Sweet Birthday Cake Sundaes

When someone extra special has a birthday, you make sure to have an extra special birthday treat. Not only are we making birthday cake, we’re topping it with all the yumminess that of an ice cream sundae. Ice cream, whip cream, sprinkles, frosting, caramel, hot fudge, sprinkled with bits of Heath, Rolos, and M&Ms. Extra special for the win!

Directions

Make a yellow cake according to the recipe on the back of the box.

Later a jar with cake, then frosting, ice cream, whip cream in any order. Top with Rolos, Heath, and M&Ms. Celebrate!

A Night At The Movie, Sweet!

Do you have a favorite Christmas movie? Seems like our list grows longer every year. Elf, The Polar Express, and Christmas Vacation are a few of our favorites. The jury is still out on whether we think Die Hard is actually a Christmas movie. The guys would say yes. No matter what you have streaming this weekend, why night bake up a batch of our Holiday Movie Night Cookies. All the movie snacks mixed into a yummy cookie. Candy bars, m and ms, even popcorn. A perfect way to sweeten up your favorite holiday flick with your favorite people for a festive night at home.

INGREDIENTS

• 3/4 cup butter flavored Crisco
• 1 1/4 cup packed brown sugar
• 1 egg white
• 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
• 1 cup all-purpose flour
• 3/4teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 cup Holiday Peanut M&Ms
• 1/2 cup Holiday Dark Chocolate M&Ms
• 1/2 cup Rolos or Heath
• 60-90 pieces popcorn set aside

INSTRUCTIONS

• Heat oven to 350°F.
• Use a stand mixer to beat Crisco, brown sugar, egg white and vanilla in large bowl until fluffy. Stir together flour, baking soda and salt.
• Stir in the candies.
• Drop a tablespoon of the mixture onto a baking sheet lined with Parchment Paper.
• Bake 10 to 12 minutes until lightly browned. Carefully press 2-3 pieces popcorn into the top of each cookie.
• Place the cookies onto a wire rack to cool completely.
• Turn on your favorite Christmas movie and enjoy!

* recipe inspired by The Cookie Rookie

New Sweets For Our GORP Mix

We’ve mentioned GORP on our blog many times. It’s the perfect entertaining treat. This weekend we are throwing a little Besties Birthday Party where we are celebrating our 2020 birthdays. Our besties know us for many things including baking, crafting, home decorating, and GORP! We decided, with the help of being gifted some yummy sweets (thanks sister-in-law), to throw together some newness to our GORP mix. This time we are adding Animal Crackers and Circus Cookies to our usual favorites: Rolos, Heath, Bugles, Peanut M & Ms, and Pretzels. Happy Birthday Besties! We think every year is important to celebrate. Even 2020! Especially 2020!!!

Sweet Snowfall Snack

Happy Snow Day! It’s January after all, so we might as well embrace it. If you haven’t played in the snow for awhile then you may have forgotten the toll it takes on the bod. Not on the kids, by any means, but they will get it in 30 years! However, everyone can attest to the hunger one feels after an afternoon spent frolicking in the white stuff. Better have something on hand to feed all of the ravenous vultures! How about giving our Loaded Oatmeal Cookie Butter Dump Cake a try? It only takes a few ingredients (extra chocolate candies can be added to change it up :)) and can be made ahead too! It’s the perfect way to refuel before heading back outside!

Ingredients

1 container (14 oz) cookie butter 

1 can (14 oz) sweetened condensed milk

3 egg whites

1 pouch (17.5 oz) Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookie Mix

3/4 cup salted butter, melted

1 cup Rolos, unwrapped

Directions

• Preheat oven to 350° F. Spray 9 x 13-inch baking dish with non-stick spray.
• Add cookie butter, sweetened condensed milk, and egg whites to mixing bowl. Stir well to combine. Spread mixture into prepared baking dish.
• Sprinkle dry cookie mix evenly over cookie butter batter. Drizzle the top evenly with melted butter.
• Bake for 35 minutes or until golden brown and set.
• Sprinkle Rolos over the top.
• 1 cup mini M&Ms
• Cool for 30 minutes before cutting and serving.

Gimme S’more Sweets

The weather has been hot! Definitely too hot to sit around a fire pit! So today we decided a no-bake, no-fire recipe was necessary to fulfill our baking needs. You’ve surely heard of indoor s’mores, but we’re stepping them up a bit! Our Gourmet S’mores Bars will truly have you begging s’more!

Ingredients

• 1 box of Golden Grahams cereal

• ¼ cup butter

• ½ teaspoon vanilla extract

• 1 package marshmallows cut into small pieces

• ⅔ cup dark chocolate chips

• 1 cup Rolo

•. 1/2 cup Mini chocolate chips

•. 1/2 cup Heath Bits

Instructions

1 In a large saucepan melt butter over medium heat until completely melted. Add the marshmallows and stir constantly until melted.

2 Once melted, remove from heat and quickly add the Golden Grahams cereal. Stir until the cereal is fully coated in marshmallow.

3 Spray a 13 x 9 inch baking dish with non-stick cooking spray. Pour the cereal mixture into the baking dish and lightly press the mixture down evenly. Sprinkle ⅓ cup of the mini chocolate chips, Rolos, Heath Bits on top of the treats. Melt the remaining chocolate chips for 30 seconds in the microwave. Drizzle evenly all over the top. Cool for 20 minutes. Once cooled cut into bars to enjoy!

*recipe inspired by Life in the Lofthouse

Ready, Set, Sweet!

Whistles are blowing, marching bands are  marching, and crowds are cheering. Are you ready for some football! You most likely won’t find us watching the game play for play, but grazing the tailgate spread instead, especially if Brownie Bugles Bites are on hand. Think puppy chow meets white trash smothered in gooey goodness. It’s definitely a game changer! 

Brownie Bugle Bites

Ingredients

4 cups Brugles

1 (5.3 ounce) package Rolos, unwrapped

1 cup Heath Butter Brickle Bits 

2 tablespoons butter

1 dark chocolate brownie mix , plus ingredients on the back of the box 

1 cup of dark chocolate chips

Instructions
Put Bugles into a large plastic bag. Set aside.

Melt Rolos in a heat safe bowl over a pot of hot simmering water. When they are almost all the way melted, stir in butter until combined.

Pour the melted chocolate/caramel mixture into the bag of Bugles. Gently move it around with both of your hands.

With only half of the Bugles covered, open the plastic bag, and sprinkle in 1 1/2 cups dry brownie mix and Heath. Continue moving it around in the bag gently.

Make the other half of the brownies mix with 1.5 eggs, 1/3 cup oil, 2.5 tbs of water. Melt 1 cup dark chocolate chips.

Pour the bugle mixture into a bowl and cover with the made brownie mix.  Place on a parchment lined large baking sheet and pour melted chocolate on top and gently stir. Allow to cool. 

*recipe inspired by Simply Gloria

Sweet Luck

The calendar says today is March 19, but good fortune is shining on us because our St. Patrick’s Day party continues. The leprechaun in us was sugar craving for an Irish treat. Lucky for us we discovered Irish Cream Rolo Brownies. It’s better than finding gold at the end of a rainbow! 

  Irish Cream Rolo Brownies

Ingredients 

Brownies:

Brownie Mix, eggs, oil

1 package of Rolos, unwrapped

Irish Cream coffee creamer

Frosting:

1 tub of cream cheese frosting 

2 Tbsp Irish Cream coffee creamer

1 tsp instant coffee

Heath bits

Directions:

Prepare brownies according to package directions, substituting Irish Creamer for the water. Stir in Rolos. Bake at 350 degrees for 25 min in a 9×9 pan. Allow brownies to cool completely. 

Beat cream cheese frosting, 2 Tbsp Irish Creamer, and instant coffee in a small bowl until light and fluffy. Spread over cooled brownies. Top with Heath bits.

* recipe inspired by  Plain Chicken

Cookie Butter Just Got Sweeter!

Pretty much if the recipe calls for cookie butter we’re in. But when we learned Trader Joes stocked its shelves with jars upon jars of PUMPKIN Speculoos Cookie Butter, we were really, really IN! Legit a way to kick off pumpkin season. Pumpkin Cookie Butter Rolo Blondies definitely propelled our love of all things cookie butter to a whole new level! 

Pumpkin Cookie Butter Rolo Blondies

  
1/2 cup Crisco

2 cups brown sugar

1/2 cup Trader Joe’s Pumpkin Speculoos Cookie Butter

2 large eggs

1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract

2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour

1 teaspoon baking powder

1/4 teaspoon baking soda

1/2 teaspoon salt

1 cup Heath Bits

1 cup Rolos (unwrapped)

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease or spray a 9×13-inch pan.

2. Mix the Crisco and brown sugar in a small saucepan until smooth. Stir in cookie butter until incorporated.

2. While that is cooling, combine flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt in a separate bowl.

3. Add one egg at a time into the cooled butter/brown sugar mixture, mixing well. Add vanilla extract and stir until combined. Add in the dry ingredients and stir until just combined.

4. Spread the batter into the prepared pan. Sprinkle the Heath Bits and Rolos over the top, pressing down lightly into the batter.

5. Bake at 350 degrees for 20 to 25 minutes or until set and golden brown. Cool slightly in pan, but cut into squares before Rolos harden. 

Delightful!

*recipe adapted from Rachel Cooks

Sweet Mother Of All Treats

It’s a special time of year for us. Almost as great as our birthday. We get to celebrate the most important ladies in our lives, including each other. It’s Mother’s Day weekend and we’re taking full advantage of it. We will be enjoying some much needed “me” time, getting pampered by our families, and sweet treat cheating all weekend long. Candy Bar Poke Cake. Enough said! 

Happy Mother’s Day to all moms, especially ours! We love you! 

Candy Bar Poke Cake

  

Ingredients

• 1 box chocolate cake mix, plus ingredients on back of box
• 1 cup hot fudge sauce
• 1 tub (8 oz) Cool Whip, thawed
• 2 cups chopped assorted candy (we used M&M’s, Kit Kats, Snickers, Rolos, Hershey Bar & Heath)
• 1/2 cup caramel sauce
• 1 can of sweetened condensed milk

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease a 13×9 inch pan with cooking spray.
2. Make the cake according to the directions on the back of the box. Pour into the greased pan and bake for 30-35 min. Cool completely.
3. Once cooled, poke holes through the cake. Mix the can of sweetened condensed milk and 1/2 cup of caramel sauce. Pour over the holes. Sprinkle with Heath Bits. 
4. Spread the Cool Whip on top of the cake.  Top with the chopped, assorted candies. Drizzle the top with the caramel sauce and hot fudge. 
5. Eat and enjoy!

*recipe adapted The Domestic Rebel

Sweet Treating Together

Ever had the feeling that something is missing  in your routine? Well, that’s us these last couple of weeks. Traveling and busy schedules have kept us from doing our favorite Saturday baking ritual together. Not this week! We are staying put and feel the need to whip up something extra special. Rolo Oatmeal Cookie Bars are just what our sweet tooths ordered! 

Rolo Oatmeal Cookie Bars

Ingredients

• 1 cup butter flavored Crisco
• 1 1/4 cup packed brown sugar
• 2 eggs
• 2 tbsp milk
• 2 tsp vanilla
• 1 3/4 cup all-purpose flour
• 1 tsp baking soda
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 2 1/2 cups old fashioned oats
• 1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
• 1 cup Rolo Bites candy 

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 375ºF. Grease a 9×13 baking dish. 
2. Mix together the butter, brown sugar, and eggs. Mix in the milk, vanilla, flour, baking soda, salt, and oats.
3. Stir in the chocolate chips, and Rolos. 
4. Spread the dough in the prepared baking dish. Bake for approximately 20-25 minutes. The edges should be set and golden brown. 
5. Allow to cool for at least 10 minutes before cutting. (Unless you can’t wait, like us!)

*recipe adapted from Something Swanky