Halloween ice cream cone....pinned it and tried it

Pinned it, tried it and LOVED it!

But then what's not to love about Nutter Butters and M & M's?

You just dip one end in some white chocolate and add the sprinkles and M & M's. 

So festive and fun!

Soft Almond Sugar Cookies

I've been experimenting baking with things other than butter. Some I like, and some, well, are not that tasty....

But this recipe is a winner! 

It's made with canola oil, no butter. They are not greasy at all, like some of the recipes I've tried with oil. These are soft, sweet sugar cookies. I LOVE almond, so I added almond flavoring along with the vanilla. Maybe that's why I can't seem to leave them alone!

They are even better with this great find at Costco today:

I was so happy to find a pack of Starbucks with three different flavors of hot chocolate, and for such a great price.

 A cup of the Double Chocolate and a sugar cookie are a perfect fall treat!

Soft Almond Sugar Cookies

2/3 c. oil

2 eggs

1 tsp. vanilla

1 tsp. almond flavoring

3/4 c. sugar

2 c. flour

2 tsp. baking powder

1/2 tsp. salt

Mix the oil and sugar. Add the eggs, and flavoring. Sift the flour, baking powder and salt. Add and mix well. Drop by tsp. onto parchment lined cookie sheets. Flatten slightly and sprinkle with sugar. Bake at 400 for 8 to 10 minutes. Let cool a minute on the cookie sheet before removing to racks.

Halloween Pretzel Bites

Tis the season for Halloween...a week from today actually!

One of my friends gave me a few pumpkin kisses along with a Halloween card, so I decided to make a few treats with them. I've made these in the past, but usually for Christmas with the Holiday M &M's and milk chocolate kisses. But I saw these on Pinterest.....where else...I'm on there everyday...and thought they were pretty cute.

Basically, you take a pretzel, place any type of  kiss on it, put them in the oven at 350 until the kiss starts to melt..takes just a few minutes...then take them out and press the candy corn on top. Let them cool, and they are ready to enjoy!

The sweet and salty combo gets you every time....and a handful is gone in a flash!!

Frightful Fingers

Happy Halloween!

I made these frightful looking fingers a couple of years ago and posted them on Stamping Up North and thought I'd share the recipe again on this blog.

They were alot of fun to make AND  fun to serve....the adults liked them just as much as the kids I made them for!

Here's the recipe page I made for my scrapbook:

Chex PB and Chocolate Blast

This was one of the recipes the chef made at the Taste of Home School I went to a few weeks ago. I decided to use fall colored M&M's and added some candy corn, too.  Half the batch is coated with vanilla chips and the other half with peanut butter chips, then mixed together. It's crunchy, sweet and addicting!

 It's a fun snack, and is perfect for fall munchies!

Check out the Halloween paper cones I made to package the mix in on my other blog, Stamping up North.

Chex PB and Chocolate Blast

6 c. rice chex
1 c. vanilla baking chips
1 c. peanut butter baking chips
1 c. M&M's
1 c. dry roasted peanuts
(I added 1 c. candy corn}
Line 2 cookie sheets with foil or waxed paper. Place 3 c. chex in a large bowl. In a small bowl, microwave the vanilla chips until melted. Pour over chex and stir to coat, pour onto baking sheet.  Refrigerate 5 minutes. Melt the peanut butter chips and mix with the other 3 c. of chex. Pour onto baking sheet. Refrigerate 5 minutes. Break into pieces and stir in the nuts and candy. Store in an air tight container.

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Halloween Ice Cream Treats

Aren't these cute? I saw them in my Schwans catalogue...and had to make a few. I think this would be a fun project for a kids Halloween party. I love the salty taste of the pretzel with the ice cream.

Ice Cream

sprinkles

pretzels

Using a melon scoop, make small round balls of ice cream. Insert a pretzel handle and dip into sprinkles. Place on wax paper and freeze until ready to serve.