These sweet and salty snacks are a fun party treat to make and eat!

Made with just three ingredients, these bite size sweets are the perfect pretty pastel colors for springtime.

This is my first recipe for #SpringSweetsWeek 2025.

Scroll down to see all the tasty spring recipes shared today and be sure to come back on Wednesday and Friday for more spring sweets!

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Springtime Pretzel Bites

Makes approx 130-150 bites

Ingredients

• 1/2 bag pretzel snaps
• 1 10 oz bag white chocolate melting wafers
• 1 10 oz bag pastel colored M&M's colors separated into bowls

Instructions

• Preheat oven to 225°F.
• Line a baking sheet and add rows of pretzel snaps, about five across.
• Place one white chocolate wafer in the center of each pretzel snap.
• Bake pretzels for 2-3 minutes until warmed and lightly melted.
• Remove from oven and immediately add on colored M&M candy on top of each chocolate pretzel, pressing gently.
• Let sit for about 15 minutes until cooled and hardened.
• Repeat with remaining pretzels and chocolate.
• Add to a platter or seal in a bag until ready to serve or gift.

I love that these treats are made with just three ingredients!

You can also use different flavors and colors of chocolate wafers .

Before you start separate the spring colored M&M’s into individual colors in bowls.

Line a baking sheet and add rows of pretzel snaps, about five across. 

Place one white chocolate wafer in the center of each pretzel snap.

Bake pretzels for 2-3 minutes at 225 degrees until warmed and lightly melted.

Remove from oven and immediately add on colored M&M candy on top of each chocolate pretzel, pressing gently.

Let sit for about 15 minutes until cooled and hardened.
Repeat with remaining pretzels and chocolate.

Serve on a platter or add to a zip top bag until ready to gift or eat.

Monday #SpringSweetsWeek Recipes

• Basil Strawberries and Cream Cookies from The Spiffy Cookie
• Butter Toffee from Art of Natural Living
• Carrot Cake Shortbread from Jolene’s Recipe Journal
• Flower Pretzel Bites from For the Love of Food
• Funfetti Easter Cupcakes from Hezzi-D’s Recipe Box
• Irish Apple Cake from A Day in the Life on the Farm
• Lemon Matcha Muffins from Cindy’s Recipes and Writings
• No Bake Salted Caramel Cheesecake from A Kitchen Hoor’s Adventures
• Small Batch Carrot Cake from Cheese Curd In Paradise
• Twix Cookie Cups from Crazy For Couponing

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• Skull Cheeseburger Pies from BigBearsWife
• Eyeball Oreos from Semi-Homemade Recipes
• Severed Hand Pie from Karen’s Kitchen Stories
• Candy Corn Caramel Flan from Sweet ReciPEAs
• Secret Ingredient Butterfinger Fudge from For The Love of Food
• Mummy Pizzas from Jen Around the World

Welcome to 2024’s #HalloweenTreatsWeek event!

If you’re new here, Welcome! If you’re a returning haunt, welcome back!

#HalloweenTreatsWeek is a yearly Halloween blogging event that is hosted by Angie from Big Bear’s Wife . This spooky event is an online, week-long event that is filled with some frightfully fun Halloween treats and recipes from some fantastic Halloween loving bloggers!

For this year’s 7th annual #HalloweenTreatsWeek event we have 12 hauntingly talented bloggers who are sharing their favorite Halloween recipes throughout the week! You can follow the hashtag #HalloweenTreatsWeek on social media to collect all of these frightful recipes to use at your own Halloween parties and events!

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Secret Ingredient Butterfinger Fudge

Ingredients

• 2 11 oz bags candy corn about 3 1/2 cups, roughly chopped
• 1 cup white chocolate chips
• 1 cup creamy peanut butter
• 1 14 oz can condensed milk
• 1 1.5 oz Hershey's Chocolate Bar

Instructions

• Line a 9x9 baking dish with parchment paper, letting extra hang over the sides .
• In a medium saucepan over low heat add candy corn, peanut butter, white chocolate, and condensed milk.
• Stir while it melts, making sure not to burn or let it boil. This will take 10+ minutes until the candy corn is fully melted and the fudge is smooth.
• Immediately pour the fudge into the lined pan and spread evenly.
• Let it cool in the pan for at least 20 minutes then place in the fridge for an hour to harden.
• After an hour, remove from the fridge and set on the counter.
• Heat a mug of water to almost simmering. Add the Hershey Bar to the mug of water and let sit for a few seconds until it is melted inside the wrapper.
• Cut off the corner and squeeze out the chocolate and drizzle all over the fudge.
• Let the chocolate harden before lifting the fudge from the pan.
• Cut into squares and enjoy!

In a medium saucepan over low heat add candy corn, peanut butter, white chocolate, and condensed milk. 

Stir while it melts, making sure not to burn or let it boil.

This will take 10+ minutes until the candy corn is fully melted and the fudge is smooth.

It’s finally ready!

Immediately pour the fudge into a lined 9×9 pan. 

Tap and spread evenly so there are no bubbles.

 Let it cool in the pan for at least 20 minutes then place in the fridge for an hour to harden.  

After an hour, remove from the fridge and set on the counter.

Heat a mug of water to almost simmering.

Add the Hershey Bar to the mug of water and let sit for a few seconds until it is melted inside the wrapper.

Cut off the corner and squeeze out the chocolate and drizzle all over the fudge. 

Let the chocolate harden before lifting the fudge from the pan. 

  Cut into squares and enjoy!

Check out today’s recipes: 

• Skull Cheeseburger Pies from BigBearsWife
• Eyeball Oreos from Semi-Homemade Recipes
• Severed Hand Pie from Karen’s Kitchen Stories
• Candy Corn Caramel Flan from Sweet ReciPEAs
• Secret Ingredient Butterfinger Fudge from For The Love of Food
• Mummy Pizzas from Jen Around the World

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The Wicked Witch is dead! This spooky twist on white chocolate bark looks just like a melted witch complete with pointy hat and broom!

Welcome to 2024’s #HalloweenTreatsWeek event!

If you’re new here, welcome! If you’re a returning haunt, welcome back!

#HalloweenTreatsWeek is a yearly Halloween blogging event that is hosted by Angie from Big Bear’s Wife . This spooky event is an online, week-long event that is filled with some frightfully fun Halloween treats and recipes from some fantastic Halloween loving bloggers!

For this year’s 7th annual #HalloweenTreatsWeek event we have 12 hauntingly talented bloggers who are sharing their favorite Halloween recipes throughout the week! You can follow the hashtag #HalloweenTreatsWeek on social media to collect all of these frightful recipes to use at your own Halloween parties and events!

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Melted Wicked Witch Bark

Makes 6

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup white chocolate chips
• green food coloring
• green sanding sugar sprinkles
• 6 miniature Reese's cups
• 6 mini pretzel sticks
• 3 Oreo style cookies cream center removed
• 6 Hershey kisses
• 12 candy eyeballs

Instructions

• 1.Line a baking sheet with wax or parchment paper.
• Add white chocolate to a bowl and melt in the microwave according to package, usually 90 seconds on 50% power than stir until smooth.
• Add 4 drops of green food coloring and stir until the chocolate is evenly green.
• Working quickly, add a heaping spoonful of green chocolate to the lined pan and spread into a puddle shape.
• Add a sprinkle of the green sanding sugar on top.
• Then add a pretzel stick and Reese's cup as a broom.
• Next add 1 piece of an Oreo cookie, dip a Hershey's kiss in the green chocolate and add it on the top of the Oreo.
• Finally, add 2 candy eyeballs.
• Repeat with remaining chocolate and toppings until you have made 6.
• These harden fast but you can also add to the freezer for 10 minutes to speed up the process.
• Enjoy your treat or wrap in goody bags to gift.

Start by lining a baking sheet with parchment paper. 

Then I like to unwrap and lay out all my ingredients so they are ready to assemble.

Add white chocolate to a bowl and melt in the microwave according to package, usually 90 seconds on 50% power than stir until smooth.

Add 4 drops of green food coloring and stir until the chocolate is evenly green.

Working quickly, add a heaping spoonful of green chocolate to the lined pan and spread into a puddle shape.

Add a sprinkle of the green sanding sugar on top.

Next add 1 piece of an Oreo cookie, dip a Hershey’s kiss in the green chocolate and add it on the top of the Oreo.

Then add a pretzel stick and Reese’s cup as a broom.

Finally, add 2 candy eyeballs.

Repeat with remaining chocolate and toppings until you have made 6. 

These harden fast but you can also add to the freezer for 10 minutes to speed up the process.

Enjoy your treat or wrap in goody bags to gift.

Check out today’s recipes: 

• Halloween Pillsbury Ghost Sugar Cookie Brookie Cups from BigBearsWife
• Cherry Pie Murdered Cinnamon Rolls from Semi-Homemade Recipes
• Mummy Jalapeno Poppers from Jolene’s Recipe Journal
• Ouija Board Planchette Cookies from Savory Moments
• Skull Sloppy Joe Bombs from The Spiffy Cookie
• Pumpkin Spice Blondies from A Kitchen Hoor’s Adventures
• Antipasto Eyeballs from Cheese Curd In Paradise
• Count Chocula Pop Tarts from Sweet ReciPEAs
• Pumpkin Pear Soup (Spiderweb Soup) from Art of Natural Living
• Jalapeno Ranch Skeleton Cheeseball from Jen Around the World
• Melted Witch Bark from For the Love of Food
• Biscoff No Bake Pumpkin Cheesecake from A Day in the Life on the Farm

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This chocolate treat is inspired by the magical sweet from Harry Potter. All the students from Hogwarts loved to by them at Honeyduke’s Sweet Shop.

These crunchy chocolate shaped frogs are filled with sparkly stars and are so simple to make for a one of a kind snack to serve for Harry Potter’s Birthday today!

What are chocolate frogs in Harry Potter?
From Harry Potter Wiki 
Chocolate Frogs were a very popular wizarding sweet made from chocolate in the form of a frog.

They came with a collectible card of a famous witch or wizard in each pack.

The frogs were made of seventy percent croakoa. Presumably, this substance was what allowed them to magically act like an actual frog.

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Magic Filled Chocolate Frogs

Ingredients

• 8-12 oz chocolate melts I used Sweetshop Melt Ems in Chocolate Raspberry flavor
• 1 oz package star shaped sprinkles
• frog shaped chocolate mold

Instructions

• Melt the chocolate according to the package instructions.
• Stir until smooth .
• You can spoon into the mold but I found it easier to add to a baggie, cut the bottom corner, twist the bag, and pipe the chocolate in the frog molds.
• Fill the molds half way, tapping to evenly distribute .
• Add star sprinkles to the center of each frog.
• Pipe in the remaining chocolate, being sure to fully cover all the sprinkles and tap to smooth out.
• Place in the fridge to harden at least 20-30 minutes.
• Once hardened, I gentle remove from mold and place in a baggie in the freezer until ready to use for an event or display.

Start with a frog shaped chocolate mold. This plastic one is from Amazon and is on sale for $6. 

Here is my order link.

I found these cute sprinkles in the baking section of the craft store.

I thought they were to perfect magically surprise to add to the chocolate frogs!

All you need for this easy to make treat are star sprinkles, melting chocolate, and a frog shaped mold. 

Melt the chocolate until smooth then you can spoon into the mold but I found it easier to add to a baggie, cut the bottom corner, twist the bag, and pipe the chocolate in the frog molds. 

Fill the molds half way, tapping to evenly distribute . 

Add star sprinkles to the center of each frog. 

Pipe in the remaining chocolate, being sure to fully cover all the sprinkles and tap to smooth out. 

Place in the fridge to harden at least 20-30 minutes. 

Once hardened, I gently remove from mold and place in a baggie in the freezer until ready to use for an event or display. 

So fun to gift and eat! Everyone loves the magical surprise inside!

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This spring themed dessert is a decadent treat disguised as a terrarium! Chocolate mousse is layered with crushed cookies and topped with matcha crumble and edible flowers for a beautiful presentation perfect for Easter, garden parties, and any spring celebration! 

Welcome to #SpringSweetsWeek 2024 hosted by Heather from Hezzi-D’s Recipe Box! Spring is finally here and the sun is shining and we are celebrating the beginning of spring with plenty of spring sweets and a fun giveaway! This year 17 food bloggers from around the country are sharing over 50 sweet recipes that are perfect for spring. So get ready to enjoy amazing spring treats like cupcakes, ice cream, pies, cakes, and more! Thank you to our #SpringSweetsWeek sponsors that are helping us give away some great prizes.

Thank you to Melissa’s Produce, Taylor and Colledge, and Selefina Spices for your generosity and support. We have an incredible giveaway with three amazing prizes and would love it if you would take a moment to read about it and the prizes that you can win!

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Chocolate Mousse Terrarium

Makes 4 mousse terrarium cups

Ingredients

For the mousse:

• 1 1/2 cups heavy whipping cream
• 1/3 cup cocoa powder sifted
• 1/2 cup powdered sugar shifted
• 1/4 teaspoon Taylor and Colledge vanilla bean paste

For the matcha crumble:

• 2 tsp Selfina Spices matcha powder
• 2 tbsp salted butter softened
• 1/2 cup flour
• 1 tbsp sugar
• 1 tbsp brown sugar

For the terrarium:

• 8 Chocolate sandwich cookies like Oreo, filling removed and cookies crushed
• Pansy flowers washed, patted dry, and stems removed

Instructions

For the mousse:

• In a chilled mixing bowl, add heavy cream and mix until slightly thick and frothy.
• Slowly add sifted powdered sugar and cocoa powder.
• Then add in vanilla bean paste.
• Whip until soft peaks form.
• Spoon into a bowl and cover. Place in the fridge to chill until you are ready to assemble the terrariums.

For the matcha crumble:

• Preheat the oven to 320 degrees.
• Add all five ingredients to a bowl and mix well with a fork or rubber spatula, making sure to mix and press in the butter.
• Spread the crumble onto a lined baking sheet and bake for 10 minutes.
• Remove from oven and cool completely, then break apart and crumble.

To assemble terrariums:

• Start by adding 1 couple spoonfuls chilled mousse to a large clear tumbler cup.
• Next, add a spoonful of the crushed cookies.
• Add more mousse on top. Spread and smooth out to cover.
• Finally, add the matcha crumbs on top.
• Top with a small edible pansy flower and serve immediately with a spoon.

Selefina Spices sent me a delicious collection of spices!

For this recipe I use their Matcha Powder. 

Taylor and Colledge sent me a selection of flavor pastes for baking.

I use the Vanilla Bean Paste for the mousse in this recipe.

This recipe is inspired by the dessert served at Disney’s Epcot Flower and Garden Festival.
Chocolate Mousse Terrarium with Matcha Crumble and Chocolate Soil at Trowel & Trellis.

Photo from Epcot Eats Facebook page. 

It’s important to sift the powdered sugar and the cocoa powder. 

This removes any lumps and helps the mousse be extra smooth and creamy. 

In a chilled mixing bowl, add heavy cream and mix until slightly thick and frothy. 

Slowly add sifted powdered sugar and cocoa powder.

Then add in vanilla bean paste.

Whip until soft peaks form.

Spoon into a bowl and cover.

Place in the fridge to chill until you are ready to assemble the terrariums.

Add all five ingredients to a bowl and mix well with a fork or rubber spatula, making sure to mix and press in the butter.

This is what the crumble will look like. 

Spread the crumble onto a lined baking sheet and bake for 10 minutes at 320 degrees.

Remove from oven and cool completely, then break apart and crumble.

Now time to assemble the terrariums. Get all three of the ingredients together.

Start by adding 1 couple spoonfuls chilled mousse to a large clear tumbler cup.

Smooth down the mousse. 

Next, add a spoonful of the crushed cookies.

Add more mousse on top. Spread and smooth out to cover.

Finally, add the matcha crumbs on top.

Now you have the dirt and soil and grass for the terrarium. 

Any small edible flower (or even candy flowers or rocks would work) can be used.

Just wash, pat dry, and stems removed. 

Top with a small edible pansy flower and serve immediately with a spoon.

Monday #SpringSweetsWeek Recipes

• Banana Dragon Fruit Muffins from Palatable Pastime
• Berry Triple Layer Cake from In Our Spare Time
• Blood Orange Crepe Suzette from A Kitchen Hoor’s Adventures
• Blood Orange Crumb Muffins from Cindy’s Recipes and Writings
• Blood Orange Posset from Karen’s Kitchen Stories
• Holiday Fruit Salad from A Day in the Life on the Farm
• Lavender Lemon Creme Brulee from The Spiffy Cookie
• Lemon Blueberry Pound Cake from Art of Natural Living
• Lemon Mousse Filled Crepe Cups with Berries from Blogghetti
• Lemon Raspberry Crepe Cake from Jolene’s Recipe Journal
• Meyer Lemon Almond Pound Cake from Cheesecurd In Paradise
• Meyer Lemon Upside Down Cake from Hezzi-D’s Recipe Box
• Split Seconds Cookies from Shockingly Delicious
• Springtime Chocolate Terrarium Dessert from For the Love of Food
• Sweet Crepes with Luscious Fruits from Our Good Life
• Tangerine Upside Down Cake from Magical Ingredients
• Tangerine Vanilla Fig Preserves from That Recipe

We share recipes from #SpringSweetsWeek on Pinterest! Make sure you follow the board to see all the delicious recipes shared this week.

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One winner will enjoy an abundance of fruit with Melissa’s! This stunning assortment is arranged in a woven basket with cellophane wrapping and colorful ribbon. Fruit may include (depending on seasonal availability): Asian Pear, Baby Pineapple, Blood Orange, Cherimoya, Feijoas, Kiwis, Kumquats, Lychees, Mango, Papaya, Passion Fruit, Persimmons, Pomegranate, Rambutans, Specialty Bananas, Starfruit and Tamarillos.

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One winner will enjoy a collection of spices from Selefina Spices including: Cinnasational Spice Blend, crystalized ginger, lemon peel, Matcha food grade powder, Purple sweet potato powder, and Ground Cardamom Seeds. Selefina Spices sells an assortment of spices gathered using dedication and care with which we’ve curated their online tea collection. With our decades of experience sourcing products and establishing global connections their mission is to be able to bring you fresher, higher-quality spices and seasonings at lower prices.

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One winner will receive a selection of extract pastes to include lemon, organic vanilla bean, and lavender. In 1897, Taylor & Colledge won its first award for excellence in vanilla. Since then, the Taylor & Colledge commitment for unsurpassed quality has earned its reputation as one of the world’s finest producers of vanilla.

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Here’s a spooky treat to serve at your Halloween party this year.

This salty and sweet snack is a festive addition for your dessert table!

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!

Welcome to 2023’s #HalloweenTreatsWeek event!

If you’re new here, welcome! If you’re a returning haunt, welcome back!

#HalloweenTreatsWeek is a yearly Halloween blogging event that is hosted by Angie from Big Bear’s Wife . You’ll find that this fun and spooky event is an online, week-long event that is filled with some frightfully fun Halloween treats and recipes from some fantastic Halloween loving bloggers!

For this years 6th annual #HalloweenTreatsWeek event we have 18 hauntingly talented bloggers that are sharing their favorite Halloween recipes throughout the week! You can following the hashtag #HalloweenTreatsWeek on social media to collect all of these frightful recipes to use at your own Halloween parties and events!

Make sure to check out all of the fun Halloween recipes below that we’re sharing this week!

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Chocolate Spiderweb Pretzels

Ingredients

• 1 cup chocolate chips white, semi sweet, milk
• 40-60 thin pretzel sticks
• Halloween sprinkles
• decorative mini spiders

Instructions

• Line a baking sheet with wax or parchment paper.
• Melt chocolate either in a bowl in the microwave for 45-60 seconds or in a double boiler on the stove until smooth.
• Add a baggie to a jar and scoop melted chocolate into it then seal, twist, and cut a very small tip off the corner.
• Arrange pretzels in a snowflake shape on the lined pan using around 10 pretzels for each design.
• Squeeze a circle of chocolate in the center of each pretzel design, to hold them together.
• Continue to squeeze chocolate in circles around the pretzels, starting from the inside and going outwards.
• Quickly before it dries add sprinkles and a spider decoration.
• Repeat with remaining pretzels and chocolate.
• Let dry completely then lift off the paper and serve or wrap in goodie bags as gifts.

Notes

Note: To speed up the hardening time for the chocolate, place in the fridge. 

Start by choosing your chocolate. I originally wanted white chocolate but I do not think it gets the right liquidy consistency.

So I switched to my favorite semi sweet chocolate which worked well and tasted great!

Melt chocolate either in a bowl in the microwave for 45-60 seconds or in a double boiler on the stove until smooth.

Add a baggie to a jar and scoop melted chocolate into it then seal, twist, and cut a very small tip off the corner.

Arrange pretzels in a snowflake shape on the lined pan using around 10 pretzels for each design. 

Squeeze a circle of chocolate in the center of each pretzel design, to hold them together. 

Continue to squeeze chocolate in circles around the pretzels, starting from the inside and going outwards.

Now you have a spiderweb!

Quickly before it dries add sprinkles and a spider decoration.  

Repeat with remaining chocolate and pretzels. 

Let dry completely then lift off the paper and serve. 

To speed up the hardening time for the chocolate, place in the fridge. 

These individual treats are cute in goodie bags as Halloween boo bag gifts too! 

Fun and just a little bit creepy!

Today’s Halloween Offerings:

• Halloween Puppy Chow from The Spiffy Cookie
• Halloween Cheese Ball from Karen’s Kitchen Stories
• Bubbling Cauldron Caramel Apples from The Redhead Baker
• Air Fryer Bloody Intestines Cinnamon Rolls from It’s Shanaka
• Spiderweb Pretzels from For the Love of Food

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I’m so excited for spooky season 2023!

For my first recipe this Halloween, I created these decadent chocolate spider cupcakes.

Easy to make and fun to serve during Halloween celebrations and movie nights, these Spooky Spider Chocolate Cupcakes are a favorite decadent treat to enjoy this spooky season!

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!

Welcome to 2023’s #HalloweenTreatsWeek event!

If you’re new here, welcome! If you’re a returning haunt, welcome back!

#HalloweenTreatsWeek is a yearly Halloween blogging event that is hosted by Angie from Big Bear’s Wife . You’ll find that this fun and spooky event is an online, week-long event that is filled with some frightfully fun Halloween treats and recipes from some fantastic Halloween loving bloggers!

For this years 6th annual #HalloweenTreatsWeek event we have 18 hauntingly talented bloggers that are sharing their favorite Halloween recipes throughout the week! You can following the hashtag #HalloweenTreatsWeek on social media to collect all of these frightful recipes to use at your own Halloween parties and events!

Make sure to check out all of the fun Halloween recipes below that we’re sharing this week!

Spooky and sweet spider cupcakes are scarily delicious!

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Spooky Spider Chocolate Cupcakes

Makes 12 large cupcakes

Ingredients

• 12 chocolate cupcakes I used Halloween Funfetti mix
• 15 oz jar green vanilla frosting I used Halloween Funfetti frosting with sprinkles included
• 12 Oreo cookies I used Halloween design colored Oreos
• black decorative icing
• candy eyeballs included with the Funfetti frosting
• Halloween colored sprinkles included with the Funfetti frosting

Instructions

• Bake cupcakes according to package. Cool completely.
• Frost the cupcakes with the icing, covering the tops completely with a generous scoop.
• Top each cupcake with a Halloween Oreo in the center.
• Using the black icing, draw four lines on either side of the Oreo cookies (eight total) as spider legs.
• Now add Halloween colored sprinkles to the open area of frosting on each cupcake.
• Add a dot of icing onto the back of each candy eyeball.
• Press two eyes, icing side down, onto the top center of each Oreo cookie.
• Serve and enjoy!

How cool is this Halloween Funfetti combo?! The green frosting even comes with sprinkles and candy eyeballs. 

This fun recipe is so easy to make and adding Halloween themed cupcakes, frosting, and cookies made it even better (and yummier)!

Bake cupcakes according to package. I used spider web themed cupcake liners.

Cool completely. 

Frost the cupcakes with the icing, covering the tops completely with a generous scoop.

My girl helping me with the fun green frosting.

Frost all the cupcakes. 

Top each cupcake with a Halloween Oreo in the center. 

Using the black icing, draw four lines on either side of the Oreo cookies as spider legs. 

You want to make eight total legs. 

Now add Halloween colored sprinkles to the open area of frosting on each cupcake. 

Add a dot of icing onto the back of each candy eyeball. 

Press two eyes, icing side down, onto the top center of each Oreo cookie. 

How cute…I mean spooky… are these?!

They even look like they are smiling! 

All done and ready to serve!

Today’s Halloween Offerings:

• Evil Dragon Deviled Eggs from Big Bear’s Wife
• Chocolate Cherry Skull Cakes from Semi Homemade Recipes
• Witch Hat Garlic Bread from Cheese Curd In Paradise
• Candy Corn Cookie Cake from The Spiffy Cookie
• Wicked Good Apple Cider Muffins from Our Good Life
• Spooky Spider Decadent Cupcakes from For the Love of Food
• Monster Mash Cereal Cheesecake from Sweet ReciPEAs
• Pumpkin Cheesecake Bites from It’s Shanaka
• Halloween Brains Cupcakes from An Affair from the Heart
• Breadstick Snakes from Karen’s Kitchen Stories
• Jack O’Lantern Tostadas from Palatable Pastime
• Witches Broom Cookies from Best Cookie Recipes
• Baked Intestine Pie from A Kitchen Hoor’s Adventures
• Spooky Roasted Potato Skulls from Savory Moments
• Mummy Donuts from The Redhead Baker
• Caramel Apple Bark from Best Dessert Recipes
• Mummy Dogs from Savory Experiments
• Halloween Taco Dip from Jen Around the World
• Easy Spider Cupcakes from Hezzi-D’s Recipe Box
• Creamy Pumpkin Hummus from Jolene’s Recipe Journal

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These delicious No Bake Gooey Butterfinger Bars are a creation by my mini me, Ava.

She is a foodie like me and has a sweet tooth like her Dad!

I love that she enjoys baking, cooking, and sampling new foods with me.

It is something we bond over and I cannot wait to see her grow as a little chef herself!

We attended a community Dessert Bar Crawl at our local library this summer and Ava made and served this recipe.

Family selfie with our plates full of dessert bars! Ava’s gooey no bake bars were a hit.

I made one of my favorites, Creamy Chocolate Pecan Crunch Dessert Bars , for the event.

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Ava’s No Bake Gooey Butterfinger Bars

Makes 12 bars

Ingredients

• 7 graham cracker squares
• 2 heaping cups mini marshmallows
• 12 oz jar caramel sauce
• 2 Butterfinger bars coarsely chopped
• 1/4 cup milk chocolate chips

Instructions

• Spray the bottom of a 8x8 baking pan with non stick spray.
• Add graham cracker squares to the bottom of the pan, breaking in half if needed to fit.
• Next, sprinkle marshmallows evenly over graham crackers covering the top.
• Add caramel to a small bowl and heat for 30 seconds or until warmed.
• Pour caramel over the marshmallows so the marshmallows slightly melt and are completely coated.
• Now add chopped Butterfingers on top of the caramel, covering the top.
• Melt chocolate in a bowl on 50% power for 1 minute or until melted.
• Scoop the chocolate into a ziptop bag, seal, and push to the bottom of the bag.
• Snip off tip and squeeze to drizzle all over the top of the bars.
• Cover and chill in the fridge for at least an hour.
• Cut into 12 bars and serve.

Ava and Stella both enjoy helping and sampling! 

Assemble the layered bars and drizzle with chocolate. 

These bars need time to firm up before you cut.

Refrigerate for at least an hour or up to overnight. 

Once chilled and firm, cut into 12 squares. 

Serve with extra napkins and enjoy your sweet and gooey treat!

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These strawberry cake mix brownies are made with just 4 ingredients and are the perfect sweet treat for Valentine’s Day dessert!

Check out the round up of Valentine’s recipes below in this Good Cookie Valentine’s Event benefiting the Cookies for Kids’ Cancer!

We are fundraising for pediatric cancer research funds again! This is the seventh annual Good Cookies Valentine’s Event!

I’m thrilled to be participating again to help make a difference in the fight against pediatric cancer research.

My food blogger and content creator friends got together again and we are sharing Valentine’s Day inspired recipes to inspire you to cook and to share and donate to Cookies for Kids’ Cancer.

Did you know that cancer is the #1 cause of death of children by disease in the U.S?

And that childhood cancer survivors often have long term effects, more than ⅔ of them develop secondary cancers, heart disease, kidney disease and others.

There are 40,000 U.S. children actively battling cancer right now.

We would love your help to get the word out about how much childhood cancers affect a lot of us. A lot of us know someone who has been affected. Let’s help make these families lives a little bit better. Please help spread the word and if you can, please donate today to Cookies for Kids’ Cancer!

Our goal is to raise at least $3000. Because Mediavine has pledged to match our donations raised through this campaign up to $3000! That means your donation will be doubled!

Thank you to so many of you who have already donated, please help us reach our goal so we can get the full matching donations and help us make an even huge difference!

Donate here today.

We have until March 31st to raise $3000! So please donate today!
 

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Sweetheart Strawberry Brownies

Makes 9 brownies

Ingredients

• 1 box Strawberry Cake Mix
• 1/3 cup unsalted butter melted and cooled
• 2 eggs room temp
• 1/4 cup chocolate chips melted
• Valentine's sprinkles for topping (optional)

Instructions

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
• In a mixing bowl add cake mix, cooled butter, and two eggs.
• Using a mixer, mix until combined and smooth. Batter will be thick!
• Spray an 8x8 baking dish with non stick spray.
• Using a rubber spatula spread into the baking dish, pressing and smoothing down.
• Bake for 15 minutes. The brownies will be soft and fudgy.
• Let cool completely then remove from the pan.
• Take your melted chocolate and with a spoon, drizzle on top of the cooled brownies.
• You can also add sprinkles on top of the melted chocolate.
• Cut into 9 squares and serve to your sweetheart and enjoy!

All you need is 4 ingredients for these fudgy cake mix brownies. Add sprinkles if you want to be extra festive!

In a mixing bowl add cake mix, cooled butter, and two eggs.
Using a mixer, mix until combined and smooth. Batter will be thick!

Using a rubber spatula spread into a greased baking dish, pressing and smoothing down.

Bake for 15 minutes at 350 degrees. The brownies will be soft and fudgy.

Let cool completely then remove from pan.

Take your melted chocolate and with a spoon, drizzle on top of the cooled brownies.

You can also add sprinkles on top of the melted chocolate.
Cut into 9 squares and serve to your sweetheart and enjoy!

Cut into 9 squares. They will be soft and fudgy and extra sweet!

Share with your sweetheart and enjoy!

Check out all the bloggers participating this year!

Heart-Shaped Homemade Pop Tarts from Julie of The Little Kitchen
Valentine Cupid Crunch from Jenn of Ever After in the Woods
Easy Dark Chocolate Cherry Truffles from Audrey of That Recipe
How to Make an Edible Valentine Gingerbread House from Jennifer of The Rebel Chick
Peanut Butter Chocolate Parfaits from Stefanie of Stef’s Eats and Sweets
Heart Shaped Chocolate Chip Cookies from Melissa of Persnickety Plates
Valentine Ladybug Oreos from Jaclyn of Crayons & Cravings
Round Up of Homemade Valentine’s Day Sweets and Treats from Lisa of Blogghetti
Mini skillet cookie from Caroline of Caroline’s Cooking
Easy Pink Cookie Recipe (Refined Sugar-free) from Shashi of Savory Spin
Truffle Honey Goat Cheese Stuffed Rolls from Lisa of Taste Cook Sip
Sweetheart Strawberry Brownies from Nicole of For the Love of Food
Heart Shaped Pancakes from Sarah of TheGleasonCo
Chubby Hubby Cookies from Rebecca of Sugar & Soul
How to Make an Edible Valentine Gingerbread House from Jennifer of The Rebel Chick
Heart-Shaped Reese’s Stuffed Cookie for Two from Erin of The Spiffy Cookie
Heart-Melting Chocolate Espresso Cookies from Colleen of Faith, Hope, Love, & Luck Survive Despite a Whiskered Accomplice 

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As a lifelong hot chocolate fan, I have long been on a search for the perfect cup of hot cocoa.

After many, many delicious recipes and countless taste tests I am happy to share that I have finally created the BEST Decadent Hot Chocolate inspired

by our Christmas favorite, Polar Express! 

“We drank hot cocoa as thick and rich as melted chocolate bars.” — Chris in Polar Express

I make my recipe in a slowcooker but you can also make on the stove top.

This extra rich holiday drink makes enough for a crowd so it’s perfect for parties, move nights, potlucks, and snow days!

Scroll down for the recipe and our favorite Polar Express memories!

Even our elf Jingle likes Polar Express! Check out the Elf on the Shelf Hot Chocolate Station we set up last year!

Polar Express night at school was so fun! We wore PJs, watched the movie, and played themed games!

Love making Christmas memories with my girls every year. 

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Polar Express Hot Chocolate

This recipe makes approx 8 large mugs full of hot chocolate!

Ingredients

• 6 cups milk
• 2 cups heavy cream
• 1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
• 14 oz can sweetened condensed milk
• 12 oz bag semi sweet chocolate chips
• 1 tbsp vanilla

Instructions

• Start by adding 2 cups of milk and 1/2 cup cocoa powder to a slowcooker.
• Whisk to combine.
• Add the remaining 4 cups milk, sweetened condensed milk, heavy cream, chocolate chips, and vanilla.
• Stir well and cook over low for at least 2 hours, stirring occasionally so the chocolate doesn't clump on the bottom.
• It's ready when it is completely melted, smooth, and hot.
• Ladle into mugs and top with whipped cream or marshmallows.

Notes

The recipe can also be made on the stovetop. Add all ingredients to a large pan over med low. Whisk continuously until smooth and melted, about 20 minutes.

Polar Express is a classic we read and watch every year!

This recipe makes the ultimate decadent and delicious hot cocoa! 

Start by adding 2 cups of milk to a slowcooker.

Add in 1/2 cup cocoa powder.

Whisk to combine.

Add the remaining 4 cups milk, sweetened condensed milk, heavy cream, chocolate chips, and vanilla.

Stir well and cook over low for at least 2 hours, stirring occasionally.

It’s ready when it is completely melted, smooth, and hot.

Ladle into mugs and top with whipped cream or marshmallows.

This recipe makes approx. 8 large mugs full of hot chocolate!

Enjoy a warm mug of chocolate while you cuddle up for Polar Express movie night!

“Just remember, the true Spirit Of Christmas lies in your heart.” — Santa in Polar Express

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