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Peanut Butter Candy Bars: Baking With Sammy to Use Up Halloween Candy

November 2, 2011 By Laura 8 Comments

Peanut Butter Candy Oat Bars: Got leftover Halloween candy? These bar cookies are a fantastic way to use it up!

Peanut Butter Candy Bars are a fantastic way to use up leftover Halloween candy. These photos were were updated in November 2015–but I have left the original photos of Sammy and I baking these the first time around! I wonder if my mom was as tormented by Halloween candy as I am?  It drives me… 

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Filed Under: bar cookies, candy, chocolate, misc. dessert, oats, peanut butter Tagged With: bar cookies, bars, candy, chocolate, Halloween candy, leftovers, oats, peanut butter, Reese's Peanut Butter Cups, Snickers

Peanut Butter Candy Cups

November 23, 2010 By Laura 7 Comments

This is technically about 2-3 weeks overdue as a post about what to do with your Halloween candy. But the thing is, this is a great idea for anytime–I mean how cute are these cups? And so easy! And just as tasty with chocolate chips, peanut butter chips, M&Ms, Reece’s Pieces, or mini marshmallows–all of… 

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Strawberry Lemon Pâte de Fruit

October 26, 2010 By Laura 11 Comments

I thought these would take a great picture, but in reality they look much better sans sugar. So just know you would eat them coated in sugar. What are they? They are what I prefer to call pâte de fruit, because pectin fruit jelly just sounds so blah. But in Europe they are pâte de… 

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Dulce de Leche Swirled Marshmallows

September 22, 2010 By Laura 13 Comments

I do lead an interesting life, don’t I? That’s 3 surgeries since the start of this blog and 11 total over my lifetime. The good news–in addition to the fact that I got the infected appendix 12 hours before it ruptured (that’s an approximate guess by the doctor), is that having removed now 2 organs… 

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Butter Crunch 2 Ways: Family Recipes

December 18, 2009 By Laura 12 Comments

This Butter Crunch candy is super easy, perfect for Christmas cookie tins, great for a holiday cookie exchange, and always one of the big hits of my holiday table! I make this every year for Christmas, so I decided to update the traditional pecan pictures in December 2015. The peanut pictures are from the original… 

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Filed Under: candy, caramel, chocolate, misc. dessert, peanuts, pecans Tagged With: candy, caramel, chocolate, christmas, confections, Holidays, peanuts, pecans, toffee

Salted Vanilla Bean Caramel Chews

December 8, 2009 By Laura 19 Comments

Salted Vanilla Bean Caramel Chews: If I ever didn't make these for the Holidays my whole family would riot!! Luckily they are really easy!! Perfect for holiday "cookie" tins!

These Salted Vanilla Bean Caramel Chews will wow everyone! I make them at the holidays, where they are the stars of my Christmas “cookie” tins. I took fresh photos for these Caramel Chews in November 2015. Affiliate links have been used to link to items I am discussing.  Do you ever get to feeling downright… 

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Creamy Cappuccino Marshmallows

December 3, 2009 By Laura 22 Comments

Creamy Cappuccino Marshmallows with miniature chocolate chips

Creamy Cappuccino Marshmallows are the best marshmallows I have ever tried for eating out of hand. They are a perfect festive treat to add to your holiday cookie tins! [Note: I updated the photos in December 2016.] I would not normally post such a similar recipe so close to the previous similar recipe. This is… 

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Filed Under: candy, chocolate, coffee desserts, marshmallows, misc. dessert, sweet confections Tagged With: candy, cappuccino, chocolate chip, coffee, confections, espresso, marshmallows

Creamy Peppermint Marshmallows

November 14, 2009 By Laura 18 Comments

Creamy Peppermint Marshmallows with Candy Canes: these are regarded as a necessary accompaniment to hot chocolate in my family! So easy with a good mixer and so delicious! You will never go back to storebought again!

Creamy Peppermint Marshmallows are festive, delicious, and an absolute necessity for hot chocolate as far as my family is concerned! Affiliate links have used in this post to link to items I am discussing. [December 2015: I will never forget how excited I was to share this recipe with everyone, and how crestfallen I was… 

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Hi! I’m Laura and I am a recovering history major who has re-channeled all of my passion for learning about the history of different countries to learning about their food culture. That doesn’t mean every dish on here is strictly authentic, but it does mean that even my adaptations are not undertaken lightly. My goal is to show you–by doing–that these dishes are possible in your kitchen. Including desserts because I have quite the sweet tooth! Read More…

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