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No Bake Ghost Cookies

These Ghost Cookies are fun and easy to make. The best part is that they're no bake, so you can whip them up in just a few minutes. Kids of all ages will love the fun googly eyes!!

Three ghost cookies with candy eyeballs attached to straws and stuck in a jar of sprinkles.

We are so excited for the start of the spookiest month. Halloween will be here in just a few short days. Are you looking for something fun to make for your kids? If you don't have a lot of time, this is the treat for you. These ghost cookies are so easy to make, it's almost scary!

The best part about them is that they taste delicious too! They are great for parties or an afternoon snack. Your family will love them, and you will be the hit of the party with these cute little treats.

They are fun, cute, and so easy to make.
You don't even need an oven!
Made with store bought cookies and white chocolate.

This no bake recipe takes less than 20 minutes from start to finish and only requires three ingredients. It doesn't get much easier than this. Plus, your kids will love helping you put the eyes on these yummy treats.

Use the leftover candy eyes to make these Frankenstein marshmallows and some spooky Halloween fudge.

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Easy Chicken Ole Casserole

Chicken Ole is a delicious Mexican lasagna dinner that is layered with a cheesy chicken mixture, corn tortillas, and your choice of toppings. This chicken dinner will be sure to spice up your family's mealtime!

A white plate with a slice of chicken ole casserole with tomatoes, avocados, and cilantro on top.

Tired of the same old dinner options? Our chicken ole casserole recipe is the perfect meal to make when you want comfort food. The cheesy layers are are creamy and delicious.

You can even prep everything ahead of time, so all you have to do is pop it in the oven when you get home from work.

This dish is quick and easy to put together. But don't be fooled by how simple this corn tortilla lasagna is. It is loaded with flavor and cheesy goodness without all the stress.

Bonus: If you are looking for chicken dinners with rice, try out this cheesy chicken and rice casserole.

What Makes This Dinner Amazing

We guarantee that once your family tastes this cheesy chicken dish they will ask for seconds. This Mexican lasagna will be on your weekly rotation before you know it, and here's why...

No special cooking skills required.
Cheesy goodness in every bite.
Makes enough leftovers for lunch tomorrow.

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Apple Cinnamon Rolls

Nothing says fall like gooey cinnamon rolls. That's why we created these delicious Apple Cinnamon Rolls to help you celebrate the season. They're made with homemade dough and filled with cinnamon sugar and apple chunks.

You can even make them ahead of time, so that all you have to do is pop them in the oven when you wake up.

A white plate with a gooey apple cinnamon roll with a bite missing on it.

Making homemade cinnamon rolls is a fun and delicious way to start the day, but it can be time consuming. The good news is that it won't take you all morning to make these apple cinnamon rolls.

We've simplified the process by using rapid rise yeast to make the sweet roll dough even easier. Our apple cinnamon roll recipe only require one rise time before baking, so they're ready for breakfast or brunch in no time at all. Simply roll out the homemade dough, fill it with cinnamon sugar and apple chunks, and roll up.

What Makes these Cinnamon Rolls Perfect

Your house will smell amazing while these easy homemade apple cinnamon rolls are baking. Enjoy them warm with melted glaze on top while they are still fresh from the oven.

They are the perfect breakfast on a chilly fall morning, but they are also great any time of year. After all, who doesn't love fresh baked cinnamon rolls?

If you love apple pie and love cinnamon rolls, you are going to love these easy sweet rolls. This recipe will quickly become your favorite way to enjoy apple season.

Soft fluffy homemade dough.
Spiced brown sugar filling with fresh apples.
Sweet buttery glaze that melts into the gooey filling.

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Cinnamon Rolo Cookies

A gooey caramel center and cinnamon sugar takes these Rolo Cookies to a whole new level. They are the perfect balance of soft, chewy goodness and cinnamon sweetness. Plus you get a hidden bonus - gooey pockets of chocolate and caramel!

A stack of cinnamon sugar cookies stuffed with caramel candies on a towel.

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One of our favorite types of cookies to make are cake mix cookies. They taste just like the real thing, but are much easier to mix up in minutes.

A few of our all time favorites are these cookies and cream cookies, funfetti cake mix cookies, and these chocolate mint cookies.

I found an extra vanilla cake mix and a bag of caramel candies in our pantry. So I decided to make cookies with Rolos for a fun and delicious sweet treat.

Why Make Cookies with Rolos

A caramel candy and a cinnamon sugar coating gives these cake mix cookies a little bit of extra flair. These Rolo cookies are so easy to make and taste amazing.

Trust me, they will become your new favorite go-to cookie recipe.

They are easy to make with just a few simple ingredients.
Each one is rolled in a cinnamon sugar coating giving it a Snickerdoodle flavor!
A hidden Rolo candy in each baked cookie is a fun surprise to bite into.
The finished cookies stay soft for days!

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Chocolate Chip Pumpkin Mini Muffins

Indulge your sweet tooth by adding chocolate chips and a sweet glaze to these Pumpkin Mini Muffins. The bite-sized treats are the perfect choice for fall breakfast or an after-school snack.

Pumpkin Mini Muffins

Even if it is still hot in your area, these cute mini pumpkin muffins will get you in the fall mood. There is something so comforting about the smell of pumpkin treats baking in your kitchen no matter what the temperature is outside.

I always have canned pumpkin in our pantry because pumpkin happens here all year long. This pumpkin cream cold brew has been on repeat for the past few weeks, so I had some leftover canned pumpkin to use up.

Since our kids love muffins, I decided to bake a batch of pumpkin muffins. Adding chocolate chips and a sweet glaze on top made the mini muffins even better than I expected. Be careful because it is much easier to eat 10 of them at once since they are so small and delicious.

You are going to love these pumpkin mini muffins, too. The recipe is easy to make in minutes, and the bite sized muffins are perfect for breakfast or snacking on all day long.

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Chocolate Pumpkin Bread

Love pumpkin season, but don't want to give up the chocolate? Problem solved with a moist Chocolate Pumpkin Bread loaded with chocolate chips. Enjoy it plain or take it up a notch and add a creamy caramel frosting.

Looking for more delicious pumpkin recipes? Enjoy a cup of this pumpkin cream cold brew and these pumpkin chocolate chip cookies.

Slices of frosted chocolate bread on a cutting board.

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I am excited to bake all the things with pumpkin this fall. Usually I make pumpkin scones or this pumpkin chocolate chip bread, but today it's all about the chocolate.

Yes, I know there a billion and one recipes out there. Trust me, you need another pumpkin bread recipe in your life this fall. Why? Because our recipe has double the chocolate.

Why You Should Make This Bread

You are going to love this chocolate pumpkin bread because it is made with dark cocoa powder and loaded with chocolate chips. It's gooey, delicious, and totally fabulous!

A layer of creamy caramel frosting and a sprinkling of chocolate chips on top makes it even better. Although, it does bring up a question. Do you call this bread or cake?

Apparently, frosting on a sweet bread turns it into cake in some people's eyes. Whatever you call it, this double chocolate pumpkin bread is going to be your new favorite fall bread and here is why.

Easy to mix up in minutes.
Chocolate chips and cocoa powder make it super chocolatey.
Decadent, delicious, and oh so moist!
Topped with a sweet caramel frosting.

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Pumpkin Spice Rice Krispie Treats

Why settle for original rice krispie treats when you can pumpkin spice things up? These quick and easy Pumpkin Spice Rice Krispie Treats will take your no bake treats to a whole new level this fall.

Two pumpkin spice treats topped with white chocolate stacked on a white plate.

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Pumpkin Spice Rice Krispie Treats

Have you noticed that by the middle of September, everything has been turned into pumpkin spice treats. Coffee, pancakes, cheesecake, hot chocolate, and marshmallows are all things I have seen in stores that have pumpkin spice added to them.

Those pumpkin spice marshmallows are the perfect addition to a steamy mug of coffee-at least, that's one of my favorite ways to enjoy them. That combo inspired these pumpkin spice Rice Krispie treats.

I love making rice krispie treats, so I'm always looking for fun and creative ways to enjoy them every season. These no bake pumpkin spice treats are an excellent dessert for parties or snacks this fall.

Why You Will Love This Recipe

Every square contains the perfect blend of pumpkin spices and coffee.
The layer of white chocolate on top makes them taste even better and gives them "foam," just like a pumpkin latte.
They are the perfect pick-me-up treat on a chilly fall day.

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Easy Coffee Cake

This Easy Coffee Cake is moist and delicious and topped with a thick brown sugar crumble that will melt in your mouth. In less than one hour, you can be enjoying a warm slice of heaven.

A white plate with a square of glazed brown sugar coffee cake on it.

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Coffee cakes are one of the best kinds of cakes because they can be eaten at any time of day. Serve it for breakfast or for dessert; either way, it's delicious and everyone will love it.

Over the years, I have made many different kinds of coffee cakes, but I always come back to a simple sour cream coffee cake. Most of the time, I layer the cake and crumble, so there is a swirl in the center.

To make this coffee cake recipe even easier, I decided to spread all the batter in the pan and bake the crumble on top. You are going to love the thick buttery topping on this easy coffee cake. It will melt in your mouth.

If you are looking for a delicious treat to make for brunch, baby showers, or a holiday breakfast, try this breakfast cake. It always gets two thumbs up from everyone who tries it.

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Apple Bundt Cake

You will love this easy to make homemade Apple Bundt Cake. A sweet apple cider glaze adds the finishing touch to the fresh apple cake. Grab some apples and get ready to bake this apple bundt cake recipe.

Enjoy baking with apples? Try this apple cider cake or this apple crisp pie.

A white plate with a slice of apple bundt cake drizzled with apple cider glaze on top and the cake behind it.

Why This Works

I absolutely love when fall comes around because that means time to bake all the things with apples. This apple bundt cake recipe is one of my favorite cakes to bake.

The sweet homemade cake bakes up light and fluffy, yet has a dense moist texture from the apples and caramel baked into it. Apples and caramel really are a delicious match made in heaven. Just like peaches and brown sugar go well together in this peach bundt cake.

This easy and sweet apple bundt cake will become your go to recipe for fall parties. It is easy to make, looks amazing, and tastes incredible. Plus, it will make your kitchen smell like fall as it is baking.

Serve slices of this homemade apple bundt cake with a glass of apple cider iced tea while you sit on your porch and enjoy the crisp fall weather.

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Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Bread

You will be the hero of the house when you serve up slices of Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Bread this fall! The moist pumpkin bread recipe is full of mini chocolate chips.

If you love pumpkin as we do, go ahead and try this copycat Starbucks pumpkin cream cold brew and this pumpkin spice cheesecake.

A loaf of chocolate chip pumpkin bread topped with a chocolate drizzle.

The recipe and post for Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Bread were first published in September 2013. The pictures and post were updated in August 2021.

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Fall is my absolute favorite time of year. I look forward to wearing jeans and sweatshirts, drinking a pumpkin latte, going to bonfires and corn mazes, feeling the chilly air at night, and of course eating anything and everything pumpkin.

This chocolate chip pumpkin bread recipe and these chocolate chip pumpkin cookies are two of my favorite things to bake once pumpkin spice season gets here.

Over the years, I have changed up the pumpkin bread with different ingredients, but I always come back to this chocolate chip version.

Why You Should Make This Pumpkin Bread

Spices and mini chocolate chips make this moist pumpkin bread taste incredible. Here is why you are going to love this sweet quick bread too.

It's easy to make.
Moist & delicious.
Full of pumpkin flavor.
Loaded with chocolate.
Makes the kitchen smell so good as it bakes.

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