Marshmallow Toffee, White Chocolate Chip Cookie Recipe {Foodie Pen Pal}

I LOVE white chocolate and my foodie pen pal did very well with sneaking alot of it in my foodie box. I haven't had a chance to make the cookies I've been craving, but it's on my to-do list today.

This is my second month I signed up to receive a box from a Foodie Pen Pal and I also sent a box to a lucky foodie penpal, Kat. My pen pal, Kat and her box of goodies that I sent can be found at Eating the Week, you can check that out too. But let's get onto my box of yummy'ness.....

I received my Foodie Pen Pal box from Rachel at Tramplingrose,

my box was filled with lots of WHITE CHOCOLATE (yum, my favorite) and a few other snacks.

We are planning on making a batch of gluten-free cookies (soon), with these white chocolate chips, it's on my to-do list today so I am HOPING I get to do that.

Marshmallow Toffee, White Chocolate Chip Cookies (gluten-free)

recipe found at Hugs & CookiesXOXO 

2 sticks softened unsalted butter
3/4 cup granulated sugar
3/4 cup packed light brown sugar
2 large eggs
1-1/2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
3 cups better batter flour (gluten free flour)
1 tsp baking soda
3/4 tsp kosher salt
1 cup chocolate chunks
1-1/2 cups white chocolate chips
3/4 cup mini marshmallow bits
1/4 cup toffee chips

Preheat oven to 350 and line large baking sheet with parchment. Beat butter and sugar until fluffy. Add eggs and vanilla. Add gluten-free flour, chocolate, chips, marshmallow bits and toffee. Mix until just combined. With a medium cookie scoop, scoop dough onto sheet. Bake for 10-12 minutes. Cool for 5 minutes on baking sheet.

This great event was created by The Lean Green Bean. Here are all the details if you'd like to join the Foodie Penpals. If you’re interested in participating for July, please CLICK HERE to fill out the participation form and read the terms and conditions. You must submit your information by August 4th as pairings will be emailed on August 5th!

Thanks again for the awesome treats, Pen Pal.

Pineapple Fruit Tree & Creamy Fruit Dip {TWC Linky Party #92 - Summer Fruits & Salads}

This beautiful fruit tree was so easy to make and I am so glad I attempted it.

What a HUGE success for an awesome display of Summer Fruit.

Yep, I really made this all by myself (well with a little help from the hubby). I had this idea in my head for months, I knew I was going to somehow make this for my twins graduation party. The week of the party I even bought all the fruit and a few extra pineapples. For those of you who read about my "life" my husband works 7 days a week 12 hours per day (going on almost 3 years now, so he is never home). The day before the party he took the day off to help me and YEP, I showed him this idea and said PLEASE can we make this happen. A few ideas floated around (since the pinterest pin lead to no-where-land) a trip to my dad's shop and a few tools, and we were in business.

Here is the creation we made up complete with photos and directions. I hope this saves some people alot of work, because this project is quite simple. And the stand can be saved and used over and over again. What an amazing discovery on my favorite site Pinterest, but once again no source listed. I searched forever looking for the original source of this genius idea, but nothing, so here is my version.

Simple directions on creating the Pineapple base. Large piece of wood for the base about 20" x 20", then you'll need a piece of all-thread (or some kind of very small pipe), we used all thread so we could attach a nut and bolt on the underside of the piece of wood (sorry no photos). I got a plastic serving tray (the gold plate) and had my husband also attach that permanently to the base. Once your base is complete the rest is easy. Cut off the top of the pineapple one the first pineapple, then drill a hole down the center of the pineapple, the second pineapple cut off the top and bottom, drill hole and then for the top pineapple cut off only the bottom and drill hole but not all the way through the top. We picked up some fresh palm leaves at a local flower shop (a whole bundle for only $5 bucks), but you could use fake ones too.

Pineapple Fruit Tree
recreated by Tina Hudgens, idea from Pinterest

20" x 20" piece of wood
1 piece of all-thread (pipe) - make as tall as about 3 pineapples (about 30")
Bundle of Palm Leaves
3 to 4 Pineapples
Variety of your favorite fruits cut up to bite size pieces.

Once your base is created, you can slide all the pineapples down on the piece of all-thread. Then we took the stems of the palm leaves and just pushed them into the top of the top pineapple. We cut up lots of variety of fruits and placed them all around the base, served it with this yummy fruit dip and it was a huge hit.

Creamy Fruit Dip
recipe found at Simply Real Moms

1 (8oz) pkg Cream Cheese, softened

1 (7oz) jar Marshmallow Cream

1 cup Powdered Sugar

Mix all ingredients together with an electric mixer.

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August 6 - Cupcakes (be creative)

August 13 - Summer Grilling BBQ & Vegetables

August 20 - LEMONADE (anything) Desserts, Drinks & More

August 27 - Bananas Galore (anything and everything banana)

Your hostess for this party are: Tina from MOMS CRAZY COOKING, Nicole from The Daily Dish and Kristi from Veggie Converter. We host this theme linky party every Monday (and the party stays open all week long)! We hope to inspire you to make something with our theme or get an old post notice by linking it up to the linky party below. 

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Cake Batter Rice Krispy Treats

Here is just a simple but delicious way to transform the already yummy rice krispy treats we've made for years. I think I will need to whip up a batch of these for our 3-week motorhome trip, coming soon.

Cake Batter Rice Krispy Treats

original recipe with a twist

4 tbsp butter

1 (12 oz) bag of mini marshmallows or 1 jar marshmallow creme

1/4 cup cake mix

6 cups rice krispies cereal

1 (small) container of sprinkles

Melt butter in a large saucepan over low heat and add marshmallows or creme. Stir until they begin to melt, adding in cake mix one spoonful at a time so its combined. Stir in cereal so it is completely coated with marshmallow mixture. Sprinkle in half of the sprinkles and mix. Lay mixture into a 9x13 greased pan lined with wax paper. Sprinkle the remaining sprinkles on top and press into mixture. Cut and Serve, the extra kick of cake batter really adds to the flavor. YUM!

Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Brownies

My son and I have been on a brownie kick. Any kind of brownie, all kinds of brownies, we even have a Pinterest board just for brownies, we are a little obsessed with finding the perfect brownie recipe. We want to find that one recipe that we will make over and over again. We haven't exactly found it yet, but stay tuned on this FUN and WILD taste test as we continue to make brownie recipe after brownie recipe to find that ONE perfect one.

This brownie was a midnight creation. We are usually sitting around the living room, everyone bored, and my son wants dessert, and yep it's usually a brownie. We jump right over to our brownie board and go to town picking out a recipe.

The brownie in this recipe was soft and chewy and the cookie dough topping, WOW! If you love cookie dough, then this recipe is one that you must try.

Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Brownies
recipe found at Darn Near Domestic

Brownies:
1 cup (2 sticks) unsalted butter
2-1/4 cups sugar
4 large eggs
1-1/4 cups unsweetened cocoa powder
1 tsp salt
1 tsp baking powder
1 tbsp vanilla extract
1-1/2 cups all-purpose flour
2 cups chocolate chips

Cookie Dough:
3 sticks butter, softened (at room temperature)
1-1/2 cup brown sugar
2/3 cup sugar
9 tbsp milk
3 cups flour
3 cups mini chocolate chips (or regular size)

Prepare Brownies: Preheat the oven to 350. Lightly grease a 9 x 13 pan.

In a saucepan set over low heat, melt the butter, then add the sugar and stir to combine. Return the mixture to the heat briefly, just until it's hot, but not bubbling; it'll become shiny looking as you stir it. Heating this mixture a second time will dissolve more of the sugar, which will yield a shiny top crust on your brownies.

Transfer the sugar mixture to a medium-sized mixing bowl, if you've heated it in a saucepan. Stir in the cocoa, salt, baking powder and vanilla. Whisk in the eggs, stirring until smooth. Add the flour and chips, again stirring until smooth. Spoon the batter into a lightly greased 9" x 13" pan.

Bake the brownies for about 30 minutes, until a cake tester inserted into the center comes out clean, or with just a few moist crumbs clinging to it. The brownies should feel set on the edges, and the center should look very moist, but not uncooked. Remove them from the oven and cool completely on a rack.

For cookie dough: Cream the butter and sugars until light and fluffy. Beat in milk. With mixer on low, add flour and mix until well combined. Stir in mini chocolate chips.

To assemble: Spread the cookie dough onto the cooled brownies. You can set in freezer for about 30 minutes to speed up the cooling process.

Chill the brownies until the cookie dough is firm. Cut into bars and serve.

Ice Cream Cupcakes {TWC Linky Party #91 - Ice Cream Treats}

Summer Time and Ice Cream, what's not to love?

Ice Cream Cupcakes

adapted , original recipe was found at Bubbly Nature Creations

cake mix and the ingredients on the box to the make cake

First step is to make the cupcakes according to directions on your cake mix box (or if you wish make them from scratch). Line muffin tin with cupcake liners and fill only the bottom of each liner with cake (about 1/4 inch or about 1 tbsp of batter). Bake as directed, but only about half the time, becasue they are so small. About 8 to 10 minutes is all they need.. Remove from oven and cool.

ice cream (homemade or store bought, your choice)

We used store bought vanilla ice cream, mixed with sprinkles. Let ice cream defrost until it's very creamy and can be spread ontop cupcakes easily (about 1 hour out of the freezer to defrost). Once cupcakes cool completely, top them with ice cream and then freeze for about 1 to 2 hours until ice cream re-forms before topping with frosting.

Favorite Frosting Recipe or a tub of Cool Whip

Make up a batch of your favorite frosting and mix a whole bunch of sprinkles into it before topping the cupcakes.

When the ice cream is re-formed remove from freezer and top with frosting, they can then be served immediatley or can be returned to freezer and served when needed.

This week's theme is: ICE CREAM

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July 30 - Summer Fruits & Summer Salads

August 6 - Cupcakes (be creative)

August 13 - Summer Grilling BBQ & Vegetables

August 20 - LEMONADE (anything) Desserts, Drinks & More

Your hostess for this party are: Tina from MOMS CRAZY COOKING, Nicole from The Daily Dish and Kristi from Veggie Converter. We host this theme linky party every Monday (and the party stays open all week long)! We hope to inspire you to make something with our theme or get an old post notice by linking it up to the linky party below. 

The LINKY PARTY is opened ALL Week!

PLEASE do not link more then 3 recipes per week.

This week's theme is: ICE CREAM
Please only link recipes with our them!