My girls LOVE to eat s'mores but don't always like the mess of the sticky marshmallows. Plus, we live in Minnesota and campfires are not an option in the winter. Here's our version of s'mores that's a little less messy and super easy to make when campfires are not available. You'll need: Chocolate Chips Mini Marshmallows A Tube of Croissants/Crescent Rolls Optional stuff such as peanut butter, caramel, bananas, raspberries, strawberries... Step 1) Separate the croissants and lay them out flat on a baking sheet. Step 2) Put chocolate chips and mini marshmallows on the fat side of the croissant. Add any optional ingredients. Try not to overfill it. For these photos we used chocolate/peanut butter chips and mini marshmallows only. I have made these in the past with the optional ingredients and they are super yummy (especially the ones with the caramel and peanut butter!). Step 3) Roll up the croissants making sure that your ingredients do not fall out. If … [Read more...]
Valentine’s Lunch Themes
Welcome to day 9 of Toys In The Dryer 14 Days of Valentines! From February 1-14 we'll be doing non-stop Valentines posts to celebrate this lovely holiday! Some of you may remember our previous post about Creative Lunchbox Ideas. Well we took things a little bit further and hoped to inspire you to create a fun Valentine's Day lunch for the sweetie in your life. Heart of the matter Heart shaped sandwiches are easy to create with a pair of scissors and a few seconds of your time. Cheese with a X and O in it will send your sweetie to school with hugs and kisses too! Pack some pink yogurt and strawberries for color. Homemade lunchable A few crackers, a circle cookie cutter and a few minutes of your time and you can make a great "lunchable" style meal for your cutie! I added some toothpicks with Valentine's stickers on them for a little flare. I love you Send them off to school with hugs and kisses and an I love you! X and O shaped sandwiches, I love you in fruit leather … [Read more...]
Guest post- Monkey Bread
Today we are excited to have Kristin from Kadbury is...Thinking Out Loud guest post for us! Kristin is a mom of three- her very own BLT! Her blog is filled with her experiences with crafting, cooking, and decorating (as well as some humor, because we all know with kids there is always humor!) Lately, my kids have been asking to help out in the kitchen. And when it’s not totally going to stress me out, I let them. Yes, it’s true. Occasionally my kids stress me out. Where are your shoes?!? The bus is almost here! Please quit trying to put that plastic bug in your sister’s ear – It’s not funny! If somebody touches somebody else in the next five minutes, I’m pulling this car over! We are making these cookies to give to someone else, you cannot keep licking your fingers in between frosting them… But Monkey Bread is so much fun to make with them. And it’s my kids’ all-time favorite breakfast because it’s sweet, gooey, and fun. What’s not to love? Here’s what you’ll need: 4 … [Read more...]
Hidden Apple Pancakes
Pancake covered apples...they sound kinda weird but my girls thought they so cool and yummy! Hidden apple pancakes were also a great way to add some fruit to breakfast without my girls really knowing! I have to admit, I got this idea from Pinterest but I tweeked the recipe a bit because I didn't have all the ingredients. My recipe is also a lot easier than the original. What you'll need for my version: Your favorite pancake mix Cinnamon Sugar Apples Topping of choice (apple syrup, maple syrup, butter, cool whip...) Step 1) Cut the apples into thin slices and cut the cores out. (I think I used Macintosh apples but any apple will do depending on your preference) Step 2) Prepare the pancake batter as directed on the box. Add cinnamon and sugar to taste. (I used Bisquick mix and made 1/2 a batch of pancakes. I added about 1 Tbsp of cinnamon and 1/4 cup sugar.) Step 3) Coat the apples with the pancake batter. Step 4) Cook until the pancake part … [Read more...]
Ridiculously Easy DIY Fudge Pops
I'm almost embarrassed to post this DIY Fudgescicle or Fudge Pop recipe because of how easy it is. However, it is so easy that most people don't even think about doing it! We were in the grocery store and my girls were begging for Fudgesicles. Our grocery budget for the week, however, did not include the $6 treats. Never fear, we had the ingredients at home to make our own (for $5 less)! Please excuse the blue nail polish, it's compliments of my 3 year old :) What you'll need to make your own: Instant chocolate pudding Milk (2% or whole milk makes for a creamier popsicle) Popsicle molds or ice cube trays/toothpicks or small cup/popsicle sticks Really!! That's ALL you need! I told you this was a ridiculously easy recipe! (Here's where I apologize for the lack of photos in this post. I was living in the moment with my girls when we made these and I completely forgot to take photos!) How to make your own Fudgescicles or fudge pops: Make the pudding … [Read more...]
Tortilla Chip Snowflakes…FAIL
I labeled this "tasty treats" because NORMALLY it IS a tasty treat but when you get distracted and side tracked they burn in the oven and then they are no longer tasty =) Making your own tortilla chips is REALLY easy and they taste amazing (most of the time). Here is what you will need tortillas cooking spray sugar baking sheet oven scissors I used a circular cookie cutter to cut the tortillas into smaller circles first (if you get the burrito size you can get quite a few smaller circles from each one) Once you have the amount of circles you desire fold them in half and start snipping pieces out (much like you do when you make paper snowflakes) Place them on a baking sheet and spray lightly with cooking spray Bake at 350degrees F for 7 minutes (NOT 20 like I did...LOL). Then sprinkle with sugar once you remove them. ENJOY! Here is how they are supposed to look (this was the only one that wasn't burned to a crispy black dirt flake) *just a little funny thing to … [Read more...]
