Chocolate Cherry Muffins Recipe

These chocolate cherry muffins are just the thing to make for Dad for Father's day!  In fact, you could even call them double chocolate cherry muffins, because they're a rich chocolate muffin absolutely packed with chocolate chips and tart dried cherries.  

Three chocolate cherry muffins surrounded by chocolate chips and fresh cherries.

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Spaetzle Recipe (and Kaese Spaetzle Recipe)

Use this spaetzle recipe to make delicious German spaetzle (homemade egg noodles).  No special equipment necessary to make this spaetzle, and I've also included a kaese spaetzle recipe!

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Cotton Candy Favors for a Graduation Party

Make DIY favors for a graduation party that look like miniature graduation cups.  You can fill these graduation favors with anything (I filled mine with cotton candy).

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Carrot Cake Cookies

Carrot cake cookies are a great treat to make when you want all the flavor of homemade carrot cake in bite-sized servings.  This carrot cake cookie recipe makes a soft cookie, and it's especially delicious when topped with cream cheese icing.

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Cream Cheese Icing Recipe

This cream cheese icing recipe is an absolute classic.  Sweet and slightly tangy, cream cheese frosting pairs perfectly with carrot cake, pumpkin desserts, and even red velvet cake.

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Chewy Oatmeal Cookie Recipe

This chewy oatmeal cookie recipe is a family favorite, one we've been using for decades.  If you're looking for a great recipe for oatmeal cookies with no other add-ins, just a perfect oatmeal cookie recipe, this is the one for you.

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How to Make Rainbow Rock Candy

Rainbow rock candy may be the prettiest candy I've ever seen!  This tutorial will show you how to make rainbow rock candy using plain white rock candy and food coloring.

Three sticks of rainbow rock candy held up to a blue sky with white clouds.

This tutorial for rainbow rock candy sticks is SO easy and fast!  And you can use the technique to make custom rock candy to match any party scheme or color theme.  

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Cotton Candy Sugar Cookies

This cotton candy cookie recipe is made with real cotton candy sugar, so it tastes just like real cotton candy!  It's a wonderful cut out sugar cookie that's tender, doesn't spread, and is the perfect pink (or blue, or purple!) shade, just like the cotton candy used to make it.

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Conversation Heart Sugar Cookies

These conversation heart sugar cookies are the perfect, easy to make, mini sugar cookies to make for Valentine's day.  These bite-sized conversation heart cookies have all the adorable good looks of those classic Valentine's day candies, but taste so much better!

Conversation heart cookies in a white bowl on a marble table.

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Cotton Candy Popcorn

This cotton candy popcorn is a delicious variation on classic candied popcorn and is actually made with real cotton candy sugar, so it has that truly authentic flavor.  I developed this recipe to use as cotton candy party favors for my daughter's birthday party.

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