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Halloween Cookie Dough Cheese Ball Recipe

by Freebies4Mom on October 25, 2019 9:47 am

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A great sale on cheese is just the reason I need to whip up a fun recipe for Halloween. I love cheese balls, but wanted to make one on the sweeter side. I was thinking about how the Kraft 2% Milk String Mozzarella Cheese Snacks reminded me of ghosts – so I invented a way to incorporate them as a topper to my Halloween Cookie Dough Cheese Ball recipe by sticking mini chocolate chips into the cheese for ghostly eyes and mouth. Adding the Kraft Shredded Sharp Cheddar Cheese adds a fun texture to the outside of the cheese ball, helps the pecans and candy stick better and adds a little contrast to the sweetness. Now this recipe has peanut butter and nuts in it, but because of the way the flavors balance each other it’s not overpoweringly nutty. My 9-year-old dislikes peanut butter and nuts, but he liked this dessert cheese ball.

Halloween Cookie Dough Cheese Ball Recipe

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Halloween Cookie Dough Cheese Ball
 
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A dessert cheese ball that looks and tastes like cookie dough!
Ingredients
  • 1 package (8 oz.) Philadelphia Original Cream Cheese (softened)
  • ½ cup creamy peanut butter
  • ½ cup powdered sugar
  • 1 tablespoon brown sugar
  • ¼ teaspoon vanilla extract
  • ¾ cup miniature semisweet chocolate chips
  • ½ cup Kraft Finely Shredded Sharp Cheddar Cheese
  • ¼ cup finely chopped candy-coated chocolate or peanut butter
  • ¼ cup finely chopped pecans
  • 2 Kraft 2% Milk String Mozzarella Cheese Snacks
  • 1 drinking straw (to use as a support for string cheese Ghosts)
Instructions
  1. Beat together in a medium bowl Philadelphia Cream Cheese and peanut butter until well mixed
  2. Beat in powdered sugar, brown sugar and vanilla extract
  3. Stir in miniature chocolate chips with a spoon (save a few for the string cheese ghosts)
  4. Cover bowl and refrigerate for at least 2 hours
  5. Use plastic food-handling gloves to shape chilled dough into a large ball. Wrap cheese ball with with plastic wrap and refrigerate for at least 1 hour
  6. Stir together Kraft Finely Shredded Sharp Cheddar Cheese, candy and pecans and place on a large plate
  7. Roll cheese ball in the cheese/candy/nut coating pressing it into the ball until completely covered
  8. Cut Kraft 2% Milk String Mozzarella Cheese Snacks into three different lengths for Ghosts
  9. Press in chocolate chip eyes and mouth to create Ghosts
  10. Stick short straw into Ghost then stick straw into cheese ball to create trio of Ghosts on top of cheese ball
  11. Serve with small cookies like vanilla wafers and gingersnaps

Halloween Cookie Dough Cheese Ball Recipe

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Halloween Recipes: Cyclops Punch, Who’s Buried in the Brownie? MonsterDoodle Cookies #SpookyCelebration #cbias #shop

by Freebies4Mom on October 24, 2019 12:02 pm

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Are you looking for easy Halloween recipes to help sweeten up your Halloween celebrations this week?  I’ve got three recipes to share with you, but first I want to share this coupon to Save $1.00 on two M&M’s, Snickers, Twix, Milky Way or 3 Musketeers brands Fun Size bags (8.67 oz. or larger). You can print two unique coupons and you’ve got until Thursday, October 31 to use them before they expire. I’m taking my coupons to Walmart to stock-up before Halloween. Now that you’ve got your money-saving coupon in-hand, I want to share a super easy (and a little bit spooky) Who’s Buried in the Brownie? recipe using Mars Minis. I’m brewing up a super fruity Cyclops Halloween Punch using Hawaiian Punch and 7UP. And I’ve got a fun way of using M&M’s in a snickerdoodle cookie to turn them into MonsterDoodle Cookies. I hope you enjoy my Halloween Recipes and I’d love to hear how you give dessert a spooky twist at your house!

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I used the Mars Chocolate Minis (Snickers, Milky Way, Twix and 3 Musketeers) to add a sweet surprise inside my brownies. I call them Who’s Buried in the Brownie? because you don’t know which candy was buried in your brownie until you bite into it – even then it’s a little tough to guess. Now I didn’t plan on my brownies imploding – but a few of them did and I rolled with it by using white frosting to create a skeleton hand reaching out of the brownie instead of a tombstone with a question mark on it. Place the wrapped Minis around the brownies so your family can start guessing what’s buried inside their brownie!

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Add a surprise to your brownies for Halloween by burying Mars Chocolate Minis in them! I used a Square Brownie Bar Pan. Can you guess "Who's Buried in the Brownie?"
Ingredients
  • 1 box of Brownie Mix
  • Oil, Water & Eggs (as instructed on box)
  • Mars Minis (Snickers, Twix, Milky Way, 3 Musketeers)
  • White Frosting (small tube)
Instructions
  1. Follow the instructions on the box of Brownie Mix to preheat the oven and combine all ingredients
  2. Scoop just enough brownie batter to cover the bottom of your each square in the pan then place one Mars Minis in the middle.
  3. Cover each Mars Minis with batter then cook for recommended time on box (should take less time than a large pan).
  4. Cool brownies after they finish baking and decorate with tombstones and skeleton hands using the small tube of white frosting.

Mix together Hawaiian Punch Fruit Juicy Red, 7UP, and apple juice to create Cyclops Halloween Punch. I wanted to make a fruity punch with a Halloween twist to it, so I used slices of lemon and green grape halves to create a “Cyclops Eye” on top of each cup of punch. To use the lemon ends that didn’t go into decorating, I squeezed them into the punch to add more zing.

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Your kids will love this spooky fruity punch. Freeze green grapes ahead of time to use as edible ice cubes.
Ingredients
  • Hawaiian Punch Fruit Juicy Red
  • 7UP
  • Apple Juice
  • Lemons (1 lemon per 4 servings)
  • Green Grapes (fresh grapes for cyclops eyes, frozen grapes for edible ice cubes)
Instructions
  1. Freeze green grapes to use as edible ice cubes.
  2. Mix 3 parts of Hawaiian Punch with 1 part 7UP and 1 part apple juice into a punch bowl (so if you measure out 3 cups of Hawaiian Punch then you'll add 1 cup 7Up and 1 cup apple juice to it).
  3. Add the frozen green grapes to the punch bowl.
  4. Slice the lemons using the middle slices as cyclops eyes (4 slices from the middle of each lemon. Squeeze the lemon ends into the Cyclops Punch.
  5. Slice the green grapes for the center of the cyclops eye.
  6. Serve the Cyclops Punch by pouring into a clear plastic cup and adding the slice of lemon and green grape half.

It’s so easy to make my MonsterDoodle Cookies because you use a snickerdoodle cookie mix and just add M&M’s to it both before and after they bake.

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Add M&M's to your snickerdoodle cookies for a chocolate twist!
Ingredients
  • 1 box of snickerdoodle cookie mix
  • Egg & Butter (as instructed on box)
  • M&M's (at least 2 cups)
Instructions
  1. Follow the instructions on the box of snickerdoodle cookie mix to prehead the oven and combine all ingredients.
  2. Stir in 1 cup of M&M's last.
  3. Use a scoop or spoon to form balls of dough, roll in the cinnamon sugar and place on a cookie sheet.
  4. Bake following the directions on the box. Immediately after removing them from the oven, press one M&M into the middle of each cookie.

Halloween Recipes: Cyclops Punch, Who’s Buried in the Brownie? MonsterDoodle Cookies #SpookyCelebration #cbias #shop

Halloween baking is so much sweeter with Mars Chocolate and you’ll discover more delicious Halloween recipes at Bright Ideas. Vampire Bites anyone? This post is sponsored by Collective Bias®. My opinions are my own and they are not edited by Collective Bias®. Please visit my Disclosure Policy.

 

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Iced Pumpkin Spiced Tea Latte Recipe

by Freebies4Mom on October 23, 2019 9:57 am

Iced Pumpkin Spiced Tea Latte Recipe

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The beauty of this Iced Pumpkin Spiced Tea Latte recipe is that you can use any spice or chai tea bags that you have! Pin it to your Halloween, Pumpkin, or Drinks board to find it quickly later. They key is to make a tea concentrate that would be even more delicious by adding canned pumpkin. Now I happened to have a Pumpkin Spice Tea in my pantry, but I know that this recipe would be delicious with a wide variety of spice and chai teas. This drink is a fun “tea alternative” to an iced latte made with espresso. Use your favorite type of milk – mine is Almond Milk! I was also looking for a way to use my canned pumpkin after I made my Orangey Pumpkin Muffins. Of course my kids are begging me to make more muffins, but sometimes I need to make a treat that’s just for me!

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You'll love this Fall Treat that uses your leftover canned pumpkin and any spice or chai tea you have on hand.
Ingredients
  • 1 cup hot water
  • 2 spice or chai tea bags
  • ¼ teaspoon cinnamon
  • 1 heaping spoonful of canned pumpkin
  • Milk
  • Ice Cubes
  • Whip Cream & Cherry for top (optional)
Instructions
  1. Make your tea concentrate ahead of time by steeping 2 tea bags in 1 cup of hot water. Let the tea concentrate cool on the counter then add your spoonful of canned pumpkin and cinnamon. Refrigerate until chilled.
  2. Fill your glass with ice then pour milk to about halfway.
  3. Shake the tea concentrate until well mixed then add it to the glass until the glass is full.
  4. Top with whip cream and a cherry if you'd like!

 

What are you doing with your leftover canned pumpkin?

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Orangey Pumpkin Muffins (a gluten-free muffin made with carrot juice)

by Freebies4Mom on October 21, 2019 2:03 pm

Orangey Pumpkin Muffins Recipe

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Give carrot juice a chance! It’s brilliant orange, sweet, and full of good-for-you Vitamin A and beta-carotene. I’m using carrot juice as a substitute for water in my Orangey Pumpkin Muffin recipe to give it a brighter orange color naturally. Pin it to your Halloween, Pumpkin or Snacks or Desserts board!

Now I made this recipe gluten-free because I’m in love with the King Arthur Flour Gluten-Free Muffin Mix. But you can certainly try this with any 16 oz. vanilla muffin or cake mix. Because of the extra moisture from the canned pumpkin (it replaces the oil) you’ll need to bake it a little bit longer than usual to avoid a mushy middle. I like using parchment baking cups for my muffins, but you can certainly use any baking cups or simply grease the muffin pan well.

The result is a muffin that tastes like pumpkin pie! My kids are gobbling them up morning, noon and night. I can not call my kids “Pumpkin Muffin” when there are actual edible Pumpkin Muffins in the house – because they think I’m offering them something to eat!

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Add an extra punch of orange veggies by using carrot juice (in place of water) and canned pumpkin (in place of oil) with a vanilla muffin or cake mix.
Ingredients
  • King Arthur Flour Gluten-Free Muffin Mix (or any 16 oz. vanilla muffin or cake mix)
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 cup carrot juice
  • ½ cup canned pumpkin
  • 1 tsp cinnamon
  • ½ tsp ginger
  • ½ tsp nutmeg
  • ¼ tsp cloves
  • turbinado sugar (optional for a crunchy sweet muffin top)
Instructions
  1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees and place a rack in the middle.
  2. Line two muffin pans with parchment baking cups (or other baking cups) or grease well. This recipe made 16 muffins for me, but it may make less for you depending on how much better you add to each muffin.
  3. Beat together wet ingredients (eggs, carrot juice, canned pumpkin) with an electric mixer.
  4. Gradually add the dry ingredients (muffin mix, cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg, cloves).
  5. Spoon batter into muffin pan filling each cup about half-way full.
  6. Sprinkle your muffins with turbinado sugar before baking if you'd like a crunchy sweet muffin top (optional).
  7. Bake for 20 minutes at 400 degrees. Use a toothpick to ensure the muffins are baked in the center.
  8. Remove muffins from oven when done. Cool & serve.

I hope you liked this recipe and please check out my other recipes too!

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PEEPS® Strawberry Pistachio Cupcakes Easter Recipe

by Freebies4Mom on March 28, 2019 4:15 pm

PEEPS Strawberry Pistachio Cupcakes

I made these Strawberry Pistachio Cupcakes as a fun spring treat! I made this treat easy to make by using cake mixes and Wilton decorating supplies. The PEEPS® look like they want to sit in a nest, so I made a nest with some blue and green edible Easter grass. I’d love for you to Pin It to your Easter or Recipe board! Here’s how I made these cupcakes:

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Spring flavors make these cupcakes a favorite for Easter!
Ingredients
  • Yellow Cake Mix
  • Strawberry Cake Mix
  • Pistachio Instant Pudding (3.4 oz)
  • Water (as needed for 2 boxes of cake mix)
  • Oil (as needed for 2 boxes of cake mix)
  • Eggs (as needed for 2 boxes of cake mix)
Instructions
  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees and spray two cupcake pans with no-stick cooking spray with flour.
  2. Follow cake mix directions to prepare Yellow Cake Mix in one bowl and Strawberry Cake Mix in a second bowl.
  3. Pour half of the Yellow Cake Mix into a third bowl.
  4. Beat in the Pistachio Instant Pudding into the third bowl.
  5. Drop spoonfuls of cake batter into the cupcake pans, alternating between the three flavors.
  6. Bake for time indicated on the cake mix directions.
  7. Cool then decorate.

PEEPS Cupcake Decorating Supplies

I used Wilton products to help me decorate my Strawberry Pistachio Cupcakes. I used edible Easter grass for the PEEPS® to nest in. I used a Wilton 1M decorating tip to apply green and pink frosting to my cupcakes. It was my first time to use the Wilton Royal Icing Mix and Wilton Icing Colors and I loved that the icing dries hard and it’s easy to get just the right color using the concentrated gel colors.

My photo below shows how I spooned each of the three cake mixes into the cupcake pan to achieve the marbled cupcake above. Next time I won’t fill the cupcake pan as full with batter because my cupcake tops baked right into each other. I didn’t use baking cups in my Wilton cupcake pan because they release so easily after baking it’s just not needed! But I did put my cupcakes in pink and green baking cups after I baked them so I’d get a pretty contrast to the Wilton Cupcake Wraps that look like white picket fences.

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