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Lemon Fruit Parfait

March 21, 2021 By Jocelyn - 39 Comments

A Lemon Fruit Parfait is an easy treat to bring to summer cookouts or barbecues. Layers of snack cakes, lemon mousse, and fresh berries make each no bake dessert cup so fruity and delicious.

No Bake Parfaits:

Living in Florida, summer comes to us by early April. We are preparing for those nice hot days. Thankfully, the humidity does not come until later.

When it gets hot and extra humid outside, we really do not like to turn the oven on. Easy no bake desserts are the perfect thing for those hot summer days.

During the summer months I like to make a yogurt fruit salad using Cool Whip, lemon yogurt, and fresh berries for a light and refreshing dessert.

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Marshmallow ears and candy eyes make these Bunny Cupcakes so adorable. This chocolate cupcake recipe is so easy to make with vanilla frosting, coconut, marshmallows, and sprinkles. Perfect treat for Easter or a cupcake decorating party.

Do you remember getting those giant chocolate bunnies in your Easter basket as a child? I swear they were at least 2 feet tall and were made of solid milk chocolate.

They were so big, that you were chewing on that chocolate bunny all the way until July!! Ok, ok, so maybe I’m stretching that part of it.

One of the running jokes in our house around Easter is all about the chocolate bunnies in the store. My husband says that over the years my mind has forgotten what those bunnies really looked like.

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White Chocolate Popcorn – Fun Easter Treat

March 17, 2021 By Jocelyn - 21 Comments

This easy White Chocolate Popcorn recipe is a fun snack to make for holidays. Pastel candies and colorful sprinkles give this Easter popcorn mix a fun pop of color! It’s the perfect treat to snack on during movie nights or to give as party favors.

Do you enjoy shopping at Target? Is there any better place to be shopping? Given all the stores in my area, Target is almost always the first place to start for some shopping magic.

I’ve said it before, and I still stand by it. I think there is magic time dust in the air there because I feel like time stands still once I enter the front door.

While I was wandering the store this time, I found the seasonal aisle and filled my cart with a few bags of fun Easter candy. Hopefully, I can keep most of it hidden until it is time to fill Easter baskets with the candy and homemade Peanut Butter Bunnies.

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Homemade Chocolate Chip Brownies

March 16, 2021 By Jocelyn - 99 Comments

These Homemade Chocolate Chip Brownies will change your life. Skip the box mix because this chocolate brownie recipe is so fudgy and delicious. My family asks for these easy homemade brownies all the time!!!

Three homemade chocolate chip brownies stacked on top of each other on a cutting board

Homemade Brownies with Chocolate Chips:

What is your baking style? Do you like plain desserts or jazzed up desserts? I’m team jazz all the way!!!

A cutting board with squares of homemade brownies sprinkled with powdered sugar on it

I like to embellish these chocolate chip brownies with extra candy and toppings. But my family asks for “plain” brownies or chocolate chip cookies all the time.

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Grasshopper Cheesecake Bars Recipe

March 13, 2021 By Jocelyn - Leave a Comment

Mint and chocolate swirls make these Grasshopper Cheesecake Bars a decadent and dreamy dessert. It really is SO EASY to make this mint cheesecake recipe. The creamy cheesecake bars have an Oreo cookie crust, homemade whipped cream, and green sprinkles. Such a delicious dessert for St. Patrick’s day or any day of the year!

*I am partnering with Dixie Crystals to bring you this cheesecake recipe. Click HERE to see the full recipe.

A white plate with a square of grasshopper cheesecake with chocolate swirls and topped with whipped cream and sprinkles

If you love making seasonal treats and desserts, you are going to love these chocolate mint bars. There is just something so fun and exciting about baking (and eating) holiday desserts.

Different holidays in each month give you an excuse to bake and decorate something sweet and delicious for your sweet tooth. And it gives you an excuse to pull out a giant box of sprinkles to decorate with.

I love baking easy cheesecake bars in different flavors and colors. Last week I had so much fun re-making these Rainbow Cheesecake Bars, that we decided to do a fun mint chocolate swirl for the next version.

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Easy Rainbow Vanilla Cheesecake Bars Recipe

March 9, 2021 By Jocelyn - 49 Comments

Tired of boring desserts? Brighten up the dessert table with these Easy Rainbow Vanilla Cheesecake Bars. They have a swirl of bright tie dye colors on top making it the perfect dessert any time of year. It is an easy cheesecake recipe to customize for any theme or holiday by changing the colors.

Two white plates with rainbow vanilla cheesecake bars on them with a swirl of Cool Whip and sprinkles on top

Spring has definitely arrived here in Florida. Flowers are blooming, and the weather has been getting warmer during the day. I love going to stores and seeing all the pretty plants that you can plant in your own yards.

I have been trying to acquire a green thumb by planting more flowers and plants outside. Over the years I have learned to avoid the inside plants because those tend to die way too quickly on my watch.

So far, only a few outdoor plants have decided to pass on living in my flower beds. A few others were nibbled on by the deer, so I’m not taking credit for their deaths.

It’s probably better if I stick to being a baker and making cheesecake bars instead of trying to be a gardener. These fun vanilla cheesecake recipe was inspired by all the flowers that I want to plant.

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Cheesy Chicken Sliders Recipe

March 2, 2021 By Jocelyn - 1 Comment

Need a quick and easy meal or appetizer? Add these Cheesy Chicken Sliders to your menu and watch everyone devour the loaded chicken sliders when you place them on the table. These easy rolls come together quickly with a chicken and veggie mixture, Hawaiian rolls, and lots of gooey cheese.

A pan with Cheesy Chicken Sliders in it with a metal spatula lifting one out showing the gooey filling on the side

Now that our kids are older, we enjoy having them help us with dinner. When they were younger, they would help by opening cans and pouring the ingredients into the pots.

Now we have been having them plan and make dinner for us. It’s not their favorite thing to do, but we want them to be prepared as they get closer to college age. Each week they give us their dinner idea, and we purchase the ingredients for their meal.

They still have lots of questions on how to do things, but they are getting so much better at reading a recipe and figuring out how to put it together in the right order.

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Sour Cream Banana Bread {Moist and Fluffy}

February 26, 2021 By Jocelyn - 13 Comments

Looking for the best moist banana bread recipe like grandma used to make? Look no further. Here is the recipe for the Sour Cream Banana Bread that we have been making for years. Sour cream adds a delicious, moist texture to this easy sweet bread, so every bite will literally melt in your mouth.

Two slices of sour cream banana bread on a slate board with the rest of the bread behind it

Moist Banana Bread:

The number one thing we buy every week are bananas. Some weeks our son eats them as fast as we can buy them, then other weeks they sit there getting brown and spotty.

This week we had a few extra ripe bananas sitting on the counter. You may think it’s just time to throw those brown bananas away, but stop that thinking. The riper the bananas are, the better they are for a loaf of moist banana bread.

I always get a little excited when I see the bananas on the counter sitting a little longer because I love to experiment with extra ingredients. It’s true. I’m like to add all the things to sour cream banana bread and make it over the top.

Have you seen this Coffee Banana Bread or this Cookies and Cream Banana Bread? Outrageous, right? But totally delicious!

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Sweet and Spicy Dr. Pepper Chili

February 22, 2021 By Jocelyn - 50 Comments

A pot of this Sweet and Spicy Dr. Pepper Chili is the perfect choice for winter days, chili cook-offs, or game day parties. The hearty and comforting chili recipe gets the sweet and spicy flavor from chipotle peppers and a can of Dr. Pepper.

Two white bowls on black plates filled with Dr. Pepper Chili and topped with shredded cheese, sour cream, and green onions

Chili is one of the meals we eat the most during the winter months. Even the winter months in Florida get a little chilly. Occasionally, we even make a pot of this sweet and spicy chili or this Low Carb Keto Chili during the summer months.

Usually, I like to take what I call the cheater chili approach. You know the one right? Open 6 cans of beans, diced tomatoes, and tomato juice and throw it all in a crock pot along with some cooked ground beef. Haha! That’s my way of doing dinner.

Thank goodness my husband loves creating and cooking dinners for us because my chili game could use some work.

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