I want candy!

We really enjoy the fun of Halloween in our house, including trick or treating. I do not, however, enjoy all of the candy that we end up with (6 bags of trick or treat candy is a lot!) So for a few days the kids get to eat some here and there, then we have them pick a few of their favorites and the rest is put in bowl (all together). Here is a picture of SOME of the candy. We (meaning Deric and I) will enjoy this bowl for a few days and then what.... this year we are going to donate it. To whom we are not sure, but I know my waistline can't afford to keep it around too long (not that I have a waistline right now!!) Any how, what do you do with all of your candy?

Holiday Treats!

As a family this year we made most of our Christmas gifts. It was a lot of fun. This post will show you some of the yummy things that we made...

Surprise Kiss Cookies
I found this recipe on the Hershey's kiss bag. The cookie is a yummy pecan shortbread. They were so easy to make. This is what the kids took to their class Christmas party.
Whatchamacalit
Our neighbors were also having a homemade Christmas and I offered to help the girls make a special treat for their dad who loves whatchamacalit bars (sorry if I am spelling that wrong) . I totaly made this recipe up. The base is a rice crispy treat that we spread with peanut butter and then caramel. Lastly we dipped them all in melted chocolate. They were sooo yummy!
Orange/Clove ornaments
This isn't a treat we ate but they sure smelt great. Each of the kids made their own. We decorated them with ribbon and hung them in the windows.

Carrie and Nelson helped me many times during the day when the other kids were in school. Here they are helping me make pie crust. Honestly I made the crust and they are just playing but they really enjoyed using the rolling pin and getting the practice.


We made peanut brittle this year (and cashew brittle too) to give as family gifts. We were inspired by the recipe in the family fun magazine. I looked for the same recipe on line and this one is very close. Jess was my helper for this one.

It was really pretty easy and tasted good too!

The next two recipes came from the our best bites website. I will caution you ahead, this site has so many yummy things to make, you might become addicted!

Homemade marshmallows by Jessica


Cinnamon bun popcorn....yummy!! (This was my project and I am sure I ate most of it!!)
This is our little Wally Golly, enjoying some of the yummy treats!
I some how didn't get a picture of Sarah in the kitchen baking so I decided to use this one instead. She is out in the snow making her own little "cake". More than likely she ate it when she was done. All of the kids have enjoyed eating a little snow here and there. Who needs any of these fancy deserts and treats when you can eat some snow!!

Halloween Treats!

Spider Treats

On October 13th we made yummy Spider Treats as an afternoon snack. They were so easy! The bodies were peanut butter clay (pb, honey and powdered milk), they had chocolate chip eyes, and pretzel legs, and a graham cracker to put it on! Sarah had tons of fun!

Carrie ate extra chocolate chips (notice the drool!)


Jess and Sam made more than one and delivered some to the neighbors!

Ghost Pops!

On October 15th we went to BR Everitts house to see the new baby (who by the was is so cute and SO tiny). I made these treats with the kid and a few extra so that we could Boo some people from our church. (a BOO is when you make a treat and leave it at someones house anonymously and then it is there turn to Boo someone else).

Noah enjoyed the Chocolate Chips (for the ghost's eyes)

Molly enjoyed watching her cousins

(She is visiting with her mom this week!)

Carrie slept through the entire thing but I made a ghost for her.

A picture just before the kids devoured them!


Halloween Cupcakes!

On October 17th we invited three families from the neighborhood to make cupcakes. There were three stations and the kids really enjoyed making them and eating them!

Carrie ate some frosting and then went to play, decorating was too much work!


Nelson however just wants to know where his cupcake is!

Sorry bud, you'll have to wait till your one!!

There were 11 kids decorating and 3 babies under one.

These were my demos, the kid made one of each of these and then decorated one any way they wanted. All the kids had mini cupcakes.

So I guess I was in a treat making mood this week!