Crunchy, Munchy, Smores Bites

I was hesitant to try this recipe because there are TONS of great smores inspired recipes floating around the blogosphere. This recipe was SO easy though, I decided to give it a go. I'm glad I did! These are so easy and satisfy even the most intense sweet tooth craving. Rich dark chocolate envelopes chewy mini marshmallows and sweet graham cracker crumbles. All the reasons we love smores, with none of the sticky mess!

Smores Bites

from tasteofhome.com

Ingredients

2 cups semi-sweet chocolate chips

1-1/2 teaspoons vegetable oil

2 cups miniature marshmallows

8 whole graham crackers, broken into bite-size pieces

In a large microwave-safe bowl, toss chocolate and oil.

Microwave, uncovered, at 50% power for 1 to 1-1/2 minutes or until chocolate is melted, stirring once.

Stir in marshmallows and graham crackers.

Spoon about 1/3 cup mixture into paper-lined muffin cups (I drizzled mine with melted white chocolate). Refrigerate for 1 hour or until firm. Yield: 1 dozen.

Treats!

Happy Halloween weekend!

Scary Little Cookies

Tired of Halloween themed goodies yet? No? GOOD! Me neither! These Halloween cookies are stinkin' cute, if I do say so myself ☺ Got the recipe from the Land O' Lakes butter website. I don't even remember how/why I was on a BUTTER website to begin with... but I digress... I like these cookies, they don't require lots of decorating effort, but they turn out adorable. Don't be deceived by their devilishly good looks, these little guys are darn tasty too. They are cakey, crunchy sugar cookies with the added surprise of coconut in the batter. I liked the fruit snack covered mummys the best, the taste reminds me of a jelly doughnut. Both ghosts and mummys were gobbled up in the first ten minutes of my neighbors Halloween party. What more can you ask for? Taste and looks, these cookies have it all!

Mummy and Ghost Sugar Cookies

Recipe from Landolakes.com

Ingredients

3/4 cup butter, softened

1/2 cup sugar

1 egg

1 teaspoon vanilla

1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour

3/4 cup sweetened flaked coconut

1 box (6 rolls) fruit-flavored rolls

Black decorator gel

Mini chocolate chips or small decorator candies (optional)

Heat oven to 350°F. Combine butter, sugar, egg and vanilla in large bowl.

Beat at medium speed until well mixed. Reduce speed to low; add flour and coconut.

Continue beating until well mixed.

Divide dough into balls (I made BIG ones using my ice cream scooper and got about 12 balls).

Shape each ball into a log. Place 1 inch apart onto parchment paper covered cookie sheets. Bake for 12 to 14 minutes or until set. Remove from cookie sheets.

Mummys

Allow cookies to cool completely.

Starting at top of each cookie, wrap 1 fruit roll around each cookie, stretching slightly to cover. Cut off any extra fruit roll.

Leave small opening near top for eyes. Place onto waxed paper. Use black decorator gel to adhere mini chocolate chips for eyes on each cookie.

Ghosts

Extra Ingredients

2 cups powdered sugar

Roll each cookie in sifted powdered sugar while warm. Set aside to cool.

Roll each in powdered sugar again (I actually ended up putting powdered sugar in a bag and shakin the little ghosts). Tap off excess. Add eyes as directed above.

I liked the eyes better when I didn't use the mini chocolate chips, but it's your call ☺ Maybe use some red hots to make them look extra creepy!

Store in loosely covered container between sheets of waxed paper up to 2 days.

Have a great week!

Canned Biscuit Dough Doughnuts

Doughnuts... from refrigerated biscuit dough??? Only Paula Deen would come up with this one. Literally all you do is pop open the biscuits, separate them, cut a hole out of the centers (I used a bottle cap for this), and fry them up. Ready in about two minutes. I dipped mine in vanilla and chocolate frosting, drizzled them with extra frosting, and topped 'em off with some sprinkles and a generous helping of candy corn (festive, right?). You may be thinking that doughnuts made from biscuit dough wouldn't, couldn't, definitely don't taste like doughnuts... well, I am here to tell you, these taste pretty much identical to a Krispy Kreme (now I have only had one Krispy Kreme in my entire life, but from what I remember, these are pretty similar). They have that great doughy doughnut texture, and are SO delish when served warm. I recommend making them before the rest of the family wakes up and timing it just right, so that as everyone stumbles into the kitchen after rolling out of bed, you are there to greet them with a smile and a plate full of fresh made doughnuts (they'll never know you spent all of five minutes making these). You could also serve them warm with sauces/frosting on the side and let the kiddos decorate them however they see fit. This recipe is an all around winner, enjoy!

Biscuit Dough Doughnuts (glaze recipes follow)

From Paula Deen via foodnetwork.com

Ingredients

1 tube refrigerated biscuit dough (I used homestyle)

Oil for frying

Heat about 2 inches oil in a large pot or dutch oven to a temperature of at least 350 degrees. Mine hit about 360 and did great! Cook really fast though!

While oil is heating, separate biscuits and cut a hole in the center of each one. I did this with a soda bottle cap. Set middles (soon to be doughnut holes) aside.

Watch out for splatters!

When oil has reached the proper temperature, fry the doughnuts and doughnut holes one at a time until light golden brown.

Flip half way through so that you get both sides nice and fried. Remove from oil using a slotted spoon or tongs and set on paper towels to drain.

Coat with cinnamon and sugar or frost and sprinkle (see glaze recipe below)

Vanilla Krispy Kreme Style Doughnut Glaze

Ingredients

1 teaspoon vanilla

2 tablespoons milk

1 cup powdered sugar

Whisk together vanilla, milk, and sugar.

Dip doughnuts in glaze. Top with sprinkles or candy.

Chocolate Doughnut Glaze

Ingredients

1/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder

1 cup sugar

3 tablespoons milk

Whisk all ingredients together.

Dip doughnuts.

Top with sprinkles or candy.

Cute little doughnut holes

Sugar anyone?

Yum! Here's to a delicious weekend!