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Spider Infested Chocolate Chip Cookies: #CreativeCookieExchange

October 21, 2014 By Laura 18 Comments

Spider Infested Chocolate Chip Cookies: an easy Halloween treat!

These Spider Infested Chocolate Chip Cookies are easy–even for the fine motor skill impaired, i.e., me, and are a big hit with the kids!  I apologize for essentially sharing the same recipe 2 months in a row, but the theme this month for Creative Cookie Exchange is, you guessed it, Halloween! And holiday cookies, especially… 

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Filed Under: blog events, chocolate, chocolate chip cookies, cookies, Pinterest dishes, whole grains Tagged With: #CreativeCookieExchange, chocolate, chocolate chip cookies, chocolate chips, decorated, Halloween, spiders

Leftover Halloween Candy Ideas

November 2, 2013 By Laura 3 Comments

Milk Chocolate Ganache Draped Peanut Butter Cup Surprise Mini Peanut Butter Cakes

If you are looking for leftover Halloween candy ideas, I’ve got you covered! Stuff it in cookies, cakes, mix it with caramel corn–all sorts of ways to keep the homemade treats coming while using up the Halloween candy! I hope everyone had a fun Halloween–and I hope most of you were able to stay drier… 

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Filed Under: bar cookies, cakes, candy, caramel, chocolate, chocolate chip cookies, cookies, cupcakes, misc, misc. dessert, peanut butter Tagged With: bars, cake, candy, caramel corn, chocolate, cookies, Halloween, leftover, milkshakes, popcorn

Milk Chocolate Ganache Glazed Peanut Butter Cup Surprise Bundtlettes

October 7, 2013 By Laura 14 Comments

Milk Chocolate Ganache Draped Peanut Butter Cup Surprise Mini Peanut Butter Cakes

Guys I am so excited to tell you about the weekend I just had in Chicago courtesy of the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association, but I just cannot think of  a way to work it around to this mini cakes. So it will have to wait, but suffice to say I am tired and a little… 

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Filed Under: bundt cakes, cakes, candy, chocolate, cupcakes, ganache, kids cooking, peanut butter Tagged With: cake, candy, cupcake, Halloween, milk chocolate, mini cake, peanut butter, peanut butter cup, Reese's

Salted Caramel Corn with Candy

October 3, 2013 By Laura 7 Comments

Caramel Glazed Popcorn with Mini Kit Kats

The days are growing shorter as the season that every food blogger dreads is getting closer. Ok I don’t really dread it, as autumn and the Holidays are my favorite season/s. But it definitely makes photographing harder. We are not to the worst yet–that is when the time changes and suddenly dinner is being served… 

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Filed Under: blog events, candy, caramel, chocolate, corn, whole grains Tagged With: #theleftoversclub, candy, caramel, caramel corn, Halloween, kit kats, peanut butter cups, popcorn

Halloween Sprinkled Slice-and-Bake Cookies; Review of 250 Best Cookies

September 23, 2013 By Laura 7 Comments

Halloween Sprinkled Refrigerator Cookies

When Robert Rose sent me The 250 Best Brownies, Bars and Squares they also sent me The 250 Best Cookie Recipes, both by Esther Brody. As I mentioned in my review of the bars and brownies version these books are not really cookbooks you would read or browse for pleasure. They are more utilitarian, a resource of… 

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Filed Under: cookbooks, cookies, dairy free baking, reviews Tagged With: cookbook review, cookies, Halloween, icebox, lard, refrigerator cookie, slice and bake, sprinkles

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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Filed Under: candy, chocolate, cookies, peanut butter Tagged With: candy, cookie cups, cookies, Halloween, leftovers, M&Ms, peanut butter

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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