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Strawberry Kiss Cookies

These Strawberry Kiss Cookies are soft and chewy and have the prettiest pink sparkle. Adding a Hershey kisses to the tops of the easy cake mix cookies is a fun way to make them look like blossom cookies.

Pink cookies topped with a chocolate kiss stacked on a board.

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Strawberry Kiss Cookies

It's no secret that we love cake mix cookies around here. These cookies and cream cookies and Rolo cookies are two of our most popular ones.

For Christmas, we made these chocolate mint kiss cookies. We even have a chocolate kiss cookie for Valentine's Day. But I wanted to change them and make pink strawberry cookies with Hershey kisses. The candy on top of the pink cookies makes these look just like our chocolate blossom cookies.

These kiss cookies are seriously so easy to do. Using a cake mix with just a few ingredients makes a cookie dough that bakes up soft and puffy with a delicious chew.

Rolling the dough balls in pink sanding sugar gives the cookies a pretty shimmer. Plus, the sugar crunch is pretty awesome when you bite into each one.

Why This Recipe Works

Easy to make with just a few ingredients.
Soft and chewy cookies loaded with strawberry flavor.
The bright pink color makes them festive for Valentine's Day or baby showers.

Strawberry, chocolate, and pink sparkles...what are you waiting for? Get to work baking a batch of these easy strawberry cookies for dessert tonight.

Bonus: If you are looking for treats to show your love, check out these 45 Valentine's Day recipes and this Strawberry Cheesecake Stuffed Cookie!

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10 Best Game Day Recipes

These 10 Best Game Day Recipes are perfect appetizers to share with your friends and family for the next big game day.

This weekend millions of people will be gathering together to watch the big football game. We usually get together with a group of our friends and play games while the Super Bowl plays in the background.

The requirement to come is your favorite appetizer...or dessert if you are me. I usually have to make a few things like these Reese's rice krispie treats and these football bars. The game day table just isn't complete without dessert. Am I right???

These football party ideas will get you excited to plan a simple party where you can enjoy food, friends, and cheering on your favorite team.

Of course, appetizers and dips are the main feature on a day like this. Over the past few years, we have made and shared a few that we make over and over. I thought it would be fun to pick 10 of our favorite and best game day recipes to highlight again.

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Snickers Surprise Cookies

These Snickers Surprise Cookies have a fun candy bar center and a sweet chocolate glaze. Fill your empty cookie jar with a batch of soft cake mix cookies this week.

Snickers stuffed cookies topped with glaze stacked and laying on a white board.

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Chocolate and peanut butter are my kryptonite. Ok, so maybe just sugar in general can do me in.

But chocolate and peanut butter are at the top of that sugar list. I have the hardest time resisting these peanut butter cup Rice Krispie treats because of those two ingredients. So why do I keep making things that I'm going to have a hard time saying no to???

Well, I'm just trying to practice my self control. Just so you know, the mission "stay out of cookies" this week was a complete and utter failure. Tomorrow is a new day...

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Almond Joy Hot Chocolate

Make an Almond Joy Hot Chocolate the next time you need a drink to warm you up. This easy, low carb hot chocolate tastes just like a gourmet drink, so no one will miss the sugar and calories.

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This past week we have been completely and totally enjoying the cold weather here in Florida. Although, I guess I should just say it is cool weather because we used to live in the Midwest. And those of you that live there know that is truly cold territory.

I can honestly say I do not miss those frigid, cold months. We do miss having a bonfire in our backyard though. There is just something about sitting around a warm fire and then waking up and smelling that lingering campfire smoke the next morning.

Those chilly nights around the fire always called for the three staples...hot dogs, s'mores, and hot chocolate. Not just any regular hot chocolate though. I recently realized how easy it is to make homemade hot chocolate using a few ingredients that we always have on hand.

Usually I would buy a big box of packaged mixes and keep those in the cupboard to mix up when the kids wanted a warm drink after playing outside. But now that I know how easy it is to make hot chocolate, it will be happening quite often around here.

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White Chocolate Peanut Butter Pretzel Popcorn

A big bowl of this White Chocolate Peanut Butter Pretzel Popcorn is a great snack mix to munch on during movie nights or game days.

This sweet and salty treat will disappear in a hurry, so you might want to make a batch of this Sweet and Salty Trail Mix too.

White Chocolate Peanut Butter Pretzel Popcorn - this fun white chocolate covered popcorn is loaded with candies and pretzels. Make this easy no bake recipe to munch on during movies or games. #popcorn #chocolatecoveredpopcorn #whitechocolate #peanutbutter #pretzel #gameday #snackmix #nobake

I used to make chocolate covered popcorn all the time. An easy no bake snack mix that can be ready to be devoured in minutes is always a good idea. Well, maybe that's not such a good thing for my raging sweet tooth.

Anyway, I realized that it has been a few months since I shared some popcorn fun with you, so I had to change that. This month (and probably next month) I am on a mission to use up some of the extra baking stuff in the pantry. So, I started rummaging and pulled out some peanut butter M&M's, pretzels, and white chocolate melts to make something with.

White chocolate and peanut butter is quite an amazing combo. If you think so too, you have to try these Peanut Butter Balls dipped in white chocolate. They are also awesome in dark chocolate, just so you know.

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Double Chocolate Banana Bread

This Double Chocolate Banana Bread is the perfect way to start your day. It's sweet, moist, and has just the right amount of chocolate chips and frosting to make it extra special.

Love chocolate and banana together? Make sure you check out these double chocolate banana muffins and this Oreo banana bread.

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Chocolate Banana Bread

Do you ever look at the bananas on your counter and wonder what you are going to do with them when they ripen? Most of the time we use over ripe bananas in sweet breads or muffins.

I usually just make this sour cream banana bread because it's my favorite sweet bread, and it turns out perfect every single time. But it is also an easy recipe to change and modify when I'm craving something new.

Over the years, I have used it to make maple pecan banana bread, cherry chocolate chip banana bread, and cinnamon banana bread. This time, I decided to turn it into dark chocolate banana bread.

Why This Recipe Works

Chocolate makes everything better. Three times the chocolate really gives it a deep chocolate flavor.
The texture is kind of like a brownie - rich, decadent, and moist.
Great way to use up ripe bananas and satisfy your chocolate cravings.
Add chocolate frosting to take it over the top for the chocolate lover in your life.
Best and acceptable way to enjoy chocolate for breakfast.
Dark chocolate in it is full of antioxidants. Wink, wink!

This loaf of banana bread came out so amazing! The inside is soft and moist, with lots of chocolate chips in every bite. You won't be able to resist this tasty double chocolate banana bread.

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Easy Chicken Enchilada Soup

This Easy Chicken Enchilada Soup is loaded with veggies, meat, and pasta. It is a delicious recipe to make in under 20 minutes and is perfect for cold nights.

Winter weather around here has been crazy. Warm 80 degree weather one day, then chilly 50 degree weather the next day. I guess those are the benefits to living in Florida during the winter. You never know what you are going to get.

I really have been trying to do better with cooking dinner. But then there are those weeks that I totally slack off because my husband is out of town, so the kids ate cereal and quesadillas all week long. It could be worse I guess.

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Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Baked Oatmeal

Enjoy a slice of this warm Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Baked Oatmeal drizzled with honey for a delicious and healthy breakfast or snack. It is delicious anytime of day.

I do love a bowl of hot oatmeal for breakfast. But I'm kind of picky on how that oatmeal has to be. It cannot be watery or slimy.

Yeah, I pretty much only add a little bit of water and make it thick. Oh, but it can't be thick like paste either. And it has to have brown sugar and raisins in it.

It's ok, I know what a picky oatmeal eater I am.

A few years ago I tried this Baked Biscoff Oatmeal and really enjoyed eating oatmeal that way. I had completely forgotten about it until recently when I was trying to come up with something different for our kids to eat for breakfast.

As I looked through some of our old breakfast recipes I saw this baked oatmeal, and I knew I need to make it again. [Read more...]

Chocolate Chip Oatmeal Muffins

Soft fluffy muffins are great to eat with your morning coffee. These Chocolate Chip Oatmeal Muffins have a coffee glaze making them perfect for starting out the day caffeinated!

Our kids absolutely love having a box of muffins on the counter that they can grab when they are rushing out the door for school and do not have time to make a Skinny Cherry Banana Smoothie or these Bacon Egg Breakfast Tacos.

They are also a delicious treat to enjoy as an after school snack.

Muffins are so easy to make and have on hand for those morning munchies or snack attacks that regularly happen.

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No Bake Brownie Bites

These No Bake Brownie Bites are easy chocolate treats that are made with just six ingredients. Get ready to enjoy a sweet, fudgy bite in just minutes!

Say hello to my solution to chocolate cravings. These brownie bites made with natural ingredients will satisfy all those sweet cravings you are experiencing.

One of my all-time favorite cookies is Fig Newtons. Yes, it's true. I have always loved those little fig cookies. So, when I found these chocolate brownie bars from Nature's Bakery, I couldn't wait to try them. They have a couple of flavored fig bars, but the chocolate one is the best.

In my quest to make desserts that do not sabotage my skinny jeans, I made my own version of those brownie bars without any grains.

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