Jolly Rancher Lollypops

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While reading Amy’s Notebook finds recently, I came across these great lollypops from The Decorated Cookie. They were fun, easy and taste really good. My 15 year old, said. “Ok, I’m not gonna lie, these are really good.” And I might add pretty frugal too. Meaghan, at The Decorated Cookie says to use any hard… [Continue Reading]

Blueberry Crumb Bars

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Last week was our County Fair, I entered these Blueberry Crumb Bars and got 2nd place. Ingredients: 1 c. White Sugar 1 t. Baking Powder 3 c. Flour 1 c. Butter, cold and cut into pieces 1 Egg 1/4 t. Salt Zest and Juice of 1 Lemon 4 c. Fresh Blueberries 1/2 c. Sugar 4… [Continue Reading]

Chocolate Zucchini Cake

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Shhh! Don’t tell them there is zucchini in it, they will never know. Here in Northwest Indiana our zucchinis haven’t come on in the garden yet, but they will be soon.  I still had some zucchini left from last years garden in the freezer that needed to be used. This cake is moist and I… [Continue Reading]

More Harry Potter Food

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Earlier this week I shared with you the Booger Cupcakes, that would be great for a Harry Potter party. Or just a fun treat. To go along with the Cupcakes, I made some Chocolate Frogs and Magical Wands. Chocolate Frogs I found the mold for the frogs at Hobby Lobby and melted chocolate almond bark.… [Continue Reading]

Candy Land Cake

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One of the all time favorite family friendly board games, is Candy Land. Who doesn’t love Candy Land? And since FishMama at Life As Mom put out a request for Birthday Cakes, I just had to join in. We started with half chocolate and half yellow cake. Warning: many pictures ahead, eat before looking Frosted… [Continue Reading]

Ice Cream Sundae Night on Sunday Night

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Last Sunday, after having a great frugal trip to the beach, we decided to have Ice Cream Sundaes. The boys had fun building their own sundaes and at a fraction of the cost of the Ice Cream Shoppe. I bought Ice Cream at Walmart for $2.50 each, Neopolitan and Chocolate Chip, Reese’s Peanut Cups for… [Continue Reading]

Ice Cream Cake

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One of the desserts that my son requested for his birthday was an Ice Cream Cake.  He wanted me to make this one from Pampered Chef, which I didn’t have a problem making, but I didn’t have a Springform Pan (yep, Pampered Chef lover, queen of baking, no pan! hint, hint)   So, the Queen of… [Continue Reading]