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Cinnamon Apple Icebox Cake

By Jocelyn · PUBLISHED November 24, 2020 · 18 Comments

Layers of cheesecake, apple pie filling, and graham crackers make this Cinnamon Apple Icebox Cake a delicious dessert. It is an easy no bake recipe to make for fall and holiday dinners.

Usually when fall hits, I can't wait to bake all the things with pumpkin. But this year I have been all over apple desserts. This Apple Praline Cake started all the apple madness in our kitchen this year!

Sometimes I just want a quick and easy treat that I can put together in minutes. That is where no bake desserts come in handy. An icebox cake only uses a few ingredients. It can honestly be chilling in the refrigerator in under 15 minutes.

Adding cream cheese to an ice box cakes gives them a little bit more of a cheesecake feel. You know how much I love my cheesecakes!!!

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5 Ingredient Jiffy Corn Casserole

By Jocelyn · PUBLISHED November 20, 2020 · UPDATED March 3, 2022 · 8 Comments

This 5 Ingredient Jiffy Corn Casserole is a classic side dish made with a few ingredients and 5 minutes of work. Bring this easy corn casserole to any dinner, potluck, or holiday meal, and everyone will ask for the recipe.

A white casserole dish with corn casserole in it and a wooden spoon lifting a scoop out of the pan.

Why Make This

Let's be real. Holidays are really all about the side dishes and desserts. Am I right? I feel like I just go through the motions by making some type of meat.

I usually just take a tiny sliver of turkey or ham and then fill the rest of my plate with stuffing muffins, classic green bean casserole, easy sweet potato casserole, and lots of this easy Jiffy corn casserole!

This 5 ingredient corn casserole is one of those side dishes that I just can't get enough of. It is always a crowd favorite at picnics, potlucks, and holiday dinners.

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Pumpkin Fluff Salad

By Jocelyn · PUBLISHED November 19, 2020 · 10 Comments

This easy Pumpkin Fluff Salad is a delicious side dish to add to your holiday table this year. The dessert salad recipe is full of pumpkin, pecans, and donut chunks, and it always disappears in a hurry!

I think it can officially be said that I am bonkers for salads that aren't really salads. You know the kind, right? Fluffy, no bake salads that are full of fun mix-ins.

My mother-in-law always makes a pistachio fluff salad for holiday dinners. So, a few summers ago I used that fluff salad recipe to create this Banana Split Fluff Salad. Best idea ever right there!

Of course, I have changed it up a few more times since then, so it was only a matter of time before a fall version happened. Say hello to pumpkin fluff!

A big bowl of this dessert salad would be the perfect addition to your Thanksgiving meal this year. It is so light and fluffy and delicious. Plus, it can be served as a side dish or dessert!

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Sweet Potato Souffle

By Jocelyn · PUBLISHED November 17, 2020 · UPDATED November 12, 2021 · 5 Comments

This Sweet Potato Soufflé deserves a spot on your Thanksgiving dinner table. The creamy pudding texture topped with a crunchy brown sugar pecan topping will have everyone fighting for the last scoop.

Thanksgiving side dishes and all the desserts are my favorite part of Thanksgiving dinner. To be honest, I could totally skip the turkey and ham.

Just pass me a plate loaded with classic green bean casserole, stuffing muffins, sweet potatoes, easy corn casserole, and rolls.

And even after eating all that, I'm totally hitting up the dessert table for a slice of cream cheese pecan pie and some pumpkin cobbler! ...

Pumpkin Spice Sugar Cookie Bars

By Jocelyn · PUBLISHED November 14, 2020 · 3 Comments

Add these easy Pumpkin Spice Sugar Cookie Bars to your fall baking plans. The sweet pumpkin bar recipe with marshmallow frosting has delicious fall twist that is perfect for cool days.

If you have been reading or following me for a while, you know that I would much rather make sugar cookie bars instead of rolling and cutting out dough with cookie cutters.

It's all about working smarter, not harder, right?

Over the years I have done quite a few variations on different sugar cookie bars. Each time they have a fun flavor twist or new frosting idea to change them up.

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Churro Pumpkin Pie Cheesecake Danish

By Jocelyn · PUBLISHED November 6, 2020 · UPDATED March 30, 2021 · 6 Comments

A cinnamon sugar coating and a sweet glaze gives this Churro Pumpkin Pie Cheesecake Danish a fun and pretty texture! It's the perfect way to add a pumpkin recipe to your breakfast routine this fall!

A stack of three churro pumpkin pie cheesecake danishes on a white plate

I am officially riding the pumpkin train. All I want to do is pumpkin spice all the things, all the time. The only problem I have at the moment with making all these simple pumpkin recipes is that our oldest son isn't home to enjoy them with me.

He and I are really the only ones that love anything pumpkin. Without my chief treat eater to help me out, I'm in a little bit of a predicament. Depending on how you look at it, that is either a good thing or a bad thing...

Good because yay for eating all the pumpkin desserts in the house, or boo because I will be eating all the pumpkin desserts in the house. All you pumpkin lovers out there know the struggle, right?

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Chocolate Halloween Cookies and Cream Cookies

By Jocelyn · PUBLISHED October 30, 2020 · Leave a Comment

Make a batch of these Halloween Cookies and Cream Cookies to share with family and friends. This easy chocolate cookie recipe is soft and delicious and full of chocolate chips and colorful candies, making it perfect for Halloween parties.

A close up of chocolate cookies and cream cookies topped with Halloween candies with more cookies behind it

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Last weekend our daughter had a pool party/Halloween party that she was going to, so I offered to make a few treats for it.

First on the list of treats were these peanut butter zombie eyeballs. They are my all time favorite Halloween treat, so I am always looking for an excuse to make more gooey eyeballs. She said they were the most popular treat at the party.

Next on the list were chocolate cookies. I'm all about cake mix cookies when I need a quick and easy dessert. We always have a few box mixes in the cupboard and lots of chocolate chips and candies to jazz them up.

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Chocolate Pumpkin Lasagna

By Jocelyn · PUBLISHED October 27, 2020 · UPDATED February 16, 2021 · 3 Comments

This Chocolate Pumpkin Lasagna has creamy layers of chocolate and pumpkin cheesecake and homemade whipped cream on a crunchy cookie crust. An easy, no-bake dessert is just what your fall party needs!

A white plate with a square of chocolate pumpkin lasagna topped with chocolate curls and a pan of dessert lasagna behind it

If you have never had a dessert lasagna, you have definitely been missing out. They have a couple different layers of creamy goodness with a cookie crust, and they are so refreshing.

A few years ago I made this No Bake Banana Split Oreo Dessert Lasagna, and it has remained one of my all time favorite summer desserts. Something about all those gooey layers just gets me every time.

This fall I decided to give that dessert lasagna a fall twist by adding a layer of no bake pumpkin cheesecake to it instead of the traditional pudding layer.

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Peanut Butter Cup Spider Cookies

By Jocelyn · PUBLISHED October 21, 2020 · 3 Comments

Chocolate covered pretzels, peanut butter candies, sprinkles, and candy eyes give these Peanut Butter Cup Spider Cookies a fun look. This peanut butter cookie recipe is such a fun treat for Halloween parties.

Three peanut butter cup spider cookies with googly candy eyes on a white plate

The month of October I boycott dusting. My reasoning is that it is part of my "decorations". Skeletons and gravestones just look better with a layer of dust around them.

I mean have you ever seen a clean and shiny haunted house? No way! They are always musty and dirty because it just adds to the spookiness.

Of course, all this dust means that the spiders think it is ok to come live inside with us. Yesterday I was vacuuming and found a giant spider web behind one of the doors.

I didn't see any spiders on it, but instinct kicked in and I sucked that web up in a hurry.

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Salted Caramel Pumpkin Latte

By Jocelyn · PUBLISHED October 17, 2020 · UPDATED March 4, 2021 · 74 Comments

Sit and relax with this easy homemade Salted Caramel Pumpkin Latte. Adding pumpkin and caramel to hot coffee makes a fall drink that tastes amazing. Don't forget to finish it off with some whipped cream and caramel drizzles.

A white mug filled with salted caramel pumpkin latte and topped with whipped cream and caramel drizzles

A hot cup of coffee, pumpkin scones, and some quiet time is how I like to start off my day. It helps me slowly start the day off in the right way.

Since I am now on a pumpkin kick right now, I decided to add some fall flair to this salted caramel latte. It was seriously a good idea.

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