Strawberry Pretzel Salad is a classic family dessert recipe for holiday celebrations with strawberry Jell-O, a creamy whipped filling, fresh strawberries and a salty pretzel crust. Why Are You Calling It Salad? That’s what Mom and Grandma always called it. But, no, there’s not a trace of lettuce in this recipe. The only “healthy” ingredient
A fun way to change up your Easter dessert recipes with a layered carrot cake trifle with homemade carrot cake, cream cheese frosting whip and vanilla pudding. It’s a holiday show stopper. Everyone Loves a Trifle One of my favorite desserts for holiday entertaining is a trifle. I get to pull out my trifle bowl
This festive holiday Peppermint Roll Cake only requires six ingredients and is refreshingly light with angel food cake and a minty cream filling. This post is sponsored by Shamrock Farms, makers of farm fresh dairy products crafted with a hands on approach, refined over three generations. It Starts with the Whip… Whip-ped Cream that is.
This recipe for Cranberry Apple Pie is perfectly festive and a favorite for anyone who likes things a little tart. It combines the zing of Granny Smith green apples and cranberries inside an easy homemade buttery crust. Why Cranberries? Why not? If you’re a fan of cranberry sauce, this pie will hit all the
These bars are like traditional pecan pie with a spicy and square twist. Habanero Pecan Pie Bars are what you holiday dessert table has been looking for. Spicy Inspiration This recipe for pecan pie bars comes to you thanks to my buddy Jacob Cutino at Cutino Sauce Co. and a friend from Instagram, Cristen (aka
These Chai Cheesecake Cups are a quick and easy, not-too-sweet dessert that incorporates the Indian flavors of sweet chai with good for you protein packed Greek Cream Cheese. What is Chai? Chai is an Indian tea brewed with milk, sugar and cardamom. Translated, Chai means “tea”, so please, for the sake of our Indian friends,
This recipe for Hula Pie Frappe Shake is inspired by the famed Hawaiian Dessert, Hula Pie. The original Hula Pie contains macadamia nut ice cream in a cookie crust, topped with chocolate ganache, whipped cream and chopped macadamia nuts. We’ve mixed these flavors together into a frozen drinkable coffee version. This post is sponsored by Torani but all opinions
These three ingredient sugar-free dark chocolate truffles taste righteously decadent and will satisfy your sweet tooth. They were inspired by an Instagram feed full of Valentine’s treats. Dark Chocolate Truffles I’ve cut out the sugar, but I still wanted something to satisfy the need for CHOCOLATE. Choosing the Right Chocolate Chips I’m not reinventing the
This recipe for Easy Blood Orange Chocolate Pots de Creme is sponsored by Torani but all opinions expressed are genuine. Too, they’re giving us all 10% OFF your First Purchase when you sign up for their E-Newsletter!” Who doesn’t love that? Celebrate Citrus Peppermint seems to be a holiday dessert default. Blame it on the candy canes. But, I love
I am not a big fan of rice pudding. I guess I’ve been hung up on rice being savory. But, this Instant Pot Rice Pudding is something I would actually make for myself. Better yet, this will be awesome for winter time entertaining. You make it ahead of time and then serve it cold, so
I’m here to warn you that you’ll set out to make these peanut butter cocoa no bake cookies for the kids and will end up eating them all yourself. That’s what happened to me and my friend, too. But, they’re full of good-for-you ingredients and satisfy your sweet tooth without spiking blood sugar. Ingredients I
Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cookie Pie is pumpkin pie and gooey chocolate chip cookies, fused into one dessert. Top it with ice cream, of course. The Testing Process When I was developing this recipe I wanted a pie that had the consistency of pumpkin pie. Soft, just a little silky. But, then I wanted the magic
