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Healthy Snacking Cheese Roll

February 1, 2017 by Danielle

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Anyone who knows me well knows that I’m not that into sports. Sure, they’re fun to play sometimes, but I’m not big into sitting in front of the TV watching them. But for the big game, I’m on-board. Want to know why? The FOOD! There’s so many delicious foods to enjoy snacking on, like this Healthy Snacking Cheese Roll, which is super easy to make – and even works as a kid-friendly recipe!

While laughing at commercial breaks or chatting about the scores, you can be spreading this tasty cheese log on some crackers, veggies, or even enjoy more PopChips Ridges with it like a dip! I love that the recipe relies on your choice flavor of PopChips to add the special crunch to it, taking it from ‘good’ to ‘fantastic’. And since we all love saving money on all our munchies for the big game, enjoy 20% off your order of PopChips online using Offer Code: BIGGAME20

Ingredients

1-2 cups PopChips Ridges (we used Chili Cheese)
16 oz. Cream Cheese, softened
1/2 cup Shredded Cheddar Cheese
1 tsp. Lemon Juice
1 tbsp. Mayo
1/2 tsp. Dried Onion (minced, diced, flakes or powder)
1 tsp. Garlic Powder
1 tsp. Dried Chives
1 tsp. Parsley

Directions

Use beaters to whip the cream cheese, lemon juice and mayo until creamy. Add in the remaining ingredients until well-combined.
Spread onto parchment paper and wrap into a log shape. Refrigerate 1 hour.
Choose your flavor of PopChips Ridges, then crush. Unwrap the cheese log, and roll in the crushed pieces until well-coated. Refrigerate 1-2 more hours or until firm.

See, super easy to make – and you can have it all ready to go even before the big game begins, so you won’t miss a thing! One thing I love about this cheese roll recipe is that it’s a healthy snacking option – the PopChips Ridges are gluten free, have 0 grams of trans fat, and they’re popped instead of fried or baked! This means half the fat of fried chips – and they don’t add any artificial flavors and no preservatives.

The PopChips Ridges line is perfect for the cheese roll, because they’re super crunchy, and the flavor is perfectly kept in those ridges. Not only are they a healthy option, but they taste great and come in plenty of tasty flavors to choose from!

Cheddar & Sour Cream: I’m a big fan of potatoes with cheese & sour cream, so this is like the perfect combination of flavors in extra crispy form.
Perfectly Salted: These have just the right amount of flavor to make your taste buds happy, and you may not help but wanting more.
Tangy Barbeque: There’s just a hint of spice mixed in with this sweet smoky chip that tastes like it’s right off the grill, even though they’re popped! Plus they’re way less messy on your fingers 🙂
Chili Cheese: This was the winner that I picked to use for our recipe, and why wouldn’t I choose this authentic taste of spicy chili and sharp cheddar that’s got the perfect mix of savory and spice?

I’d love to try the other flavors of Sea Salt & Vinegar, Sour Cream & Onion, Sea Salt, Crazy Hot Potato, Salt & Pepper and even Sweet Potato (hubby is most eager for this one).

Which PopChips Ridges flavor are you most eager to try?

Chalkboard Sugar Cookie Recipe Printable

January 12, 2017 by Danielle

It’s so nice having a reliable – and delicious – sugar cookie recipe on hand. Why not have it also work as a fun decoration with a PRINTABLE sugar cookie recipe? That’s right, you not only get an easy recipe for a tasty treat, but this Chalkboard Sugar Cookie Recipe Printable has a creative design worthy of decorating your kitchen!

This would also make a wonderful house warming gift, or maybe even part of a wedding gift for a happy new couple! After all, sugar cookies are kind of a staple recipe for many households, so it’s convenient to have it handy whenever you have a need for it. I’m all for cute AND helpful decor in my home – how about you?

Grab your Printable Sugar Cookie Recipe HERE

Peach Mango Smoothie Bowl

January 4, 2017 by Danielle

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Are your kids back in school from the holiday break yet? Ours went back yesterday, and getting back into the swing of the morning rush was quite hectic. I want breakfast time to be easy and quick, but also a smarter choice as we’ve made some new health goals this year. Luckily, this Peach Mango Smoothie Bowl is not only delicious and super fast to whip up, it’s right up there on my list of better choices for my family’s health!

You can grab the handful of needed ingredients to make this refreshing smoothie bowl for your own family next time you’re at Kroger! Then all it takes is a blender, and you’re pretty much set to go. I love making mornings that much easier, and can feel better about what I’m feeding my family when I use America’s #1 Stevia sweetener, Truvia ® Natural Sweetener Spoonable in our recipes. You can even nab an online coupon HERE and save some money – another great goal for the new year 🙂

It’s a zero-calorie sweetener that’s stevia-based. Just one packet provides the same sweetness as 2 teaspoons of sugar, and is a great choice for people wanting to reduce calories, such as those with diabetes, or anyone looking to minimize the sugar in their diets. While I’m terrible at New Year’s resolutions, making better choices in my family’s food is one I’m working hard to stick to for 2017!

One of my favorite things about smoothie bowls – other than how easy and tasty – is the creaminess! It’s almost like a fruit froth in your spoon. Plus, they’re fun to mix and match with different fruits or toppings. That’s a great way to play with your food!

Note: Makes 1 Bowl

Ingredients

1 cup Mango pieces, frozen
1 cup Peach slices, frozen
1 Banana
1/2 tsp. Truvia Natural Sweetener Spoonable
2/3 cup Milk
Fruit, granola and/or oats for topping

Directions

In a blender, put in your milk, banana and Truvia Natural Sweetener Spoonable and blend a bit.
Add the mango and peach and blend until smooth and creamy.
Pour into a bowl, then top with washed/sliced fruit, granola and/or oats as desired. Enjoy!

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Peanut Butter Stuffed Chocolate Cookies

January 3, 2017 by Danielle

Fellow chocolate lovers, raise your hands high in the air. Okay, now put your hands down, you look ridiculous! Just kidding, you know I love you all, right? That’s why I’m sharing these amazingly easy, super delicious Peanut Butter Stuffed Chocolate Cookies with you!

Don’t they look great? I mean, the combo of peanut butter and chocolate is a sure winner, so in cookie form it just can’t be beat. It’s like taking two of my favorite things and laying them out together on a warm cookie sheet, just begging me to eat them. Well, if they insist! 😉

Ingredients

1 box chocolate cake mix
4 oz (1/2 brick) cream cheese
1/3 cup butter, softened
1 egg
20 Peanut Butter Cups

Directions

Preheat oven to 350F. Spray or line two baking sheets, set aside.
Mix together cake mix, cream cheese, butter and egg.
Portion into 1 1/2 Tablespoon-sized balls (I used a cookie scoop to help with this). You should end up with approximately 20 cookie balls.
Take one ball and flatten it in your hand. Place the peanut butter cup on top and fold the cookie dough around the pattie to cover it completely. Place on the prepared baking sheets. Repeat with remaining cookie dough.
Bake in preheated oven for 10-12 minutes, until cracked and no longer glossy.

Now just enjoy these moist, cake-like cookies full of peanut buttery goodness and lots of yummy chocolate flavor. It’s the holiday season, so can we just agree that calories don’t count?

Christmas Snack Mix

December 21, 2016 by Danielle

Whether you need a treat for a holiday party, co-workers in the office, a tasty gift idea, or just for an afternoon break, this Christmas Snack Mix is super easy to make and tastes delicious! Plus, you can customize it to your own tastes, making it the perfect holiday treat.

See, it even LOOKS festive and tasty, right? Kids would have a BLAST helping to make this – and it’d be great for packaging nice and gifting to friends or neighbors. If your family doesn’t eat it all first, that is!

Ingredients

1- 12oz. Bag White Chocolate Chips
2 cups Cheerios
2 cups Chex Cereal
2 cups Pretzels
1 Cup Peanuts
1 Cup M&Ms

Directions

Mix cereals, pretzels, peanuts, and M&Ms in a large bowl.
Take your white chocolate chips and put in a microwave safe bowl. Microwave for 30 seconds, then stir. Continue to do this until chips are all melted.
Pour chocolate over mixture and mix very well, making sure everything is well coated.
Next, spread the mixture on a parchment lined cookie sheet in a nice even layer.
This step is optional: Take any leftover chocolate and drizzle over the mixture.
Let dry, then break apart! It’s now ready to eat or store in an air tight container.

Fun Candy Presents Holiday Snack

December 13, 2016 by Danielle

There’s so many great ideas for playful treats, especially during the holidays. These tasty – and easy to make – fun candy presents are the perfect holiday snack! Bring these to your next Christmas party, family gathering, or just because you want to – they’ll be a hit no matter the occasion!

Aren’t these Christmas treats super cute? I love them – plus they’re made with chocolate candies, so how could you go wrong with them, right? You can switch up the colors to match a certain pattern or color theme, or just so each of your kids have their favorite color in their holiday snack.

Ingredients

1 cup White Chocolate Melts/Discs
20-23 Miniature Milky Way Candy Bars
Airhead Extremes Candy Strips
Candy Hearts and Pearls

Directions

Unwrap all your candy bars and set them on a parchment lined cookie sheet. Now take your white chocolate discs and put in a microwave safe bowl. Microwave for 30 seconds, then stir. Continue to do this until discs are all melted.
Let chocolate cool for a few minutes (if it’s too hot, it’ll melt the candy bar). Then dip candy bar in chocolate, make sure to get a nice even coat. Tap on edge to get rid of excess chocolate. Lay on parchment paper.
Take your extreme airheads and with a knife cut 2 inch strips. Take those strips and cut out each color so you’ll have 5 total strips. Continue to do this until you have 2 strips per present. Add 2 pieces of candy strips in a crossing pattern. Next, add 2 hearts with a pearl between them (this will make your bow). Let dry for about 10 minutes.

That’s it – these fun Christmas treats are ready to eat!

I feel like I need another holiday party just so I have an excuse to make a batch of these – without the risk of eating them all by myself. 😉

Santa Snacks

December 7, 2016 by Danielle

You know how fun it is to make festive treats during the holidays? I love it – and my kids sure do, too. What’s better is when they’re quick & easy, like these fun Santa Snacks using pretzels!

Super cute, right? Just grab the ingredients below, whip up these treats, and enjoy with family and friends. They’d be a huge hit for a holiday party, too!

Ingredients

1 ½ cup Red Candy Melts/Discs
Wilton’s Decorating Santa’s belt/Coat Kit
24 Square Waffle style Pretzels
Wilton’s Dab & Hold edible adhesive

Directions

Take the black candy stripes and cut 24 stripes to 1.5 inches.
Take your edible adhesive (you can use any type of edible adhesive you’d like…frosting, chocolate, etc.) and line one side of the belt buckle. Place buckle in the middle of the black candy strip. Let those dry.
Now take your red candy discs and put in a microwave safe bowl. Microwave for 30 seconds, then stir. Continue to do this until discs are all melted.
Dip each pretzel in the red chocolate. Get a nice even coat and lay on parchment lined cookie sheet. (If chocolate is a little thick then just take a small knife and spread around the top of the pretzel to get that nice coat).
Add the belt to each pretzel as you take them out of the chocolate. Let dry for about 10-15 minutes.

That’s it – they’re ready to serve and enjoy!

Do you think it’d be weird to lay out Santa Coat Snacks for the Jolly Man on Christmas Eve? 😉

Cute Santa Chimney Treats

December 2, 2016 by Danielle

Guys, I just can’t get over how adorable these Christmas treats are – or how easy they are to make! These Cute Santa Chimney Treats would be the perfect addition to any holiday party, family gathering or just a clever snack for the kids this season.

And don’t worry, they’re REALLY easy to make with just a handful of simple ingredients. Nobody has tons of times to spend in the kitchen during the holiday anyway, right? Thank goodness these hilarious treats – featuring your favorite red suited man, Santa, stuck in the chimney – are quick, and sure to be a crowd-pleaser!

Ingredients

6 Rice Krispy Treat Rectangles (store bought or homemade)
1 cup Chocolate discs/melts (milk chocolate/cocoa lite)
½ cup shredded Coconut
12 mini marshmallows
Red chewy ropes (like SweetHeart or smooth licorice ropes)

Directions

Lay the rice krispy treats on parchment paper. Take a knife and cut 2 holes on one end of each treat. Make the holes about the size of the candy ropes. Cut candy ropes in about 2 inch pieces and set aside.
Pour chocolate discs in microwave safe bowl and microwave for 30 seconds. Take out and stir. Continue to microwave at 30 seconds intervals until chocolate is melted.
Take a rice krispy treat and dip in chocolate, making sure to coat all sides. Place on parchment paper. On the end with the 2 holes, sprinkle coconut on the top and sides. Only go to about 1/3 way. (This is the snow on the top of the chimney).
Insert 2 ropes into the holes that you made earlier.
Repeat all steps until all 6 treats are made. Stick in refrigerator for a few minutes or until hardened.
While those are hardening, take your mini marshmallows and dip just the ends in chocolate. Lay on parchment paper to dry.
When everything is hardened, you’re ready to add the boots. Take your mini marshmallows and cut off just the very end of the non- chocolate side. Stick the side you just cut to the end of the rope. (These will be santa’s boots).

That’s it – you’re ready to enjoy these delicious and FUN Santa Chimney Treats!

Rocky Road Crunch Bars from Leftover Candy

November 26, 2016 by Danielle

Every year we have tons of leftover Halloween candy or holiday candy to use up. Luckily now I have the recipe for these delicious Rocky Road Crunch Bars, made from leftover candy! We can make the perfect holiday treat, even gift some to the neighbors, and not let that pile of leftover candy go to waste. It’s a win-win!

Don’t these chocolate bars look festive? I love the colorful speckles throughout them – they’re just great for holiday parties!

I love that these are full of delicious flavor, with a surprise in each bite with the random marshmallows and candies throughout. They cut so nicely, it’s easy to make these beautiful bars into a treat plate to gift to friends, family, neighbors or those random guests that may suddenly show up during this time of year!

Ingredients

6 cups of leftover candy – chocolate types, not hard one like suckers/etc. – chopped
2 tbsp. butter
1/4 cup milk or heavy cream (optional)
1 cup mini marshmallows
1 cup M&Ms
1/2 cup finely chopped walnuts (optional)

Directions

Line a 9×9 square pan with parchment paper or grease a 9×9 foil pan with butter. Set aside.
Fill a medium saucepan with water and bring to a boil. Reduce heat to a low simmer.
Place a large bowl, big enough to fit on top of the saucepan without touching the water, and fill with your chopped candies and butter. Heat until everything is melted, stirring constantly.
If the mixture becomes too sticky to mix, add a splash of milk,half and half or heavy cream to thin it out a bit.
Once the melted chocolates resembles a thick chocolate syrup, take it off the heat and add the mini marshmallows and M&Ms. Mix well and immediately pour into the prepared pan. Spread as evenly as possible.
If desired, top with some finely chopped nuts for a festive feel. We love Walnuts, but almonds or hazelnuts are good options, too.
Refrigerate the Rocky Road Crunch Bars for 2-3 hours, until it hardens. Cut into 16 squares or 8 bars and enjoy with a glass of cold milk or cup of hot chocolate.

Now that you have a tasty (and easy) use for all that leftover candy, you can put it to good use and whip up some Rocky Road Crunch Bars for your next party, or just because!

What candy do YOU have most leftover?

Pie Crust Cookies

November 23, 2016 by Kathleen Clegg

It’s Pie Season! Whoo Hoo! Hi there! This is Kathleen from Fearlessly Creative Mammas here to entertain you again. If you can’t tell, I love pie. There are so many choices with pie and during Thanksgiving and Christmas, I make so much of it. Don’t tell, but I also eat so much of it. That’s a secret. With pie baking come leftover pie crust. What do you do with all of it? I hate throwing it out, so I came up with these Pie Crust Cookies. They are so simple, but so good. Originally shared November 2015

This is my beautiful daughter. She is a kick in the pants and absolutely one of my very favorite people. She is so entertaining, funny and smart at a whip. I know, I’m bias. However, other people say the same thing. This girl LOVES Pie Crust Cookies. They are her favorite. She actually ate every one of the cookies on that plate. So, I make her these cookies anytime I have some spare pie crust.

The last time I had pie crust, it was to make this Southern Pecan Pie, which is amazing, if I do say so myself. I like to use a silicone mat on my cookie sheets. It helps your food not stick and you don’t have to use extra oil. So nice. Plus, your food doesn’t stick to the pan. So wonderful for clean up.

Print Recipe

Pie Crust Cookies

Ingredients

Left Over Pie Crust
1/4 cup butter melted
1/8 cup sugar
1/8 cup cinnamon
2 Tbsp pumpkin pie spice

Instructions

Roll the pie crust out to about 1/8 inch thickness.
Cut your cookies out the crust and place on cookie sheet, about 1/2 inch apart.
Bake at 350 degrees until lightly browned.
While the cookies are cooking, combine the cinnamon and sugar in a small bowl.
Brush each cookies with butter.
Sprinkle the cinnamon sugar on half of the cookies and the pumpkin pie spice on the other half.
Allow to cool and serve.
Store in an airtight container.

I hope this will give you an idea for that left over pie crust. These cookies sure are tasty.

Come on over to Fearlessly Creative Mammas and see what else we are cooking up. What is something fun and unusual you make for your family? I’d love to hear about it.

Autumn Splendor Centerpiece plus Cookie Recipe

November 20, 2016 by Nikki Cole

Want a fun and exciting centerpiece for your thanksgiving dinner? One that not only looks great but doubles as a dessert too? Well this Autumn Splendor Centerpiece is sure to impress your guests and it doesn’t cost you an arm and leg to make it.

Autumn Splendor Centerpiece is easy to make and can be changed easily if you need or want. All you need is a simple sugar cookie recipe with frosting, a stick wreath easily found at a craft store, fake pumpkin, candle (whatever color), and some little decorations to go around the top which can be left out if you want.

First get your fake pumpkin and cut a hole in the top large enough to fit your candle. I just used a steak knife which seemed to work great but it did make a little bit of a mess with Styrofoam all over. Place your candle in the whole.

Next if you want you can get little decorations to go around the ring of the pumpkin and candle or you can leave it blank. I found some cool little beads I guess you could call them and pinned them to the pumpkin. Just walk around a craft store and you can find some fun things like maybe leafs, jewels, feathers, anything you would like to dress up your centerpiece.

On your stick wreath (horrible name I know but I don’t really know the technical name for it), place a sheet of cellophane to help support the cookies a little better and so people don’t get any weird sticks in their cookies. Make it a little bigger than the wreath because when you place the pumpkin on it it will come in a little bit. Place decorated pumpkin in the center of the wreath on top of the cellophane.

Make sugar cookies and decorate them. My sugar cookie recipe and frosting is just basic – nothing too fancy, recipes below, and I also didn’t spend hours decorating mine because the only people that saw it was my little nephews and nieces. Feel free to get creative and design however you want. Plain leaves look great on this wreath and doesn’t take forever to decorate. You can get as creative as you want or as simple as you want with the Autumn Splendor Centerpiece.

I cut my cookies into different leafs, acorns, squirrels, turkeys, apples, and a few flowers. Then I just put simple frosting on them in colors of red, yellow, orange, brown. I then froze them and an hour before we sat down pulled them out, placed them around the wreath, not too far out on the wreath so they didn’t fall off but did a few layers and placed in the center of the table. It looked great without all the hard work and I had a great centerpiece and dessert tray.

Sugar cookie and frosting recipes

Cookies – Ingredients

1 cup butter, softened
1 cup sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla
½ teaspoon almond extract
1 egg
2 teaspoons baking powder
3 cups flour

Cookies – Directions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Cream butter and sugar together until smooth. Beat in the extracts and egg.
Mix in baking powder and flour until combined.
Roll out onto a floured surface until about ¼ inch thick and cut into shapes with cookie cutters.
Place on greased cookie sheet and bake for 6-8 minutes. Let completely cool before frosting.

Frosting – Ingredients

2 cups shortening
1 tablespoon vanilla
1 teaspoon almond extract
8 cups powdered sugar
1/8 cup milk
Food coloring

Frosting – Directions

Cream all ingredients except powdered sugar.
Slowly add in powdered sugar.
Can add more or less milk for different consistencies if needed.
Separate into bowls and add food coloring.

Tried & True Recipes: Pumpkin Banana Chocolate Chip Bread

October 31, 2016 by Danielle

It’s been awhile since we’ve done a Tried & True Recipe, so let’s give this Pumpkin Banana Chocolate Chip Bread a try! Super easy to make, delicious and super moist.

As with all of our tried & true recipes, we’re just sharing our experience using another fabulous blogger’s recipe. To get the recipe and instructions, head to the post at Running to the Kitchen. We love her many fantastic recipes, from tasty desserts to yummy dinners. When I saw this one, I just HAD to give it a try – and of course it was every bit as delicious as I’d hoped!

The only twist I’d maybe do to her recipe is to add some Pumpkin Spice to it – for a little bit more pumpkin goodness. But that’s just me…we’re major fans of all things pumpkin, so want us much of the flavor as we can get!

I did make one loaf without chocolate chips, since hubby isn’t a chocolate fan (I know, crazy, right?!) and he agreed that everything from the texture, to the flavor combos was perfect – just needs a bit of pumpkin spice.

This is a tried and true recipe that definitely passed our test! Head over to Running to the Kitchen for this pumpkin banana chocolate chip bread recipe – or check out all her other amazing creations on her home page!

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