There might be a new saying soon, "A minute on the blog and a lifetime on the hips". Today isn't about being good. It's about being baaad. It's about enjoying life and the chocolate that's in it. Most importantly it's about the simplest but fanciest chocolate recipe you'll ever own - A copycat Moose Munch Chocolate Bark. If you've never made chocolate bark than you're missing out. It is the easiest candy that you can make. Chocolate bark is just melted chocolate with ingredients added and before it's allowed to harden again. Yes any chocolate bark … [Read more...]
Homemade Graham Crackers Are Life Changing
I thought my life was changed the day I figured out you can make marshmallows at home. They are so much better than any package of marshmallows will ever be. Then one day while making s'mores with homemade marshmallows I knew that I was still missing something. That's when I found out that can you make your own graham crackers! Yes friends, you've been missing out. All you need is an easy graham cracker recipe and your life will be rocked. You don't even have to use the graham crackers to make s'mores, you can just eat them plain or smeared with peanut butter. The glorious thing … [Read more...]
S’mores Marshmallows – Yum!
Who doesn't want more s'mores? With a simple recipe for homemade marshmallows, graham crackers and melted chocolate you can make a s'more recipe that will make your momma scream with delight and your boss love you forever. Yes, these are a little different than normal s'mores. They aren't a sandwhich, they are just a marshmallow with a little extra love. That's why they're perfect- they're everything you need and then some. These s'more marshmallows also make amazing edible gifts. A few years ago I made these for Mr. Byrd's co-workers and they went crazy for them. I can't blame the … [Read more...]
So Fluffy and Easy! Homemade Marshmallows
Do you remember how yummy you thought store bought marshmallows where when you were a child? You would beg your parents to make them. Maybe you'd sneak them into the basket right next to the hidden box of hot chocolate mix? And then you grew up and marshmallows lost their magic. That's why you need to make homemade marshmallows. They are easy and melt in your oh so gooey mouth delicious. An easy recipe for marshmallows can rock your world. Suddenly you'll be a kid again... before the housework and laundry. Oh the laundry. Then you'll make more homemade marshmallows just to … [Read more...]
Yummy Frozen Hot Chocolate Recipe
OH the weather outside is frightful but my dear, you're so delightful. If you're looking for an amazing treat than look no further than this Frozen Hot Chocolate Recipe. You know what I'm talking about if you've ever had frozen hot chocolate. It's the best of both worlds. It's cold and frosty, the perfect treat in the summer. But it's also that famous hot chocolate taste that you crave in the winter. So when do you eat it? Year round! There's many many recipes for frozen hot chocolate. Some recipes have you make hot chocolate, freeze it in ice cube … [Read more...]
How to Make Marzipan Pumpkins
Many years ago when I had a lot more sleep and two less children I started a little blog known as Clumsy Crafter. One of the first tutorials I ever did was a simple How to Make Marzipan Pumpkins. The pictures on that post are old and dark. The grammar and spelling errors are interesting. So today since I'm holding on tight to fall and Thanksgiving when everyone else is running full force towards Christmas, I'd like to once again try to show you how to make marzipan pumpkins. These are the perfect fall decoration to top cupcakes with. They're easy and really hard to … [Read more...]
The Wait is Over!
Christmas Crack... it's a wonderful thing for the most wonderful time of the year. But for some reason there's a pesky holiday we like to call Halloween that stands in our way, preventing us from the chocolately toffee goodness known as Christmas Crack. (If you don't know what I'm talking about don't worry - it's just saltines topped with toffee and chocolate.) So what's a girl to do when you just can't wait any longer? Simple. Add a pop of fall traditions to your Christmas Crack. To start you need to make a normal recipe for Christmas Crack. Now you can start the … [Read more...]
Pumpkin Pretzel Wands! Fun Fall Treat!
Pumpkins are magical. There's just something about them that makes you want to dance in the falling leaves and sip hot apple cider. Maybe it's just me but I love them. This easy fall treat recipe combines the best of both worlds - chocolate covered pretzels and mallowcreme pumpkins. That's why you'll love this easy chocolate covered pretzel recipe. I love candy corn and all the fun candies that show up each fall like mallowcreme pumpkins. Add mallowcreme pumpkins to candy coating and salty pretzels and it's a girls dream come true! If you happen to call them wands than it's … [Read more...]
Apple Pie Popsicles
This past 4th of July we were able to spend time with family at the Byrd family camp. There was fishing, tubing, laughing and apples. There was a ton of Granny Smith apples just begging for us to pick them. So we did pick them and the first thing we did with them when we got home was to develop a recipe for Apple Pie Popsicles. When Mr. Byrd and I got married 10 years ago I was introduced to what Louisianans (cajuns) like to call the "camp". If you would have asked me in my 20's if I would like to go spend the weekend at the camp I would have thought you were crazy. Camps are … [Read more...]
Oreos With Sprinkles – Easy Dessert
You know those moms that are always dressed to the nines with the perfect platters of fresh from the oven cookies that are carved into mini replicas of the greek gods? Yeah. I'm not one of them. I run late and work a little too hard. Sometimes, make that all the time, quick and easy has to suffice. The swim team that our girls swim with have an end of season banquet every June and during that banquet they have a parent baking contest. Don't get me wrong - I love to bake and make amazing desserts. I used to even decorate cakes in my spare time (HAHAHA spare time... … [Read more...]
Peachy Blueberry Popsicles
The countdown here in Houston is on. Tomorrow our communities pool open up, schools dismiss for summer, the temperature skyrockets and summer arrives. Many things are necessary in summer such as water bombs, water blobs and popsicles. Since summer fruits are filling the grocery store I decided to try a recipe for popsicles using peaches and blueberries. First for a deep dark secret - Once upon a time I wrote out a list of names for my children. Of course at this time I hadn't graduated high school, much less met my future husband. However the list was heavy … [Read more...]
Mango Strawberry Popsicles
I love making popsicles. You could say it's because it's easy and a guaranteed proclamation from my kids that I'm the best mom ever. However let's be honest - I love popsicles because I can't burn them. Then when you add in ingredients that I want to feed my kids such as these Mango Strawberry Popsicles, it just gets better. Last year I spent hours trying to convince my kids to try the juice from our vegetable juicer and they wouldn't touch it. Then I tried to get them to try store bought vegetable juice thinking that they might be willing since it was found at their favorite … [Read more...]
