FFHH Hop – Day 8 – Pumpkin Krispie Treats

October 8, 2012 By 1 Comment

Halloween Pumpkin Krispie TreatsLooking for Halloween Themed Snacks for a Party? These Pumpkin Krispie Treats are a Snap to Make!

Every great Halloween party needs great treats! So why provide the typical snacks when there are so many awesome, Halloween themed recipes that you have to choose from? With a box of Rice Krispies or generic Krisp Rice cereal, a bag of marshmallows and a few other ingredients, you can have some fun with the kids and make some awesome treats that everyone will enjoy! Better yet? Thrifty moms will love these because they are really cheap to make. In fact, most of the ingredients are probably hiding somewhere around the house, especially if you have a candy stash like me!

What you’ll need:

  • Large, microwave-safe bowl
  • Shallow bowl
  • Wax paper
  • Large platter
  • 3 tablespoons melted butter or margarine
  • 6 cups Rice Krispies or any type of krispie crispy rice cereal
  • 10 ounces miniature marshmallows
  • Green icing
  • Black icing (small tube of gel icing will do if you’re picking it up at the store)
  • Orange decorative sugar granules
  • Tootsie Rolls, small sized or large size cut into smaller pieces
  • Optional ingredients include: Red Hots, Raisins, Sugar Babies, M&M’s, string licorice, Reese’s Pieces

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Fabulous Fall & Happy Halloween Hop – Candy Corn Cupcakes

October 1, 2012 By Leave a Comment

Halloween Hop

Welcome to our first installment in the Fabulous Fall & Happy Halloween Hop!

Each day, you’ll find a new recipe, craft, or other fabulous idea related to Fall or Halloween that you can use to enjoy the season or the holiday!

Our first post is from Semmes Savers for Candy Corn Cupcakes.

Sounds dreadfully delicious, right?

Here’s a little image, courtesy of Semmes Savers to show you what the final result looks like – YUM!!!

Candy Corn Cupcakes

Sinfully sweet? Yeah, I’m all in! My kids are gonna love that one!

You can check out her recipe for Candy Corn Cupcakes here.

Be sure to come back tomorrow to find another great fall or Halloween related post to tempt your tastebuds or spark your creativity!

We’ll be making this a bit easier with a linky. Each day that a new post is added, the linky will update to show it.

So whether you’ve been following this thread since day 1, or you are just now finding it, you will easily be able to access all of the fabulous posts that we’ve put together for you!
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Delicious Popsicle Recipes You Can Make at Home

July 9, 2012 By 1 Comment

The history of the Popsicle begins with an 11 year old boy named Frank Epperson. It is said that he made this treat and then waited 18 years before producing the “Eppsicle” in the year 1923. The name was later changed to “popsicle.” These treats were first sold for only a nickel, my how times have changed! However, it is not going to cost much more than that if you make these fun frozen treats at home.

To get started you will want to pick up a basic popsicle mold from a yard sale or at the dollar store. You can also use ice cube trays or small paper cups with craft sticks. Once you have this, you can pretty much use any type of liquid beverage to create a tasty frozen treat. Here are a few ideas to try:

Basic Popsicle

Ingredients:
• Package of gelatin
• Packet of kool – aid
• A cup of sugar
• A cup of boiling water

Combine all of the ingredients in a 2 quart pitcher. Stir until the powders are fully dissolved. Add cold water to make 2 quarts. Pour into Popsicle molds or paper cups and sit in the freezer. When the mixture starts to thicken, insert the Popsicle stick and then freeze until hardened.

Watermelon Popsicles

Ingredients:
• Watermelon, with seeds removed and chopped up into cubes

Place the watermelon in a blender or food processor and puree. Pour the mixture into the popsicle molds and freeze.

Strawberry Popsicles

Ingredients:
• 2 cups fresh or frozen strawberries
• 1 cup plain or vanilla yogurt
• ½ cup sugar

Puree the strawberries and other ingredients in a food processor or blender. Add to the Popsicle molds and freeze. You can use blueberries, raspberries, or a mixture of fruit to create these wonderful frozen treats.

If you are looking for a more creative Popsicle you can try these:

Striped: Layer the Popsicle mold with different colored yogurt, gelatin, or pudding.

Dreamsicles: Mix about one or two teaspoons of tang with milk. Add about a half of teaspoon of vanilla. You can adjust the amounts based on your taste preferences.

Rocket Pops: Red drink such as fruit punch or red gelatin, freeze until almost solid and then add the white layer, either white grape juice, milk, coconut, yogurt, or vanilla pudding. Freeze again and then add the final blue layer which can be any of the white ingredients with blue food coloring added or a blue drink mix or gelatin.

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Simple Party Food Recipes

August 23, 2011 By Leave a Comment

Some of my favorite party foods are also some of the simplest recipes I know. It’s so fun to make something that looks and tastes good and only takes minutes to prepare. Here are a few party food recipes for your consideration.

Cheesy Chili- This was a standard offering at all the graduation receptions, open houses, and wedding showers I ever attended as a young person.

Dump two cans of chili in your crock-pot. Add half a block of Velveeta cheese. Turn it on low for two to three hours. Serve with tortilla chips. You can add salsa for more of a kick.

Baked Cheese Pastry with Crackers (savory)- This is very tasty and looks fancy, but couldn’t be easier to make!

Open a can of pre-made crescent rolls. Roll it out into a rectangle (Do not separate the individual crescent rolls). Place a block of cream cheese in the center of the dough, and then wrap it like a gift. Bake at 375 until the pastry has just barely browned and the cream cheese is soft (approximately 10-12 minutes). Serve slices with wheat thins or other crackers.

Baked Cheese Pastry (sweet)- Try this sweet variation. You will need two containers of crescent roll dough.

Roll out one can of crescent roll dough. Place (room temperature) cream cheese block in a bowl and mix with 1 cup powdered sugar. Cream until smooth. Spread the mixture on to the dough. Add the  additional layer of rolled out dough on top. Sprinkle with cinnamon and sugar. Bake at 375 for approximately 10-12 minutes.


Chocolate Acorns- Food is always fun when it looks like something else.

Frost the bottom of a Hershey’s kiss with icing or peanut butter. Stick a miniature vanilla wafer on top of the frosting. Make a small peanut butter stem on top of the wafer. It looks like an acorn!

Green Tea Lemonade- Good parties need fun drinks.

Brew a pot of green tea. Use two regular tea bags for three to five cups of boiling water. In a separate pitcher, prepare lemonade. After the tea brews, refrigerate it until it cools. Mix the two drinks to taste.

Enjoy!
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Harry Potter Recipes

July 1, 2011 By 1 Comment

Harry Potter Recipes 

The new Harry Potter movie is being released this month. My kids absolutely love Harry Potter and I do too. I am a big kid at heart so before we go to the new Harry Potter movie I plan on having a Harry Potter day with Harry Potter recipes.

 Butterbeer – There are so many variations.I am told the recipe from Fox is better than the one from Universal Harry Potter park!

 Version #1

Ingredients:

  • 8oz cream soda
  • 2-3 tablespoons of butterscotch syrup

1. Mix in a tall glass and serve over ice.

Version #2

Recipe from  http://www.foxnews.com/leisure/2010/07/02/harry-potters-butterbeer-recipe-uncovered/

Start to finish: 1 hour

Ingredients:

  • 1 cup light or dark brown sugar
  • 2 tablespoons water
  • 6 tablespoon butter
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 1/2 teaspoon cider vinegar
  • 3/4 cup heavy cream, divided
  • 1/2 teaspoon rum extract
  • Four 12-ounce bottles cream soda
  1. In a small saucepan over medium, combine the brown sugar and water. Bring to a gentle boil and cook, stirring often, until the mixture reads 240 F on a candy thermometer.
    2. Stir in the butter, salt, vinegar and 1/4 heavy cream. Set aside to cool to room temperature.
  2. Once the mixture has cooled, stir in the rum extract.
  3. In a medium bowl, combine 2 tablespoons of the brown sugar mixture and the remaining 1/2 cup of heavy cream. Use an electric mixer to beat until just thickened, but not completely whipped, about 2 to 3 minutes.
  4. To serve, divide the brown sugar mixture between 4 tall glasses (about 1/4 cup for each glass). Add 1/4 cup of cream soda to each glass, then stir to combine. Fill each glass nearly to the top with additional cream soda, then spoon the whipped topping over each.

Treacle Tart – These are a British dessert and are one of Harry’s favorite desserts. If you cannot find the golden syrup at your local store, try Whole Foods and amazon.com.

Ingredients:

  •  2 –9″ pie shells. You can make your own from scratch or buy the premade shells in the refrigerated section.
  •  2 cups golden syrup  (DO NOT use molasses or corn syrup. Does not taste the same)
  •  1 ½ cups fresh white breadcrumbs
  •  1 tsp. fresh lemon juice
  •  1 egg, beaten with 1 tsp. of water

      1. Roll out the first pie shell and place in pie pan.
     2. Mix the syrup, breadcrumbs and lemon juice. Pour the filling into the pie      shell
      3. Roll out the 2nd pie shell, cut it into strips and form a lattice top over the filling.
     4. Brush the pastry with the egg and water mixture and bake at 350° F for 10 minutes.
    5. Reduce the heat to 300° F and bake for another 20 to 25 minutes, or until the filling is lightly set.
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Easy, Quick Recipes for Summer Treats

June 30, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Chocolate Chip Ice Cream Sandwich Cookie

Mmm...Chocolate Chip Ice Cream Sandwich Cookie - Photographer: rikomatic

Summer would not be the same without swimming, lazy days, iced tea and summer recipes for cool treats. For me, making homemade treats was a frugal choice. The bonus benefit was a healthy recipe where I knew every ingredient used that was also a kid friendly recipe. So the next time you need quick and easy snacks, try whipping up a batch of homemade popsicles. These are also easy cooking recipes for kids, so if you have a junior chef in the house, let them help.

Popsicles
1 box fruit flavored Jello
1 packet Kool Aid
1 cup sugar
2 cups boiling water
2 cups cold water

Dissolve the Jello and Kool Aid in the boiling water. Add cold water. Pour into either popsicle molds or plastic cups. Make sure to leave room for expansion at the top of the molds or cups. Put in the freezer until set and enjoy! If you use plastic cups you can cover with foil and poke a popsicle stick through the top. Place on a cookie sheet and put in the freezer. These are such an easy quick recipe to whip up and are great on a hot day! You can use any combination of flavors! You can play around with the sugar and add less if you like or use sugar free kool aid. You can find inexpensive popsicles molds at garage sales, second hand stores or the dollar store.

This is an easy quick recipe for fudge pops. They are so easy and fun to make that you will never spend money on store bought again!

Fudge Pops
1 pkg instant pudding (any flavor)
1 1/2c cold milk
2 c whipped cream

Mix the pudding and milk for 2 minutes with a wire whisk. Fold in the whipped cream. Pour into molds and freeze. You can also use paper cups and popsicles sticks. Try adding in Oreo cookies, chocolate chips, butterscotch chips or whatever suits your taste to make this summer recipe more interesting.

While this is not a healthy recipe, per se, it is delicious and makes for a quick and easy snack. Plus it’s an easy cooking recipe for kids so they can help make it.

Ice Cream Sandwiches

1 qt favorite ice cream, softened

Cookies of your choice (I like to use chocolate chip)

Chocolate chips or nuts

Place cookies on cookie sheet. Top each cookie with a scoop of ice cream. Gently smoosh down until ice cream reaches the edges. Roll cookies in chocolate chips or nuts. Put cookies in freezer until hard.

I hope you enjoy making these kid friendly recipes. Get the kids involved and spend an afternoon making memories. My kids love making these and look forward to dreaming up different flavors and combinations. Plus, they are frugal and you can pronounce every ingredient; making it a healthy recipe compared to store bought. So play around and have fun with these recipes!
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