Candy Corn Hot Chocolate

While we were in Los Angeles last weekend, my mother and sister in law and I made some Candy Corn Hot Chocolate on a stick using this recipe. We bagged and tagged them up, and took them to our neighbors and church friends. They're easy to make, and even easier to eat- you just add hot milk!  This gives such a different and yummy flavor, because it's white hot chocolate. SO YUMMY! 

I can't wait to use this idea for Christmas and make Peppermint Hot Chocolate on a stick.

On Your Home Based Mom, she has these tags that you can just print out ready to go. I don't think these have to be just for Halloween, I think you can still make these until mid November! So, get goin. ;)

The Best Pumpkin Bars You Will Ever Taste

Today calls for another fall recipe: Pumpkin Bars. These are the absolute bombest. And, don't forget about that amazing, addictive cream cheese frosting! MMM!

Pumpkin Bars

2 cups flour

2 teaspoons baking powder

2 teaspoons cinnamon

1/2 teaspoon nutmeg 

1 teaspoon salt

1 teaspoon baking soda

4 eggs

1 and 2/3 cups sugar

1 cup oil (I use coconut)

1 can (15oz) pumpkin 

Frosting:

1 8oz. package of cream cheese 

1/3 cup softened butter

4 cups powdered sugar

2 tsp pure vanilla extract

1 Tbsp milk

sprinkled ground cinnamon

Directions:

In your mixer, combine eggs, sugar, oil and pumpkin until light and fluffy. 

Add the dry ingredients, gradually. Mix well.

Spread batter in a greased 15x10x1 baking pan. Bake at 350 degrees for 25 – 30 minutes or until a toothpick inserted comes out clean. Cool completely.

Once your bars are cooled, cream together butter and cream cheese until smooth and fluffy.  Add powdered sugar, vanilla and milk.  Mix on high speed until smooth creamy. Sprinkle ground cinnamon on frosting, or leave bare. I think they look cuter with cinnamon! 

 

Dish up those suckers, and make sure you have people to share them with, or I promise you will eat the whole pan!

I've been wanting to make some cookies & cream cookies for a while now, and I thought what better time than for my husband's intramural football game! I then had the great idea to use orange halloween Oreos to have some orange chunks as well. Sadly, the orange mixed in, and they ended up looking pretty pink, but the color didn't matter, they were so yummy! 

Grab your ingredients & preheat your oven to 350:

1 cup butter, softened

1/2 cup packed brown sugar

1/2 cup white sugar

1 package Cookies n'Creme pudding mix

2 eggs

1 tsp. vanilla

2 1/4 cups flour

1 tsp salt

1 tsp baking soda

10 Oreos, chopped

1/2 cup white chocolate chips

I got home pretty late, and needed to start making the cookies quick! I'm sure I'm not the only person this has happened to... so, open up the wrappers, and cut into chunks-they'll get soft in no time!

Cream together butter and sugars.

Stir in the pudding mix.

Add eggs and vanilla to cream mixture.

Mix flour, baking soda, and salt into mixture.

Crunch up some Oreos (10-14) and add, along with the white chocolate chips.

Look at the pretty colors! I'm so sad it got so mixed in.

Bake for 7-9 minutes.

Happy weekend baking!

Late Night Snack

Yesterday, as I was browsing through Pinterest, I saw this Reese's Krispies Popcorn from Oh, Sweet Basil. I immediately knew it was going to have to be something my SIL Madison and I make (because let's be honest... i've become even more obsessed with Reese's since I've joined the Z family...that, and ranch..anyways).. So, of course we made it last night. It was super easy, super yummy, and super addicting! I popped white popcorn kernels in my whirly pop with just a tad of coconut oil, so it was actually pretty healthy!... ya. right. 

I didn't really measure the kernels though, so we ended up with 3 ziploc gallon bags full of this crack. So holler-atchergirl if you wanna come pick up some of this goodness! 

I can't wait to make this for when i have an actual crowd, and when I don't feel the need to eat this all.by.myself.

The following recipe was copied from ohsweetbasil.com

reese’s krispies popcorn

prep time: 2 minutes

cook time: 5 minutes

yield: 6-8 servings

serving size: 1 scoop

reese's krispies popcorn!

ingredients

• 2 cup peanut butter
• 2 cup karo syrup
• 2 cup sugar
• 2/3 cup popcorn kernals
• salt
• 2 cups rice krispies cereal
• 1/2 cup chocolate chips
• 2 cups reese's peanut butter cups, chopped

instructions

1. in a paper bag, add 1/3 cup popcorn , fold over to close, and microwave for 90-120 seconds or until popped. repeat with the remaining bag. in a very large bowl, combine the popcorn and cereal.
2. in a medium saucepan over medium heat, add the karo syrup and sugar. cook, stirring occasionally until the sugar has dissolved and the syrup is clear. add the peanut butter and stir until smooth and satiny, about 1 minute. pour over the cereal and fold with a wooden spoon to combine. add the chocolate chips and peanut butter cups and fold again. lay out on parchment paper to cool or enjoy warm.