We recently received a Japan Crate, and I would love you to check out our unboxing video below.
Each Premium Japan Crate now includes more items than ever!
– 18-20 full-size candy & snacks
– Japan-exclusive drink
– Monthly bonus item (from a bag of Japanese Kit Kats to collectibles)
– Manga-zine featuring translations, fun facts & more
If you head off to Walmart you can pick up these fun PJ Masks items to make it a Hero of a Halloween for your little hero. Halloween Treat buckets in Gekko, Catboy or Owlette shapes are easy to hold and sturdy to carry all those yummy Halloween goodies.
Put a smile on everyone’s face with PJ Masks Halloween Greeters. How much fun are these little heros? He is so adorable, my kids love him.
Of course, we can’t forget the PJ Masks Halloween Costumes.
There are lots of other PJ Masks treats you can pick up like lollipop rings, bandages, swirl pops, stampers, party favors, push pops and more!
Let me know what you think of the activities and printables and all the great PJ Masks merchandise available.
Their natural caramels use real butter, sweetened condensed milk and pure vanilla to create a decadent treat.
Fruit chews are a very popular candy but the Lovely Candy Company makes a fruit chew with the purest, all natural ingredients and real fruit bits to make a deliciously chewy candy treat loved by kids and adults alike.
Their all natural Fudgee Rolls have a rich “fudge” flavor profile in a soft, chewy bite-size piece that will remind you of one of your childhood favorites. A smart indulgence when you want a chewy, better-for-you treat that won’t stick to your teeth.
Last but not least, their gluten-free licorice that started the company. These bite size candy treats combine natural flavors and ingredients with true licorice extract for a lovely flavor experience.
I was amazed at how great the candy tasted and I tried it all, I had to, how else could I tell you all about it? Everything was so good, I especially love the dark chocolate coconut rolls called Hula Chews and the sea salt caramels. You have to try some yourself.
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I can’t tell you how thrilled I am to actually feel temps that are spring-like. After the winter that never wanted to end with bone chilling temps for more days than I care to remember, I am rejoicing! I got to a point I started to think we were moving away from the sun. I know it sounds funny, but in my lifetime in the northeast I have never experienced a winter with months where we did not climb out of the single digits. So with the first few spring- like days we are taking full advantage and first on the agenda was bike riding. My little ones have missed that so much! Riding around the lake takes a lot of energy and as the mom of active kids, I can’t let hunger zap my energy or make me irritable.
When I am hungry, I’m not myself. I get impatient, frustrated and cranky. Not too much fun to be around. The thing is that hunger can just sneak up on you at any time. It’s essential that I have a way to quickly take the edge off my hunger and continue with our activities. The other day I was in Family Dollar and saw they had packages of SNICKERS®Almond and SNICKERS®Peanut Butter Squares.
I thought the SNICKERS® Almond Bars would be perfect to have when I need a little something to stop the hungry feeling both physically and emotionally. SNICKERS® Almond has the perfect mix of almonds, chewy caramel, nougat and rich chocolate to satisfy my hunger. Best of all the bars are easy to tuck into a bike basket or bag so I’m prepared for the hungries any time they strike.
Out biking yesterday, my young ones were tearing it up riding around and around the lake. They were really expending lots of energy and mom and dad were keeping up and racing our little daredevils. Halfway around one of the countless loops we biked, we needed something to curb the hungry feeling, fast. We pulled our bikes over and I opened the bag of SNICKERS® Almond bars. They hit the spot and after a quick refueling, we were back on the road and were riding until dusk.
The bars are packed with almonds and so satisfying. SNICKERS® is having a “Who are you when you’re hungry?” contest! You can enter the SNICKERS® “Who are you when you’re hungry?” contest by uploading a personal photo or video from your Computer, Facebook, Instagram or use the SNICKERS® Meme Generator to create something new! Voting begins at Noon on 5/11/15 and ends at 11:59:59AM ET on 7/15/15. Check out great SNICKERS® recipes and fun stories on the SNICKERS® social hub.
If you are looking for a great treat to curb your hungries when you are out hiking, biking, walking, gardening or more, check out SNICKERS® Almond Bars or Peanut Butter Squares. Have you tried SNICKERS® Almond bars? If so, I would love to hear what you think.
Is it wrong to dip tender, sweet marshmallow Peeps in melted chocolate? If it is…I’m guilty! I wanted to share how much fun we had with colorful Peep Bunnies and Chicks, some sticks, sprinkles, decors and our imagination. There are so many fun things you can do with Peeps but making Peeps Pops has to be near the top of the list.
So easy and you can decorate and make a nice centerpiece for a dessert buffet with them. Just melt your chocolate and put your Peep on a stick and let your imagination run. You can dip them totally and sprinkle with decors and sprinkles or you can dip just the bottom of the chicks so it looks like a nest.
Whatever you decided this is a fun and tasty Easter project the whole family can take part in! So grab some Peeps and get read for some dipping and sprinkling in the kitchen festivities. With Peeps, chocolate and sprinkles…you can’t go wrong. Later Peeps (sorry couldn’t resist).
The older I get, the more I can’t stand winter and in New York we are experiencing extreme, frigid temperatures. The kind of dangerously low, temperatures causing our schools to close for! We went into NYC this past Saturday and after going to the circus, I so badly wanted to walk with my husband and little ones on the streets of Manhattan, pick up some Italian pastries and show them the sites of the city that never sleeps.
However, literally a couple of blocks and we felt like we had frostbite so we ducked into a restaurant, had a late dinner and hailed a taxi to go back home. Very disappointing. It’s times like now I love when I see stores putting up spring displays and anything that makes January and the winter go faster. Which is why when I went to Walmart to pick up some candy I needed for baking, I soaked in the spring merchandise on the shelves.
I am focusing on the next big event, we will be entertaining friends and family for the “Big Game” in a few weeks. I love to bake and so I tried out some recipes this past weekend. Who doesn’t love chocolate, caramel and peanuts? Not any one I know, so I was excited to mix it up in the kitchen with SNICKERS®. I first made some decadent, SNICKERS® Cupcakes.
Don’t they look fabulous? See the ooey, gooey filling! SNICKERS® Minis on top is so much better than a cherry.
Would you like to make these? I knew you would. First thing is to bake up some chocolate cupcakes. I used just a boxed Devil’s Food cake mix and prepared and baked according to the package directions.
When the cupcakes are cool you make the filling by mixing milk, butter, soft caramels, chopped peanuts and marshmallow fluff. You add milk, butter and caramels to a saucepan and melt on the stovetop over medium heat until melted stirring constantly.
Then add peanuts and marshmallow fluff to the melted confection and stir until everything is combined well. Remove the mixture from the heat and allow to cool and thicken for approximately 30-35 minutes.
When you are ready to fill the cooled cupcakes, you cut out a hole in the middle of the top of the cupcake where the filling with go. Then you can fill with a pastry bag and decorator tip all the cupcakes with the filling.
For the cupcake frosting I made a peanut Butter Buttercream by mixing butter, powdered sugar, vanilla, peanut butter and milk. Put the frosting in a pastry bag and top all the cupcakes with the frosting.
Last I make a chocolate glaze by mixing confectioner’s sugar, cocoa powder and milk and drizzle the glaze over the cupcakes. Top each cupcake with a half of a SNICKERS® Minis. Yum, these made the final cut and it was a unanimous decision that they will be found on our game day buffet. If you want to try the list of ingredients is below.
Chocolate Cake Mix of Your Choice ( Prepare and Bake Cupcakes According To Package Directions)
Cupcake Filling:
Peanut Butter Icing
SNICKERS® Stuffed Peanut Butter Cookies were the next treat on my baking agenda. These are an easy peanut butter cookie that is stuffed with a SNICKERS® Mini.
First step is to make your cookie dough so cream butter, peanut butter, brown sugar and granulated sugar with your electric mixer. Add egg, vanilla, milk, salt and baking soda and mix until completely combined. Slowly add your flour a little at a time and mix until the dough comes together. Chill your dough for at least 30 minutes.
Take your chilled dough and scoop out two tbsp. size balls of dough, flatten slightly with the palm of your hand and place a SNICKERS® Mini in the center of one of the flattened dough balls.
Top with the other slightly fattened dough balls and seal the edges and form into a ball. Continue this process placing the cookies on a cookie sheet approximately 2″ apart.
Bake at 350 degrees F for 13-16 minutes or until they just begin to brown.
Cool 5 minutes on the cookie sheet and then remove them to a wire rack to cool completely. Store the cookies in an airtight container or freeze them between layers of paper towels for up to 1 month.
So what did my family think? Was this cookie a game day winner? You betcha and it will have its special place on our big game day buffet extravaganza! Want to try them? The recipe is below.
SNICKERS® Stuffed Peanut Butter Cookies
Okay one more but we are going to appeal to those who are looking for something less chocolatey and more tangy. For those guests I tried a Skittles® Drop Sugar Cookie. Big thick, soft and chewy sugar cookies with a colorful mix of Skittles® are easy to make and oh so good. The cookie even has a lemony, citrus flavor from the candy. It was quite remarkable when I tasted that because I was surprised they would flavor the cookie itself but it was a delicious surprise.
I first made a drop sugar cookie batter. Cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy then beat in one egg plus one egg yolk. Add vanilla and mix well. Then incorporate the flour, baking soda and cornstarch (first combine the dry ingredients ) and mix until well blended.
I used a cookie scoop to scoop out the dough onto a cookie sheet and then pressed in the Skittles® candies on top. If you had a favorite team that was yellow and red, purple and yellow etc, you could use just those 2 colors to show your support for your team!
Bake the cookies at 350 degrees for about 12-14 minutes or until edges look set and just beginning to brown. Remove and let cool on cookie sheet for a few minutes and then remove them to cool completely on a cooling rack. This recipe makes about 24 large cookies. See full list of recipe ingredients below.
Skittles® Drop Sugar Cookies
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I would love you to share with me your results if you make any of these recipes and also share what you are planning on whipping up for the “Big Game!”
A delicious new SNICKERS® Bar is coming. It has more peanuts, more caramel, and more chocolate. It has more of everything people love most about SNICKERS – except nougat and a name. Mars Chocolate North America has announced that for the first time consumers will have the opportunity to help name the newest product from SNICKERS!
The as-of-now unnamed bar includes a single delicious layer of crunchy roasted peanuts and smooth caramel perfectly blended and enrobed in milk chocolate. And fans get to name it. Consumers can visit the SNICKERS Facebook page, through June 13, 2014, to choose from one of five possible names:
SNICKERS Go Nuts
SNICKERS Xtreme
SNICKERS #MoreNuts
SNICKERS Nuts Galore
SNICKERS Nuts!
The new bar will be out in stores in 2015!
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The candy bars are all ready for Valentine exchanges, so you can give a Valentine and a tasty chocolate treat in one neat little package. Great for kids and classroom exchanges with friends and classmates. The SweeTarts hearts looked so great on the strawberry cupcakes with the chocolate buttercream frosting I made. They really dressed them up and let everyone know they were a sweetie!
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We’re a family of chocolate lovers and Hershey’s is the go-to candy choice in our home. My little guys think there’s no better treat than a simple Hershey’s kiss. They work so well for bribery, lol. Who can resist , Kit Kat, Rolo, York Peppermint Patties, and of course the classic Hershey Bar, such an important component to the tasty S’mores we make at our fire pit. I grew up with these candies and we are true Hershey fans. One of our favorite places is Hershey Park-The Sweetest Place on Earth. It’s only a few hours from our home and many family vacations have been spent there. Our Christmas tree is filled with treasured ornaments we brought home from our trips and include a replica of the Hershey kiss street lights adorned with their festive garland, the Hershey Park Carousel, a family of bears holding a huge Hershey’s Bar, a silver plated Hershey’s Kiss type of cage that can hold and trap delicious Hershey Kisses for holiday snacking and many more.
Halloween is a perfect time to have delectable Hershey’s chocolates on hand. Have you see the new unwrapped Reese’s minis they are absolutely adorable and delicious. Another of our favorites are the pumpkin shaped York Peppermint Patties. The Kit Kat bar is sporting festive orange coating, Reese’s, Rolos and Kisses are wrapped in the colors of autumn and you need to check out the new Halloween Scream Eggs!
The Celebrate With Hershey’s website has great ideas for parties, crafts, recipes, costumes, videos and loads of other fun stuff to explore. A great recipe we tried was the Hershey’s Kisses Peanut Butter Blossom Cookies (recipe below), they were a huge hit and my sweet four-year old came in and said, “Mommy what are you making for us?” He was thrilled to see a cookie with his favorite candy all unwrapped and sitting with pride in the middle of a delectable peanut butter nest. They are absolutely a family favorite we have made for years in our home. There is a similar recipe for one using the Pumpkin Spice Kiss Here.
Earlier this year I made the ultimate in decadent desserts with a brownie bottom, peanut butter, chocolate,Reese’s peanut butter cup cheesecake. It was a birthday cake for my son and is filled with cut up Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups as well.
So get ready for all the little and big ghosts, goblins, princesses and superheroes who will be stopping by for a treat on Halloween with a variety of Hershey’s candy. If you do you are certain not going to be the brunt of any tricks.
Mommy Ramblings was asked to participate in Mattel’s “Save The Chocolate Bunny”, Easter Toy Basket Giveaway. Mattel’s “Save the Chocolate Bunny” campaign is promoting “toys instead of chocolate” to encourage creative, healthy, sugar-free play for kids! You can visit Mattel’s Save the Bunny website by clicking HERE! You will find more giveaways and some great coupons for toys like Barbie, Thomas & Friends, Fisher Price, Hot Wheels and more!
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