Chocolate covered orange slices....

I have found a new treat!! Of course it's chocolate covered...  They're these sugared orange slices.  

I have never been a big fan of them plain- like this..... 

But take them and dip them into chocolate and oh my.... they become my new FAVORITE treat!!  Try them and I'll bet you will have a new favorite too!
I wanted to package them up cute & post a picture for you but.... yep- I ate them all before that could happen. :)

                                                                                                                                         ~Karen

Dipped Pretzel Rods

I've been dipping pretzel rods for our Halloween party this week.  So I thought I would show you how to do them.  I love to work with Peters Caramel-- it comes in a big block, and is so soft & yummy.  So first I cut a piece off and put it in the microvave for about 8 seconds. Then I roll it out flat



once it is rolled out, take a pizza cutter and cut thin slices of caramel



starting at the top of the pretzel -wrap the strip of caramel around, you don't need a very long piece.  I like to do it this way instead of melting the caramel because you end up with a thicker amount of caramel on the pretzel

next melt some chocolate-- I like to use a tall cup- dip the pretzel into the chocolate & coat it well

add some cute sprinkles, and lay it on some parchment paper to dry

you can do all kinds of  different things- I like to use both white & milk chocolate .... and it's always fun to drizzle some colored chocolate on them too.  Trust me they taste delish!! 

Can you say Popcorn & Pears?

We made some Halloween candy coated popcorn today.... love the colors!!

Mix them all together and--

bag it up-- tie them with a bow & you have a FUN and Yummy treat!

Chocolate dipped some asian pears too.....

I think I just found a new LOVE!!!  These were so good!!  Yes it was a good day!!!

S'mores on a stick

Here's another way to make S'mores!!!  Put them on a stick... these are really easy to do, we made them for Christmas last year too.

All you  need are Graham crackers- the flat marshmallows, sticks, chocolate and some sprinkles.
Break your graham cracker in 1/2 so you have 4 squares on each half. Place a flat marshmallow in between the two graham crackers- cook in the microwave a few seconds to melt the marshmallow, it will hold the stick better.  Insert a stick, the flat ones like popsicle sticks work better. Let them set-up a little before dipping them.  Take each one and dip into melted chocolate, lay on parchment paper & sprinkle with decorating sprinkles.  When dry wrap in clear bags & tie with a cute ribbon!! 

Chocolate covered Raspberries

Well, here is another post about FOOD!!!  I am starting to wonder if we should change the name of our blog to They are HUNGRY!!!  LOL  It seems like I am always talking about food- or eating, or baking... YES I do love food-- and I am learning that  it doesn't love me as much as it used to-- or at least: gone are the days when I could eat it today & not worry about wearing it tomorrow! haha  But hey as long as I can still fit into my clothes I'm alright--

We have been getting a lot of Raspberries from our garden, so here's what I whipped up the other night for a midnight snack



First wash your Raspberries & put 3-4 of them in your MINI muffin tin.
you can do this with fresh Blueberries too!

 

then melt some chocolate and put it in a disposable pastry bag- (like I showed you in the dipped strawberries tutorial)
and drizzle the chocolate onto the Raspberries-- no need to be careful--

set them in the fridge for 2-3 minutes to harden the chocolate and you have a WONDERFUL treat.  Put them inside these cute paper liners to serve -- who could resist??   Not me, I ate almost ALL of them.  I took 2  to my husband and he loved them too... then he came in the kitchen 1/2 hr. later and wondered who ate all of them.  I confessed it was me- but I felt so guilty that I said "a muffin pan only makes 12"  What I didn't tell him is you use a MINI pan which holds 24!!!!  So he had 2 I had 22 - Yep just as it should be!!  :)