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Microwave Gingerbread Toffee, A Reader Survey + Meal Plan Monday Week 50

December 14, 2015 by Steph Powers 2 Comments

Happy Monday! Did you know that there are only 11 days until Christmas?! I feel like the holidays snuck up on me waaaaaay too fast this year. I've got 4 important things to share with you today. First - Microwave Gingerbread Toffee   In case you're looking for a quick last minute gift or treat for a holiday party, I wanted to make sure I shared this Microwave Gingerbread Toffee over ...

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Filed Under: Gluten-Free, Holiday, Meal Plan Monday, My Cooking Spot, Party, Recipes, Sweets, Vegetarian Tagged With: gingerbread, microwave, My Cooking Spot, sweet treats, toffee

Microwave Toffee Popcorn, My Blogiversary, and Meal Plan Monday Week 45

November 9, 2015 by Steph Powers 7 Comments

A recipe for buttery Microwave Toffee Popcorn to celebrate my birthday and my 2nd Blogiversary! Happy Monday y'all! Today is my birthday, and my 2 year Blogiversary passed us by during Croctober last month so I thought I'd celebrate both of those things today with a fun recipe for Microwave Toffee Popcorn! I started to try baking a birthday cake and going all out, but then I remembered that ...

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Filed Under: Appetizers, Gluten-Free, Party, Recipes, Simple, Snacks, Sweets, Vegetarian Tagged With: caramel popcorn, kettle corn, microwave, popcorn, toffee, toffee popcorn

No Bake Butterscotch Cookie Butter Bird Nests

April 3, 2015 by Steph Powers 2 Comments

Cookie Butter and butterscotch? No way! These bird nests are always a huge hit to make with the kids.

These fun Butterscotch Cookie Butter Bird Nests treats are made with creamy butterscotch morsels and craveable cookie butter that's poured over chow mein noodles and topped with candy eggs.  Yep, you read that correctly - butterscotch cookie butter bird nests. And they're no bake to boot! I put these together earlier this week for a small group treat, and wanted to put a fun twist on ...

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Filed Under: Holiday, Recipes, Simple, Sweets, Vegetarian Tagged With: Bird Nests, Butterscotch, Chow Mein Noodles, cookie butter, Easter, eggs, microwave

Microwave Saltine Toffee and Cranberry Pistachio Toffee

December 19, 2014 by 9 Comments

Saltine Toffee aka "Christmas Crack" just got easier with this 10 minute microwave recipe.

Saltine Toffee aka "Christmas Crack" just got easier with this 10 minute microwave recipe! Last year I shared with you my family's famous 10 minute microwave toffee recipe. It's gone a bit viral on Pinterest since then, and has been super popular over the past few months. I think everyone appreciates a great quick gift or office treat this time of year.  I've seen a few recipes for saltine ...

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Filed Under: Gluten-Free, Recipes, Simple, Snacks, Sweets, Vegetarian Tagged With: candy, christmas, christmas crack, cranberry, microwave, pistachio, saltine toffee, toffee

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I'm Stephanie. I'm an Austin, Texas native living in Denver, Colorado who blogs about my favorite Tex-Mex and travel-inspired recipe creations, food photography tech resources for bloggers. I want to make it easier for you provide sustenance to your family and show hospitality to others. Click here to learn more about me.

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