Candy Corn Crunch Trail Mix

Posted in DESSERTS, Sweet and Easy by Katherine

Candy Corn Cookie Crunch

Ingredients

2 white chocolate bars and 1 milk chocolate bar
14 Oreos, broken into pieces
1 and 1/2 cups pretzels, broken
1 cup candy corn
1 cup of Smarties
1/2 cup cranberry and peanuts

Cover a cookie sheet with waxed paper or foil. Spread the broken pretzels, broken cookies, peanuts,cranberries and about 3/4 of the candy corn on the prepared cookie sheet. Melt the white chocolate or candy coating until smooth, according to package directions.

Drizzle the melted white chocolate over the pretzel mixture, spreading with a spatula if needed. Before it sets, sprinkle on the remaining candy corn and Smarties. Place the tray into the refrigerator until set. Break into pieces and enjoy!

17Sep2013

Easy Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Bars

Posted in DESSERTS, Sweet and Easy by Katherine

Preheat Oven to 350 degrees

1 white cake mix
add 2 beaten eggs
1/2 cup melted butter
1/2 cup of pumpkin puree
2 cups of Chocolate chips

Put in 9 x 13 sprayed baking dish
Bake for 20 minutes

12Sep2013

Blueberry Lemonade Cookies

Posted in DESSERTS, Sweet and Easy by Katherine

the hungry kid

These cookies are only 5 ingredients and 10 minutes away! In addition to their lighter-than-air texture and lemony flavor, the recipe can be interchanged with any cake mix flavor and with any in-season fruit (or made with no fruit at all!). A delicious cookie that anyone can make!

The 5-ingredient cookies:

1. Boxed cake mix (we used lemon) 2. 1 egg 3. 8 oz. size container of cool whip 4. confectioners sugar for dusting the cookies 5. quart of fresh fruit (we used blueberries)

Four quick steps to blueberry lemonade cookies:

Step 1: Preheat oven to 350 degrees and line cookie sheets with a silpat or parchment. Combine cool whip, cake mix & egg, mix until well blended. Batter will be very sticky.

Step 2: Carefully fold in fruit, scoop a tablespoon of dough and drop into the powdered sugar. Roll until lightly coated.

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11Sep2013

S’mores Autumn Chocolate Dip

Posted in DESSERTS, Sweet and Easy by Katherine

This was an experiment on the BBQ that was a hit!

We created a make shift double boiler by using a 8×8 aluminum tin for the base and an aluminum pie tray to place on the top.

Pick your Favourite chocolate bar and break into squares, about 2 cups, place on bottom of pie tray
Place 1 1/2 cups of mini marshmallows among the chocolate
Sprinkle 1/2 cup of orange and brown Smarties

Fill the 8×8 tin with water halfway – place on BBQ
Place chocolate, marshmallow pie tray on top

We heated at 250 degrees for 12 minutes…until melted, keep checking until desired consistency

Create a tray with your favourite dipping food. We used apples, graham wafers and bananas.

4Sep2013

Spagetti and Meatballs Cake

Posted in Cakes, DESSERTS by Katherine

1 Chocolate Cake Mix – again take the easy route
Bake 2 round cakes let cool
Vanilla Frosting – use round piping tip and scribble on top to look like spaghetti
Gently place on top approx. 2/3 cup strawberry, raspberry or cherry jam which every your favourite
7 round chocolate pieces – have extra on hand!

26Aug2013

Birthday Train Cake

Posted in Cakes, DESSERTS by Katherine

He loved this easy to make train cake

BIRTHDAY TRAIN CAKE-KRAFT CANADA

What You Need
4 pkg. (298 g each) frozen prepared pound cakes, thawed Cake
4 cups thawed Cool Whip Whipped Topping, divided
Assorted food colourings
16 Oreo Cookies
Decorations:
3 pkg. (24 g each) ring-shaped hard candies
1 Jet-Puffed Miniature Marshmallow
6 Barnum’s Animal Crackers Cookies
2 Teddy Grahams Honey Cookie
1 Ice Cream Cone
1 Jet-Puffed Marshmallow
24 piece twist licorice
Make It
LINE up cakes on large serving platter to resemble the cars of a train.
CUT a 2-inch crosswise slice off front end of first cake; place at back end on top of first cake to resemble the engine car. Repeat with the last cake, placing removed cake slice on middle of cake to resemble the caboose.
SPOON Cool Whip into 4 small bowls; tint with food colourings as desired. Use to frost cakes. Decorate with remaining ingredients as shown in photo. Keep refrigerated.