practice is right after school until dinner time. Soccer and baseball usually starts right after dinner. That means dinner needs to be fast and easy, so that everyone can enjoy a hot meal before heading to the next activity. With Spring quickly coming and practices going on the calendar, I am on the look out for new and easy dinner ideas for our family.

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Irish Cream Chocolate Coconut Cookies

These Irish Cream Chocolate Coconut Cookies have soft chocolate centers and delicious toasted coconut on the outside.

Chocolate cookies with toasted coconut on them.

Do you like to celebrate different food holidays? As a food blogger, I tend to really watch for "national holidays" so I can make more fun food. If you google it, you will find just about every day has something delicious they are celebrating.

This time of year everything is showing up in green, mint, or rainbow. It is fun to create different seasonal foods that still work the rest of the year. Just change out the colors, and these cookies will work for any holiday.

Today I am joining with a group of blog friends to bring you St. Patrick's Day treats made using different Pillsbury products. Make sure you keep reading all the way through to find the links to all these amazing recipes.

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Chocolate Lucky Charms Popcorn

Chocolate Lucky Charms Popcorn is fun to make and eat on movie nights. When combined with cereal, marshmallows, and candies, chocolate-covered popcorn becomes a charming treat.

If you love this cereal, then you have got to try these Lucky Charms cookies as well!

Chocolate popcorn mixed with Lucky Charms in a green square container.

We have a new person in our house. His name is "I didn't do it". Sometimes, he even says, "It wasn't me".

All three kids have come to rely on him when something has happened that no one wants to claim. The problem is that "I didn't do it" and "It wasn't me" have been used so much lately that now everyone loses out when he shows up.

Losing technology is a great way to motivate "I didn't do it" to leave.

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Chocolate Pudding Cookies

Chocolate Pudding Cookies will satisfy all those chocolate longings in a hurry. Rich chocolate cookies with a fun candy crunch are the perfect way to enjoy the weekend.

Chocolate Crunch Pudding Cookies - these rich chocolate cookies have plenty of crunch from the candy mixed in

It has been a while since I have made pudding cookies.

Last summer and the year before that, I couldn't make enough different flavors, and then I just stopped. Boy, am I glad I found my way back to them! They are so soft and delicious!

Really you can use any flavor of pudding, but this past weekend I was in a chocolate kind of a mood. I was remembering these Chocolate Reese's Pudding Cookies and decided to create another flavor based on those.

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Banana Sheet Cake

This Banana Sheet Cake is soft and moist with mini chocolate chips in every slice. It's made with coconut oil and oat flour, and topped with the most delicious honey peanut butter frosting. Believe me, this dessert will disappear very quickly!

Two squares of banana cake with peanut butter frosting on white plates.

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This cake recipe actually started as a happy accident. I was on the phone with my sister one day. She wanted to make my best banana cake, but she was missing a few ingredients.

So we started swapping things out and making it work with what she had on hand. A few tweaks and suddenly we had a completely new and delicious cake.

The coconut oil keeps the cake so moist, and the oat flour adds a subtle nutty flavor and texture. I love adding mini chocolate chips and a peanut butter frosting. Banana, chocolate, and peanut butter are one of the greatest flavor combos, and this cake proves it!

Why You'll Love This Banana Sheet Cake Recipe

It's so moist and delicious. The combination of coconut oil and ripe bananas keeps the cake so soft and tender for days.
Loaded with chocolate and peanut butter flavor. Mini chocolate chips and peanut butter frosting give this sheet cake an amazing taste.
Made in a 9x13 pan. No layers, no fuss, and feeds a crowd. It's the kind of cake you bring to a party and come home with an empty pan.
Perfect way to use up ripe bananas. Those brown, spotty bananas that no one wants to eat make the most incredible banana cake.

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Cherry Jello Salad

This Cherry Jello Salad is a sweet side dish to add to your dinner menu. It can put together quickly in the morning and then is ready for dinner later.

Why is it that the kids are extra loud and sing songy on the morning after you stay up really late the night before?

I have been trying to be better about getting to bed earlier. I am quite the night owl and would much rather stay up late at night working on projects. Getting up early is for the birds in my opinion.

Of course the other night, I stayed up way too late doing who knows what. The next day the kids were louder than normal and were singing about everything under the sun.

Now don't get me wrong. I am thankful they were happy and cheerful...but my head and ears just want quietness until I fully wake up. Thank goodness there was no snow delay that morning. [Read more...]

Hot Chocolate Popcorn Balls

Marshmallows and hot chocolate are a fun addition to popcorn balls. These Hot Chocolate Popcorn Balls are easy to put together and would be perfect for any Valentine's party this week.

We like to make fun treats from time to time around here. Not that you are surprised by that fact at all because most of the fun treats get shared with you too. But sometimes those fun treats get made and and eaten before they ever make it here.

These popcorn balls were a treat I made for my kids last year. I have been wanting to make them again, so I could share them, but before I knew it a whole year had passed.

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