Easy chocolate covered pretzels are a crowd favorite homemade food gift. The sweet salty combination is a “to die for” classic! I feel kind of silly sharing this recipe because it’s not even really a recipe. It’s melting some chocolate in the microwave and dipping pretzels in it. That’s it, that’s the whole recipe. But I make them every Christmas, … Read More
No-Bake Chocolate Coconut Bon Bons
No-bake chocolate coconut bon bons are the perfect holiday treat. You can make them ahead of time and they don’t need to be refrigerated! The other day my little nephew told me that “Almond Joy’s were his favorite candy because they are chocolate and coconut and they have a peanut inside!” Learning nut names is hard. Luckily making these no-bake … Read More
10 Easy Homemade Food Gifts
10 easy homemade gifts and packaging ideas for everyone on your holiday gift list this season. Nothing says “I love you” (or at least “I like you somewhat) like homemade. Chocolate caramel corn-sweet and salty homemade chocolate caramel corn is the perfect big batch homemade food gift. Make one pan and have several gifts ready to go! How to package: … Read More
Homemade Food Gift: Chocolate Caramel Corn
Sweet and salty homemade chocolate caramel corn is the perfect big batch homemade food gift. Make one pan and have several gifts ready to go! Anybody ever get those giant tins of popcorn for Christmas? Like the ones with like 3 or 4 different kinds of flavored popcorn. Someone my grandpa knew always got him one of those big tins … Read More
Homemade Food Gift: Sweet and Salty Peanut Butter Bark
Sweet and salty peanut butter bark is the perfect easy homemade food gift for the peanut butter lovers in your life! Chocolate and peanut butter swirled together and studded with all kinds of sweet and salty goodness! Bark is one of the easiest but well loved homemade food gifts. If you have about 15 minutes and you know how to … Read More
Easy Peppermint Mocha Brownie Bites
Easy peppermint mocha brownie bites mini brownies made with box mix and decadent, from scratch peppermint mocha frosting swirled on top! There is something wonderful about a mini cupcake, isn’t there? Where you can simply unwrap it and pop it in your mouth. Plus there is the added bonus of basically a 1:1 ratio of cake to frosting, which, imo … Read More
Browned Butter White Chocolate Pomegranate Cookies
White chocolate pomegranate cookies are made with nutty browned butter and studded with white chocolate chips and pomegranate arils! Pretty much ever since I learned how to brown butter, I’ve been trying it here and there in recipes to see if it improves it. America’s test kitchen has a book, The Perfect Cookie where they add browned butter to an … Read More
Easy Sugar Cookie Dough You Can Eat
Soft edible sugar cookie dough that’s made without eggs and with cooked flour so it’s safe to eat straight out of the bowl. If you can believe it, my little sister doesn’t like chocolate chip cookies. She doesn’t even keep chocolate chips in her house. Instead, she’s a true sugar cookie fan. At Christmas, she would always be in charge … Read More
Thick and Chewy Scotcheroos
Thick and chewy Scotcheroos are the classic crisp rice treat everyone knows and loves but made with peanut butter instead of marshmallows and a layer of chocolate and butterscotch on top. So basically better in every way… Anyone know why these are called Scotcheroos? Seems like a Midwestern church lady cookbook thing to me (and being a lover of Midwestern … Read More
Gift Ideas for Candy Makers
Here are 7 perfect gift ideas for the candy makers in your life. The ones who what to dabble in caramel or chocolate creation. Maybe for the ones who love coming up with their own flavors or like to give homemade food gifts. Cookbooks: The Field Guide to Candy was my first candy only cookbook. It’s this adorable little book … Read More