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Today I have a delicious vegan recipe everyone will enjoy; Coconut Creamed Corn.
I was inspired to make this from a recipe I saw on Healthyish, part of Bon Apetite. In their version they use quinoa or farrow as a grain, I use rice. Among other tweaks I made to the recipe I feel comfortable enough sharing my version of their recipe. The great thing about it is it’s vegan so everyone can enjoy the dish! It would be a great thing to make and bring to your family meals and cookouts. And is the perfect dish to use the bounteous fresh corn at the markets right now. 
When I told my husband I was making coconut creamed corn he was not looking forward to it. But upon tasting it he was hooked and messaging his family in Ecuador about it. My 4 year old also loved it! So I think these testimonies speak for themselves as to the delicious nature of the recipe. So will you be giving it a try? Let us know in the comments below!
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Back in the mid-70s, Jello put out a dessert kit that my dad just loved. It was called Spoon Candy. It was pudding treat in candy flavors, like peanut butter cup, that had a chocolate topping that hardened like the outer chocolate of a candy bar. Unfortunately, after about 3 years this delectable dessert was taken off the market for some unknown reason. I guess not everyone liked it as much as my dad did. (Well, the rest of our family liked it, too.)
Fast forward to this decade and an ice cream topping called Magic Shell is sold in grocery stores. It has the magical ability to pour as a liquid out of the bottle and then harden quickly when it gets cold. There are versions of this product put out by Smucker's and by Hershey. As soon as I became acquainted with this stuff I flashed back to Spoon Candy. I thought to myself, "Surely I can remake that magical, retro dessert." 
I started with a peanut butter pudding, because obviously peanut butter cups are one of the best candies.
I found the recipe for peanut butter pudding on tasteofhome.com. Then, I wanted to make a vegan version, so I substituted coconut milk and coconut cream for the milk and cream in the recipe. Maddy loved it! It did have a little hint of coconut flavor mixed with the peanut butter flavor, which was not a bad thing at all. When the pudding is slightly cooled and setting, pour Magic Shell on the top and cool the rest of the way. Hershey even has a Reese's Peanut Butter flavor shell which made this dessert even better!
After the peanut butter experiment was a success, it started to be fun to come up with more flavors and add ins that would give the delicious Spoon Candy experience. I thought, this would be a fun family activity! Have some flavors of pudding available and various add ins and see who can come up with the most creative combinations. Here are some of the ideas that we have tried:
Instant Oreo Cookie Pudding! You could add extra cookies and sprinkle them on top of the Magic Shell. I didn't have any, so we used M&Ms.
Did you know that Coconut Cream Pudding actually has bits of real coconut in it? And, it comes in instant or cook and serve. I added more shaved coconut to it, plus sprinkled it on top. If you have almonds, you could make a spoon version of Almond Joy or Mounds.
I love cook and serve butterscotch pudding the best. For this Spoon Candy I added crushed Heath Bar bits to add a little toffee crunch. So good!
Then, we went a little farther with the butterscotch pudding idea and added a layer of marshmallow cream! It really starts to look like a candy bar.
I've also thought of :
I prefer cooked puddings. But, if you use instant, like we did for some flavors, don't use soy or almond milk in instant pudding or it won't set. Coconut milk works great!
I must confess that this version is not exactly the way I remember Spoon Candy to be, but it is pretty good. Besides, that was 40 years ago, so my memory is probably fading! This is still a great way to have some fun and deliciousness on a weekend! Happy Fun Friday!
PS: The Smucker's Magic Shell comes in lots of flavors!
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Well, I've been having so much fun on this Fun Friday that the blog is going up a little late, but hey, you can still have fun all weekend long!
Yesterday I posted about the fresh pesto that I made without pine nuts out of the basil in my garden and I promised you a recipe to use it in. So, today I am showing you a variety of recipes that you can make for a family pizza night, one of which is a Pesto-Goat Cheese Chicken Pizza! That is the great thing about DIY pizza, you can put whatever toppings on them that you want and personalize them to fit your taste. We like to use our favorite pizza dough recipe that I shared on this post long ago. Or, if you are worried about gluten or anything like that, you can make or purchase a cauliflower crust. Lindsey shared a recipe on this post.
Pizza Pans and Stones:
We have a few choices at our house.
Lots of Topping Choices:
I know that some people just hate the idea of pineapple on pizza, but I love a good Canadian Bacon pizza with pineapple on it. Here are some other topping ideas, apart from the normal pepperoni and cheese!
First, I prepared my dough and let it rest and rise while I cooked the chicken and prepared my toppings.
I used my grill pan to prepare the chicken. I used olive oil, salt, pepper, dried oregano, dried basil and garlic to season it. I used chicken tenders that cooked quickly. When they were all cooked, I chopped the chicken into bite-sized pieces.
As toppings, I prepared cheese, shredded carrots, broccoli, chopped tomatoes...You get the idea, you can use as many toppings as you would like. For the Chicken-Pesto-Goat Cheese PIzza, I did the following:
prebaked
I also made Maddy a vegan personal pizza.
prebaked
If you want to use a traditional red tomato pizza sauce, you can use themarinara recipe I posted here. You can use an immersion blender to make it smooth if you like.
Cooking is more fun for me when I am making things that I grew or created myself. We made the dough from scratch, I made the pesto, I grew the basil and the tomatoes! It all tastes so good! Next, I am going to try making my own mozzarella! What are your favorite pizza toppings? Do you like pineapple on your pizza? I'd love to hear!
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Helen Reynolds: Mother of six children , grandmother to ten and counting! I love to cook, craft and create things and I especially love doing that with my family, So, when my lawyer daughter, Lindsey, and 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! 
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