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You Are My Sunshine Oreo Pops

September 17, 2017 By Aileen Leave a Comment This post contains affiliate links. As an Amazon Associate and member of other affiliate programs, I earn from qualifying purchases.

We had a you are my sunshine themed first birthday party for my daughter and I made these adorable (and tasty) you are my sunshine oreo pops to go with them. If you’ve never made oreo cookie pops before, then believe me when I say they are easier than you think. This tutorial will show…

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Filed Under: Cookie Recipes, Dessert Recipes, Recipes Tagged With: birthday parties, Dessert, first birthday, oreos, party favors. you are my sunshine party

Mini Pumpkin Cheesecakes

August 29, 2017 By Aileen Leave a Comment This post contains affiliate links. As an Amazon Associate and member of other affiliate programs, I earn from qualifying purchases.

Mini Pumpkin Cheesecakes are cheesecake in cupcake form. They are sweet and creamy – the perfect fall dessert. Serve them plain or topped with whipped cream for an extra special treat. We love baking pumpkin treats. We have made instant pot pumpkin cheesecake, pumpkin sheet cake with cream cheese frosting, glazed pumpkin spice cookies, pumpkin streusel…

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Mini Pumpkin Cheescakes - they are cheescakes in cupcake form! The perfect fall dessert.

Filed Under: Cheesecake Recipes, Dessert Recipes, Freezer Meals, Holiday Recipes, Pumpkin Recipes, Recipes, Thanksgiving Dessert Recipes, Thanksgiving Recipes, Vegetable Recipes Tagged With: cheesecake, Dessert, fall, Pumpkin

Birthday Cake Twinkie Pops

July 29, 2017 By Aileen Leave a Comment This post contains affiliate links. As an Amazon Associate and member of other affiliate programs, I earn from qualifying purchases.

This Birthday Cake Twinkie Pops Recipe is sponsored by Hostess. All opinions are my own. My daughter Katie loves any treat with pink frosting and sprinkles. Not that I can blame her, sprinkles are delicious. So are twinkies, by the way. Which is why I jumped on the opportunity to make something extra special for…

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Easy and fun birthday cake twinkie pops are easy to make for a birthday party, back to school, lunch box treat, or just because! My kids love birthday cake twinkies on a stick, too! They are just like cake pops, but bigger and easier!

Filed Under: Dessert Recipes, Recipes Tagged With: birthday cake, Dessert, lunch box treat, sprinkles, twinkies

Nutella Brownies

November 9, 2016 By Aileen 11 Comments This post contains affiliate links. As an Amazon Associate and member of other affiliate programs, I earn from qualifying purchases.

Fudgy and decadent, these Nutella Brownies are a special treat! You are going to love what Nutella does to a classic brownie recipe that makes amazing! Why has it taken me so long to discover Nutella? I had tried it in a baked good maybe once in the past, but hadn’t really discovered it (and started buying…

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Nutella Brownies are perfectly fudgy, chocolaty, and just a bit chewy. Be prepared to eat the whole pan in one sitting! Recipe from aileencooks.com.

Filed Under: Brownie Recipes, Dessert Recipes, Recipes Tagged With: brownies, chocolate recipes, Dessert, nutella

Pumpkin Sheet Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting

September 8, 2016 By Aileen 6 Comments This post contains affiliate links. As an Amazon Associate and member of other affiliate programs, I earn from qualifying purchases.

If you try any new pumpkin spice recipe this season, make it this pumpkin sheet cake with cream cheese frosting. It’s sweet, moist, and flavorful. Plus, it makes your whole house smell like pumpkin. So good! We love our pumpkin desserts and have shared several pumpkin spice recipes over the years. Some of our favorites…

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A slice of pumpkin sheet cake with cream cheese frosting with the fork sticking out of the top of the cake.

Filed Under: Cake Recipes, Dessert Recipes, Holiday Recipes, Pumpkin Recipes, Recipes, Thanksgiving Dessert Recipes, Thanksgiving Recipes, Vegetable Recipes Tagged With: Cake, Dessert, fall, Pumpkin, Pumpkin Spice, Sheet Cake

Soft Pumpkin Spice Cookies with Vanilla Glaze

September 2, 2016 By Aileen 2 Comments This post contains affiliate links. As an Amazon Associate and member of other affiliate programs, I earn from qualifying purchases.

Enjoy a batch of these soft and cakey pumpkin spice cookies with vanilla glaze. They are the perfect treat for your pumpkin spice craving! Since September 1st was the unofficial start of pumpkin spice season, I’m sharing an easy and delicious recipe for glazed pumpkin spice cookies. When I made these cookies, it was about…

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Glazed Pumpkin Spice Cookies from aileencooks.com

Filed Under: Cookie Recipes, Dessert Recipes, Holiday Recipes, Pumpkin Recipes, Recipes, Thanksgiving Dessert Recipes, Thanksgiving Recipes, Vegetable Recipes Tagged With: Cookies, Dessert, fall, Pumpkin, Pumpkin Spice

Cooking With Kids: White Chocolate Bark

November 13, 2015 By Aileen 12 Comments This post contains affiliate links. As an Amazon Associate and member of other affiliate programs, I earn from qualifying purchases.

Over the weekend, we made White Chocolate Bark with our kids. My husband was home to help, which is good because this installment of cooking with kids was definitely a two-man operation. I have cooked with my two kids by myself plenty of times, but this recipe seemed to be a bit more chaotic. It…

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Filed Under: Cooking Recipes for Kids, Dessert Recipes, Recipes Tagged With: chocolate, cooking with kids, Dessert, kids

Peanut Butter Cups

October 15, 2015 By Aileen 4 Comments This post contains affiliate links. As an Amazon Associate and member of other affiliate programs, I earn from qualifying purchases.

I am a HUGE peanut butter cup fan. I used to buy the two pack of them after school almost every day in 10th grade. Once I started getting into making my own recipes from scratch, I had to explore this idea. These peanut butter cups are the perfect sweet treat after dinner. I make…

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Filed Under: Dessert Recipes, Recipes Tagged With: chocolate, Dessert, recipes

Soft Peanut Butter Chocolate Chunk Cookies

August 25, 2015 By Aileen 3 Comments This post contains affiliate links. As an Amazon Associate and member of other affiliate programs, I earn from qualifying purchases.

These Peanut Butter Chocolate Chunk Cookies are chewy on the inside and crisp on the outside with just the right amount of peanut butter flavor and chocolate in every bite.

A white plate piled with soft peanut butter chocolate chunk cookies.

Filed Under: Cookie Recipes, Dessert Recipes, Recipes Tagged With: Chocolate Chip, Chocolate Chunk, Cookies, Dessert, Peanut Butter

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