Good luck eating just 1 piece of this fudge! It's ridiculously delicious... P.S. I saw these Pumpkin Spice baking chips on clearance at Target the other day...so if you're there, check to see if your store has any left. (If not, cinnamon baking chips are the perfect substitute!) Pumpkin Spice Fudge Yield - 3 pounds Preparation Time - 10 minutes + 60 minutes cooling … [Read more...]
Cinnamon Roll Baked Oatmeal ~ 31 Days of Holiday Sweets & Treats
Here's another great recipe that will help you use up those holiday baking chips...in this case, both white chocolate chips and cinnamon baking chips. These 2 baking chips combined together make a delicious cinnamon roll flavor combo that is perfect in baked oatmeal. Note: this is a "sweet breakfast" and not something I would serve on a school day (I like our teachers too … [Read more...]
Caramel Apple Nachos ~ NEW 31 Days of Holiday Sweets & Treats
My boys ask for these Caramel Apple Nachos about once a week. I don't always have caramel sauce on hand...or time to make a homemade caramel sauce...but that goes to show how amazing this little snack is right here! I thought...as we move into the new year that our holiday sweets and treats series should try to be 'quasi-healthy' - so here's a quasi-healthy dessert … [Read more...]
Slow Cooker Pear Blueberry Crumble ~ 31 Days of Holiday Sweets & Treats
What I love about crumbles is that they satisfy my sweet tooth and aren't loaded with calories like, say...a brownie or two. A simple topping over fresh fruit is just enough dessert to work without a load of calories. (And if you're like me...you've switched from "eat.all.the.sweet.things" during the holidays to "need something sweet with less calories" mode!) This is the … [Read more...]
Thin Mint Brownies ~ 31 Days of Holiday Sweets & Treats
Friend, I hope you had a wonderful Christmas! (And if you don't celebrate Christmas, I hope you had a wonderful day yesterday!) I'm sharing a few more sweets recipes to finish out the month...and today, I'm sharing one that might help you "use up" the leftover holiday baking chips that you might have lying around. While I fully endorse eating these dark chocolate and … [Read more...]
White Chocolate Cranberry Oatmeal Cookies ~ 31 Days of Holiday Sweets & Treats
These are for my non-chocolate chip cookie loving friends! If you're like my husband and my Charlie, then you'd prefer a cookie like this over a chocolate chip cookie. This is a basic oatmeal cookie dough with a few fun holiday/fall/winter spices added in with the white chocolate chips and the dried cranberries. These cookies are a holiday staple at our house! See the … [Read more...]
Ginger Snap Cookies ~ NEW 31 Days of Holiday Sweets & Treats
Guilty. Eating cookie dough guilty, that is. I don't usually eat cookie dough. I will eat chocolate chips out of the bag, but I don't usually eat chocolate chip cookie dough. I am, however, very guilty of eating ginger snap dough. I KNOW...you're not supposed to with the raw egg. (Safe if you are using pasteurized eggs, though!) But it's a risk I'm willing to … [Read more...]
Spiced Pear Sour Cream Bundt Cake ~ 31 Days of Holiday Sweets & Treats
I think this is my most favorite homemade cake that I've made myself. I adore the spices, the pears and the super soft end result. It bakes perfectly in a bundt cake pan and the added powdered sugar dusting makes for a simple, easy sweet topping. And yes, there's a special ingredient in the cake batter that helps it turn out perfectly soft and delicious! See the complete … [Read more...]
Fudge Pecan Pie ~ 31 Days of Holiday Sweets & Treats
A creamy, soft fudgy layer on bottom and a crunchy, salty pecan-y layer on top. Check out the recipe to see what special ingredient you need to make this perfect Fudge Pecan Pie! See the complete recipe for Fudge Pecan Pie here! Pin all of our 31 Days of Holiday Sweets & Treats here! Follow $5 Dinners' board 31 Days of Holiday Sweets & Treats on … [Read more...]
Slow Cooker Mocha Lava Cake ~ 31 Days of Holiday Sweets & Treats
Turn this Mocha Lava Cake into a "Peppermint Mocha Lava Cake" this holiday by using some of the peppermint chocolate chips or the dark chocolate & mint baking chips! That would make for a yum-ilicious cake!!! (Click to see the recipe and swap the chocolate chips 1:1 to get the peppermint flavor mixed in there!) See the complete recipe for Slow Cooker Mocha Lava … [Read more...]