DIY Nutter Butter Turkey Cookies
How cute are these Turkey cookie creations? These would be fun to make with your kids as a “craft” to do before Thanksgiving to bring as a treat to your family meal or as a treat to eat later this month. Thanks to Life with Moore Babies for the tutorial (visit the site for a step-by-step visual tutorial and pictures of her adorable babies!)!
Ingredients:
- Nutter Butters
- Oreos
- Regular size Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups
- Icing (LWMB Blog used decorating, but any icing that stands strong is fine)
- mini M&Ms
- jellybeans
Directions:
- Place icing on the back of a peanut butter cup and stick it to a Nutter Butter. Then using more icing to hold them in place, stand both the Nutter Butter and the peanut butter cup up on an Oreo.
Note: If you are doing this activity with kids, have them choose their own colored candies! It will make it more “theirs”. Messy is fun! :) - Now, add 2 mini M&Ms for eyes, an orange jelly bean for the beak, and a red jelly bean for the waddle on more frosting.
- Then squirt icing across the top of the peanut butter cup, so you can add jelly beans for feathers. Each of the blogger’s turkeys had five feathers.
- Also add icing then two yellow jelly beans at the bottom of the Nutter Butter for feet.
Recipe: Caramel Apple Nachos
Apple season is at its finest right now – so is “having too much candy around the house” season! Combine these into this delicious snack or dessert idea from The Pin Junkie. Of course, you can always change candy and apple types, and add or take off some of the toppings. The apple nachos would also be good with chocolate syrup or pre-made caramel sauce.ENJOY!
Ingredients:
- 2 green granny smith apples, cored & sliced
- half a bag of caramel
- 1 teaspoon water
- 1/4 cup chopped peanuts
- 2 Tablespoons mini chocolate chips (or M&Ms)
Directions:
1. Unwrap all individual caramels. Place them in a saucepan with one teaspoon of water over medium-low heat. Stir the caramel constantly until caramels are completely melted.
2. Drizzle melted caramel over sliced apples.
3. Sprinkle with chopped peanuts and mini chocolate chips.
Recipe: Disneyland’s Apple Pie Caramel Apples
These Apple Pie Caramel Apples are a huge hit! I was able to find a recipe to make them at home, and it’s not as hard as it looks.
Ingredients:
- 4 large Granny Smith apples
- 5 to 6 cups caramels (or appx. 1 bag Kraft Caramel bits)
- 7 to 8 cinnamon graham crackers (or 1 prepared pie crust)
- 1 .5 lbs. melting chocolates (or chocolate chips)
- cinnamon & sugar to taste (appx 2 Tbsp sugar + 1/8 tsp. cinnamon)
- 8 large marshmallows (optional: to make “ears”)
Directions:
- To get the wax coating off from the apples, scrub apples and dry with a dishcloth or paper towel. To get the wax completely off, drop them in boiling water for a few seconds then scrub off.
- Refrigerate apples for a few hours until they are fully cold.
- Melt caramel in the microwave (in a microwave-safe dish) for 30 seconds at a time until caramel is nice and melted (or follow directions on package if using Bits). If you are using unwrapped caramels, you can also put caramels in a small crockpot on high heat until melted.
- Place caramel apple sticks or popsicle sticks into the top of each apple and dip each apple into the caramel until fully coated, rotating the apple as needed. Let excess caramel drip off and them place the apples on wax paper. Refrigerate for at least 3 hours until caramel is completely cooled onto the apples.
- In a food processor, process graham crackers (or pie crust) until well blended. If using a pie crust, add a little cinnamon and sugar to the mixture. Place in a bowl and set aside.
- Melt chocolate in a microwave-safe dish in the microwave until chocolate is just melted and there are no lumps. Dip each apple in the chocolate and allow chocolate to set for a few seconds. When chocolate has slightly set, roll the bottom half in processed pie or cracker crumbs. Sprinkle each entire apple with cinnamon and sugar and set aside.
- Optional: Once the chocolate on the apples have set, roll each marshmallow in the chocolate and place onto the apples to make Mickey’s “ears”. Sprinkle with cinnamon and sugar and hold in place until the ears set.
A HUGE thanks to Favorite Family Recipes for the awesome recipe and picture!
Recipe: Apple Pie “French Fries”
Okay, so maybe these Apple Pie “French Fries” aren’t the healthiest snack, but how cute are they? They look like real French fries with salt and shape. These would be really fun to have at a birthday party. The recipe below from Oh Bite It! serves 25-30 “fries”, so you may need more than that for parties.
Ingredients:
- 1 pkg of Pillsbury refrigerated pie crusts (2 ct., but brand doesn’t matter)
- 1.5 cups of Apple Pie Filling
- 1 Egg
- Sparkle sugar for sprinkling “salt” onto the fries
- Caramel sauce and/or ice cream for dipping
- Optional: Food processor, Decorative edge roll-cutter
Directions:
- Chop up apple pie filling as best as you can, or use food processor and save tons of time.
- Unroll the 2 pie crusts. On 1 of the crusts, spread the apple filling around leaving 1/8″ at edge, then lightly press the other crust onto the top of it to secure it.
- Make egg wash by combining an egg with a splash of water.
- Brush egg wash across the entire top of the crust and sprinkle with the sparkle sugar.
- Cut the crust into 1/2″ strips then again into “fries” shape and size. Place very carefully onto parchment paper lined baking sheet.
- Bake at 350-degrees for 12 minutes or until slightly golden and firm.
- Serve with caramel and/or ice cream for dipping.
Recipe: “BLOW YOUR MIND” Healthy, No-Strain Tomato Basil Pasta!
I’ve seen this recipe floating around my Facebook page for a while, but I couldn’t ignore it anymore. It’s amazing! You just add all the ingredients into one big pot, stir and simmer until it’s fully cooked. No straining, no waste, and only takes FIFTEEN MINUTES! It’s called “Summer Pasta” because it doesn’t take a lot of work to make, but it absolutely could be made year-round (and should because it’s so healthy!). Here’s the great recipe from MyFridgeFood (check the link for calories and in the comments section for what others added for recipe ideas).
Ingredients:
- 12 oz pasta
- 1 can (15 oz) diced tomatos with liquid (You can use fresh if you would rather)
- 1 large sweet onion, cut in julienne strips
- 4 cloves garlic, thinly sliced
- 1/2 teaspoon red pepper flakes
- 2 teaspoons dried oregano leaves
- 2 large sprigs basil, chopped
- 4 1/2 cups vegetable broth (regular broth and NOT low sodium)
- 2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
- Parmesan cheese for garnish
Directions:
- Place pasta, tomatoes, onion, garlic, basil, in a large stock pot. Pour in vegetable broth. Sprinkle on top the pepper flakes and oregano. Drizzle top with oil.
- Cover pot and bring to a boil. Reduce to a low simmer and keep covered and cook for about 10 minutes, stirring every 2 minutes or so.
- Cook until almost all liquid has evaporated (an inch or less, as desired).
- Season to taste with salt and pepper, stirring pasta several times to distribute the liquid in the bottom of the pot.
- Serve garnished with parmesan cheese.