Easter Bark Candy

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Easter Bark is an easy and fun recipe to make. If you love chocolate, you'll love this Easter Bark! It's a fun recipe to get the kids involved in every step of the way. Choose your candy and colors and you're on your way to creating a delicious Easter treat for everyone to enjoy.

Mini Pumpkin Spice Pie Desserts

Mini pumpkin pie desserts are a fun and cute way to serve a traditional dessert for the holidays. These small sized portions are great for small and large gatherings. No need for dirty dishes or cutting tools, just grab and munch.

Ingredients:

• 1 box of ready made pie crust
• 1 can (30 oz) Easy Pumpkin Pie Mix
• 2/3 cup Evaporated Milk
• 2 Eggs
• 1 Tablespoon of Pumpkin Spice

Mix all ingredients together to make your pie mix.

Mickey Oreos

I absolutely love these Mickey Mouse Oreos! They were incredibly simple to make and came out too cute to eat.

What you need:

• Oreos
• Brown chocolate melts
• Red chocolate melts
• White icing or white candy dots

Directions:

1. Slide 2 brown chocolate melts inside your oreo.
2. Dip your Oreo into your melted red chocolate. Try to get an even line about 1/3 of the way.
3. If your using white candy dots as buttons, place candy onto your cookies before your chocolate dries to help set in the candy.
4. If you're using white icing, allow chocolate to dry before adding buttons

Banana, Peanut Butter and Honey Bread

{This is a compensated campaign in collaboration with Latina Bloggers Connect and The National Peanut Board}

This Banana, Peanut Butter and Honey recipe will help energize your day. All of us can always use an extra boost of energy in the morning, or any time of the day.

Halloween Candy Bark

Halloween Bark is an easy and fun recipe to make. If you love chocolate, you'll love this Halloween Bark! It's a fun recipe to get the kids involved in every step of the way. Choose your candy and colors and you're on your way to creating a delicious Halloween treat for everyone to enjoy.

Milky Way Cupcakes

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If you've recently walked down the candy aisle at your local grocery store or Walmart, you may have noticed these awesome little bags from MARS candy. MARS has taken some of your favorite chocolate candies like MILKY WAY, 3 MUSKETEERS and SNICKERS and has turned them into bite sized snacks. They are the perfect size to add to most of your favorite dessert recipes. I'm sure you'll find many ways to #EatMoreBites.

Very Berry Yogurt Frozen Pops

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I'm always looking for easy ways to get creative in the kitchen. I've realized that it's easier to get my kids to try new foods and dishes when I present them in a fun way. My kids already love fruits and yogurt, and FAGE Total is a favorite in our home. Having fruits and yogurt in the house at all times has made it very convenient for them to grab a quick snack and because it’s a healthier snack option, I’m not concerned with how often they snack. This week we wanted to try something new with our favorite berries and FAGE Total yogurt. We made delicious yogurt fruit-sicles! These yummy frozen treat only took just a few minutes to make and was gone in seconds. The kids enjoyed the variety in taste with the three different flavors and loved the colorful look of the treats.

Make Your Summer an Adventure!

{This post is sponsored by Minute Maid. All opinions are my own}

What things remind you of summer? Is it enjoying a delicious frozen treat on a hot day, or is it family vacations? Both? Not too long ago I wrote an article on why family vacations are important. I spoke of the many reasons why bonding with your children and creating memories while on vacation can help ease the stress of everyday life and chores. As a single mom, and as someone who knows many other single parents, I understand that vacationing and traveling with children is difficult for many reasons. The big reason for most of us has to do with finances. Taking our families on a getaway vacation is costly. Many two income families struggle with paying for vacations, it can be a bigger struggle for those with a single income. As a single mom, I know all about the guilt that can come with not taking your kids on a summer trip. But that’s not what summer or memories are about. I want to remind those single parents that when it comes to having a great summer, it isn't about the destination, it’s about the adventures that create a fun and unforgettable summer.

Instead of feeling guilty, head outdoors for some fun adventures. Grab some water toys and have a water fight in your own backyard. Use your driveway to create fun and beautiful art with sidewalk chalk. Blow some bubbles into the sky, and don't forget some sweet frozen treats to keep you and your family cool on these warm days.

Reese's Peanut Butter Shake Recipe

I love Reese's Peanut Butter Cups! I'm so guilty of stealing them from the kids Halloween trick-or-treat bags. I wanted to create a shake that would remind me of the yummy taste of a Reese's Peanut Butter Cup. Here it is, I hope you enjoy!

Unicorn Bark

Unicorn Bark is an easy and fun recipe to make. Make this colorful treat with no baking required! If you love chocolate, you'll love this Unicorn Bark! It's a fun recipe to get the kids involved in every step of the way. Choose your candy and colors and you're on your way to creating a delicious colorful treat for everyone to enjoy.

Chocolate M&M Empanadas

{This shop has been compensated by Collective Bias, Inc. and its advertiser. All opinions are mine alone. #CrispyComeback #CollectiveBias}

These delicious Chocolate M&M's® Crispy Empanadas are a perfect mix of chocolate goodness with a crunchy texture. Not sure if you've heard but M&M's® Crispy are back! M&M's® Crispy - Delicious milk chocolate with a crispy rice center.

I recently tried M&M's® Crispy for the first time recently after watching this funny commercial about letting their fans know they're back. As a huge lover of M&M's® Peanut Butter, I knew I'd love M&M's® Crispy. I can honestly say that M&M's® Crispy are a perfect chocolate crunchy treat that I can enjoy anywhere and with anyone.

Butterfinger Shake Recipe

If you like Butterfinger candy bars than you're going to love this shake recipe, and if you don't like Butterfinger's ... you're still going to love this shake.

Cinnamon Sugar Cookie Sticks

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Cinnamon Sugar Cookies Sticks are a fun and easy recipe to share with family and friends. We love making sugar cookies at home, it's something the kids and I both enjoy. Baking sugar cookies is a fun way to get creative and make something delicious at the same time.

The NEW Rolled & Ready Cookie Dough Sheets provide a more convenient and delicious way to create fun cookies to enjoy with family and friends.

Mickey Mouse Themed Desserts! #DisneyJuniorFamilia

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We recently celebrated my son's 3rd birthday with a Disney Junior theme! Maddox absolutely loves watching Mickey Mouse Clubhouse on the Disney Channel so I knew I had to throw him a Mickey Mouse party to help celebrate his very special day. The parties biggest hit were the Mickey Mouse desserts I made for our guest.

Patriotic Jello Desserts

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These Patriotic Jello treats in mason jars are a perfect dessert for summer. Stay cool with these perfectly chilled treats at your outdoor summer events. They are incredibly easy to make and quick to serve up at your next BBQ or party. With just a few boxes of Jello mix and some Cool Whip, you can create these delicious Jello desserts for your family and friends.

These fun and festive desserts can be taken to almost any event. Just toss them in a cooler with some Cool Whip and spoons and serve them chilled when your ready for a sweet treat.

Oatmeal Raisin Cookies Recipe

{This is a sponsored post for Splenda}

Throughout 2014, SPLENDA Brand is dishing out 365 ways to swap sugar for SPLENDA Sweetener products to save calories all year long. Replacing added dietary sugar with America's No.1 no-calorie sweetener and making small, easy lifestyle changes can lead to big results over time. Did you know? Experts recommend that women consume less than 6 teaspoons of added sugar daily, but the average American eats 22.2 teaspoons!

M&M Pumpkin Bread

{I created my M&Ms Pumpkin bread recipe as part of a sponsored post for Collective Bias. #BakingIdeas}

Baked sweet bread are always an easy dessert to bring to a class or office party. They are easy to make and require little to no fuss, just bake and take. Baking with chocolate is always fun because chocolate baking goods are always a big hit with everyone. I've been holding onto this Pumpkin bread recipe for sometime but wanted to do something fun and unique with it. When the opportunity to create a recipe using Milk Chocolate M&M's I knew I would be using my delicious pumpkin bread recipe.

Chocolate Chip Cookies

{This is a sponsored post written by me on behalf of Pompeian Grapeseed Oil Spray.}

I love to bake, It's something that I've enjoyed doing since I was a young child. Baking is something that I do most often during the cooler season's and for the winter Holiday's. I remember growing up, I would help my mother with the baking for our Holiday desserts. I carry on that tradition with my daughter Emma lee, she loves to help me bake, especially cookies! Christmas is still weeks away put she's already planning on what cookies she will leave out for Santa on Christmas eve. Baking cookies for Santa's arrival at our home is something she's been looking forward to the last few season's and has grown into our very own little Holiday tradition. 

Below I share with your our favorite Chocolate chip cookie recipe. I hope you enjoy it as much as we do!

Pumpkin Spice Cinnamon Streusel Coffee Cake with Pumpkin Spice Coffee

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The Fall, Holiday's and cooler weather bring the perfect opportunity to grab a warm cup of coffee and a warm treat to share with family and friends. The perfect cup of coffee can create "moments of connection" with those who are special to you. Some of us like to catch up with friends at a local coffee shop or cuddle on the couch on a cold morning with a warm cup of coffee and hot coco for the kids, these are some of our favorite coffee inspired moments that we look forward to as the Fall season arrives. And because Autumn is here Pumpkin Spice everything is simply amazing!

Fun and Festive Holiday Dessert Recipes

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 The Holiday's are here and it's time for Holiday parties and get together with family and great friends. I love baking during the Holiday's and making sweet treats for everyone to enjoy. Who doesn't love a delicious a Christmas dessert recipe?

These Holiday treats are a fun and easy recipe that the kid's will love to help you create. My daughter was such a great little helper, she loved making these treats for the family.