If you like rich and buttery cookies that melt in your mouth, you’ve got to add these cookies to your must make list right now.  With 3 sticks of butter in them, you know they’ve just got to be good!  That’s right…3 sticks!  When I was looking for something easy to make for the recent Food Blogger Bake Sale, I remembered these freeze and slice cookies that I hadn’t made in quite some time.  The original recipe was just a plain cookie that I made a few tweaks to as well as added toffee bits and walnuts.  I can’t even begin to tell you how good these cookies turned out…we couldn’t keep out of them!�

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The National Food Blogger Bake Sale to benefit Share Our Strength’s No Kid Hungry campaign took place this past Saturday with food bloggers all across the country holding bake sales to support the fight against childhood hunger.  All proceeds from the bake sales are donated to this worthy cause.   I’m glad I’ve had the chance to participate in this annual bake sale with other local food bloggers for three years now. 

The Central Florida Food Blogger Bake Sale took place in Winter Garden during the Winter Garden Harvest Festival.  There were all sorts of vendors and we were fortunate to be able to hold our bake sale in this new location.  We were there bright and early on Saturday morning to set up and price our baked goods before the 9:00 festival start time.   It rained lightly on and off until early afternoon, but that didn’t dampen our spirits or deter us from bringing customers in.  Not long before it was time to break down, we marked everything down and had buy one/get one free deals going on.  You should have seen the people loading up on treats then…everybody loves a bargain! 

Take a look at the scrumptious goodies my food blogging friends brought to the bake sale (my contribution is shown above)

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Do you like pralines?  How about popcorn?  You’ve probably never thought of eating these at the same time, but hold on to your hats y’all.  This new recipe combines both of these favorites into one scrumptious treat that’s irresistible for anyone who loves a sweet & salty combination.

Since there have been so many yummy popcorn recipes on Pinterest lately, I decided to come up with one of my own to add to the mix.  A few years ago, I made a cake with a fabulous brown sugar glaze from the folks at Southern Living that tasted just like pralines and thought this glaze would be perfect to put on popcorn.  Now…what else could I add?  The pecan sticky bun granola (from Target) popped into my head…that’s it!  Of course I had to have a few bites of the warm popcorn before mixing this up.  Once this was spread out on the pan, I could hardly wait for it to cool.  Oh my, this stuff is sooo good and hard to stay out of!  I had to give some away before I consumed it all!  Enjoy

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When you think of s’mores, do you have visions of sitting around a campfire roasting marshmallows to put on a piece of chocolate and then quickly smush between graham crackers?  Mmmm…I can taste them now!  What do you do when you have a craving for s’mores and there’s no campfire around (or we’re in the heat of summer when you wouldn’t even think of starting a fire)?  I’ve got the answer with these Chewy S’mores Blondies…a blondie and s’more all wrapped into one!  Is your mouth watering yet

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It’s that time of year again when my favorite M&M’s are on the shelf…the white chocolate ones!  Y’all know I’m a white chocolate fanatic and if these sweet gems were available year round, I’d be doing the happy dance big time!  You see, hubby can get his chocolate M&M’s any time of year, but I’ve got to wait until spring or fall to get my M&M fix.  Now tell me, is that fair?�

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What comes to mind when you think of an orange creamsicle?  Maybe your thoughts drift to the ice cream truck driving slowly down the street with music playing loud enough for everyone to hear.  You had just enough time to get your money before it drove by your house.  OK, I might be dating myself now, but I remember these days and the neighborhood kids stepping up to the window to buy a cool treat on a hot summer day.  Perhaps you begged to stop at the corner store and ran straight to the ice cream case.  Ahh…the sweet memories of childhood!

How about taking a trip back in time with my new Orange Creamsicle Rice Krispies Treats?  You’ve got two treats in one…the ever-popular Rice Krispies Treats combined with the taste of an old-fashioned orange creamsicle.  Give these a try…you’ll feel like a kid again (and we all want to feel younger, right?)!  Be warned – they disappear fast

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Have you ever had brownie brittle?  I’d never even heard of this until I recently saw a picture on Instagram.  Since the comment mentioned it was at Costco, I decided to pick up a bag on my next trip.  I wasn’t exactly sure what these crispy treats would taste like, but I do have a chocoholic in the house and knew it wouldn’t last long anyway (notice the empty bag below).  You see, I’m actually a chewy brownie gal myself and was pleasantly surprised by the rich chocolate flavor of this new treat.  It’s addictive!

Before I even bought this brownie brittle, I had thoughts to crush it up and add to cookies…what else, huh?  It seems I’m always thinking of special cookie additions.  OK, now what else could I add to these new cookies?  Looking around the kitchen, I spotted Butterfinger candy bars, peanut butter chips and milk chocolate chips…that’s it!  Into the bowl all these ingredients went.  My last addition was going to be one-half cup of chocolate chips since there already was a bunch of brownie brittle in there, but I went ahead and added a full cup…let’s just load them babies up with goodies

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With strawberry season in full swing right now, it’s the best time of year to enjoy fresh strawberries in your favorite recipes.  There are the traditional recipes like strawberry shortcake, strawberry pie, strawberry cheesecake, strawberry cobbler and so on, but you might have others that are your “go to” strawberry recipes.

If you’re looking for a special strawberry treat to indulge in, these White Chocolate Strawberry Fudge Brownie Bites will knock your socks off!  Not only is this one amazing mini dessert, it’s as easy to make as 1-2-3.  Just prepare a box of brownie mix, bake in miniature muffin tins, make a well in the center, fill with chopped fresh strawberries, add hot fudge and then top it off with white chocolate!  What could be better or easier than that?  You know me and white chocolate, but add everything else with it and I’m smacking my lips!  It’s a wonder I didn’t cover the entire brownie bite with white chocolate…hmmm, maybe next time

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