Candy and Popcorn

Caramel Popcorn Balls

July 21, 2010

A couple of weeks ago, when I was at Bear Lake with my extended family we had a real need for a treat. Let me rephrase that. We hadn’t had a treat in almost 3 hours….so we were in need. Terrible need. Of something gooey… Sweet… Sticky…. My sister in law Miriam pulled this fabulous recipe for [...]

Frozen Banana Pops Kid Friendly Post #3

June 16, 2010

Need a fun little project to keep a fun little bunch of kid-lets busy? Why not try these yummy frozen banana pops. They are easy to put together. You know it IS hot weather! They are cool on the palate. Pretty easy on the wallet. (Help Me Rhonda…I am definitely rhyming impaired.) Give them a try [...]

Pioneer Taffy! Kid Friendly Recipe #1

June 14, 2010

Good Monday morning everyone! How is your summer shaping up so far!? We can’t seem to get out of these crazy rain storms here in Utah. (Does it seem to you like the Global is Warming? Each June just keeps getting colder than the last around these parts…. but that is another subject for another [...]

Cookie Dough Truffles

May 21, 2010

Well now! Shut the back door. Do I have a yummy treat for you today, my blog reading friends. I’m sure many of you have seen recipes for cookie dough truffles floating around the food blogosphere. Well, I had to get my hands on some. Just had to. I’m weird like that. I can’t have folks making [...]

Chocolate Dipped Strawberries with Cream Cheese Filling

February 11, 2010

Pin It Oh my dear reader friends. Does that not just put a SMILE on your FACE! I had such a fun time making these, I didn’t even mind the mess it made of my kitchen. I didn’t even grumble when I looked up and saw my entire counter top riddled with paint, brushes, cups [...]

Peanut Butter Popcorn

December 13, 2009

I found this great recipe over at The Double Dipped Life. Krista is the blogger there and has a ton of original recipes such as these. If you are using unpopped popcorn instead of the microwave kind I would definitely butter and salt to the popcorn after it’s been popped. I have been having a small addiction lately for [...]

Oreo Bon Bons

December 12, 2009

These bon bons are fabulous and VERY….did you get that, VVVEEERRRYYY easy. They can be prepared way ahead of time, and then kept in the fridge or freezer, until you are ready to serve them up or send them out on a great treat plate to your neighbors. They taste fabulous! These bon bons are [...]

Peanut Butter Cups

December 10, 2009

These peanut butter cups are seriously one of my favorite treats ever. They are pretty simple to make and can EASILY be made in a pan instead of in individual cups (which is a huge time saver). They also freeze super well so you can make them in advance, which is also a bonus. Peanut [...]

Oreos Dipped in Minty White Chocolate

December 6, 2009

Well, hold on to your hats, this week all of my posts are TREAT recipes! All I can say is, tis the season. Hope you enjoy some of my standard Christmas goodies. These Dipped Oreos have to be up there in my top 5 yummy cookies. I’m not really a plain oreo cookie fan, but dip [...]