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Loaded Butterfinger Banana Muffins

Do you know what happens when you add candy bars to muffins? You get Loaded Butterfinger Banana Muffins!

Oh, don't act all surprised that I put sweets in my breakfast food!!! It's kind of a thing I do around these parts. I mean there are cookies in these berry burst Oreo scones!

Back to these muffins...if you add candy to them, you and everyone in your house will eat them for breakfast, morning snack, lunch, after lunch snack, dinner, and bed time snack. Basically those candy filled muffins disappear like hot cakes. It will make you feel all warm and cozy inside because missing muffins means this is a good recipe...a really, REALLY good one!!! [Read more...]

Coffee Oreo Bark

Does anyone else remember the coffee Oreos? It has been years since they made them, but almost every single time my husband and I see Oreos in the grocery store, we talk about how good those coffee ones were.

Let me tell you...we are talking "eat the entire package" good! (They even inspired this yummy mocha Oreo cheesecake a few years ago.)

There aren't too many things that I would actually eat an entire package of in one sitting (well Reeses, duh), but these particular Oreos were worthy of eating all of them at once.

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Peppermint Snowball Cookies

Christmas cookie season is here and everyone is looking for an easy-to-make holiday cookie. These Peppermint Snowball Cookies are the perfect treat. Everyone loves these Christmas cookies because they are delicious AND festive!

Love peppermint treats? Be sure to check out our peppermint stick ice cream and these peppermint Oreo cookies.

A holiday napkin with a few white chocolate peppermint snowball cookies topped with candy canes on it.

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I have been making these peppermint snowball cookies for years. I don't even remember when or where I found this cookie recipe. But it isn't the holiday season until we make one or two batches of these snowballs.

Snowballs are traditionally rolled in powdered sugar while they are warm. This makes them white like a snowball. But I like to dip them in white chocolate and sprinkle crushed candy canes on them instead.

These are one of my all time favorite cookies to make for Christmas because they melt in your mouth. You can also make these year round by just changing out the extract to another flavor and topping them with sprinkles. Or you can make them chocolate and stuff them with a Hershey's kiss like these chocolate bon bon cookies.

Why Make Snowballs

Peppermint snowballs are the perfect Christmas cookies for any gathering or party. Candy cane sprinkles make them so festive looking which is always fun for the holidays.

They are easy to make and taste so good. Each one is soft, buttery, and melts in your mouth.

You can use different flavors or colors of candy canes to give the rolled shortbread cookies a different look. Sprinkles are another great option.

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Merry Christmas!

I want to wish everyone a very Merry Christmas from our family to yours. Enjoy every minute of laughter, love, family, and memories that you have this holiday season...and make sure you eat lots of cookies and fudge:-)

"For to us a child is born, to us a son is given; and the government will be upon his shoulder, and his name shall be called Wonderful Counselor, the mighty God, the everlasting Father, the Prince of Peace." Isaiah 9:6

Strawberry Nutella Braid

This easy Strawberry Nutella Braid is an easy breakfast treat. The sweet filling will have the breakfast pastry disappearing in no time at all.

I think we are all ready for Christmas. Just a few little things left to do like wrapping the gifts and putting things in stockings.

Oh, and plan breakfast for Christmas morning. I'm thinking about some Nutella crescent roll braids like this.

Do you like easy breakfast recipes? We do too. Easy recipes are perfect for a day when you want to spend it relaxing in your jammies with your kiddos.

This is such a simple breakfast pastry that even the kids can help make one. Our daughter loves that we braid this just like we braid her hair. [Read more...]

Baked Biscoff Donuts

Frosting and candies make these baked Biscoff Donuts a fun holiday treat. Start a new Christmas tradition with these easy baked donuts!

M&M donuts made with Biscoff spread, sweet recipes, dessert recipes

One of the traditions we always did when our kids were little was to leave milk and cookies for Santa on Christmas Eve.

And every year my husband tried to convince the kids that "Santa" would rather have White Castle burgers and Grape Soda. Our kids never believed him though, and so cookies and milk were always left by the tree.

As the kids got older, they just realized that "Santa" is really just mom and dad.

Although, one year we got them really good. It was the year they were 2, 4, and 6. The oldest was trying to convince the younger two that Santa wasn't real. We were ok with that. It wasn't something we have every really tried to convince our kids of. It was just a fun tradition.

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Peppermint Patty Gooey Cake Bars

Layers of chocolate and mint candies make these Peppermint Patty Gooey Cake Bars a fun and easy dessert treat.

The other day I wanted chocolate. I had to have something right away!

There is always some sort of candy in my baking cupboard, but I wanted something more than just a chocolate bar. I kept thinking about these Gooey Butterfinger Brownie Bars and how good they were.

As I dug through the cupboard, I pulled out a bag of York peppermint patties. Right away I knew another gooey bar needed to happen! [Read more...]

Marshmallow Frosty Hats

I don't know about you, but I love to wear hats in the cold weather. Curly hair does limit what types of hats I can wear though. Most times I end up with bad hat hair for the rest of the day...but the cute hats are so worth it.

The other day I was looking at my snowman collection...it multiplies every winter. I have tall ones, fat ones, funny ones...you get the point. Anyway, they are all wearing some sort of hat. And because I love cute hats, I had the fun idea to create a cute winter hat snack for my kids to take to their Christmas parties next week.

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Peppermint Mocha Pudding Cookies

These sweet Peppermint Mocha Pudding Cookies stay soft for days making them the perfect treat to make for Christmas cookie trays or exchanges.

As soon as Walmart started carrying the Andes peppermint crunch pieces, I have been baking with them. I'm kind of addicted to those pink chips!!! I am also severely addicted to pudding cookies. But you know that already. This past spring I made Peanut Butter Pudding cookies, and they became my all time favorite cookie. Until now...

I have had a jar of Nutella in my cupboard just waiting to be used. I just subbed the spread for the peanut butter and added those yummy peppermint pieces for a fun Christmas cookie. As soon as I ate one fresh from the oven, I was in cookie heaven. These are my absolute favorite cookies now!

I need to stock up on more of those Andes chips, so I can make these year round. I knew these cookies would be the perfect ones to share in the Great Food Blogger Cookie Swap. These delicious fudgey cookies stay soft for days, so they were a great choice to send out in the mail.

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Candy Cane Pudding Parfaits

This week I wanted to make a fun and easy dessert for our family to enjoy after dinner. I had a box of candy cane pudding and a carton of Cool Whip frosting that I wanted to use together.

Another search of my cupboards and I also found some mini candy canes and some candy cane Oreos hiding in the very back. Don't you hide cookies too? If I keep them in plain sight, my family will eat them before I have a chance to get creative with them.

I even found these cute parfait glasses that I had forgotten about. (You know you have a prop addiction when you can't remember when you bought the said cute glasses.) But when they are only $.50 a piece, it is an ok addiction to have for the time being.

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