S’mores Fluff/Dip

Ingredients:

1 C. marshmallow crème

1 C. chocolate pudding

8 oz. tub Cool Whip

½ C. mini chocolate chips or chopped Hershey’s bars

½ C. mini marshmallows

1 pack graham crackers

With an electric mixer, beat crème and pudding until smooth.  Fold in cool whip, chocolate chips and marshmallows.  Store in fridge until ready to serve with graham crackers. 

You can do this as a dessert or a dip.  My sister made it as a dessert by crushing up the pack of graham crackers and mixing it in.  Or you can dip the graham crackers into it. Either way, if you like s’mores at all, this is delicious! 

Almond Bark Cookies

I absolutely love these easy, no bake cookies. My mom always has them on her goodie tray during the Christmas holidays and I can’t wait to go home today and enjoy a few.

2 lb. almond bark (white)

1 C. mini marshmallows

2 C. dry roasted peanuts

3 C. rice krispies

1 C. peanut butter

Melt almond bark and add the remaining ingredients. Drop by spoonfuls onto wax paper. 

Adult Apple Cider & Mimosas

I was looking for a fun adult beverage for my annual ugly sweater party and decided to go with an apple cider theme.  I had some random bottles of “odd” vodkas in the liquor cabinet that I thought would fit perfectly with the apple cider.  And boy, was I right.  This drink turned out to be fabulous.

Ingredients:

1 gallon apple cider

1 C. salted caramel vodka

1 C. fluffed marshmallow vodka

1 C. cake vodka

2 cinnamon sticks

Mix into a large beverage container and chill for 2 hours. It’s that simple. 

Serve over ice as a drink or pour into a shot glass and top with whipped cream.   

Apple Cider Mimosas

Ingredients:

1 gallon apple cider

2 bottles of champagne (chilled)

Make just like a normal mimosa but substitute apple cider for the orange juice.  Fill glass ½- ¾ way full of cider and top of with champagne.  If you want to get fancy, garnish the rim with sugar and an apple wedge.  

Popcorn cake

Review by Lyndee:

2 bags butter flavor microwave popcorn

2 cups M&M’s

½ cup broken pretzel sticks

1 stick butter

16 oz bag mini marshmallows

½ cup creamy peanut butter

Prepare a large bundt  or 9 x 13 pan by spraying evenly with cooking spray.

Pop 2 bags of buttered microwave popcorn as directed on the package and dump into a large bowl. I used a butter flavored.  Pick out the kernels that didn’t pop.  Mix in M&M’s and pretzel sticks.  Melt butter over low in a large saucepan. Once melted add mini marshmallows and peanut butter. Stir until melted and smooth.

Remove from heat.  Let sit a minute or two so it doesn’t melt your M&M’s. Pour over your popcorn mix. Stir until all the ingredients are combined and then press into the prepared pan. Cover with foil and let your cake set for at least an hour to cool.

When you are ready to serve the cake loosen sides of your cake from the pan by running a butter knife around the edges. Flip your pan over onto your serving platter. I used a 9x13 pyrex pan that had a lid instead of bundt. I used butter to coat the pan instead of cooking spray. 

This was so yummy! It’s like a cross between a rice krispy treat and a popcorn ball.  It was a big hit at my nephews birthday party. 

Payday Bars

Review by Rachael:

Ingredients:

1 (16 oz) jar – dry roasted peanuts

3 tablespoons margarine

1 bag peanut butter chips

1 can sweetened condensed milk

2 cups miniature marshmallows

Directions:

 Grease 9 x 13 pan.  Pour ½ of the peanuts on bottom of pan.  Melt margarine and chips. Add milk and then marshmallows (do not melt marshmallows). Pour over peanuts, pat down. Put on rest of peanuts, pat down. Chill

These bars were so easy to make!! Only 5 ingredients, no baking and took me a total of 5 minutes to put it all together. I am not a fan of marshmallows, so I didn’t try one but I was told they were good. I will definitely make these again!! (maybe minus the marshmallows!)