What is Your Favorite Hot Cocoa Bomb Flavor? If you have been following us for very long, you know that the product that we came up with, the Hot Cocoa Bomb, is what motivated us to start this blog. We have some new developments happening with Hot Cocoa Bombs coming next week! We are so excited! So in order to kick off this exciting stuff, I decided that this weeks question for Friday Faves should be about our beloved Bombs themselves. We have come up with a lot of flavor variations for the Bombs and we even made Sugar Free Bombs this year! Everyone has their favorites. Madalynn was the first to answer me when I asked the question because she wanted to make sure no one else took her favorite. It is Salted Caramel. She loves the caramel flavor in many things and that holds true for her Hot Cocoa Bomb. Salted Caramel has really been a trend the last couple of years, so we came up with a Hot Cocoa Bomb version in 2015. It was a big hit. Alicia answered next. I guessed her choice because she came up with the idea to create this flavor, Cinnamon Hot Cocoa Bombs. At first I thought they would be too close to Pumpkin Pie Spice, but they really are different and delicious! And, I loved the way we decorated them for Christmas. Speaking of Pumpkin Pie Spice, you can all guess whose favorite flavor those are! That's right, Lindsey! She says that she loves them made with dark chocolate and that the pumpkin pie spices always make her feel like fall and comforting pumpkin pie. There is nothing more satisfying when you are cold. (Except for the chili and corn bread that she mentioned two weeks ago, Ha Ha!). I love all of the flavors of our Bombs, but I do remember the first time I tasted a cherry cordial how amazed I was at how well it came out and tasted like an actual chocolate covered cherry candy. So, I am picking Cherry Cordial, one of our most popular flavors. This week we have a special guest sharing her favorite flavor of the Cocoa Bomb. It is Anita of the great Facebook Page, Craftastico! She is the wonderful hostess of the Ugly Sweater Express that we take part in each year. She is my DIL's mom and a very talented lady. You should check out her page, she has so many great ideas on there, I am always amazed. Anita's favorite flavor of Hot Cocoa Bomb is Peppermint. It is one of our original flavors, a traditional idea for hot chocolate, and extremely delicious! Anita adds that it is a perfect flavor for Christmas and also is good for clearing your head when you have a cold! Ha Ha! Some people just love the plain, original chocolate while others really enjoy the peanut butter that we added this year. Remember that we have a tutorial for making Hot Cocoa Bombs here. You can order the mold here. There is even a holiday version here. If you go to our Etsy shop, you can download and print our Hot Cocoa Bomb Idea Book that will help you be successful making Bombs and it gives you lots of ideas for flavors and decorating. Come back and see the exciting things going on around here with our Bombs, and try making them for yourselves! If you have already tried them, tell us your favorite flavors!
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Lindsey here with this week's edition of Renny's Recipes! This week I decided to give you a healthy Valentine's Day dinner option. I know Alicia did a post about a fun UnValentine's Day Party, but we know some people want to celebrate it and be all lovey dovey, so I am bringing you this delicious meal! I've really gone above and beyond. With this post I have a lot of links to things you can buy to decorate your table to have a beautiful, delicious, romantic dinner at home. First off, you'll need some placemats like these cute ones, or if you want to get really romantic, try these cute heart placemats! The next step, obviously, is some nice dinner plates like these to serve your delicious meal on! But wait, there's more! I've also provided links for your black napkin rings or these really nice napkin rings. Also, you know you're going to need something to drink out of (we'll be having Martinelli's). So here are some nice stem glasses or, if you'd rather, these classy stemless glasses to share your nice sparkly drink. I haven't forgotten the lighting either! Here are some classic tapered candles and I also love these flameless candles that will make your table look romantic, without the melty wax! You'll need these napkins for your napkin rings! Now that your beautiful table is ready, let's get down to the meal! If you remember our first Five Friday Faves, I talked about my spiralizer! You are really going to need one for this Shrimp Pesto with Zoodles recipe, because instead of pasta noodles, you make it with zucchini!! I found this recipe through Pinterest on the website Peas and Crayons, and tested it out this last weekend on PH. We loved it! The best part? Because it's lighter and healthier you don't have to feel guilty about finishing it off with dessert! (Don't worry, I have that recipe for you too!) Now you have the option to make your own pesto sauce, or, if you want something faster, there are plenty of delicious ones you can buy and use instead. I will provide a link to the recipe, but here is one little tip. The recipe tells you to buy uncooked shrimp and then cook it in the skillet for two minutes. However, at the grocery store they had frozen shrimp that was not cooked and still needed to be shelled, and I am not about that life. They also had them shelled, deveined and cooked. So, as you can imagine, those are the ones I bought. Just defrost them in some cool water for a few minutes and then toss them in the skillet with the seasoning before you add in the sauce. After your delicious, light, healthy, romantic dinner, you'll need dessert, and this skillet cookie a la mode hits just the spot! For Christmas my brother and sister in law got us this cast iron skillet that comes with a cookie mix and that's what we ate. You can also get something like this cookie skillet that comes without a recipe and just make your own, like the one I've posted here. We baked our cookie and topped it with this dairy free ice cream (PH is lactose intolerant so we got dairy free as much as possible and this brand really is So Delicious!) This is a yummy, guilt free dinner and since it's a holiday you can splurge on dessert. Sharing a skillet cookie a la mode is the perfect romantic treat! I took a picture of our dinner table on Sunday, but it won't look as nice as yours will, since most of our stuff is already packed in anticipation of us moving. Are you interested in more delicious zoodle recipes and discovering the health benefits of zoodles instead of regular noodles? Then head over to Nutrition Advance and find their Complete Guide to Zoodles!
These cookies have been a favorite little bite size treat since I was a little girl. I don't make them real often, but sometimes I get a hankering for them. I felt like they would be perfect for a Valentine's Day little cookie. Apparently I don't make them often enough because Madalynn acted like she had never had them before and told me I should make them again.
The nice thing about Jam Cookies is that they don't have a lot of sugar in the dough. The sweetness comes from the jam itself. I dusted these with read sugar to make them obviously for Valentine's Day. I baked them on my baking stone because I didn't want them to brown too much, but to keep their red and white appearance. I have the Pampered Chef Rectangular Stone, but here is another, less expensive version. (As you can see, my stone is well seasoned, because it works great for cookies and for pizza!) Here is how to make the cookies.
These are a pretty little cookie to have for fancy luncheons or for little girls playing Tea Party. (Or Hot Cocoa Party), They aren't too sweet and they aren't too big, they are just right! I used my homemade strawberry jam in mine. Here is the post about how to make it.
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Helen Reynolds: Mother of six children , grandmother to eleven! I love to cook, craft and create things and I especially love doing that with my family, So, when my lawyer daughter, Lindsey, my artist daughter, Madalynn, and I came up with the idea of Hot Cocoa Bombs, this blog was born. Then, one more daughter, with her technical and science skills, plus creativity has joined in to round us out! Read more about us here! Archives
April 2024
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