“Until you go to the Kentucky Derby with your own eyes, behold the Derby, you ain’t never been nowhere, and you ain’t seen nothing.” – Irvin Cobb

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This delicious Southern inspired recipe roundup features all the savory and sweet drinks, eats,

and treats you need to make the ultimate Kentucky Derby Party Menu! 

This photo is from 30 or so years ago (has it really been that long?) shows me with my Kentucky family at the Churchill Downs races.

I have such wonderful memories of this time- sunny days wearing big hats, watching the horses race, and eating the decadent food!

Savory Recipes:

1. Pimento Cheese Deviled Eggs with Crushed Potato Chips – How Sweet Eats

2. Pimento Cheese Sandwiches – Mandi of the Mountains

3. Kentucky Hot Brown Boxtys with White Cheddar Sauce – For the Love of Food

3. Louisville Hot Brown: Kentucky’s Turkey Sandwich – Carne Diem

5. Kentucky Hot Brown Sandwiches – Jolene’s Recipe Journal

6. Benedictine Spread – Best Appetizers

7. Bourbon Glazed Kentucky Hot Brown Turkey Burgers – For the Love of Food

8. Kentucky Hot Brown Dip Inspired Grazing Board – Tonya Staab

9. Kentucky Hot Brown Appetizer – Mom Foodie

10. Easy Homemade Southern Pimento Cheese – Cooking with Wine

11. Authentic Kentucky Beer Cheese – Blue’s Best Life

12. Kentucky Hot Brown Sandwich – For the Love of Food

13. Hot Honey & Bacon Whipped Goat Cheese – How Sweet Eats

14. Simple Southern Chicken Salad – The Quicker Kitchen

15. Cajun Deviled Eggs With Shrimp – Gluten Free Supper

16. Southern Deviled Eggs – For the Love of Food

17. Creamy Kentucky Mac and Cheese – Copy Kat

18. Homemade Pimento Cheese Board – Foxes Love Lemons

19. Fried Deviled Eggs with Chow Chow Relish – For the Love of Food

20. Burrata Bruschetta – Little Nonni

21. Pimento Cheese Grilled Chicken Sandwiches – How Sweet Eats

22. Southern Shrimp and Grits with Greens – For the Love of Food

23. Bourbon Whiskey Tonic Cocktail – A Grateful Meal

24. Baked Whiskey Glazed Hot Wings – Cooking with Wine

25. Pimento Cheese Poppers with Jalapeño Ranch – How Sweet Eats

26. Southern Slow Cooked Hot Boiled Peanuts – For the Love of Food

27. Mini Cheese and Spinach Tartlets – Thriving in Parenting

28. Picnic Finger Sandwiches: Yogurt Egg Salad + Cream Cheese & Cucumber  – For the Love of Food

29. Kentucky Buck Cocktail – Casual Foodist

30. KFC Buttermilk Biscuits – Copy Kat

31. Southern 7 Layer Salad in a Mason Jar – For the Love of Food

32. Caramelized Onion and Blue Cheese Dip – Sabrina Currie

33. The Best Egg Salad Sandwiches – 4 Sons R Us

34. Horseradish Pimento Cheese Spread – Jawns I Cooked

35. Pimento Cheese Quiche – How Sweet Eats

Sweet Recipes:

1. Mint Julep Pudding Shots – Biscuits and Burlap

2. Kentucky Derby Pie Recipe (Bourbon Pecan) – Adore Foods

3. Derby Pie Shortbread Bars – Mother Would Know

4. Cream Puffs – For the Love of Food

5. Kentucky Bourbon Balls – Homemade Hooplah

6. Berries with Bourbon Cream and Honey – Pineapple Paper Co

7. Vintage Kentucky Bourbon Black Fruit Cake with Cinnamon Glaze – For the Love of Food

8. Strawberry Mango Mint Julep Fruit Salad with Whipped Marshmallow – How Sweet Eats

9. Chocolate Walnut Pie (Derby Pie Copycat) – State of Dinner

10. Fruit Filled Chocolate Waffle Cones – For the Love of Food

11. Mint Julep Brownies – Good Grief Cook

12. Kentucky Pecan Bourbon Balls – For the Love of Food

13. Gooey Butter Cake – Copy Kat

14. Lemon Blueberry Iced Tea – The Delicious Spoon

15. Peanut Butter Buckeyes – For the Love of Food

16. Chocolate Bourbon Pecan Pie – Champagne Tastes

17. Bourbon Bread Pudding – Cuss Kitchen

18. Kentucky Bourbon Pecan Tassies – For the Love of Food

19. Lusty Lilly (a Kentucky Derby inspired cocktail) – Cuss Kitchen

20. Glazed Cherry Hand Pies – For the Love of Food

21. Kentucky Caramel Bourbon Butter Bundt Cake – Hezzi D’s Books and Cooks

22. Chocolate Whiskey Buttermilk Cake with Praline Topping – For the Love of Food

23. Berry Mint Julep – State of Dinner

24. Kentucky Lemonade for Derby Day – The Gingerbread Pony

25. Southern Fruit Iced Tea – For the Love of Food

26. Sparkling Bourbon Peach Punch – A Taste for Travel

27. Kentucky Butter Cake Cookies – Pam’s Daily Dish

28. Derby Sundaes with Chocolate Bourbon Syrup – The Heritage Cook

29. Mint Julep Punch – Pizzazzerie

30.  Kentucky Derby Pie – For the Love of Food

31. Mini Chocolate Chip Pies – Derby Style – Saving You Dinero

32. Oh My Cherry Pie Cream Cheese Spread – For the Love of Food

33. Kentucky Butter Cake – Bunny’s Warm Oven

34. Caramel Apple Iced Tea – For the Love of Food

35. Kentucky Caramel Bourbon Butter Bundt Cake – Hezzi D’s Books and Cooks

36. Derby Cupcakes – Polka Dot Chair

37. Bourbon Pecan Chocolate Popcorn – Cupcakes and Kale Chips

Happy Derby Day! 

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It’s Dr. Seuss Week and in honor of our favorite children’s book author I am sharing this adorable throwback recipe.

This easy pudding treat is shaped like a colorful green egg inspired by Green Eggs and Ham by Dr. Seuss.

Real green eggs and ham lunch with a story for my littles years ago!

We love this book and the moral of the story which is don’t make up your mind about something without trying it.

My little foodies have always been great with this!

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Green Eggs Pudding

Makes 4 servings

Ingredients

• 3 oz box instant pudding mix I used pistachio
• 2 cups milk
• 4 vanilla wafer cookies
• colored sprinkles
• green food coloring optional

Instructions

• Add pudding mix and 2 cups cold milk to a large mixing bowl.
• Whisk well until combined. If you are using vanilla or a light color pudding you need to add food coloring now to make it green or just use pistachio flavor like I did!
• Place the bowl of pudding the fridge 5 minutes to set.
• When ready to serve, scoop about 1/2 cup onto a small plate, spreading it in a circle shape to make the "egg".
• Top with a vanilla wafer in the center of each plate of pudding as the "yolk".
• Add sprinkles all over and serve this treat to your hungry kiddos while you read them "Green Eggs and Ham".

I use 3oz pistachio instant pudding mix for this recipe.

Or you can use vanilla or another light colored flavor and add green food coloring too.

Make pudding according to package then add 1/2 cup to a small plate, spreading into a circle shape for the “egg”.

Top with a vanilla wafer in the center as the “yolk” and add sprinkles all over. 

This recipe is enough to make 4 plates. Serve and enjoy!

“I do so like green eggs and ham. Thank you! Thank you, Sam-I-am.” – Green Eggs and Ham

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These ghostly decorated strawberries are a boo-tiful Halloween treat to serve to hungry goblins 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!

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Halloween Ghost Strawberries

Ingredients

• 8 large strawberries stems attached
• 6 oz white almond bark
• black decorating icing

Instructions

• Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
• Wash the berries and pat dry.
• Add the almond bark to a microwaveable bowl and heat for 60 seconds. Stir then heat again in 15 second intervals until smooth.
• You can use your fingers and hold the stems or insert a toothpick in the top center to hold the berries.
• Use a spoon to spread a strawberry sized circle ending in a swoosh to the side (your ghost shape) of melted almond bark on the parchment paper.
• Dip a berry in the melted almond bark and coat completely up to the stem.
• Use a spoon to spread a strawberry sized circle ending in a swoosh to the side (your ghost shape) of melted almond bark on the parchment paper.
• Place the dipped berry, before it dries, on top of the melted circle.
• Remove toothpick and repeat with remaining berries.
• Using the black icing add two circle eyes and a larger circle mouth on each berry.
• Let dry completely then serve.  They can be stored in a covered container in the fridge if you make in advance.

Start with 8-10 fresh, large strawberries. 

Wash them and pat dry. 

You can use either white chocolate or vanilla almond bark for dipping the berries.

I think the almond bark is smoother and work better for dipping so that is what I used.

Add the almond bark to a microwaveable bowl and heat for 60 seconds. Stir then heat again in 15 second intervals until smooth.

You can use your fingers and hold the stems or insert a toothpick in the top center to hold the berries.

Dip a berry in the melted almond bark and coat completely up to the stem.

Use a spoon to spread a strawberry sized circle ending in a swoosh to the side (your ghost shape) of melted almond bark on to a parchment paper lined baking sheet. 

Place the dipped berry, before it dries, on top of the melted circle.

Remove toothpick and repeat with remaining berries. 

Using the black icing add two circle eyes and a larger circle mouth on each berry. 

Let dry completely then serve.  They can be stored in a covered container in the fridge if you make in advance.

• Today’s Halloween Offerings:

  • • • Royal Icing Ghost S’more Squares from Big Bear’s Wife
      • Harry Potter Letter Caramel Apple Pies from Semi Homemade Recipes
      • Chocolate Dipped Strawberry Ghosts from For the Love of Food
      • Candy Corn Pudding Shots from Sweet ReciPEAs
      • Oreo Eyeball Cookies from Best Cookie Recipes
      • Jack-o-Lantern Sandwich Cookies from The Redhead Baker
      • Monster Rice Krispie Treats from Savory Experiments
      • Hocus Pocus Macarons from Jen Around the World

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Father’s Day is this Sunday and my girls love making and baking gifts for their Dad.

This roundup features over 50 homemade by the kids dessert creations Dad will love for Father’s Day! 

1. Chocolate Potato Chip Cookies – For the Love of Food

2. Edible Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Balls (No Bake) – Midwestern Home Life

3. No Bake Peanut Butter Pie – Partylicious

4. PB&J Smoothie – For the Love of Food

5. Easy Peanut Butter Cookie Bars – If You Give A Blonde A Kitchen

6. Thick & Chewy Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies – Baking Sense

7. Delicious Homemade Cookie Monster Ice Cream – Razzle Dazzle Life

8. No Bake Peanut Butter Pie with Graham Cracker Crust – Finding Zest

9. Easy Stuffed Peanut Butter Chocolate Cookies – An Edible Mosaic

10. Lion King Peanut Butter Fruit Dip – For the Love of Food

11. Chocolate Chip Marshmallow Cookies – The Short Order Cook

12. Oreo Milkshake – Daily Desserting

13. Orange Dreamsicle Dessert Bar Cookies – For the Love of Food

14. Oreo Milkshake – Daily Desserting

15. Drool-Worthy Father’s Day Sugar Cookies with Cream Cheese Frosting & Sour Cream – Saving Talents

16. Chocolate Covered Bacon Skewers – For the Love of Food

17. Oreo Rice Krispie Treats – Meaningful Eats

18. Easy Chocolate Chocolate Chip Cookies – I Heart Eating

19. Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Fudge – For the Love of Food

20. Candy Hot Dog Cupcakes – Finding Zest

21. Soft and Gooey Candied Bacon Chocolate Chip Cookies – For the Love of Food

22. Deconstructed Drumstick Ice Cream Sundae – My Sequined Life

23. Brownie Cookies – Tasty Treats and Eats

24. 7 Minute Microwave Peanut Brittle – For the Love of Food

25. Easy Key Lime Pie Bars – Mommy Evolution

26. Dessert Cake Stack – Call Me PMC

27. Chocolate Saltine Toffee – For the Love of Food

28. Easy Peanut Butter Bars – Meaningful Eats

29. No Bake Key Lime Pie Tarts – For the Love of Food

30. Easy No Bake S’mores Cups – Dancing Through the Rain

31. Copycat Krispy Kreme Donut Bread Pudding – For the Love of Food

32. Chocolate Peanut Butter Stuffed Dates – Health My Lifestyle

33. The Best Oreo Dirt Cake – Joy Food Sunshine

34. Puppy Chow – Joy Food Sunshine

35. Air Fryer Chocolate Chip Pizookie – For the Love of Food

36. Waffle Brownie Ice Cream Sandwiches – Inspiring Savings

37. Chocolate Lovers Cheesecake – Browned Butter Blondie

38. Magnolia’s Best Ever Coffee Cake – For the Love of Food

39. Everything But the Kitchen Sink Brownies – Sugar Dish Me

40. 5-Ingredient Peanut Butter Cornflake Bars (No Bake) – Scrummy Lane

41. Chocolate Caramel Ice Cream Sandwich Cake – For the Love of Food

42. Chocolate Pots – Hungry Healthy Happy

43. Bacon, Beer and Potato Chip Cookie Bars – Life Love and Sugar

44. Bacon Crack – Our Zesty Life

45. Banoffee Pie – For the Love of Food

46. Frozen Chocolate Coconut Banana Bites – A Cedar Spoon

47. The Best Chocolate Cake Recipe Ever – Add A Pinch

48. Grilled Dessert Bananas – For the Love of Food

49. Marshmallow Brownies – Embellishmints

50. Chocolate Hazelnut Tart – Browned Butter Blondie

51. Rocky Road Pie – Recipe Girl

52. Fruit Filled Chocolate Waffle Cones – For the Love of Food 
 

53. Cookies and Cream Blondies– Divas Can Cook 

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Looking for a fun, kid friendly dessert to make to celebrate St Patrick’s Day?

This festive roundup features over 65 themed St Patrick’s Day desserts for kids to enjoy all month long!

1. “Lucky to Have You” St. Patrick’s Day Popcorn Mix – For the Love of Food

2. Lucky Charms Ice Cream – We Are Not Martha

3. Quick and Easy Rainbow Pudding Cups – Simply Well Balanced

4. Saint Patrick’s Day Mini Cheesecakes – 4 Sons R Us

5. Fluffy Rainbow Cupcakes – Savory Experiments

6. Peppermint Patty Cookies – For the Love of Food

7. Green Velvet Cupcakes – Mama Needs Cake

8. Adorable Mint Chocolate Cookie Cups – Brooklyn Active Mama

9. Lucky Charms Cookies – Urban Bliss Life

10. McDonald’s Copycat Shamrock Shake – Bellyfull

11. Lucky Irish Cream and Pistachio Milkshake – For the Love of Food

12. St. Patrick’s Day Popcorn Balls – Belle of the Kitchen

13. Leprechaun Bait – Fantabulosity

14. Fudgy Double Mint Brownies – For the Love of Food

15. St. Patrick’s Day Rice Krispie Treats – Brooklyn Active Mama

16. Rainbow Buttercream Cookies – Dessert for Two

17. Brownie Mint Trifle – Saving You Dinero

18. St. Patrick’s Day Deviled Jell-O Eggs – Loving Homeschool

19. Lucky Charms Candy Bark – For the Love of Food

20. Pot of Gold Brownie Bites – Simple and Seasonal

21. St. Patrick’s Day Oreo Cookies – Bellyfull

22. St. Patrick’s Day Pudding – The Flying Couponer

23. Rainbow Marshmallow Pops – Nums the Word

24. Rainbow Fruit Platter with Marshmallow Cloud Dip – For the Love of Food

25. Green Velvet Cupcakes with Cream Cheese Frosting – Play Party Plan

26. St. Patrick’s Layered Jello – The Good Hearted Woman

27. St. Patrick’s Day Puppy Chow – Hezzi D’s Books and Cooks

28. Shamrock Pretzel Pops – For the Love of Food

29. St. Patrick’s Day Pretzel Bark – Loving Homeschool

30. No-Bake Lucky Charms Granola Bars – We Are Not Martha

31. St. Patrick’s Day Sour Cream Sugar Cookies with Cream Cheese Frosting – Saving Talents

32. Shamrock Cupcakes – Fab Everyday

33. St. Patrick’s Day Shamrock Cookies – Tasty Treats and Eats

34. St. Patrick’s Day Crack – Sparkles to Sprinkles

35. Rainbow Rice Krispie Treats – Trop Rockin

36. Lucky Charms Pudding Pie – Two Kids and a Coupon

37. Rainbow Cake – Dessert for Two

38. Lucky in Love Chocolate Shamrock Shakes – For the Love of Food

39. St. Patrick’s Day Magical Trail Mix – Loving Homeschool

40. St. Patrick’s Day Marshmallow Pops – Sparkles to Sprinkles

41. Shamrock Tarts – Food Meanderings

42. Lucky Charms Flavored Easy Homemade Blizzards – 4 Sons R Us

43. Rainbow Slushies for Kids – Homeschooling in Preschool

44. Rainbow Sugar Cookies – Trop Rockin

45. St. Patrick’s Day Parfaits – Coffee with Us 3

46. Rainbow Fruit Pizza – Joy Food Sunshine

47. Mint chocolate chip Ice Cream – My Diaspora Kitchen

48. Rainbow Bundt Cake – Sweet and Savory Meals

49. St Patrick’s Day Oreo Truffles – Hip Hoo-Rae

50. Mint Chocolate Chip Swirl Cookies – Sweet and Savory Meals

51. Mint Chocolate Chip Fudge – Chocolate Moosey

52. Leprechaun Bark – Practically Homemade

53. St. Patrick’s Day Peppermint Whipped Cream – In the Kitch

54. Lucky Charms Cookie Dough Bars – We Are Not Martha

55. Lucky Charms Golden Popcorn – For the Love of Food

56. Homemade St. Patrick’s Day Gum Drops – Thrifty Jinxy

57. Quick and Easy Pot of Gold Pretzels – Crayons and Cravings

58. Leprechaun Gnome Treats – About A Mom

59. Pistachio and Chocolate Leprechaun Cookies – I Heart Naptime

60. Four Leaf Clover Cupcake Cake – Cookie Dough and Oven Mitt

61. Oreo Chocolate Mint Fudge – For the Love of Food

62. Stained Glass St. Patrick’s Day Shamrock Cookies – How to This and That

63. St. Patrick’s Day Sugar Cookie Bars – Over the Big Moon

64. St. Patty’s Day Minty S’mores – See Mom Click

65. Baked Mint Chocolate Chip Doughnuts – Sugar Spice and Family Life

66. Shamrock Whoopie Pies – Mom Foodie

67. Homemade Peppermint Patty Cups – She Likes Food

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These pretty in pink tasty treats are sure to put a smile on your sweetheart’s face this Valentine’s Day!

I’ve included over 70 romantically sweet dessert and drink recipes for celebrating and surprising the ones you love this Valentine’s season.

Desserts:

1. Heart Shaped Macarons – Little Sunny Kitchen

2. Valentines Heart Krispies Treats – A Crazy Family

3. Pink Velvet Funfetti Cupcakes – Fake Ginger

4. Pink Sno Ball Cupcakes – For the Love of Food

5. Easy Peasy Frosting Strawberry Fudge – Two Kids and A Coupon

6. Stained Glass Valentine Heart Cookies – Xoxo Bella

7. Strawberry Brownies – Midwestern Home Life

8. Pink Valentine’s Day Dessert Charcuterie Board for Kids – For the Love of Food

9. Pink Sugar Cookies – Organically Addison

10. No-Bake Valentine’s Day Cookies – The Savvy Mama Lifestyle

11. Strawberry Cake Mix Cookies – Bellyfull

12. Lemon Raspberry Cookies – The Forked Spoon

13. Valentine’s Sprinkled Pink Heart Lollipops – For the Love of Food

14. White Chocolate Valentine Bark – Family Around the Table

15. Be My Valentine Sugar Cookies – My 3 Little Kittens

16. Strawberry Crinkle Cookies – Urban Bliss Life

17. Easy Chocolate Cherry Blossom Cookies – Xoxo Bella

18. Jelly Filled Giant Donut Cake – For the Love of Food

19. Easy Heart Shaped Pink Cake – Dani’s Cookings

20. Pink Chocolate Covered Strawberries – Organically Addison

21. Valentine’s Day Marble Cookies – Nourish Plate

22. Cream Cheese Mint Hearts for Valentine’s Day – Crazy Adventures in Parenting

23. Pink Lemonade Pie – Syrup and Biscuits

24. Raspberry Heart Shortcakes – For the Love of Food

25. Slow Cooker Valentines Heart Shaped Fudge – What the Redhead Said

26. Heart Shaped Strawberry Shortbread Cookies – Barely and Sage

27. Pink Velvet Cake – Liv for Cake

28. Mason Jar Strawberry Lemonade Cupcakes – For the Love of Food

29. White Chocolate Hearts – Xoxo Bella

30. Valentine’s Heart Macarons – Liv for Cake

31. Strawberry Cupcakes – Simply Stacie

32. Frozen Pink Lemonade Pie – For the Love of Food

33. Strawberry Muddy Buddies – The Toasty Kitchen

34. Mini Valentine’s Cheesecakes – Sparkles to Sprinkles

35. Pink Swirled Lemonade Cake Cookies – For the Love of Food

36. Pink Velvet Cupcakes – The Tip Toe Fairy

37. Pink Guava Cake – Adventures of A DIY Mom

38. Gluten Free Lemon Cupcakes with Strawberry Frosting and Butterfly Toppers – For the Love of Food

39. Pink Fruity Cheesecake Dip – Simple and Seasonal

40. Copycat Crumbl Pink Velvet Cookies – Practically Homemade

41. Mini Strawberry Cheesecake Mason Jars with Chocolate Hearts – For the Love of Food 

42. Lychee Rose Doughnuts – Sift and Simmer

43. Strawberry Cake with Strawberry Frosting – Beyond Frosting

44. Valentine Pinwheels Pink Rice Krispies Treats – The Gunny Sack

45. Hot Pink Dipped Strawberries – For the Love of Food

46. Valentine’s Day Puff Pastry Hand Pies – The Tip Toe Fairy

47. Strawberry Fluff Salad – Crayons and Cravings

48. Strawberry Crunch Cheesecake – Keep Calm and Eat Ice Cream

49. Strawberry White Chip Cookies – Simply Scrumptious Eats

50. Pink Champagne Cake – The Suburban Soap Box

51. Valentine’s Pink Chocolate Sweet and Salty Candy – For the Love of Food

52. Valentine’s Day Pink Popcorn – Noshing with the Nolands

53. Pink Velvet Ice Cream with Cream Cheese Frosting Swirl – Cooking with Carlee

54. Valentine’s Crack – Sparkles to Sprinkles

55. Valentine Snack Mix – Fantabulosity

Drinks:

1. Homemade Italian Pink Cream Soda – Cincy Shopper

2. Valentine’s Day Milkshake – Fun Money Mom

3. Pink Starburst Shots – Sweet Tea and Thyme

4. Pink Velvet Hot Chocolate – Crayons and Cravings

5. Pink Party Punch – For the Love of Food

6. Easy Party Pink Punch – The Typical Mom

7. Pink Sherbet Punch – Passion for Savings

8. Strawberry Milk Tea – The Littlest Crumb

9. Raspberry Italian Cream Soda – For the Love of Food

10. Copycat Starbucks Pink Drink – Baking Beauty

11. Sweetheart Punch – Whiskey ‘n Sunshine

12. Pink Mimosa Punch with Fruit Filled Ice Ring – For the Love of Food

13. Pink Lemonade Slush – Bitz n Giggles

14. Pink Flamingo Cocktail – Sweet Tea and Thyme

15. Hot Pink Decked Out Hot Chocolate – For the Love of Food

16. Banana Strawberry Smoothie – Nourish Plate

17. Pink Breeze Punch – Cooking with K

18. Strawberry Creamsicle Cocktail/Mocktail – Cook Eat Go

19. Sweetheart Chocolate Soda Float – For the Love of Food

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Happy Easter, y’all!

This collection of festive springtime Easter treats couldn’t be any easier or more delicious!

Choose from over 60 no bake sweets and treats to make at home with the kids this Easter season.

Be sure to save some for the Easter Bunny too. We know he has a sweet tooth!

1. Bunny Butt Rice Krispies Treats – For the Love of Food

2. Chocolate Clusters – Consumer Queen

3. Easter Candy Popcorn – We Are Not Martha

4. Peeps Nests – Fake Ginger

5. Springtime Ambrosia Fruit Fluff – For the Love of Food

6. Easy White Chocolate Cereal Bars – The Dizzy Cook

7. Easter Jello Pie Jars – Conservamom

8. Carrot Cake Ice Cream Bonbons – For the Love of Food

9. Cadbury Mini Egg Chocolate Bark – Homemade Heather

10. Copycat Reese’s Peanut Butter Eggs – A Clean Bake

11. Easter Bunny Butt Cheesecake Ball – Consumer Queen

12. Strawberry Cheesecake Salad – Flavor Mosaic

13. Peeps Chicks House – No Bake Easter Treats for Kids – Crayons and Cravings

14. Snickerdoodle Muddy Buddies – The Short Order Cook

15. Chocolate Dipped Easter Rice Krispies Treats – Homemade Heather

16. Bottoms Up Easter Caramel Apples – For the Love of Food

17. Peeps Rice Krispies Treats – Kids Activity Zone

18. Ritz Cracker Cookies – Bellyfull

19. Peeps Easter Egg Rice Krispies Treats – For the Love of Food

20. No-Bake Chocolate Cheesecake – Mighty Mrs

21. Robin Eggs No-Bake Cheesecake for Easter – Barbara Bakes

22. Peeps Easter Bunny Pudding Cups – For the Love of Food

23. Oreo Dirt Cake – Easy Weeknight Recipes

24. Easy Easter Bark with Chocolate Eggs – Mommy Made That

25. Chocolate Dipped Peeps – For the Love of Food

26. Easter Chick Apples “Surprise” Snack Idea – Raising Whasians

27. No Bake Butterfinger Cheesecakes – Miss in the Kitchen

28. Easter Egg Fridge Cake – In the Play Room

29. Carrot Cake Oreo Truffles – We Are Not Martha

30. Bunny Brunch Fruit Skewers – For the Love of Food

31. Easter Charcuterie Board – The Inspiration Edit

32. Colorful Peanut Butter Eggs – Cupcakes and Kale Chips

33. Springtime Haystack Egg Baskets – For the Love of Food

34. White Chocolate Oreo Easter Bark – Kickass Baker

35. Chocolate Marshmallow Peeps – Walking on Sunshine Recipes

36. No Bake Key Lime Tarts – For the Love of Food

37. Easy Fruit Salad – The Forked Spoon

38. Cadbury Mini Egg Dip – Conservamom

39. Frozen Pink Lemonade Pie – For the Love of Food

40. 3 Ingredient Chocolate Peanut Butter Eggs – An Edible Mosaic

41. Super Easy No-Bake Easter Egg Slice – Bake Play Smile

42. Easter Chocolate Birds Nests – Bake Play Smile

43. 3-Ingredient Oreo Easter Egg Truffles – Play Party Plan

44. Cherry Pie Cream Cheese Spread – For the Love of Food

45. Oreo Fluff – Flavor Mosaic

46. Easter Bunny Butt Doughnuts – The Kitchen Is My Playground

47. Walking Banana Pudding– For the Love of Food

48. No-Bake Chocolate Peanut Butter Crunch Bars – Vegan Huggs

49. Easter Colored Chocolate Covered Strawberries – Partylicious

50. Strawberry Cream Parfait – For the Love of Food

51. No-Bake Easter Cheesecake Mousse – Beyond Frosting

52. Cheesecake Filled Chocolate Easter Eggs – A Mother Thing

53. Easter Crack Toffee Candy – Home Eat Cedar Springs Farm

54. Easter Bunny Bark – Pudge Factor

55. Salted Caramel Mousse Easter Egg Cups – Bake Play Smile

56. Cadbury Mini Eggs Cereal Bars – Conservamom

57. No Churn Carrot Cake Ice Cream – For the Love of Food

58. Bunny Bait Popcorn – Ashcroft Family Table

59. Easter Chick Oreo Pops – Carrie’s Experimental Kitchen

60.  Bunny Bait Easter Snack Mix  – For the Love of Food

61. Easter Cupcakes Kids Can Decorate – Moms Who Save

62. Broken Glass Jello – Love Bakes Good Cakes 

63. Spring Flower Pretzel Bites – Princess Pinky Girl

64. Surprise Candy Filled DIY Chocolate Easter Eggs– For the Love of Food

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Just in time for holiday baking, I’m sharing 120+ Delicious Thanksgiving Desserts That Are Not Pie !

We all know pie is down right yummy but what about cobblers, cheesecake, brownies, and dessert dips?

Don’t forget about caramel apples, fruit crisps, crunchy cookies, and mouthwatering baked goods!

All these and more can be found in this sweet treat filled recipe roundup! Scroll down to check them out. 

1. Holiday Pumpkin Pie Pudding Dip – For the Love of Food

2. Caramel Apple Cheesecake Bars – Food Folks and Fun

3. No Bake Pumpkin Cheesecake – Cheesecake It Is

4. Pumpkin Spice Chocolate Shortbread Cookies – Plating Pixels

5. Apple Pie Caramel Apples – For the Love of Food

6. Easy Pumpkin Ice Cream – Mason Jar Recipe

7. Homemade Pumpkin Chocolate Cake – Maria’s Mixing Bowl

8. Chocolate Pumpkin Cake – The Cookie Dough Diaries

9. Apple Spice Cake – If You Give A Blonde A Kitchen

10. Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cake Mix Cookies – For the Love of Food

11. Pumpkin Praline Bread Pudding – Boston Girl Bakes

12. Pumpkin Cheesecake and Chocolate Mousse Topped with Dark Chocolate Ganache – Christina’s Cucina

13. Easy Apple Dump Cake with Pecan Topping – Pizzazzerie

14. Pecan Pie Cheesecake – The Gunny Sack

15. Cranberry Bundt Cake – Beyond the Chicken Coop

16. Caramel-Macchiato Tiramisu Parfaits – Finding Zest

17. Sticky Toffee Pudding – Bellyfull

18. Pumpkin Cheesecake Muffins – Natalie’s Health

19. Caramel Apple Pecan Cheesecake – The Spiffy Cookie

20. St. Louis Gooey Butter Cake – For the Love of Food

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I joined the Food Blogger Love Cookie Exchange again this year to spread a little love this holiday season by exchanging cookies with fellow food bloggers! You are secretly matched with 3 bloggers and you send each a dozen cookies. Then you receive a dozen cookies from 3 different bloggers too. I received Chai Eggnog Cookies from Chicago Foodie Girl, White Chocolate and Cranberry Cookies from Blogghetti, and  Shortbread Cookies today from By the Pounds. They were all delicious and perfect for holiday snacking, especially for my two sweet tooth kiddos!

 Scroll down to see my recipe then check out the link up to see all the other delicious cookie recipes in the Cookie Exchange!

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Caramel Apple Cookies

Makes 3 dozen

Equipment

• Makes 3 dozen

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup butter {1 stick} softened
• 1 cup brown sugar
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 2 eggs
• 1 tsp vanilla
• 3 cups flour
• 1 tsp baking powder
• 1 tsp baking soda
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 1 cup dried apple slices chopped
• 1/4 cup apple cider or juice
• 4.5 oz box soft caramels

For the coating:

• 1/4 cup sugar
• 1 tbsp apple pie spice

Instructions

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• In a large mixing bowl cream together butter and both sugars.
• Add eggs, then vanilla and apple juice and mix on medium speed until well combined.
• In a separate large mixing bowl stir together flour, salt, baking powder, and baking soda.
• With the mixer on slow speed, slowly add the dry flour mix to the wet mix until fully combined.
• Turn off mixer and stir in chopped apples.
• Add dough to the fridge for 10 minutes to make it not as sticky and easier to handle.
• Unwrap the caramel candies and cut each candy in half.
• In a small bowl mix together sugar and apple pie spice for the topping. Set aside.
• Using a small ice cream scoop, scoop a small ball of dough then roll in your hands.
• Make an indentation in the center and place a caramel piece in the center of the dough.
• Mold the dough around the caramel and re-roll if needed.
• Roll the cookie ball in the sugar topping then place on a lined baking sheet.
• Repeat with remaining dough.
• Bake for 11-14 minutes.
• Let cool slightly on the baking sheet then remove to a rack to cool.

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