Mint Chocolate Chip Christmas Cookies

I started these cookies off with my favorite chocolate chip cookie recipe. The only change I made was, I left out the 2 cups chocolate chips and instead used 1 cup mint M&Ms and 1 cup Nestle winter dark chocolate and mint morsels. The effect was wonderful!!!

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Monster Cookies

This recipe comes from Ree Drummond, the Pioneer Woman of Food Network. These cookies are full of candy, chocolate and nuts. What could be better?!

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Hand and Foot Turkeys

This weekend my aunt helped my kids make Thanksgiving turkeys using tracings of their hands and feet. Not only is this a great Thanksgiving craft, but I now have tracings of my kids’ hands and feet and their current ages. Priceless!!

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Witch Hat Cookies

Here is a quick, easy Halloween witch hat cookie that requires little artistic ability. It’s a twist on the classic peanut butter cookies with a kiss, but we made them all chocolate to look like witch hats.

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Tips for a Safe Halloween

We love Halloween in our house, especially my son. I think it’s the combination of dressing up like a superhero, loads of candy, and watching “It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown,” everyday for a week. What’s not to love? But with all this joy, it’s important to take extra safety precautions. If you want to…

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Homemade Halloween Sugar Cookies

My kids and I love to make sugar cookies together. This week, we made Halloween sugar cookies, but I was feeling far too lazy to dirty all my piping bags and make a ton of different colors of frosting. Plus, since my kids aren’t quite old enough to be stellar pipers, I wanted to find…

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Jack-O-Lantern Cake

Last week we bought a cake mix with Halloween sprinkles! The box had a picture of a jack-o-lantern, so when my son saw it, he was convinced we were having a jack-o-lantern cake. Rather than disappoint him, I decided to make one. And it was extremely easy.

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