Tag: ★★★★★
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Trying out Nestle Carnations’ Famous Fudge Kit
Behind cookies, the next best popular Christmas baking tradition is making fudge. I personally have a few different recipes and flavor combinations that I cycle through each year but they always follow the same theme, quick, easy, and made in the microwave. Each recipe varies but typically you put everything in a bowl and melt Read more
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Testing out Cookie Butter Flavored Cookie Cups by Favorite Day
As I was strolling the holiday aisles at Target I found a section dedicated to seasonal baking goods. Of course they had box mixes for gingerbread and sugar cookies but I also found something that stood out; cookie butter flavored cookie cups by Favorite Day, Target’s house brand. That name is a mouthful but I Read more
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Trying Krusteaz’s Premade Brownie Batter and Scrambled Brownies
This post has it all. A brand new Krusteaz product, a new brownie for the best brownie hunt, and an article online that suggested scrambling brownies rather than baking them. Buckle in because you are in for a ride today. Krusteaz products always amaze me so I was super excited to learn they have a Read more
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Turning Pillsbury’s Red Velvet Cake Mix into Cookies
There are so many cake mix hacks on the internet, they range from making a cake out of just box mix and a soda, to elevating the box mix to taste even better. On Pillsbury’s official baking Instagram account, they shared a video and a recipe hack that turns their red velvet cake mix and Read more
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Trying out Libby’s Pumpkin Bread box mix
After our disaster a few weeks ago with Jello’s “pumpkin flavored” pie, I was overly excited to find Libby’s Pumpkin Bread box mix in the stores that includes a can of pumpkin puree. When I first found this box mix, I was at a Safeway out of state with no room in my luggage to Read more
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Testing out Frosted Brown Sugar Cinnamon Pop Tart Cookies by Sugar Spun Run
Today, I have one of those recipe that you come across online and think to yourself “why did they do that” and also “I bet that’s really good”. I never once thought that I needed a brown sugar cinnamon pop tart converted into a cookie but here I am with my curiosity piqued. This isn’t Read more
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Trying out Betty Crocker’s Reese’s coffee cake mix
Betty Crocker partnered with Reese’s and made a few different baking mixes. We previously tried their peanut butter no bake bar mix and now we are diving into their coffee cake mix. This box describes this dessert as “Peanut butter cake mix with Reese’s peanut butter chips and brown sugar streusel topping”. This absolutely sounds Read more
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Trying out a chocolate chip cookie recipe from Instagram
On Instagram, I came across a video from iramsfoodstory sharing their perfected chocolate chip cookie recipe. The cookies in the video looked perfect like they claimed so I had to try them out. I included the video here to give credit and also the recipe in case you would like to use it. At first Read more
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Reviewing Krusteaz’s Meyer Lemon bar box mix
I absolutely love a good lemon bar and come to think of it, I’ve never had a bad lemon bar, just some mediocre ones. The best lemon bar I’ve had was given to me by a coworker from their favorite restaurant that they had just come back from. It was extraordinary. I only had it Read more
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Trying a new brand, Lehi Mills’ Raspberry Muffin Mix
Lehi Mills is a brand that I had never seen before. I found it on the shelf at my local WalMart and got really excited to have a new brand to discover. Looking into the companies website I couldn’t find exactly when they starting making baking mixes but in 2019 the company announced they were Read more