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Candy Cane Night Chocolate Brownies Amongst Cookie Crust

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Nobody wants a candy cane inwards their stocking. On Christmas morning, Reese's Trees, Andes Mints, in addition to dark-green in addition to scarlet M&M's instruct all the sweet-tooth glory. So why non combine candy canes amongst chocolate? As usual, I bought every seasonal mint care for I could find: Candy Cane Hershey's Kisses, Peppermint Marshmallows, in addition to Candy Cane Oreos. I added all 3 of them to nighttime chocolate brownie mix. The brownies came out in addition to thence incredibly gooey. Like, in addition to thence gooey they remain that agency fifty-fifty later on they cool. They're non runny, merely you'll in all likelihood desire a fork to swallow one. It was all an accident. Those scarlet dots are peppermint marshmallows! My mom gave me a super-complicated nutrient processor, in addition to I was trying to purpose it to chop upwardly the Candy Cane Hershey's Kisses. I couldn't figure it out, in addition to thence I tur

Gingerbread Cookie Truffles

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I LOVE Christmas. But always since I moved upwards north, I haven't gone all out amongst the decorations. I've develop a wimpy lilliputian Walmart tree, if that fifty-fifty counts. This twelvemonth I decided it was time: I'm engaged, together with Frank has a theatre (with a stocking-ready fireplace!) merely begging to move decked out. So nosotros bought our showtime existent tree, had stockings embroidered amongst our names, together with develop the Christmas hamlet from my childhood inwards the window. I was dying to part my decorations, thus I invited a couplet friends over for hot chocolate, a fire, and... Gingerbread cookie truffles!  Excuse my sloppiness. I abhor coating truffles! I've never been a large fan of gingerbread cookies, unless they're inwards the cast of a house. (My best creation: a gingerbread version of Graceland.) But, of course, beingness a huge fan of novelty Oreos, I had to purchase Gingerbread Oreos. I was pleasantly s

Double Mint Chocolate Cookies

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I know, it's non fifty-fifty Dec 1st together with I'm baking Christmas cookies. But who says mint-chocolate can't last delicious inward November? No one. These cookies are 1 of my dig-through-the-pantry efforts that turned out to last a winner. No thing the fourth dimension of year.  I started amongst Jell-O Candy Cane Pudding Mix, together with thence crunched upwardly a (well-preserved) box of Thin Mints to deepen the minty season together with add together texture. I stirred inward a picayune Hershey's cocoa pulverisation to deliver the chocolatey richness I craved, together with used self-rising flour thence the cookies would convey a cakey texture. I rolled the dough into perfect picayune balls, shoved them inward the oven, together with hoped for the best.  I didn't allow myself down. These cookie are divine. They're thence soft they should last called a "cakie" instead of a cookie. The mint season isn't equally overwhelming as,

Inside An Hgtv Home!

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Welcome invitee blogger Katie Shands, my sister! She lives inwards Knoxville, Tennessee, which also happens to live on the dwelling of HGTV. She of late visited the first-ever HGTV HOME Product House, featuring the novel work of HGTV flooring, paints, lighting, as well as furniture. (Lucky her: The dwelling is only downwards the street from her subdivision!) She snapped lots of photos as well as learned a few blueprint lessons along the way.  Style Trend #1: Wallpaper Accent Walls Wallpaper tin live on a fighting overwhelming when used on all 4 walls. However, when applied to a unmarried wall, it tin cash inwards one's chips the focal betoken of a room. It's a unproblematic way to give an 2d facelift to whatever space. Use it to liven upwardly the entryway wall or behind the bed to frame the sleeping space. Large, bold prints appear to live on the tendency correct now, but select what best suits your tastes. And if y'all however are opposed to the cat