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Homemade Marshmallows, a Fun Holiday Treat!

by Jane

The Maynard holiday gift this year was homemade vanilla hot chocolate. I decided to make homemade marshmallows to go with the hot chocolate because it sounded yummy and, more importantly, I needed to do something übercool for this Make & Takes post. ;)

I am the queen of shortcuts. Making homemade marshmallows is not something I [...]

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Spiced Nuts with an Orange Kick

by Lindsey

This recipe comes from one of my most beloved cookbooks, Land O’ Lakes Treasury of County Recipes. (It’s really hard to find these days unless you buy it used.)
I grew up making recipes from this book with my mother. One recipe I never tried until I was an adult was the recipe for Orange [...]

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Holiday Goodies Filling Our Tummies

by Marie

We’ve been busy in the kitchen making some yummy Holiday treats. Here’s a few of the delicious goodies filling our tummies, making for a true Holiday season!
Christmas Sweet Bread Wreath – fun for the kids to decorate

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Frozen Cookie Logs – great for neighbor gifts
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Pamela’s Toffee – THE best ever!
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Chocolate Dipped Candy Canes – Perfect for [...]

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Pile Treats on these Ribbon Wreath Plates

by Marie

During the Holidays, our neighbors and friends tend to be the recipients of our baking and candy making. Here’s a fun way to share your Holiday treats with these Ribbon Wreath Plates, because we all know the Holidays are a little more special with yummy treats.
Supplies for Holiday Ribbon Plates:

paper plates, any color or [...]

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Oreo Cookie Turkeys for Thanksgiving

by Marie

Guest Post by Amanda of Impress Your Kids.
I have a vivid memory of getting off the bus in 4th grade and walking down the driveway while carefully holding a “make and take” in my hand. It was a tiny turkey made out of an Oreo and a few pieces of candy. A room-mother had come [...]

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Chocolate Dipped Pretzel Hearts

by Marie

Who needs more Valentine’s treat? Me!! Just dip heart shaped pretzels into candy melts and chocolate and give to loved ones on Valentine’s Day. They’re the perfect shape and a yummy treat!

Supplies for Chocolate Dipped Pretzel Hearts:

tiny twist pretzels
melted chocolate
melted candy melts, found in the baking or cake decorating isle. I used white almond bark [...]

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Week of Treats: Link Love

by Marie

WEEK OF TREATS – DAY 5
To finish up this Week of Treats, I’m linking to some wonderful treats around blogland. Here I made my friend Pamela’s Toffee that is to DIE for (pictured below). I’ve eaten almost half the pan by myself, no joke! I’d never made toffee before and surprised at how easy it [...]

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Wonky Homemade Lollipops

by Marie

WEEK OF TREATS – DAY 3
I love these wonky lollipops. They’re funny looking, taste yummy, and are a lot thinner than if you used a mold… perfect for little mouths. Last year I posted about Christmas Lollipops with the sucker molds I had growing up. But since molds are hard to come by, I thought [...]

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Do You Like Nuts in Your Fudge?

by Marie

Today post is brought to you by Karen, my Mom. As I have already posted, she makes great Christmasy treats. Check out the Lollipops and the Bread Dough Wreaths we used to make with her as kids. I’m excited for her to share her own Mother’s Famous Chocolate Fudge. She has passed the how-to on [...]

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Christmas Lollipops

by Marie

I love to make suckers, or lollipops as some say. This is another fun treat that I would beg my Mom to help me make for friends for the Christmas season. My Mom has a lot of treats up her sleeve.

My mom purchased these sucker molds many many moons ago and they look very ancient. [...]

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