I love buckeyes. Anything with chocolate and peanut butter has to be good, and it’s my favorite combination. I had been wanting to make buckeyes for a long time, but hadn’t really looked for a good recipe to try. When Bridget posted them in December, I knew I had to make them. They were pretty [...]
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Be prepared to see a lot of ice cream posts on my blog! I have had some health issues the past year and a half or so, and my doctor suspects Celiac Disease or at least gluten intolerance. So, I will be trying a gluten-free diet for a while at least to see how it [...]
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Fudge is one of my favorite sweets to eat. I’ve been making so much of it this winter, and trying so many different varieties. Most recipes I’ve tried include marshmallow fluff, which is delicious, but I know that it isn’t “true” fudge, so I made it a point this year to try making fudge without [...]
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When I saw this fudge on Annie’s blog last year, I knew that I wanted to try it. I do not like drinking coffee, but I love the flavor of coffee in desserts, especially the chocolate/coffee combination (oddly enough my mom is just the opposite…she drinks coffee everyday but can’t stand the taste in anything [...]
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I am a huge fan of peanut butter, and I’ve been wanting to make peanut butter fudge for a long time, but hadn’t found a recipe that I thought would turn out well. When I found this recipe and the raves it got, I knew I had to try it. Lynn described it as “crack [...]
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We’re bringing on the sugar for this month’s Daring Bakers challenge! Our wonderful hosts for this month were Delores of Chronicles of Culinary Curiousity, Alex of A Blondie and a Brownie, Jenny of Foray into Food, and Natalie of Gluten-a-Go-Go (who was in charge of the alternative bakers) and they chose this lovely cake from [...]
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I’ve been on a pumpkin kick lately. I guess I want to make as many pumpkin treats as I can before people decide that it’s not “pumpkin season” anymore. This pumpkin pie fudge has been on my list of things to make for a while now. I saw it on Confections of a Foodie Bride [...]
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Fudge has become my new addiction. I have made so many batches in the past month or so. The first time I made it, I used a recipe from allrecipes (look several posts below), but this time I tried the recipe for “Fantasy Fudge.” This is the one you get right from [...]
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Peppermint bark is extremely popular this time in the year. I decided to make some for the teachers at my school. I love how easy it is and how pretty it looks. Here’s how I made it:
1 (1-pound) package white candy coating bark1 (1-pound) package chocolate candy coating1 (1-pound) package crushed peppermint [...]
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