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Happy Halloween!

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Happy Halloween from our family to yours!

Aren’t these just the cutest little spooks!

We had our Halloween party this weekend and this is what the goodies looked like!  I made this popcorn crunch and it was so good.  I used the popcorn puffs instead of popcorn, because I cannot eat popcorn with my braces. (What grandma has braces at this age?  I know of one crazy one!)   Anyway the popcorn was great and I added an orange flavoring to the orange chocolate and cut up orange slices !Here are the candy corn cupcakes and the mini donuts.  By the time I got around to frosting the cupcakes I was so tired that I just did them very quickly and you can tell, but oh well, they tasted great. I had a treat bag for all the kids to take home, complete with a mummy juice box, popcorn, candy and glo sticks for them to use tonight when they go trick or treating.We played a couple of games and had a fish pond which is a tradition that the kids ask about every year!

What are some of your Halloween traditions?  I hope that you all have a great day and a Happy Halloween!

Oh Baby Cakes!

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I was watching Studio 5 the other day and they made some darling mini donuts!  I think that donuts are the new thing, right there along side of the cupcake craze.They looked so fun that I really wanted to try them!

 I do not like to have a lot of kitchen appliances and gadgets, (I do not even own an electric can opener!) but when I saw this donut maker I was completely and totally hooked!  So I ran out to Kohls and bought one and came home that day and my granddaughter and I made these yummy pumpkin spice donuts with maple frosting! The recipe is here along with a double chocolate one!

 Aren’t they just so cute!The donut maker is called Baby Cakes they make all kinds of these little cookers for cake pops, whoopie pies, cupcakes, mini pies, waffles, donuts, etc.  The donuts make six mini donuts at a time and they only take 4-5 minutes for each batch to cook.  This recipe made about 2 1/2 dozen donuts. You put the batter into a frosting bag and just squeeze the batter into the little round molds. We cooked the donuts and then dipped them in the frosting and then into the sprinkles.  Easy peasy!  I can see me making these for alot of our family parties!  They look great and they taste great.  I want to try the chocolate ones and the sour cream ones. Yumm!  Is your mouth watering yet?  Mine sure is!