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Name: Peppermint Chocolate Dip
Prep time: 3 min
Cook time: 5 min
Total time: 8 min
Yield: 20 people
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)

Mummy Hot Dogs • How To Video

13 · Sep 26, 2017 · Leave a Comment

There’s nothing better than a simple, scrumptious and slightly spooky treat for Halloween! Come learn how easy it is to make these frightfully delicious Mummy Hot Dogs for your little {and BIG} Trick-or-Treaters.

• Disclaimer – This post brought to you by Pillsbury™ & Walmart. All thoughts, ideas & opinions are my own •

You guys… Halloween is almost upon us and it’s time to start preparing for the fun night. My little guy is super excited and the funny thing is my older kiddos are just as excited. Part of the fun for us adults is in creating the magic for our kiddos. It’s so fun to create creepy treats that have that weird quality of visually grossing you out, and then actually tasty quite good. Have you seen the brain cake that’s going around these day… eeeew! I’m not sure I could do that one.

Pillsbury™ has a classic addition to the Halloween meal menu, the Mummy Hot Dog. This one is almost a little too cute to be creepy… My kiddos love them! We headed to Walmart today and grabbed some Mummy Hot Dog supplies. You’ll need…

Mummy Hot Dog Ingredients

•Hot dogs

•Pillsbury™ Crescent Rolls

•Sliced cheese

•Whole cloves

They are super easy to make. Here is a little video that I put together to show how fun they can be…

How cool is that? It’s one of those fun meals that the whole family can make together. You can change up the hot dog option for Dad and use a cooked brat instead or, how good would they be with pepper jack cheese… Really, the sky’s the limit. You can have all kinds of fun with this meal.

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.

Cinnamon Roll House Centerpiece

11 · Dec 5, 2016 · 1 Comment

There is something truly magical about baking during the Christmas season. I have very fond memories in the kitchen with my family during the holidays making all kinds of goodies. Cookies, fudge, peanut brittle, my favorite cinnamon roll and all kinds of candies and goodies to pass out to friends and family. I loved to watch my parents in the kitchen working on these projects together. When I was little, my Dad never really spent a whole lot of time in the kitchen except for Christmas. That was the time of year he would join my Mom in the kitchen helping her make up the magical Christmas goodies and making up the scrumptious plates that would be whisked off to our loved ones.

The years we made cinnamon rolls were some of my favorite. As I thought back on those memories, I thought it would be fun to make a centerpiece for our Christmas table out of cinnamon rolls. I mean really, that’s a perfect holiday centerpiece!

I headed off to Walmart to get some inspiration and boy did I find it. I found this fun Gingerbread House Bundt Pan and thought it would be great to make the house out of CINNAMON ROLLS!

It would bring back those memories in the Christmas kitchen with my parents along with bringing in a new tradition with my kiddos. To make it even easier, I decided to make our cinnamon roll house with Pillsbury Grand Cinnamon Rolls. Super easy & tasty as well.

You know when you dream up an idea and then cross your fingers and toes in hopes that it will work? Well, I was beyond thrilled with how this one turned out and it hardly took any of our precious holiday time to make the magic happen. Here’s a quick little video to show you how to make one as well…

I’m mean really, how fun is that?

All you really need to do is…

Spray your pan with non-stick cooking spray.

Layer your Pillsbury Grands Cinnamon Rolls in the gingerbread house pan. I used three cans of Pillsbury Grands Cinnamon Rolls Make sure to press it a bit into the nooks and crannies.

Bake at 350˚ for 50-60 minutes.

You may need to cover it with foil after about 30 minutes to avoid over browning on the bottom.

Once it is baked all the way through (make sure to test with a cake tester), remove from the oven and let sit for 5 minutes and then turn out onto a cooling rack.

I dressed mine up with holiday greenery, some cranberries, powdered sugar and then at the last minute thought I would try it with a drizzle of the icing on top.

First, I laid down some of the greenery on a cake plate.

Then I placed my cinnamon roll house on top and dusted it with powdered sugar and placed a few cranberries and a festive sprig of holly at the door…

Then I thought, you could either leave it like this with the powdered sugar, you could even decorate it with Royal Icing just like a gingerbread house OR, you could drizzle the icing that comes with the Pillsbury Grands Cinnamon Rolls on top of the roof.

I love it BOTH ways! I decided it didn’t need the full Royal Icing treatment. I love the rustic look of the powdered sugar and/or the Pillsbury icing. PLUS, it makes it so much easier to make and extra tasty as well.

So, what do you think? Are you inspired to make a Cinnamon Roll House for your Christmas table?

Disclaimer // This is a Pillsbury sponsored post. All thoughts, ideas and opinions are my very own. Rest assured, I will never promote a brand that I don’t truly love and use in my every day life.

Holidays

Mummy Hot Dog Ingredients

• 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

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