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Vampire’s Blood White Hot Chocolate

October 16, 2016 By Taylor Leave a Comment

Vampire's Blood White Hot ChocolateIt’s mid-October… my favorite time of the year. Apparently I’m not the only one. My son was bouncing off the walls a few days ago and I asked him why he was acting so wild… he said he can’t help it because all of this favorite holidays are coming up and he is just so excited :) I don’t blame him. We are getting very festive around here, we decorated the mantle, visited the pumpkin patch and have started watching Halloween Movies! When I came across this recipe for Vampire’s Blood White Hot Chocolate from Imperial Sugar I knew I had to make some! I love to browse Imperial Sugar’s site around the holidays because they have a ton of crafts, printables and recipes that you can make WITH your kids. This one was super fun and easy!

Vampire's Blood White Hot Chocolate

 They have the recipe on their site (with exact amounts HERE) but this is pretty much all you need:

  • Half and Half
  • Imperial Sugar Extra Fine Granulated Sugar
  • Vanilla
  • Whipped Cream
  • Strawberries
  • White Chocolate
  • Red Food collating (optional)
  • Salt

Vampire's Blood White Hot Chocolate

 The Strawberry Syrup is made from strawberries, sugar, water and red food coloring. I added a squeeze of lemon juice because I like to add lemons to everything :)

Vampire's Blood White Hot Chocolate

Then you bring that to a boil and let it simmer for a few minutes, until the strawberries break down. Strain the strawberries out and pour the syrup into an airtight container. This was the kids favorite part! Then they started listing all of the things they would put this on haha!

Vampire's Blood White Hot Chocolate

The White Hot Chocolate is so simple… white chocolate, sugar, vanilla, half and half and a pinch of salt. This took no time at all to melt together, make sure not to let it boil! Once it’s smooth just pour it into your mug!

Vampire's Blood White Hot Chocolate

Top with whipped cream and drizzle with strawberry sauce!  This would be the hit of any party! Be sure to check out Imperial Sugar for more recipes and festive ideas. They are also having a giveaway for KitchenAid Stand Mixer so go check it out! Happy Halloween everyone :)

Vampire's Blood White Hot Chocolate

Vampire's Blood White Hot Chocolate

Vampire's Blood White Hot Chocolate

Filed Under: dessert, drink, halloween, holidays, kitchen, recipe, Uncategorized Tagged With: desserts

Cinnamon Sugar Popcorn

October 20, 2015 By Taylor 1 Comment

Cinnamon Sugar Popcorn in Stuffed Paper Pumpkins

Cinnamon Sugar Popcorn in Stuffed Paper Pumpkins

It’s finally fall! My favorite season full of pumpkins and parties and costumes and crafting! Today I have the pleasure of sharing a tutorial from Imperial Sugar, Cinnamon Sugar Popcorn in Stuffed Paper Pumpkins! It’s fun, kid friendly and delicious. Imperial Sugar has a ton of fun edible Halloween crafts to make with your kids so check them out HERE. As usual, my boys did most of this project alone, I just was the supervisor ;)

We made the homemade Cinnamon Sugar Popcorn together in the kitchen then we decorated pumpkin faces and stitched them up. These would make a fun gift but we just kept them for ourselves!

Cinnamon Sugar Popcorn Ingredients: 

  • 1/4 cup coconut oil (or canola)
  • 2/3 cup popcorn kernels
  • 3 Tablespoons butter, melted
  • 2 Tablespoons Imperial Sugar Cinnamon Sugar Shaker (this wasn’t available at my grocery store yet so I mixed my own but I’m excited to find the shaker!)
  • 1 1/2 teaspoons sea salt

Cinnamon Sugar Popcorn in Stuffed Paper Pumpkins

Cinnamon Sugar Popcorn in Stuffed Paper Pumpkins

Directions for the Cinnamon Sugar Popcorn:

1. Add the coconut oil and three popcorn kernels to a large pot with a tight fitting lid. Cover and cook over medium-high heat until all kernels pop. Take the three kernels out of the pot.
Cinnamon Sugar Popcorn in Stuffed Paper PumpkinsIMG_2091Cinnamon Sugar Popcorn in Stuffed Paper Pumpkins

2. Add the rest of the popcorn kernels. Cover and take the pot off of the heat. Wait 30 seconds. Put the pot back on the heat.
Cinnamon Sugar Popcorn in Stuffed Paper Pumpkins
3. Cook, shaking the pot occasionally until the popping slows down. After about 2 minutes, take the lid off of the pot. This lets the steam out and keeps the popcorn crisp.

4. While the popcorn is popping, melt the butter.

5. Pour over the popcorn and sprinkle with salt and cinnamon sugar. Toss until completely coated. You could also do this in a large paper bag. Let cinnamon popcorn cool completely.

Cinnamon Sugar Popcorn in Stuffed Paper Pumpkins

Cinnamon Sugar Popcorn in Stuffed Paper Pumpkins

 

 

Supplies for Treat Bags: 

  • Colored yarn or string
  • Hole punch
  • Heavier weight brown craft paper, colored paper or white paper (we used orange cardstock)
  • Scissors
  • Colors, markers or colored pencils (optional)

Directions for Treat Bags: 

  1. Print out the Pumpkin and Apple Stuffed Paper Bag Patterns. You can print directly onto brown craft paper or you could use colored paper,  or white paper that you hand color. Choose a heavier weight paper if your printer will allow it, as super thin paper will tear when stitching up the sides. We used orange cardstock then decorated them like jack-o-lanterns.
  2. Cut out the pattern. Use a hole punch to punch holes where indicated.

Cinnamon Sugar Popcorn in Stuffed Paper Pumpkins

Cinnamon Sugar Popcorn in Stuffed Paper Pumpkins

Cinnamon Sugar Popcorn in Stuffed Paper Pumpkins

Cinnamon Sugar Popcorn in Stuffed Paper Pumpkins

Remaining Directions: 
While popcorn is cooling, begin stitching up your paper patterns. Using colored yarn, stitch the front and back pieces together. Tie a knot in both ends of the yarn to keep it from coming loose. We started from one side (at the bottom) then went around to the other side across the top then stopped.

Cinnamon Sugar Popcorn in Stuffed Paper Pumpkins

Leave the bottom part of the pattern open. Before sewing it entirely closed, fill with Cinnamon Sugar Popcorn.

Using colored yarn, stitch the front and back pieces together. Tie a knot in both ends of the yarn to keep it from coming loose.

Once it is full, stitch up the bottom of the stuffed paper bag and tie off ends of yarn. Cut off any excess yarn. Now you have a fun treat to take to your party, give to a friend or eat! 

Cinnamon Sugar Popcorn in Stuffed Paper Pumpkins

Cinnamon Sugar Popcorn in Stuffed Paper Pumpkins

Cinnamon Sugar Popcorn in Stuffed Paper Pumpkins

Cinnamon Sugar Popcorn in Stuffed Paper Pumpkins

When ready to eat, just tear the stuffed paper bag open and enjoy.

Cinnamon Sugar Popcorn in Stuffed Paper Pumpkins

This post was sponsored by Imperial Sugar but all thoughts and opinions are my own. 

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Fresh Peach Dump Cake – a Recipe

August 13, 2012 By Taylor 42 Comments

 

Happy National Peach Month… did you even know it was national peach month? Because I didn’t- even before I made this dessert. I guess its a good month for it because I was craving a peach dessert. How intuitive of me :)

It all started when I went to the farmers market and spotted these amazing peaches. I was originally going to juice them (in my juicer) but like I said, I wanted a cobbler of some sort.

I am also a big fan of dump cake. We grew up eating dump cake in our family so I thought our recipe was the only version; canned cherries, pineapple and nuts. With the birth of Pinterest I saw a recipe for pumpkin dump cake and almost died! So I figure we can pretty much dump anything in and call it dump cake.

I wanted to add something else and I had a few plums so I threw those in too.

The beauty of a dump cake is that you can “dump” in whatever you want, throw a box of yellow cake mix on top, add some butter and bake.

I used:
4 fresh peaches and 2 fresh plums

cinnamon and nutmeg

a box of yellow cake mix on top

and butter

Fresh Peach Dump Cake
4-6 fresh peaches chopped
2-3 fresh plums chopped
1/2 tbsp cinnamon
1/2 tsp nutmeg
1 box yellow cake mix
3/4 stick butter
– Preheat to 350
– Mix fresh chopped fruit with spices in the bottom of an oven safe dish
– Sprinkle cake mix over the top
– Slice butter and place on top
– Bake for 45 mins to 1 hr @350

So yummy… what kind of dump cake have you made? Post a link if you have a go to dump cake recipe!

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Blueberry Mascarpone Whip Trifle

September 22, 2011 By Taylor 5 Comments

Turns out, I really like to say “Mascarpone”. Maybe that is part of the reason I made this dessert? That and it’s really, really pretty, and I love trifles.

I found this original recipe on Pinterest. I have started using Pinterest as my personal cookbook. I jumped on the pinning bandwagon early and while it holds a special place in my heart, some of the DIY projects are overdone. Like everyone has seen it. But the recipes keep me coming back. 
I made this for my Dad’s birthday last weekend and it was a really big hit! The original pin comes from a pretty blog called My Baking Addiction, you can see the recipe HERE. She serves hers in individual jars which is so precious. But I like to do as few dishes as possible :) So trifle dish it is.

Ingredients:
-pound cake
-blueberry pie filling
-heavy whipping cream
-mascarpone cheese
-lemons
-vanilla
-sugar
I “TaylorMade” a few changes…
Her original recipe has an option for making the Blueberry Sauce from scratch but I found organic Blueberry pie filling and it was all natural so I figured it wasn’t too far off. Also, I couldn’t find pound cake at the store but I could find something called “Sour Cream Pudding Cake”… Ohhh Kay! And like I said, I did my dessert in a trifle dish so I have more layers too.
Head to My Baking Addiction for the full recipe.

I also might start putting the Mascarpone Whip upon everything, it is pretty much to die for. Do you love trifles as much as I do and do you like to say Mascarpone (it makes me feel like Giada)?

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