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Chocolate M&M Cookie Bars

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Chocolate M&M Cookie Bars - quick and easy treat packed with chocolate and bright M&M's! Fun and delicious bars that need to happen in your kitchen!

If you like colorful sweet treats like these bars, you will love my Christmas M&M Cookies and the Perfect Sugar Cookies.

Chocolate M&M Bars on a plate.

CHOCOLATE M&M COOKIE BARS

Apparently, I don't have enough chocolate recipes on the blog, or so I have been told. Especially in the bars section. I do have a progressing obsession with bright and colorful M&M's in my sweet treat recipes. I simply adore them! A mix-all-in-one-bowl kind of chocolate dessert always does the trick because there is a minimal waiting time to sink your teeth into this sweet, buttery and chocolatey goodness. The dough itself tastes absolutely sinful!

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Peanut Butter Chocolate Reese's Bars Recipe

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Peanut Butter Chocolate REESE'S Cookie Bars - gooey, sweet and buttery! Quick and easy treat for peanut butter cup lovers. Check out our newest video to see how to make them and learn my trick for easily preparing the pan with parchment paper or aluminum foil. : )

Reese's Chocolate Peanut Butter Bars stacked up.

PEANUT BUTTER CHOCOLATE REESE'S COOKIE BARS

What do you get when you have a bag of chocolate chips and a package of Reese's peanut butter cups staring at you from a shelf or worse -  calling you from your pantry? Cookie bars! Buttery, sweet, thick and gooey cookie bars. The thickness of these cookie bars is unreal. These babies have some height! Every crumb is buttery and sweet and it melts in your mouth. SO GOOD!

Also, do you know how hard it is to keep a bag of Reese's untouched when you have three peanut butter cup loving kids? AND a Husband? Aaand my own late night cravings? #TheStruggleIsReal Peanut butter and chocolate combo is one I can't resist. My Peanut Butter Chocolate Chunk Cookies are the proof. So good!

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M&M Chocolate Cookie Bars Recipe

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M&M Chocolate Chip Cookie Bars Recipe - soft and chewy cookie bars packed with gooey chocolate and bright and colorful M&Ms! All done in under 30 minutes! 

M&M Chocolate Chip Cookie Bars - soft and chewy cookie bars packed with gooey chocolate and bright and colorful M&Ms! All done in under 30 minutes!

We are smack down in the middle of winter and the winter blues are starting to get us big time. We finally got some serious snow fall the other day. The kids can make snowmen and have snowball fights. But this cloudy, cold weather makes me crave color! Yes, color! I find that color is a great therapy for the seasonal blues. I just ordered a very bright throw pillow for our bedroom to add a pop of color, I bought a bright red lipstick and nail polish and made cookie bars with bright M&M's!

A plateful of these soft and chewy bars is sure to make you smile!

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Reese's Fudge

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Reese's Fudge is a 3-ingredient last-minute holiday fudge for chocolate and peanut butter lovers! Quick, easy and addicting! Make a small batch just for you or double it to share with friends and family!

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Why You'll Love This Recipe

We have a lot of friends and family that we like to shower with homemade goodies and chocolate fudge is always one of them. This quick and super easy method to make fudge is our favorite because it saves on time and ingredients but tastes incredible! It melts in your mouth! But add chopped peanut butter cups and oh my heavens! This Reese's Fudge is hard to pass on!

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Easy Chocolate Caramel Pretzel Bites Recipe

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Easy Chocolate Caramel Pretzel Bites Recipe - super easy candy idea for the holidays! Great gift for chocolate and caramel lovers! 

I always make this treat for the holidays and serve it on a tray with my Sugar Cookies and Red Velvet Crinkle Cookies. They are so festive!

Chocolate Caramel Pretzel Bites on a white plate.

CHOCOLATE CARAMEL PRETZEL BITES

Our craving for homemade candy is in full swing. My Hubby has been asking me for days to make caramel pretzels and they finally happened. All dressed in chocolate and festive holiday sprinkles! Yes, please! I will take a dozen, thank you so much!

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Bakery Style Chocolate Chunk Pumpkin Muffins

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Bakery Style Chocolate Chunk Pumpkin Muffins - jumbo pumpkin muffins with dark chocolate chunks! Make bakery style treat in your own kitchen! 

pumpkin jumbo muffins

It's National Coffee Day! You guys know by now that my Husband and I are huge coffee fans. We get up way before the kids just so we can enjoy our morning cup together. He likes his with just a light splash of half and half but preferably heavy cream and sugar. I like mine the same but I am more into experimenting with new flavors. See my recipe for homemade pumpkin pie spice coffee creamer! I know you guys love it too - thank you for letting me know!!! Recently, I started a series on Insta where I share a photo of our Sunday morning cups of coffee with a different treat alongside. Follow our #SundayMorningFor2 series on Instagram!

Now onto the muffins! Whether you buy coffee in your favorite coffee house or brewing it in your own kitchen, you know that baked treats are a perfect side to your cup. Especially muffins. And not any muffins - jumbo bakery style muffins!!

Since it's fall and pumpkin is on our minds (see here, here and some more here), naturally I made pumpkin muffins. While grabbing my homemade pumpkin pie spice (see the recipe here), I spotted a bar of Hershey's Special Dark chocolate. In minutes, it was chopped into chunks and added to the batter.

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Snickerdoodle Scones

Snickerdoodle Scones - perfectly tender and sweet scones with cinnamon chips and cinnamon sugar topping.
Prep Time15 minutes
Cook Time20 minutes
Total Time35 minutes
Course: Breakfast
Cuisine: American
Keyword: pastry
Servings: 16 scones
Calories: 142kcal
Author: Anna

Ingredients

  • 2 cups all-purpose flour
  • ¼ cup granulated sugar
  • 2 teaspoons baking powder
  • ¼ teaspoon baking soda
  • ¼ teaspoon salt
  • ½ cup unsalted butter , chilled (see note)
  • ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 1 large egg beaten
  • ½ cup buttermilk
  • ½ cup cinnamon chips (I used Hershey'OR 2 to 3 teaspoons ground cinnamon
  • ¼ cup granulated sugar
  • 1 Tablespoon ground cinnamon
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Instructions

  • Preheat the oven to 400 degrees.
  • Line two baking sheets with parchment paper. Set aside.
  • Make the topping mixture by mixing cinnamon with sugar in a small bowl. Set aside.
  • In a large mixing bowl, whisk together the dry ingredients (flour, sugar, baking powder, soda, salt and if using, cinnamon).
  • Using a large eye side of a cheese grater, grate the chilled butter straight into the bowl with dry ingredients. Cut in with a pastry cutter, until the mixture has coarse crumbs. Add cinnamon chips and stir in.
  • In a small mixing bowl, whisk together buttermilk, egg and vanilla. Add to the dry ingredients and stir in well. Do not overmix.
  • Place the dough onto a lightly floured surface. Shape into a log and divide in half.
  • Working with one half at a time, flatten the dough into a thick disk. Fold in half and then in half again. Flatten into a disk again. Fold twice again. Flatten into a ¾ inch thick disk.
  • Transfer the dough disk onto one of the prepared sheets.
  • Cut into 8 triangles. Gently, separate the scones, leaving about ½" space between them.
  • Sprinkle with the topping mixture.
  • Bake the scones for 20 to 22 minutes. The scones will come together during baking. That's okay.
  • Remove from the oven. Let sit on the sheet for 10 minutes.
  • Place the parchment paper sheet with scones on a cutting board and run the knife through the same seams in the dough to separate the scones.
  • Cool completely before serving.

Notes

The butter should be thoroughly chilled. I place a stick of butter in a freezer for at least one hour before grating.

Nutrition

Calories: 142kcal | Carbohydrates: 19g | Protein: 2g | Fat: 6g | Saturated Fat: 3g | Cholesterol: 26mg | Sodium: 66mg | Potassium: 81mg | Sugar: 6g | Vitamin A: 205IU | Calcium: 41mg | Iron: 0.9mg

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Tiramisu Dip with vanilla wafers.
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Tiramisu Dip Recipe

Tiramisu Dip - all of the delicious flavors of Tiramisu in one easy dip! You will love this recipe!
Prep Time5 minutes
Total Time5 minutes
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American
Keyword: coffee, dip, tiramisu
Servings: 4 servings
Calories: 337kcal
Author: Anna

Ingredients

  • 8 oz cream cheese softened to room temperature, 1 pkg
  • ¾ cup ricotta or mascarpone cheese
  • 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
  • ½ cup powdered sugar sifted
  • 1 teaspoon instant coffee granules
  • 2 teaspoons unsweetened cocoa powder
  • vanilla wafers for dipping and scooping
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Instructions

  • In a large mixing bowl or food processor, beat cream cheese for 30 seconds until smooth and creamy.
  • Add ricotta (or mascarpone) and mix well.
  • Add powdered sugar and mix for 1 minutes.
  • Add vanilla and coffee granules. Mix well. Taste if it's sweet enough and has enough coffee flavor.
  • Scoop the dip into a serving dish. Sprinkle with cocoa powder.
  • Serve with vanilla wafers.
  • Refrigerate leftovers in a covered dish for up to 2 days.

Nutrition

Calories: 337kcal | Carbohydrates: 19g | Protein: 8g | Fat: 25g | Saturated Fat: 14g | Cholesterol: 85mg | Sodium: 221mg | Potassium: 135mg | Sugar: 16g | Vitamin A: 965IU | Calcium: 151mg | Iron: 0.5mg

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Tiramisu Dip - sweet and creamy dessert dip you will love

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Lemon Raspberry Cheesecake Bars

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These Lemon Raspberry Cheesecake Bars are creamy cheesecake bars with a raspberry pie filling swirl. Sweet, creamy, and delicious!

Side shot of three pieces of lemon raspberry cheesecake bars stacked up on each other.
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Why You'll Love This Recipe

These cheesecake bars are the best of both worlds. I LOVE pie filling but don't bake pies. I already said how much I love cheesecake, but not always want to whip up the whole round cheesecake. Bars are easier, take much less prep time and bake time, and still can knock your socks off.

These Lemon Raspberry Cheesecake Bars are so easy to make, much faster than making a whole cheesecake. The berry lemon combo fits perfectly for a Spring or Summer dessert theme. Use any cookies for the crust or go with a classic graham cracker, as I did.

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Mini Lemon Pies

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Mini Lemon Pies - super easy and fun Spring dessert with a flaky crust! You are going to love these mini pies!

Mini Lemon Pies

One can never have enough lemon dessert recipes. That's my story and I'm sticking to it!

Especially when it's a mini dessert, which means it's automatically adorable. Plus there is a shortcut and a serious one at that. For me, when it comes to making pies, the crust is the worst part. I'll always take a shortcut, as I have yet to master my pie crust. It's hard to admit it when you are a food blogger on the sweet site, but it's the truth.

So let me feed my lemon obsession and tell you about these mini pies because you need to make them!

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Coconut Lime Loaf Cake

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Coconut Lime Loaf Cake - incredibly easy loaf cake with the best crumb ever! You will love the coconut and lime flavors together! 

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If you can feel really strongly about a recipe, than I do about this one. I have been working on a loaf cake recipe that would meet the needs and I finally succeeded! And I am crazy about this cake!

It has the best crumb ever. It literally melts in your mouth, it's that delicate. Plus, it has a flavor combination that's falls into a tropical category. So perfect for Spring when we tend to crave tropical weather.

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Snickerdoodle Scones

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Snickerdoodle Scones - perfectly tender and sweet scones with cinnamon chips and cinnamon sugar topping. 

Snickerdoodle Scones with Cinnamon Chips @crunchycreamysw

Every time my Hubby sees me mixing cinnamon with sugar he smiles and says: "Snickerdoodles?" It's because it's his favorite cookie (aside from the classic chocolate chip). And usually he is right. Except for last week, when I was trying to figure out what to do with the ever so rare (at least in my store) Hershey's Cinnamon Chips. I could eat them by a handful but I knew I wanted to use them in a recipe.

And I got a brilliant idea.

Enter Snickerdoodle Scones.

Because spring time is almost here (doesn't matter what my weather app says) and that means brunch time is here too! So naturally - scones!

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20 Fantastic Lemon Recipes

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20+ Fantastic Lemon Recipes - a collection of fantastic recipes featuring lemons! 

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If you are reading this post, you must love lemons as much as I do! I adore lemons. Whether it's a fresh slice in my tea, or the whole fruit baked into cakes, cupcakes or bars. But that's not all! Lemon is one of those fruits that is also fantastic in savory dishes. I love cutting into a fresh, juicy lemon and having a blast of the refreshing scent from it. It's fantastic!

Here is a collection of over 20 recipes featuring lemons! Have fun checking them out!

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Eggnog Cookie Bark

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Eggnog Cookie Bark - easy holiday treat with all of the delicious flavors of eggnog!

Eggnog Cookie Bark

Christmas tree decorating in our house is a big event. There are plates of sweet treats, popcorn in few different flavors, hot chocolate and of course eggnog. While our kids have fun hanging their handmade ornaments, my Hubby and I snuggle on the couch and sip on eggnog. I love eggnog, especially with an extra dash of cloves.

This cookie bark has all of the delicious flavors of eggnog, a white chocolate coating and an extra sprinkle of cloves. It is super easy to make, fun to cut or break in free form pieces and perfect to give to friends and family this holiday season.

The Betty Crocker's Eggnog Cookie Mix was a super fun surprise in the package we got from Betty. I was wondering if it would taste like eggnog but one whiff of the cookie mix, straight out of the bag and I knew that this is a winner!

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Cheesecake Filled Snickerdoodles

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Cheesecake Filled Snickerdoodles - soft and chewy snickerdoodle cookies filled with sweet and creamy cheesecake filling. This cookie is crazy amazing!

Cheesecake Filled Snickerdoodles Cookies

Hi, friends! Tis' the season to baking cookies! Christmas is only two weeks away and Santa will be expecting a plate full of his favorite treats.  Red Velvet Crinkles anyone? How about Gingerbread Biscotti? See, I got ya covered! 🙂

Let's add another cookie to the list. A cheesecake filled one at that. Soft and chewy snickerdoodles filled with sweet and creamy cheesecake filling. Baked to perfection and absolutely addicting! Just looking at them makes you want to sink your teeth in them and enjoy every crumb! But then you discover the cheesecake filling and it's like the Angels are singing! It's cheesecake! In cookies!! Can this be any better?

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Mint Chocolate Chip Cookie Bars

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Mint Chocolate Chip Cookie Bars - chewy cookie bars filled with chocolate min chips, drizzled with more chocolate and dressed up with holiday sprinkles! One fun treat that will leave everyone begging for more!

Chocolate Mint Chip Cookie Bars

Looking for a sweet treat idea for a holiday bake sale, a get-together or to give away to friends and family? I am here to help! I have just the right recipe for you today! Super easy to make cookie bars (a no-fail recipe) filled with chocolate and mint flavors - perfect for the holidays! Each bar is drizzled with even more chocolate and sprinkled with Christmas funfetti. How is that for fun and easy?

I was chosen by Nestlé® Toll House® to create a recipe with their newest product: Nestlé® Toll House® DelightFulls™ Filled Baking Morsels. I wanted easy, fun and of course delicious! Something that moms and kids can make together and have tons of fun without worrying about careful measurements or special techniques. This recipe is as easy as can be and always presents the best results! Just like the little morsels!

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Microwave Mocha Fudge

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Microwave Mocha Fudge - silky smooth chocolate fudge with a hint of coffee. It's the easiest fudge ever and takes only minutes to prepare! 

Microwave Mocha Fudge

When it comes to fudge, it's quite easy to recognize a winner. It has to be silky smooth. Unless, you have crushed Oreo cookies stirred in - then it's okay for it to be chunky. Other than that, it has to be smooth. Grainy fudge is the worst and often an effect of bad preparation. So today, I am sharing a fool-proof fudge recipe that makes the silkiest fudge you have ever had. It literally melts in your mouth!

Oh, and there is a hint of coffee and almond extract in it! Trust me, it's amazing and you will love it!

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Cranberry Orange Cheesecake

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Cranberry Orange Cheesecake - sweet and creamy orange cheesecake baked to perfection, topped with gorgeous cranberry sauce. This cheesecake is perfect finish to your Christmas dinner!

Cranberry Orange Cheesecake on a cake stand.

Looking at the recent recipes I shared here, can you tell already that I absolutely love cranberries? Because I do!

Fresh, dried - love them all. I love them baked into a sweet bread, a bundt cake, baked into cookies or simply placed on top of them. I paired them with white chocolate and dark chocolate. I also turned them into a jam and a smoothie.

At the beginning of November, I clear out almost half of my freezer just so I can fill it with bags of cranberries. I always try to stock up for the whole year.

This year I paired them with my favorite dessert - a cheesecake.

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White Chocolate Coconut Latte

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White Chocolate Coconut Latte - sweet and creamy hot latte that turns a cold, winter day into a sweet bliss! Stay warm at home and make this latte in minutes!

White Chocolate Coconut Latte

The coffee lover in me is back at it again. This time with a white chocolate and coconut combo. You guys, it's fantastic!

There is something about white chocolate and coconut that makes you think about winter. It could be the color or the shape of the shredded coconut, but who cares. It's delicious and when mixed with a freshly brewed cup of coffee - it makes for a fantastic latte!

This combo is not only for cookies or bars! But before you throw in shredded coconut into your mug, let me stop you right there! Here is my secret weapon to making this dreamy drink:

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Fluffy Gingerbread Pancakes

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Fluffy Gingerbread Pancakes - a winter breakfast idea that everyone will love! Fluffy pancakes with all the flavors of gingerbread! 

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Hello, Sunday! It's cold outside. Let's make a winter themed breakfast!

I hope you guys don't mind that I am sharing a Christmas recipe before Thanksgiving. I can't help it! I ended my pumpkin series with these scrumptious muffins and my mind is set on Christmas flavors. Bring on the peppermint, eggnog and gingerbread!

These pancakes are perfect for a chilly weekend this season. They are bound to put you in a holiday spirit with the first bite! They are packed with spices and flavors signature to gingerbread. Make a big stack of them on the weekend following Thanksgiving Day, turn on the holiday music and make a big mug of eggnog latte and pull out the boxes with Christmas decorations. Now that sounds like a fantastic way to spend a weekend!

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Homemade Butterfinger Bark

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Homemade Butterfinger Bark - your favorite candy in a bark form! Only 3 ingredients needed to make this treat!

Stack of Butterfinger Bark pieces.

BUTTERFINGER BARK

Last year, about this time, I stumbled onto a recipe on Pinterest for homemade Butterfingers. My favorite candy. Next to Reese's cups. And Kit Kat. And Almond Joy. Okay, so it's not the only favorite candy of mine but it's up there in the top 5! I tried the homemade version last year and it was fantastic! Today I am sharing it's bark version on the blog. You only had to wait one year. 🙂

This bark is so ridiculously easy to make, it's crazy! We are talking three ingredients that I bet you already have in your pantry. You can make this into candy bars but the bark takes significantly less time and is equally delicious!

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The Best Baked Apples

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The Best Baked Apples - classic fall dessert made to perfection! You will love all of the flavors in this dish!

The Best Baked Apples

This recipe brings back childhood memories. It's one of my favorite fall desserts. My grandparents had an apple orchard and each fall I would visit it almost every day. I love apples! It was my favorite snack then and I would always chomp on them while studying or reading.

Since fall is here to stay for a while and I love apple desserts, I figured it's time to share the recipe for baked apples. And this one is the very best!

My Mom would make these fantastic baked apples every Sunday and they always disappeared so fast! Now, I make it for my kids. I also added a few of my own touches.

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Chocolate Glazed Pumpkin Donuts

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Chocolate Glazed Pumpkin Donuts - fun baked donuts for Halloween! You will love the pumpkin and chocolate combo!

Chocolate Glazed Pumpkin Donuts

 

Here is the story of the chocolate glazed pumpkin donuts:

The kids made me do it!

The End.

Okay, okay. No one was twisting my arm here. I happily volunteered. 🙂 But it was totally their idea. They wanted pumpkin donuts with chocolate glaze. And Halloween sprinkles. Not sure what they wanted more: to cover the donuts in chocolate glaze or sprinkle the Halloween colored funfetti. Either way these had to happen.

It's October and we are having Halloween on our minds. Just yesterday, we hung the first decor pieces. Actually, the "book stack" you see in the background - treat jar!! How cool is that? I will have more pictures of our Halloween decor soon. I am still waiting on few ordered pieces.

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Soft and Chewy Butterscotch Snickerdoodles

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Soft and Chewy Butterscotch Snickerdoodles - cinnamon and butterscotch are paired perfectly in these soft and chewy snickerdoodles! That's one amazing cookie! 

Soft and Chewy Butterscotch Snickerdoodles

Since it's officially fall, I have all of the fall flavors on my mind. All of my spices (cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves, etc.) are front row in my pantry. They are being used almost everyday. I baked a batch of these cookies on fall's first morning. It was chilly and baking a treat with cinnamon just had to happen.

One cookie that's on my mind as soon as the leaves turn is snickerdoodle. It's are also my Hubby's favorite. I finally mastered it and it was a huge hit! Then I couldn't help myself but had to add butterscotch chips to it. Best decision ever!!

These cookies will make you weak in your knees! They are soft yet chewy in the center. When completely cooled, they have a slightly crispy edges. The butterscotch takes them to a whole new level! It pares so incredibly well with the cinnamon coating! These should happen in your kitchen!

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Microwave Caramel Sauce

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This Microwave Caramel Sauce is the easiest caramel sauce that takes only 10 minutes to make. Perfect for drizzling over ice cream, cupcakes, cakes, or adding to your coffee!

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Why This Recipe Works

Just look at this pot of gold. It makes you want to dive right in, doesn't it? But here is the deal: it's a microwave version. That is a good thing and a bad thing. Good thing: no pots to clean, no excessive stirring, in 10 minutes flat you will have a perfect caramel. Bad thing: if you are like me and LOVE caramel, you are going to make many, many jars of this sauce!

It's fall, apples are ruling in the fruit department (and occasionally take over our kitchen counters), and we all know that apples are meant for dipping in caramel sauce. No?

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Back to School "Firsts" with Staples

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 Back to School "Firsts"

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Our oldest daughter just turned eight years old. EIGHT. Wow. When did this happen? How did my little baby all of a sudden turn eight? I still remember her dragging her Winnie the Pooh stuffie (way taller than her) across the room and now she is eight and instead of Winnie, that now has his favorite spot in the corner of her bed, she carries books with her. Everywhere.

That actually looks familiar. I was just like her when I was her age. And for years to come. Our daughter learned to read when she was 5 and it was a huge discovery in her life. All of a sudden a magical world of books and all things written opened in front of her and she never stopped being amazed. And that makes my heart happy. I've loved books my whole life too.

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Back-to-school Snack Ideas

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Back-to-school Snack Ideas - a collection of 25 ideas that will make the crazy time of back-to-school just a little bit easier!

25 Back-to-school Snack

The summer is slowly coming to an end. The kiddos will be heading back to school or (in our case) starting another year of home school. That means hectic schedules. Easy to make and great to grab and go snacks can save those crazy moments when kiddos are hungry and the dinner time is still few hours away.

Here is a list of 25 snacks that will make this busy time just a little bit easier for us, parents, and the kids will love!  I am including 10 of my kiddos favorite recipes from my blog and 15 from my blogging friends, that I think you will love. A lot of them are great made ahead of time - score!

Pin this list and share with your friends!

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Funfetti Sugar Cookie Cups with Vanilla Frosting

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Funfetti Sugar Cookie Cups with Vanilla Frosting - adorable little treats for cookie lovers! Perfect for celebrations, like a bridal shower!

Frosted Sugar Cookie Cups

If you follow food blogs, you know that food bloggers love to support each other. It is the most supportive and generous community in the whole internet. We also become friends beyond the pages of our blogs. We share our private life moments and we laugh and cry together. We celebrate each other's weddings and welcoming each other babies into this world.

Sally's Shower Logo

Today, a group of bloggers and I are celebrating one of the most important events in our friend's life - a wedding!

Our friend, Sally from Sally's Baking Addiction, is getting married this month and we are here today to celebrate it! We all know how much Sally loves treats with sprinkles (aka funfetti) so we all decided to make fun treats with them that would be perfect to serve on a bridal shower.

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Funfetti Cheesecake Sugar Cookie Bars Recipe

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Funfetti Cheesecake Sugar Cookie Bars - sweet and delicious bars with funfetti cheesecake filling and sugar cookie crust and topping! Your new favorite bar dessert!

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Sweet friends, I would like thank you for all the comments on my coffee cake post! Our daughter was AMAZING! The dance recital went absolutely perfect! I will be sharing more about it and some photos in a separate post soon.

Let's talk about these bars. Sweet and creamy cheesecake filling with sugar cookie crust and topping - my new version of my favorite sugar cookie recipe. Funfetti sprinkles are optional bu recommended. They make these bars perfect for a birthday party or any celebration or just to brighten up your day!

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The Ultimate Spicy Reuben Sandwich Recipe

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The Ultimate Spicy Reuben Sandwich - the ultimate man food. Layers of corned beef, sauerkraut, Swiss cheese and spicy sandwich sauce enclosed in dark rye slices of bread. You need this in your life!

The Ultimate Spicy Reuben Sandwich

Can you handle this? Because this is EPIC.

I suggest you close all of those other tabs you have open on your screen, grab a glass of icy and get comfy. Because we are about to talk about the ultimate man sandwich and you need to focus. This is serious.

I may as well add "spicy" to the name of my blog for today. Or get our new blog going because what has been happening in our kitchen lately is some epic spicy savory food. That's how my Husband and I balance each other: I have an epic sweet tooth and he has an epic spicy tooth. 🙂 While I am pulling out Funfetti White Chocolate Cookies from the oven, he is busy assembling the Ultimate Reuben Sandwich.

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Double Chocolate Muffins with Peanut Butter Glaze Recipe

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Double Chocolate Muffins with Peanut Butter Glaze - easy muffins that are packed with flavor! To jazz them up even more, I added a peanut butter glaze drizzle!

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Many times, the recipe you see here on Crunchy Creamy Sweet comes out of an obsession. Crumb bars obsession, salted caramel obsession, coconut obsession - whatever my sweet tooth desires and gets my brain obsessed about, I blog about.

This time the obsession was muffins. Or should I say still is, because I've made these muffins 3 times in 2 weeks and made another version as well. So if you happen to stop by anytime soon, I will greet you with muffins. Or should I just fill a basket with them and welcome the newest neighbors to our neighborhood? I have enough of them for that as well!

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Strawberries and Cream Ice Box Cake Recipe

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Strawberries and Cream Ice Box Cake - one of the easiest no-bake desserts to enjoy with fresh fruit! Always a hit!

Side shot of one square on strawberry ice box cake on plate with fork.

STRAWBERRIES AND CREAM ICE BOX CAKE

This cake has to go onto your to-make list. For two reasons: for once, the no-bake desserts season is upon us; second - the strawberry season is even closer. No-bake dessert recipes like this are going to be very handy. This cake is perfect for a spring or summer weekend afternoon or for a potluck or get-together with friends! Who can say no to sweet and creamy vanilla? If you love strawberry desserts, you will enjoy my Strawberry Layer Cake or the Strawberry Pie Crumb Bars!

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Your Valentine's Day Menu

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Your Valentine's Day Menu - breakfast, dinner and dessert to celebrate the sweetest of holidays!Valentine's Day Menu

Valentine's Day is tomorrow and when it comes to food, I've got you covered! During the last few weeks, I shared a breakfast idea, couple of dinner recipes and lots of lots of dessert recipes. I thought that it could be helpful to make them into a menu, so you don't have to search and waste your time figuring out what to make. So whether you are celebrating tomorrow or this weekend - here is a simple menu to help you with that. Hope you guys like it!

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French Toast with Chocolate Sauce and Strawberries

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French Toast with Chocolate Fudge Sauce and Strawberries - romantic idea for breakfast in bed!

French toast with chocolate sauce and strawberries

This was my Hubby's idea.

I just asked: if you could have breakfast in bed, what would you like?

After he laughed for a while, because, well.... breakfast in bed - that hasn't happen in the last 7 years. We are boring like that. Oh, wait! We have three kids, homeschoolers at that. So.. yeah. Breakfasts in bed don't happen often. But we dream and we hope that someday.... So this breakfast idea was actually our Sunday brunch but it fits the "breakfast in bed" category quite well.

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Blueberry Muffins Recipe

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Blueberry Muffins - easy and quick muffins with antioxidant-rich berries!

Blueberry Muffins

Some crazy cold weather is coming our way. If you know me, you know I don't do well in cold. Right now I am wearing layers upon layers of clothing and my infinity scarf. And the cold front is not even here yet!

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