Hello everyone! Happy Valentine's Day! :) I know that some people get down in the dumps about Valentine's Day because they're single, but honestly, I really love the day. You get to eat food, spend time with family and friends, and make funny cards! I see nothing wrong with this picture.

So, I felt bad that I hadn't baked/made anything food-wise for Valentine's Day. I kind of procrastinated it, big shock there and I couldn't really find a recipe that I just LOVED. But today I was like, you know what, I need to bake SOMETHING! So, I went with something super simple, that is virtually impossible to mess up. (Although I could have burnt the chocolate, so hey, I did something right!! :D )

Chocolate Covered Pretzels!

I kind of am in love with chocolate covered pretzels. Like, they are amazing. SO, I decided to make some today! I really need to make them more often. :D

Literally all that you need are pretzels, white chocolate, and sprinkles. The sprinkles are optional. Wait, why would sprinkles be optional? Why WOULDN'T you use sprinkles?

USE THOSE SPRINKLES, GIRL!!

.....aaaaaanyways. So if you want, you can dye the chocolate with food coloring, but I decided that I wanted to keep it white, to highlight the sprinkles.

So, pour aaaaaaaaaaall of the white chocolate chips into a microwave-safe bowl, and then melt them according to the instructions on the bag.

You have your delicious melted chocolate, now you just dip! I don't have any photos of me dipping the pretzels, because I was kind of wrist-deep in white chocolate goodness. So, unless I wanted to get chocolate on my camera, photos just weren't happening.

Honestly, It's easiest just to dip them with your fingers. It's insanely messy, but it works. You have to work fast, otherwise your chocolate will harden and you'll have to melt it again. Not that I'm speaking from personal experience or anything. :P

You also have to pour the sprinkles while the chocolate is wet, otherwise that won't work either. I actually already knew that!! Woo hoo, ten points to me! :D

I just let mine dry on wax paper. Let's be honest, they aren't exactly gorgeous, but hey, they're delicious!

Once they're dry, enjoy!!! I just had to take a cutesy picture of them haha. Note my nice little heart bowl. I have to at least try to look like a competent blogger here.

Well, hopefully you'll try my delicious Valentine's Day snack! I love making these year round- you just change the sprinkle color!!

I hope that you've all had a great Valentine's Day! :) <3

Tutorial Tuesday- S'mores Trail Mix!

Hi everyone!! :) I've been super busy this past week, but I've still created my Tutorial Tuesday post for you all! Now, I don't know about you, but I LOVE s'mores. They're so gooey and yummy, and agh! I love them. (Tip- if you want to make them REALLY delicious, replace the Hershey's bar with a Reese's cup chopped up. Oh dear heavens, it is delicious!) But sometimes I don't have the time or energy to make a real s'more, or I may not have all of the ingredients. That's where S'mores Trail Mix comes in! It takes all of three minutes to make, and it's super delicious. You could even make a huge batch of it, put it in little baggies, and have the perfect snack when you're running out the door! I'll admit, this isn't the healthiest recipe, but I mean, we're talking about s'mores here. Unhealthiness is kind of implied. ;) Anyways, it's fast and delicious, so I'm super excited to share it with you all!

Step One: Get out your ingredients!

 

First up, we have Golden Grahams cereal! It's so crunchy and sweet and agh!

 Next up, you of course need some chocolate! I like to use milk chocolate chips, but if you want something other form of chocolate, it really doesn't matter. Chopped up candy bar, dark chocolate, semisweet, whatever you'd like!

And of course, marshmallows! How can you have s'mores without marshmallows? 

Step Two: Mix them all together!

Just mix them all together, and there you have it! A delicious s'mores trail mix! I probably put too many marshmallows into mine haha, but what can I say, I love them? :)

And that's it!! It's such a delicious, easy snack for those days when you don't have time for anything else. I hope that you enjoy it! Let me know what you think in the comments!

I Did It!!!!

Guess what, guys?????? I did it! I baked! And I didn't kill anyone! It tasted good!! I'm thrilled, as you can tell. :) (See, Oh One I Shall Not Name But Was Texting Earlier? I didn't blow up anything!) So, I got this idea from Pinterest (where else?), partially because it looked really good, and partially because hey, it's kind of hard to screw up Rice Krispies!! So, I'm quite proud of these, what do you think?

Aren't they cute?? I think that they're absolutely adorable. They're also SUPER easy, which is good if you're like me. :) I was a bad blogger and didn't take pictures as I went along, mainly because I was so worried about messing them up, and partially because I sort of-kind of...forgot. Yep, shame on me. Bad girl, bad!!

So here's the procedure for the Frankensteins and Ghosts!

1. Make your basic Rice Krispy recipe, with Rice Krispies, marshmallows, and butter. Yeah, it's bad for you, but oh well. Yum! :)

2. Split the recipe into two bowls. Leave the bowl for the ghosts alone, and add some green dye to the Frankenstein bowl. Or in my case, lots of green dye. It's so fun! Be careful though, or it will end up all over your floor. Not that I'm speaking from experience or anything.

3. Time to shape the Rice Krispies. Round the ghosts into a kind of oval-ghosty shape. Yep, I made that a word. Next, put your Frankenstein mix into a rectangular pan, and cut it into smaller rectangle shapes. Just a word of advice, spray some Pam onto your hands before you shape the ghosts and Frankensteins so that the mix doesn't stick to your hands. And above all, DO NOT BREATHE IN THE PAM! Again, not speaking from personal experience. At. All. 

4. Let the shapes set for a little while. Enjoy some time to do NOTHING! :D Yes, I just gave you permission to do nothing. You're welcome.

5. Time to melt the chocolate! I melted the white chocolate first, and then spread it around on the ghosts. It was SUPER simple, for which I was eternally grateful. The Frankensteins were a bit more complicated, but not extremely difficult. I just dipped the top of the Frank's head into the milk chocolate, then dragged a fork through it to make it scraggly looking. Again, not too difficult! Yay!

6. Time for eyes! On the ghosts, I just put two little chocolate chips on for eyes, and for the Franks, I used candy eyeballs attached with some leftover white chocolate. Easy!

7. At this point, the ghosts are finished. All that's left to do for the Franks is the mouth. I put some leftover chocolate into a Baggie, cut a *tiny* hole, and squeezed it into the shape I wanted. So simple! 

8. Aaaaaaand...you're done! Enjoy your delicious Rice Krispy treats! Put them on sticks, eat them all in the next ten minutes...it's now up to you! ;D

So, I'm really happy with how they turned out! If you guys try this recipe, let me know how it goes! Now, I'm off to eat a Frankenstein! Or should I eat a ghost? Decisions, decisions....