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Name: Beefy Jalapeno Bites
Prep time: 40 min
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 4 h 50 min
Yield: 12 taco boats
Ingredients: 5-6 medium to large jalapeños; 1 red onion; 1 clove garlic; 1 cup water; 1 cup distilled white vinegar; 3 tablespoons sugar; 1 teaspoon oregano; 1 tablespoon salt; juice from 2 large limes; 16 oz. room temperature cream cheese; 1 cup chopped Pickled Jalapeños & Onions; 1 tablespoon Old El Paso Taco Seasoning; 2 tablespoons sour cream; 3 tablespoons Old El Paso Taco Sauce; 1 lb. thinly sliced beef; 1 packet of Old El Paso Taco Seasoning in the soft taco kit, reserve 1 tablespoon; Old El Paso Mini Taco Boats - 12 count; 7 oz. sliced Gouda cheese; pickled jalapeños & onions; pickled jalapeño dip

Diet Coke® Cranberry Walnut Chutney with Brie in Puff Pastry Recipe

10 · Dec 1, 2017 · Leave a Comment

This post is being sponsored by The Coca-Cola Company. All thoughts and opinions are my own.

With the Holidays soon upon us, it’s time to start thinking about what to make for all of our family gatherings and what to stock-up on to keep our pantry full for the season. For me, I’ll be heading to Sam’s Club and stocking up on several items. Good cheeses, pickles, olives, bread, puff pastry, seasonal fruit, nuts, spices and of course plenty of Diet CokeⓇ! Come see what we will be making at our house…

A table full of seasonal goodies is what really makes the Holidays for my family and I. The kitchen, especially the table is the center of the season with all kinds of scrumptious goodies. We have several food traditions in our home… Of course the typical cookie and candy making, the traditional meals for Thanksgiving and Christmas and some not so traditional like a dinner that is made up of a whole spread of yummy appetizers for New Years.

Friends and family are always dropping by and I’ve learned that it’s super important to keep the pantry stocked at all times so that we are prepared for unexpected guests. Here are some of my pantry staples from Sam’s Club.

Holiday Pantry Staples

It’s always good to have those quick appetizers or snacks on hand like the pickles, olives, cheese and crackers. The Sam’s Club French Bread freezes beautifully and is easy to pull out to go with soup or to slice up to use with a dip. Their seasonal fruit is exceptional and is great to give as a quick gift. You could even make a gift out of holiday spices… Wouldn’t that be fun! It’s good to keep nuts on hand for baking along with snacking and we CAN’T FORGET the Diet CokeⓇ! It’s perfect for serving to guests, for helping you get through the craziness of the season AND for baking or cooking.

Wait a minute… Baking and cooking? Yep, Diet CokeⓇ is a great pantry staple that is good for cooking with as well. You may have heard of Diet CokeⓇ cake or even several types of meat slow cook nicely in Coca-ColaⓇ. Here is one of my favorite recipes for Cranberry Chutney with Brie in Puff Pastry to take to Holiday gatherings that is made with, surprisingly enough, Diet CokeⓇ! Here is a QUICK little video to show you how I put it together.

Diet CokeⓇ Cranberry and Walnut Chutney with Brie in Puff Pastry – WhipperBerry from Heather Thoming on Vimeo.

I LOVE how the Diet CokeⓇ Cranberry Walnut Chutney pairs with the Brie cheese, what’s fun is that it’s all wrapped up like a nice gift in some puff pastry. You have the savory cheese paired with the tangy and sweet chutney that is simply scrumptious. Plus, it looks great on a Holiday table. Our family can’t get enough of it! Here’s how to make it.

Diet CokeⓇ Cranberry Walnut Chutney with Brie in Puff Pastry

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Tailgate in Style with Beefy Jalapeño Bites

9 · Sep 10, 2017 · Leave a Comment

Kick up your game for GAME DAY! These Beefy Jalapeño Bites will win over even the most picky tailgater. Filled with Gouda cheese, Old El Paso seasoned beef and topped with scrumptious homemade pickled jalapeños… What’s not to LOVE! Come learn how to make these tasty treats.

Disclaimer • This post is brought to you by Old El Paso & Walmart. All thoughts, ideas and opinions are my very own.

Tailgating season is upon us and the age old question remains… What to make to share with our football loving friends? You know you want it to be fabulous, full of flavor but, easy to make. We live in Lincoln, Nebraska where football is the state religion (yea, not kidding.) People take football & Tailgating VERY SERIOUSLY here! I have no room for error when it comes to game day treats.

The problem is, you don’t want to spend all of your time in the kitchen or stuck at the grill when you have tailgating to do & games to watch. One of my secrets is to create elements that you can make ahead that really take your tasty bites up a level. Another secret, find elements that make serving and eating the food easy. No one wants to be weighed down with messing plates and hands. They want to grab and go without any fuss.

With that challenge in mind, I headed to Walmart to grab some of my favorites to create a new tasty treat for game day. First stop, the Old El Paso Section where I grabbed some of their Mini Taco Boats along with an Soft Taco Kit. These gems are perfect for creating easy and tasty treats that anyone can eat in 2-3 bites. The Taco Boats are flat on the bottom. That means they are easy to fill, serve and eat all in one. Touchdown!

Next, I grabbed some thin sliced beef. The kind you would use for fajitas. Some sliced Gouda cheese, Jalapeños, red onion and a few more ingredients that I’ll share in my recipe. Now, the secret to this recipe is the homemade pickled jalapeños and onions. This is what takes a normal tailgate small bite dish and kicks it up several notches and turns it into MAGIC!

Here’s a quick video to show you how to make these Beefy Jalapeño Bites…

Kick up your game for GAME DAY! These Beefy Jalapeño Bites will win over even the most picky tailgater. Filled with Gouda cheese, Old El Paso seasoned beef and topped with scrumptious homemade pickled jalapeños… What’s not to LOVE! Created by WhipperBerry

Beefy Jalapeno Bites

Prep 40 mins

Cook 10 mins

Inactive 4 hours

Total 4 hours, 50 mins

Author Heather Thoming • WhipperBerry

Yield 12 taco boats

Ingredients

Pickled Jalapeños and Onions

5-6 medium to large jalapeños
1 red onion
1 clove garlic
1 cup water
1 cup distilled white vinegar
3 tablespoons sugar
1 teaspoon oregano
1 tablespoon salt
juice from 2 large limes

Pickled Jalapeño Dip

16 oz. room temperature cream cheese
1 cup chopped Pickled Jalapeños & Onions
1 tablespoon Old El Paso Taco Seasoning
2 tablespoons sour cream
3 tablespoons Old El Paso Taco Sauce

Beefy Jalapeño Bites

1 lb. thinly sliced beef
1 packet of Old El Paso Taco Seasoning in the soft taco kit, reserve 1 tablespoon
Old El Paso Mini Taco Boats - 12 count
7 oz. sliced Gouda cheese
pickled jalapeños & onions
pickled jalapeño dip

Instructions

Pickled Jalapeños & Onions

Sterilize your jar in the dishwasher and hand wash the lid and ring.
Wash and slice the jalapeños into rings. Don't make them too thin.
Thinly slice the red onion.
In a medium saucepan over medium high heat, add water, vinegar, sugar, oregano, salt, lime juice and garlic. Bring to a boil stirring occasionally. Make sure the salt and sugar fully dissolve.
Layer the jalapeños and onion in the sterilized jar.
Pour pickling brine over the jalapeños and onions.
Place lid on jar and put into refrigerator for at least 4 hours. Preferably, overnight or longer.
These pickled jalapeños and onions will last in the refrigerator for 2 months.

Pickled Jalapeño Dip

Place room temperature cream cheese into the mixing bowl.
Dice the pickled jalapeños and onions and add to the cream cheese along with the sour cream, Old El Paso Taco Seasoning and Taco Sauce.
Whip mixture until nice and light for about 1-2 minutes.
Place in an air tight container and store for up to a week.

Beefy Jalapeno Bites

Slice your thinly sliced beef into strips.
Place beef strips into a non-stick skillet on Medium heat.
Add the remaining Old El Paso Taco Seasoning and brown the meat.
Once meat is browned remove from the heat and start to build your beefy jalapeño bites.
Fold one slice of gouda in half and place the entire slice into the Old El Paso Mini Taco Boat.
Fill the mini taco boat with beef mixture and top with a couple of the pickled jalapeños and onion strips.
Place in a toaster oven or under the broiler in your oven and toast for 2 minutes or until the cheese has melted. Be careful not to burn the edges of your mini taco boat.
Remove from the oven and place on a serving tray.
Serve with the Pickled Jalapeño Dip

Notes

Make your pickled jalapeños and onion along with the dip a few days before hand, then all you have to do on game day is brown your meat and build your tasty bites. Super easy and oh, so good!

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Cheesy Salsa and Green Onion Dip Recipe

10 · Dec 20, 2016 · Leave a Comment

Everyone loves a good party dip and no, I’m not talking about your crazy uncle. I’m talking about those scrumptious treats that go so well with veggies and chips. It’s not an everyday thing, it’s one of those tasty treats that you enjoy when celebrating with family and friends. I’ve even attended parties focused solely on a dip recipe. Ever been to a “12 Dips of Christmas” party? It’s a great way to enjoy all kinds of goodies in one night. I’m a kind of girl that really loves to have a little taste of everything rather than sitting down to one meal so that kind of party really appeals to me. With that in mind, I thought together, with my favorite Old El Paso friends, I would put together a great dip that everyone will love!

This Cheesy Salsa and Green Onion Dip will be the perfect addition to your next get together! The fact that it’s a cinch to make and you can make it ahead of time is another bonus!

• You can find the full Cheesy Salsa and Green Onion Dip Recipe at Old El Paso •

Here’s what you’ll need…

You can get the full list of ingredients at the link above.

1st important item, make sure your cream cheese is at room temperature. Then add it to your mixing bowl and whisk until nice and smooth.

Next, add your green onion.

Then add the Old El Paso Taco Seasoning.

Next up, add the Old El Paso Thick n’ Chunky Salsa & the Old El Paso Taco Sauce.

Finally you’ll add the cheese and mix it well.

Serve with your favorite veggies and chips!

Disclaimer // I am an Old El Paso Ambassador and this post was sponsored. As always, I will never post about a company or product that I don’t truly believe in!

Peppermint Chocolate Ganache Dip Recipe

13 · Dec 16, 2016 · Leave a Comment

Ahhhh, Peppermint season… We LOVE it here at our house! What goes best with Peppermint? Chocolate of course! Here’s a fun new recipe for Peppermint Chocolate Ganache Dip perfect for Holiday parties.

The minute the candy canes roll out, we’re hooked on all things peppermint. Peppermint hot chocolate, peppermint shakes, peppermint sugar cookies, peppermint ice cream… If it can handle peppermint, we’ll add it!

With it being the Holiday gathering season, I thought it would be fun to create a Peppermint Chocolate Ganache Dip perfect for all of those Holiday parties we’re truckin’ off to. If you’re like me at all you’re on the hunt to find the perfect goodie to bring to all of those Holiday parties every year. This one is sinfully delicious and will make all of those Peppermint lovers squeal with delight. Yep, I promise!

Think dipping your favorite cookie, pastry or even potato chip into a warm minty fudge delight. It’s a winner in my book!

It’s super easy to make thanks to our friends at International Delight!

It’s similar to making fudge, but you serve it warm and as a dip rather than letting it set-up into fudge.

AND… it’s scrumptious! Here’s how you make it…

Peppermint Chocolate Ganache Dip Recipe

• The full printable recipe is below •

You’ll start with melting your chocolate chips. Using a microwave save bowl, add 2 1/2 cups of good quality chocolate chips. For this recipe I use semi-sweet, but you can use your favorite type of chocolate. Place them in the microwave for 30 seconds and then remove and stir.

They will just start to melt, stir them around and place back in the microwave.

With chocolate you want to be careful, you never want to cook it for more than 30 seconds at a time. Chocolate can burn or scorch quickly, so you want to make sure to cook it slowly. You can always do this over a double boiler as well.

Place back into the microwave for another 30 seconds.

It’s starting to melt and become nice and smooth. If needed add it to the microwave for an additional 30 seconds. Remove and stir until nice and smooth.

Here is where the fun begins. I want this peppermint chocolate dip to have a nice strong minty flavor so I add a 1/4 teaspoon of peppermint extract first.

Then I add the International Delight Peppermint Mocha Creamer and sweetened condensed milk.

whisk that really well and then added a nice pinch of salt. Salt always makes even sweet things taste so much better. It helps to balance the sweet and make it delicious!

Whisk the salt in and you’re ready to go. Add your dip to a nice serving dish and serve with your favorite treats.

Ummm, Yum!!

Try dipping potato chips in the Peppermint Chocolate Ganache Dip… it’s crazy awesome with the salty & sweet element!

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Peppermint Chocolate Dip

Prep 3 mins

Cook 5 mins

Total 8 mins

Yield 20 people

With just a couple of ingredients turn your Holiday party table into the hit of the season!

Ingredients

3 cups semi-sweet chocolate chips
1/4 teaspoon peppermint extract
1/2 cup International Delight Peppermint Mocha Creamer
1/4 cup sweetened condensed milk
1/8 teaspoon salt (roughly a large pinch)

Garnish with crushed peppermint and serve with simple cookies, rice crispy treats or potato chips.

Instructions

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You'll start with melting your chocolate chips. Using a microwave save bowl add 2 1/2 cups of good quality chocolate chips. For this recipe I use semi-sweet, but you can use your favorite type of chocolate. Place them in the microwave for 30 seconds and then remove and stir.

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They will just start to melt, stir them around and place back in the microwave.

Place back into the microwave for another 30 seconds.

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It's starting to melt and become nice and smooth. If needed add it to the microwave for an additional 30 seconds. Remove and stir until nice and smooth.

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Here is where the fun begins. I want this peppermint chocolate dip to have a nice strong minty flavor so I add a 1/4 teaspoon of peppermint extract first.

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Then I add the International Delight Peppermint Mocha Creamer and sweetened condensed milk.

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I whisked that really well and then added a nice pinch of salt. Salt always makes even sweet things taste so much better. It helps to balance the sweet and make it so much better!

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Whisk the salt in and you're ready to go. Add your dip to a nice serving dish and serve with your favorite treats.

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Notes

If your dip is too thick, add a little more of the creamer a little bit at a time until you get your desired consistency. If it's too thin add a few more chocolate chips.

Courses Dessert, Appetizer

This is a sponsored conversation written by me on behalf of International Delight. The opinions and text are all mine.

Condiment

Diet CokeⓇ Cranberry Walnut Chutney with Brie in Puff Pastry

Beefy Jalapeno Bites

Ingredients

Pickled Jalapeños and Onions

Pickled Jalapeño Dip

Beefy Jalapeño Bites

Instructions

Pickled Jalapeños & Onions

Pickled Jalapeño Dip

Beefy Jalapeno Bites

Notes

Notes

• You can find the full Cheesy Salsa and Green Onion Dip Recipe at Old El Paso •

Peppermint Chocolate Ganache Dip Recipe

Peppermint Chocolate Dip

Ingredients

Instructions

Notes

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