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Chocolate Cherry Push Pops INGREDIENTS Chocolate Cake, baked and cooled in a jelly roll pan so it’s thin (I used Duncan Hines Dark Chocolate Fudge) Cherry Frosting: 2 sticks (1 cup) butter, slightly softened 10 oz jar maraschino cherries 4 cups powdered sugar 20 empty push...

Chocolate Covered Cherry Coconut Blossoms INGREDIENTS 2 sticks salted butter, softened 1/2 cup sugar 3/4 cup light corn syrup 1 large egg 2 teaspoons vanilla 3 1/2 cups flour 1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa powder 1/2 teaspoon baking soda 3/4 cup sweetened shredded coconut 3 dozen...

Cherry Pie Bars Adapted from Sugar, Sugar INGREDIENTS 3 cups flour 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder 1 teaspoon salt 1 cup (2 sticks) butter, slightly softened 1 3/4 cups white sugar 1/2 cup packed brown sugar 4 eggs 1 teaspoon vanilla 1 (21 oz) can cherry pie filling 1 cup powdered...

Cherry Limeade Cupcakes INGREDIENTS 18.25 oz white cake mix 1 cup limeade concentrate, thawed 3 eggs 1/4 cup oil few drops green food coloring Frosting: 2 sticks (1 cup) butter, slightly softened 10 oz jar maraschino cherries 4 cups powdered sugar INSTRUCTIONS 1.  Preheat oven to...

Cherry Cheesecake Cookies From America’s Test Kitchen Holiday Cookies 2010 INGREDIENTS 3 1/2 cups all purpose flour 2 teaspoons baking powder 1 teaspoon salt 2 (8 oz) packages of cream cheese, softened 2 1/2 sticks butter (20 tablespoons), softened 1 1/2 cups granulated...

One thing about marriage that is not so romantic is that you run out of things to talk about.  Especially me, because I stay home all day, so it’s not like I have annoying co-workers or super important business lunches to discuss.  There for awhile, my husband would come...

Cherry Vanilla Tuxedo Cake INGREDIENTS 1 box French Vanilla cake mix Eggs called for on box Vegetable oil called for on box Water called for on box 1 jar maraschino cherries in juice For Frosting: 2 sticks butter, slightly softened 5 Tablespoons maraschino cherry juice 1 teaspoon...

Cherry Chocolate Chunk Whoopie Pies INGREDIENTS Cookie: 1 box dark chocolate fudge cake mix 3 eggs 1/2 cup water 1/2 cup vegetable oil Filling: 2 sticks butter, slightly softened 3 1/2 cups powdered sugar 1/2 cup bittersweet chocolate, chopped into chunks Jar of maraschino...

  I am a firm believer that it doesn’t really matter what we can’t do in life, what DOES matter is how we handle our weaknesses.   I mean, we can’t all be good at everything.  And that’s fine.  So long as we recognize it.   Like myself, for...

  The beginning of the Christmas season means a couple of things for me. The most important being that any time my son misbehaves I look around me and shout, “did you see that, Santa?! Did you see THAT?!”. Seriously, try it.  It’s so great. The second most...

As someone who was a kid at one time, I pretty much consider myself to be a kid expert. Seriously, I have years of experience at being a kid. So I can tell you with quite a bit of authority that you had probably better not let your little ones watch any scary movies until they...