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Chocolate Twinkies Cake Recipe

Chocolate Twinkies Cake Recipe

By Marty Walden · 21 Comments

Beginning with a boxed mix, this Chocolate Twinkies Cake recipe is both easy and delicious! Everyone will RAVE about it and ask for seconds!     When I first started blogging many years ago this was one of the first recipes I shared.   The photographs looked like terrible vacation pictures. Bad lighting and even worse composition.   But you… Read More

Filed Under: chocolate, desserts, family cookbook, recipes

Peach Cobbler Recipe (Only 5 Ingredients!)

Peach Cobbler Recipe (Only 5 Ingredients!)

By Marty Walden · 20 Comments

Do you want your guests to go crazy over your baking skills? Then this dessert is for you! This 5 ingredient Peach Cobbler recipe is to die for and so easy to make! Yes, I’m a good Southern belle. No I don’t like warm weather.  Some people live for summer. The tropical breezes, the longer days and sun kissed tan…. Read More

Filed Under: desserts, family Tagged With: cobbler, fruit, peach, summer, summertime, vacation

Mexican Wedding Cookies

Mexican Wedding Cookies

By Marty Walden ·

Mexican wedding cookies or Russian tea cakes are known for their irresistibly nutty taste and powdered sugar topping on little rounded snowballs! (I’ve included some affiliate links for your convenience.  Click here to read my full disclosure policy.) My sister Brenda and I were born 15 years apart, with just enough time in between for her to be like a second mama to… Read More

Filed Under: desserts, family, Grief, sponsored post Tagged With: Big Lots

Easy No Bake Strawberry Cream Pie

Easy No Bake Strawberry Cream Pie

By Marty Walden · 18 Comments

Substitutions such as plain Greek yogurt make this easy No Bake Strawberry Cream Pie healthier while still tasting delicious and a crowd pleaser all year! When my children were younger one of our favorite early summer outings was to the local strawberry farm. Sometimes we would pack a picnic lunch, ride the tractor into the fields and pet the farm… Read More

Filed Under: desserts, Easy Recipes, family

Salted Caramel Chocolate Chip Cookies

Salted Caramel Chocolate Chip Cookies

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Is there anything more welcoming than warm cookies and milk? This easy Salted Caramel Chocolate Chip Cookies recipe will up your game as best mom and hostess! What is it about cookies straight from the oven that makes me feel so warm and fuzzy? My mom was a working woman but my grandmother lived with us until she passed away… Read More

Filed Under: desserts, Easy Recipes Tagged With: cookies, dessert, Family

Rice Krispies Treats Ornament

Rice Krispies Treats Ornament

By Marty Walden · 1 Comment

Don’t miss out on special family memories this Christmas! This Rice Krispies treats ornament is a perfect way to help your kids imagination soar! Kellogg Company sponsored this blog post. The opinions and text are all mine. One of my favorite parts of the holiday season has always been time spent in the kitchen with my children. As a homeschooling mom… Read More

Filed Under: desserts, sponsored post

Easy Molasses Cookies Recipe

Easy Molasses Cookies Recipe

By Marty Walden · 12 Comments

I am a chocolate lover from my days in utero. Ok, I can’t possibly know that but I do know my mom loved chocolate so it’s probably a good assumption! My grandmother lived with us my entire childhood until she passed away when I was 15. She had her own secret hiding place for her sugary goodies. Of course, I… Read More

Filed Under: desserts

Make Ahead Cookie Mix and Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups Cookies

Make Ahead Cookie Mix and Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups Cookies

By Marty Walden · 9 Comments

I love a good bargain and when I received a coupon recently in the mail for $10 free Kohl’s cash plus 30% off I was ready to go shopping! Not really, because anyone who knows me well knows I don’t really do too much shopping in “real” stores. Thrift stores and yard sales are my favorite loves but when Kohl’s enticed me… Read More

Filed Under: desserts Tagged With: Chocolate, Christmas, cookies, holidays, Reese's peanut butter cups

End of Summer Fun with Kids and an Ice Cream Bar

End of Summer Fun with Kids and an Ice Cream Bar

By Marty Walden · 5 Comments

Since my kids are getting older (the youngest is 16 and the oldest is 26!) I invited my great nieces and nephew over for an end of summer fun/back to school celebration. The kids used to call me Auntie M but most of the time now it’s just Marty and I’m good with that. Usually it’s, “Marty, can I have some crackers?”… Read More

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