Campfire Cones

 

Campfire Cones

Ingredients

8 ice cream sugar cones

1/2 cup mini milk chocolate chips

1/2 cup mini marshmallows

1/2 cup peanut butter or butterscotch baking chips

Directions

Prepare campfire or grill for medium heat. Fill cones with your choice of baking chips and marshmallows.

 Fully wrap each cone with foil, sealing tightly.

Place packets over campfire or grill; cook until heated through, 7-10 minutes. Open foil carefully.

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Sugar Free Pumpkin Fluff Dip

 

This is a very creamy and yummy vanilla pumpkin dip!

Ingredients

1 (15-ounce) can solid pack Pumpkin (not pumpkin pie filling)

1 (5-ounce) package Sugar Free instant vanilla pudding mix

1 teaspoon pumpkin pie spice

1 (16-ounce) container Sugar Free frozen whipped topping, thawed

Directions

Gather all ingredients.

Mix pumpkin, pudding mix, and pumpkin pie spice together in a large bowl.

Fold in whipped topping.

Cover and chill in the refrigerator until ready to serve.

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Hot Cocoa Mix

Ingredients

4 cups Whole Milk Powder*

1 tablespoon Corn Starch*

1½ cups of Sugar or Splenda etc.*

1 cup of Unsweetened Cocoa Powder

1 cup of Mini-Sized Semi-Sweet or Milk Chocolate Chips

1 cup of Powdered French Vanilla Creamer

¼ teaspoon of Salt

Mix all of the ingredients in one large tub until well blended.

* Corn Starch is to thicken it and for creamy silky texture

* You can use Sugar, Splenda or whatever kind of sweetener you prefer that measures same as sugar.

If you’d rather use Powdered Sugar use 2½ - 2¾ cups

* Whole milk powder such as pictured below to make it rich and creamy and let's face it, tastes way better than the non fat kind. You can substitute with the non fat kind if needed though. 

To make Cocoa:

Add 3-4 tablespoons or how ever much to your taste and liking of the homemade hot cocoa mix to a mug or cup of HOT water or milk and stir well! 

Add a sprinkle of cinnamon, some marshmallows, whipped topping, peppermint candy cane, or marshmallow fluff if desired! Enjoy!

Notes

Makes one very large air tight container of cocoa mix, approx 8 cups

Enough to last a large family a few months! 

 

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Fall Pumpkin Fluff Dip

This is a very creamy and yummy vanilla pumpkin dip that is served with graham crackers. I like the cinnamon graham crackers best, ginger snaps, apples, etc

Ingredients

1 (15-ounce) can solid pack pumpkin

1 (5-ounce) package instant vanilla pudding mix

1 teaspoon pumpkin pie spice

1 (16-ounce) container frozen whipped topping, thawed

Directions

Gather all ingredients.

Mix pumpkin, pudding mix, and pumpkin pie spice together in a large bowl.

Fold in whipped topping.

Cover and chill in the refrigerator until ready to serve.

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Halloween Bark

1 pound melting chocolate or almond bark

14 Oreos

1 1/2 cups pretzel sticks, broken

1 cup candy corn

Halloween colored sprinkles

Cover a cookie sheet with wax paper. Break Oreos and pretzels and toss them along with 3/4 cup of the candy corn onto the cookie sheet. Melt chocolate and drizzle over the top and sprinkle with remaining candy corn and some sprinkles. Allow to cool and harden completely before breaking into pieces.

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Pumpkin Craft

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EASY PUMPKIN PRETZELS

Ingredients

• 1 bag mini pretzels {you won't use the whole bag, only about 1/4}
• 1 bag M&M's candy, needing only the green ones {fun separating activity for kids!}
• orange food coloring, I used about 1/8th tsp of Wilton's gel colors
• 1 bag White Chocolate chips, melted slowly {directions below}
• 1 TBSP shortening, to thin out chocolate

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HOW TO Icing Cookies for Holiday's and Party's

Royal Icing Using Egg Whites:
2 large egg whites
2 teaspoons fresh lemon juice
3 cups confectioners (powdered or icing) sugar, sifted


For Royal Icing with Egg Whites:
In the bowl of your electric mixer (or with a hand mixer), beat the egg whites with the lemon juice until combined. Add the sifted powdered sugar and beat on low speed until combined and smooth. (The right consistency to cover or "flood" sugar cookies is when you lift the beater, the ribbon of icing that falls back into the bowl remains on the surface for a few seconds before disappearing. Another test is to take a cookie and place a small amount of icing in the center of the cookie. Using a small knife, push the icing to the edge of the cookie. If the icing runs off the edge, thicken the icing by adding a little more confectioners sugar. Conversely, if the icing is too thick, add a little water.) The icing needs to be used immediately or transferred to an airtight container as royal icing hardens when exposed to air.  Cover with plastic wrap when not in use




Royal Icing Using Meringue Powder:
4 cups confectioners' (powdered or icing) sugar
3 tablespoons meringue powder
1/2 teaspoon extract (vanilla, lemon, almond or any flavor you like)
1/2 - 3/4 cup warm water


For Royal Icing with Meringue Powder:
In the bowl of your electric mixer (or with a hand mixer), beat the confectioners' sugar and meringue powder until combined.  Add the water and beat on medium to high speed until very glossy and stiff peaks form (5 to7 minutes). If necessary, to get the right consistency, add more powdered sugar or water. To cover or 'flood' the entire surface of the cookie with icing, the proper consistency is when you lift the beater, the ribbon of icing that falls back into the bowl remains on the surface of the icing for a few seconds before disappearing.The icing needs to be used immediately or transferred to an airtight container as royal icing hardens when exposed to air. Cover with plastic wrap when not in use. Makes about 3 cup

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Fall Pumpkin Dip

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Liter Box Cake

Ingredients
1 (18.25 ounce) package German chocolate cake mix
1 (18.25 ounce) package white cake mix
2 (3.5 ounce) packages instant vanilla pudding mix1 (12 ounce) package vanilla sandwich cookies
3 drops green food coloring
1 (12 ounce) package tootsie rolls

Directions
1.Prepare cake mixes and bake according to package directions (any size pan).
2.Prepare pudding according to package directions and chill until ready to assemble.
3.Crumble sandwich cookies in small batches in a food processor, scraping often. Set aside all but 1/4 cup. To the 1/4 cup add a few drops of green food coloring and mix.
4.When cakes are cooled to room temperature, crumble them into a large bowl. Toss with 1/2 of the remaining cookie crumbs, and the chilled pudding. You probably won't need all of the pudding, you want the cake to be just moist, not soggy.
5.Line kitty litter box with the kitty litter liner. Put cake mixture into box.
6.Put half of the unwrapped tootsie rolls in a microwave safe dish and heat until softened. Shape the ends so that they are no longer blunt, and curve the tootsie rolls slightly. Bury tootsie rolls randomly in the cake and sprinkle with half of the remaining cookie crumbs. Sprinkle a small amount of the green colored cookie crumbs lightly over the top.
7.Heat 3 or 4 of the tootsie rolls in the microwave until almost melted. Scrape them on top of the cake and sprinkle lightly with some of the green cookie crumbs. Heat the remaining tootsie rolls until pliable and shape as before. Spread all but one randomly over top of cake mixture. Sprinkle with any remaining cookie crumbs. Hang the remaining tootsie roll over side of litter box and sprinkle with a few green cookie crumbs. Serve with the pooper scooper for a gross Halloween dessert.

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Candy Corn Poke Cake

Candy Corn Poke Cake




1 box of white cake mix, plus the fixn’s needed to make it
Orange and Yellow food coloring
14 oz sweetened condensed milk
whipped topping
candy corn

Make the cake batter as directed. Then divide it into three equal parts. Color one yellow, one orange, and leave one alone. Make sure you add enough to make it really vibrant.
Spray the bottom of a 9 x 13 pan. Spread the yellow layer evenly across the bottom, and then stick it in the freezer (make sure it is sitting flat). Leave it in there for 20 minutes.
As soon as you pull it out, very carefully add the orange layer, pouring it as evenly as possible around the pan, and gently spreading it out to cover the yellow. Put it back in the freezer for 20 more minutes.
Preheat your oven to the temperature specified on the cake mix.
Taking out the cake batter pan, again, carefully spread the white layer. Let it sit on top of the preheating oven for at least 30 minutes.
Bake according to package directions. As soon as the cake comes out of the oven, poke holes throughout the cake with the end of a wooden spoon. Pour the sweetened condensed milk evenly over the cake, making sure to fill each hole.
Refrigerate overnight. Top with whipped topping, candy corn, and enjoy!

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Pumpkin Snickerdoodles

What you will need:
For the cookies:

3 3/4 cups flour
1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
2 sticks unsalted butter, room temperature
1 cup sugar
1/2 cup dark brown sugar
1 cup pumpkin puree
1 large egg
2 teaspoons vanilla extract

For the coating:

1/2 cup sugar
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon ground ginger
Dash of allspice

In a medium bowl, combine flour, baking powder, salt, cinnamon, and nutmeg. Whisk together to blend. In a large bowl, beat together butter and sugars on medium speed until well combined. Next, still on medium speed, beat in pumpkin. Then, add the egg and vanilla extract. Lastly, add in the dry ingredients. Beat until combined, but do not over mix. Cover the dough, and refrigerate for one hour, until firm.

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

Line baking sheets with parchment paper (or spray with nonstick spray). In a small bowl, mix together the sugar and spices for the sugar coating. Scoop dough (approximately 2 1/2 tablespoons) and roll into a ball. Roll the dough ball in the sugar mixture, and place on the lined baking sheet, leaving about 2 inches between each cookie. Take a drinking glass with a flat bottom and moisten with water. Dip the glass in the sugar mixture, and use it to flatten the dough balls. Re-sugar the glass as needed.

Bake the cookies for 10-12 minutes. Remove when the centers of the cookies have set. Let cool on the baking pan for approximately 5 minutes, and then transfer to wire cooling racks to cool completely.

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Peanut Butter Fudge

Peanut Butter Fudge

1 Cup Brown Sugar
1 Cup White Sugar
½ Cup Milk

Cook to a full boil….Remove from heat.

add:

1 ½ Cup Peanut Butter or ½ cup butter and 1 cup peanut butter
1 tsp vanilla

Stir till smooth. Line a pan with wax paper…pour into pan and chill. Cut into pieces and serve.

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Witches Hats Cookies

Ingredients

32 Hershey's® Kisses® brand milk chocolates, unwrapped

1 package (11 1/2 ounces) fudge-striped shortbread cookies (32)

1 tube (4.25 ounces) orange or red decorating icing

1 Attach 1 chocolate candy to chocolate bottom of each cookie, using decorating icing.
2 Pipe decorating icing around base of milk chocolate candy.

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