Halloween Candy Solution!! Last Minute Halloween Ideas

In just a few short hours...

our house will be brimming with 

all sorts of candy...

A deluxe assortment from

neighbors far and wide...

My kiddos will be overjoyed at first...

but the excitement ...and somehow

the deliciousness of all that

sweet and sugary haul

 wears off pretty fast.

Here I am,  Halloween night with my younger brother...Clownin' around since 1979!!

All that candy...

...and in a few days the feeding frenzy

will fade to the background...

If your house is like mine...

you might be left with a few too many

fun size candy bars...

(I know...Is it really possible to be 

left with too much chocolate??)

If somehow your pantry is 

overflowing with 

too many fun size sweets...

I know just what to do!!

Recycle!!

Yes, recycle

all those assorted fun size chocolates 

into a really delicious dessert.

The greater the assortment of chocolates...

the better the dessert turns out!!

Every bite is different...

some with Twix, another bite with a little Baby Ruth... 

It's pretty amazing and everyone so far 

has LOVED it!!

It's great with a cup of coffee... and the best part...

It doesn't

scream... "Hey, I'm old Halloween candy!!"

The Cake That Changed Everything: German Chocolate Cake

The very first time I ever decided 

to enter a baking competition... 

I decided to bake a single

 cake from scratch.

No practice cakes... 

No taste-testing...

I simply baked a cake,

and entered it in our fair.  

Seems simple enough...

It was a local county fair, a well-attended and 

well-loved fair, right in the heart of the Midwest.

I could say... end of story...

but...actually,

this where the whole story really begins.

Blue Ribbon 100: The Pecan Pie Recipe

I have a new special day to 
add to my collection

of favorite days...

It happened just the other weekend.

I love when that happens...

you just never know when 

a beautiful, 

'makes you smile

just to think about it'

kind of a day 

is coming your way... 

and aren't we so happy these days find us...?

and then, 
they leave a piece of themselves

behind...like a souvenir of happiness...

 —a sweet lasting memory.

Photo Credit: Hannah @Muddyoakenhouse via Instagram.  Thank you.

Some days just stay with me...

memories linger,

The wonderfulness and warmth of the day

is never too far out of reach.

Even though, those days are often the busiest...

as in, crazy busy  –hustling from one place to another...

working hard and trying to do waaaay

too many things at one time...

For me, so many of those really special days,

 —the ones that really stay with me, they often

revolve around big celebrations, and

holidays...

My newest favorite day was this...