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Springtime Pretzel Bites #SpringSweetsWeek

Nicole Hood — Mon, 24 Mar 2025 11:34:21 +0000

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!

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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Hocus Pocus Marshmallow Cereal Bars

Nicole Hood — Fri, 16 Sep 2022 03:20:12 +0000

Just in time for the release of Hocus Pocus 2, I’m sharing this easy sweet treat: Hocus Pocus Marshmallow Cereal Bars.

This tasty twist on the classic Rice Krispie Treats uses the new Hocus Pocus Cereal

and purple sugar sprinkles to make a magical movie night dessert everyone will love!

Hocus Pocus Marshmallow Cereal Bars

Ingredients

3 tbsp butter unsalted
6 cups Hocus Pocus cereal or similar
6 cups mini marshmallows
purple sanding sugar sprinkles

Instructions

Add butter to a large bowl and microwave for 45 seconds or until melted.
Stir in marshmallows and microwave for 45 seconds then stir.
Microwave for another 45 seconds until fully melted. Stir.
Now pour in cereal and mix well.
Press into a greased 9x13 pan.
Sprinkle on purple sanding sugar all over then let cool.
Cut into shapes and serve.

This twist on Rice Krispies Treats uses new Hocus Pocus 2 cereal.

I found my cereal at Target.

You need about 6 cups of cereal for this recipe.

Start by adding butter to a large bowl and microwaving for 45 seconds or until melted.

Add in 6 cups of marshmallows.

Stir to coat.

Microwave for 90 seconds until fully melted.

Microwave for another 45 seconds until fully melted.

Now pour in cereal.

Mix well.

Press into a greased 9×13 pan.

Sprinkle on purple sanding sugar all over then let cool.

Once completely cool you can cut into shapes and serve or place in treat bags.

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Maple Snow Candy

Nicole Hood — Fri, 01 Mar 2019 13:30:00 +0000

We woke up this morning to another beautiful SNOW DAY!

I am truly lovin’ the peaceful blanket of snow covering our neighborhood, but I may be going a little stir crazy! This time last year we were in Texas and it was HOT, y’all! Like tank tops and flip flop weather! So besides our typical movies and board games, I decided to stock up on snow themed library books to read with my girls.

One that the girls and I really enjoyed was called Cold Snap. It includes a recipe for Snow Candy so we decided we had to make our own. It was soooo good.

All you need is snow and hot maple syrup and you can make this tasty winter treat too!

The many faces of Ava enjoying her Snow Candy!

Maple Snow Candy

Ingredients

1/4 cup maple syrup
medium bowl of fresh snow

Instructions

Bring maple syrup to a boil in a small saucepan.
Drizzle hot maple syrup lightly over the snow.
Use forks to eat this sticky sweet treat right away!

How fun are kids books that include recipes and crafts?!

My kiddos and I love to cook food inspired by stories we read or movies we watch so this was a perfect snow day activity.

I always keep a bottle of real maple syrup on hand.

Not just for pancakes but also for vinaigrettes and dessert toppings.

Bring in a bowl of fresh clean snow.

This is a recipe you can all share out of one larger bowl

or add snow to small bowls for individual treats.

Bring maple syrup to a boil in a small saucepan.

Drizzle hot maple syrup lightly over the snow.

Ava liked helping make this treat …..

….and eat it too!

Use forks to eat this sticky sweet treat right away!

You can add as little or as much syrup as you want .

But it does melt and loose the snow texture if you pour on too much too fast!

Happy Snow Day!

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Fruit Filled Chocolate Waffle Cones

Nicole Hood — Thu, 08 Feb 2018 14:00:00 +0000

I am excited to be participating in the Good Cookies Food Bloggers’ Valentine’s Event again this year!

Today I am sharing a fun recipe that is both a delicious treat and a great way to get the kiddos to eat their fruit! Fruit Filled Chocolate Waffle Cones are a must have for Valentine’s Day! Check out the round up of Valentine’s recipes below in the Good Cookie Food Bloggers Valentine’s Event benefiting the Cookies for Kids’ Cancer!

This is the second year for our Valentine’s event!

We want to make a difference in the fight against pediatric cancer!Did you know that cancer is the #1 cause of death of children by disease in the U.S.? There are 40,000 U.S. children actively battling cancer right now. With less than 4% of the National Cancer Institute’s budget going to all childhood cancer combined, I knew it was important for me to get involved.

Help us make a difference by donating to Cookies for Kids’ Cancer! Our goal is to raise at least $3000.

Because these three companies: Dixie Crystals, Mediavine and OXO have each pledged to match our donations raised through this campaign up to $3000!!!

Thanks to many of you, we have reached our goal. You can still donate and help us make an even bigger difference!Donate here.

Fruit Filled Chocolate Waffle Cones

Ingredients

4 large waffle cones
6 oz chocolate chips{I used both semi sweet and white chocolate} melted
sprinkles for topping
4 large slices of pineapple
1 pint of raspberries
1 pint of blueberries

Instructions

Using a spoon or small spatula spread the melted chocolate on the opening sides of each waffle cone.
Add the sprinkles all over the melted chocolate.
Set aside in a tall glass to let dry.
When ready to serve, fill each cone with fresh fruit. I used berries and pineapple.
Serve and enjoy!

I used two kinds of waffle cones. The smaller ones are from the ice cream section at the grocery store and the large red ones are from our local Dunkin Donuts.

Melt the chocolate in the microwave, heating for 45 seconds then stirring and reheating

until smooth when stirred.

Set up a decorating station for the cones!

You can use any sprinkles you would like {I chose Valentine’s hearts}.

I started with my favorite melted semi soft chocolate then spread it
on to the waffle cone and add sprinkles.

Then I add melted white chocolate to the red cones.

Add lots of colorful sprinkles!

Set aside in a tall glass to let dry.

Just about any fresh fruit works for this recipe but I chose berries and pineapple.

Once the cones are dry it’s time to fill them!

Fill with colorful fresh fruit and serve.

Happy girls with their waffle cone dessert!

Dessert is served and it’s almost too pretty to eat!

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Peanut Butter Hot Cocoa #Choctoberfest

Nicole Hood — Sat, 21 Oct 2017 17:30:00 +0000

Today is the last day of #Choctoberfest and I decided last minute to make one more delicious chocolate filled recipe. After a long day out and about I was craving a hot drink and ready to snuggle up on the couch and watch a show. I knew hot cocoa was what I needed and when I saw the bag of peanut butter chips Davis Chocolate had sent me I knew I wanted to make a batch of homemade Peanut Butter Hot Cocoa to end our long day!

Thanks to our gold sponsor Imperial Sugar and the other special sponsors including Davis Chocolate that helped make #Choctoberfest possible! Over 70 bloggers are participating in #Choctoberfest 2017 and have posted 200+ chocolate recipes this week! Keep your eyes peeled, visit any of the blogs listed below, or use the #Choctoberfest hashtag on Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook to follow along. You can also check out our #Choctoberfest Pinterest board, where we post chocolate recipes all year long.

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Peanut Butter Hot Cocoa

Makes 2

Ingredients

4 cups milk
1/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
1/2 cup Davis Chocolate Organic Peanut Butter Morsels
2 tbsp sugar
whipped cream for topping
2 Davis Chocolate cocktail sticks for garnish

Instructions

Add milk, sugar, and cocoa to a medium saucepan and heat over medium heat.
Stir with a whisk until warmed and combined.
Meanwhile, add peanut butter morsels to a microwave safe bowl and heat in the microwave for 1 minute on 50% power.
Stir then heat for another 30 seconds on 50% power.
Stir until smooth then add 1/4 cup of the melted peanut butter into the warmed cocoa.
Stir until well combined then remove from heat.
Pour cocoa into 2 mugs and top with whipped cream.
Drizzle the remaining melted peanut butter on top, add a chocolate cocktail stick, and serve hot.

I love these delicious peanut butter chips from Davis Chocolate.

They melt well and have a delicious, rich taste.

I used two Davis Chocolate products for this Hot Cocoa.
They are organic and made with simple ingredients including organic coconut sugar and roasted peanuts.

Add peanut butter morsels to a microwave safe bowl and heat in the microwave

for 1 minute on 50% power. Stir then heat for another 30 seconds on 50% power.

Stir until smooth.

Add 4 cups of milk to a medium saucepan.

Add sugar and cocoa and heat over medium heat.

Stir with a whisk until warmed and combined.

Sdd 1/4 cup of the melted peanut butter into the warmed cocoa.

Stir until well combined then remove from heat.

Pour cocoa into 2 mugs and top with whipped cream.

Drizzle the remaining melted peanut butter on top and add a chocolate cocktail stick.

Serve hot and enjoy!

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