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Salted Caramel Donuts

November 27, 2012

What’s better than waking up to coffee and donuts?  HOMEMADE donuts!  These salted caramel donuts combine some of the holiday’s go-to flavors like chocolate and caramel, but they’re also sweet and salty.  They almost remind me of Starbuck’s salted caramel cake pops… These are not that difficult to make, but they do take a long time – especially if you have one donut pan.  I was craving a donut so…

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November 27, 2012 By
All Recipes/ Comfort Food/ Dad Bakes Cookies/ Dessert

Homemade Peanut Butter Cups

November 1, 2012

November is Peanut Butter Lovers Month!  So to celebrate – besides heading down to the candy store and buying the half-priced peanut butter cups – we’re making Peanut Butter Cups!  If you’re a sweet tooth, try this delicious Peanut Butter Cup recipe that I’ve perfected over the past few years… I’m trying to find a way to keep the chocolate from melting fast, I’ve heard shortening works best? I would…

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November 1, 2012 By
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Sweet and Salty Chocolate Covered Pretzels

October 16, 2012

Ingredients: Bag of pretzels Baker’s Chocolate Wax Paper Dash of vegetable oil Sugar Directions: Heat up your chocolate on medium to low heat, add a dash of vegetable oil. Keep stirring until chocolate is completely melted. Add sugar to taste.  Baker’s chocolate can be very bitter.  Add sugar to your liking.  I don’t want to put an exact amount here because I don’t know myself.  I kept adding it in,…

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October 16, 2012 By
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Pumpkin Cream Cheese Truffles

September 27, 2012

Tuesday night, I may have screwed up a really good recipe for these Pumpkin Cream Cheese Truffles, and may might have become very angry with the dessert gods – I needed to cool off and try it again.  I redeemed myself last night by hashing out the recipe once more by switching some things up, and yes, reading the directions a bit more carefully.  NOTE: my cross outs below are…

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September 27, 2012 By
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The Ultimate Peanut Butter Cup

July 19, 2012

Are you a sweet tooth looking for that ultimate summer treat?  Try this delicious Peanut Butter Cup recipe that I’ve perfected! I would like to give credit to a few websites and their reviewers with whom I combined some of the recipes, reviews, and comments in order to make this creation the best thing ever: AllRecipes.com, TasteOfHome.com, and FoodNetwork.com, and their reviewers.…

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