The school year has started and before you know it the holiday season will be here. Halloween costumes, pumpkins, mum plants and apple cider donuts are already in the stores and local fall fairs have opened their gates. Children are always so excited to get dressed up in costumes and act silly with their friends.Continue reading “10 Kid Approved Halloween Desserts They Can Make With You”
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A Creative Way To Use Your Leftover Halloween Candy
This post was sponsored by GIR Get It Right Halloween is here and we all know there will be leftover candy for days, if not weeks. Here is your solution: make your favorite chocolate brownie recipe, homemade or from a box, and bring life to all those leftovers. By adding in some candy eyes, youContinue reading “A Creative Way To Use Your Leftover Halloween Candy”
A Childhood Favorite: Cookie Monster Chocolate Bark
Chocolate bark is really easy to make and there are so many combinations and flavors you can create. After making this Cookie Monster Bark, I’m definitely going to make some other holiday combinations. On a recent trip to my family home, my toddler discovered my childhood cookie monster money bank and has coveted it asContinue reading “A Childhood Favorite: Cookie Monster Chocolate Bark”
A Childhood Memory Rediscovered – Spritz Sugar Cookies
It wouldn’t be halloween week without a pumpkin shaped treat. These spritz pumpkin sugar cookies are a great fall party favor considering the recipe will yield almost 40 cookies. When eating a spritz cookie I can’t help but remember all of my visits to my Great Aunt Margret’s home as a child. She lived toContinue reading “A Childhood Memory Rediscovered – Spritz Sugar Cookies”
Halloween Dirt: Toddler Approved Chocolate and Whipped Cream Parfait
Every year at the big family Christmas party there is always a family-style size parfait, fondly referred to as “Dirt”. For today’s post I created individual size parfaits, kid style. When thinking about ingredients to create the parfaits the following came to mind: cake, whipped cream, and chocolate pudding. I kept the decorations simple, but thoughtContinue reading “Halloween Dirt: Toddler Approved Chocolate and Whipped Cream Parfait”
California Feature: Cinnamon Sugar Halloween Crisps
Ever since Make & Taste started, Jax and I’ve been in the kitchen a TON more…and Jax is loving it! So when I came across this simple and fun recipe I knew he’d be all over it! And he was! I heard “Mommy I wanna do it” from start to finish. Oh, and don’t tellContinue reading “California Feature: Cinnamon Sugar Halloween Crisps”
Mini-Whoopie Pies as Halloween Spiders
In preparation for Halloween week on Make & Taste I thought about some classic kid treats. My inspiration for these mini-whoopie pies came from two places. First, my family recently attended a toddler birthday and instead of a cake they had a pile of whoopie pies. Second, I saw this cute image on Instagram FeedContinue reading “Mini-Whoopie Pies as Halloween Spiders”
Virginia Feature: Halloween Elmo Cupcakes
When my daughter was nine months old, I went back to work. As I was making the transition from full time mom to part-time working mom, my husband and I searched high and low for dolls to comfort her when we were away. Like so many parents making that transition, we tried stuffed giraffes, bearContinue reading “Virginia Feature: Halloween Elmo Cupcakes”
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