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Celebrate National Cheesecake Day with a Fun and Easy No-Bake Raspberry Swirl Cheesecake Recipe

Did you know that National Cheesecake Day is a real celebration? If you’re a fan of creamy, sweet desserts, this day is made just for you! National Cheesecake Day is celebrated every year on July 30th, and it’s a perfect excuse to indulge in a slice (or two) of this rich, delicious treat that everyone loves. Whether you enjoy classic cheesecake or enjoy experimenting with fun new flavors, this holiday is the ideal time to savor a creamy dessert without feeling guilty.

A Brief History of Cheesecake

Cheesecake isn’t just a modern indulgence—it has deep roots in history! The origins of cheesecake trace back to Ancient Greece, where it was first created on the island of Samos over 4,000 years ago. Back then, cheesecake was not just a dessert; it was an energy-boosting snack served to athletes during the very first Olympic Games in 776 BC. Imagine athletes enjoying a slice of cheesecake before their events—it was the ancient version of a pre-workout snack!

So, the next time you dig into a slice of cheesecake, you’ll know that you’re partaking in a dessert with centuries of tradition behind it!
No Bake Raspberry Swirl Cheesecake

National Cheesecake Day: A Family-Friendly Celebration 

As a parent, National Cheesecake Day presents the perfect opportunity to get the entire family involved in the kitchen. A no-bake cheesecake, like the delicious No-Bake Raspberry Swirl Cheesecake recipe below, is simple to make, requires no oven time, and is ideal for kids to help with. This easy-to-follow recipe will allow you to create a creamy, indulgent dessert that everyone will love—while also enjoying some quality family time together.

It’s also a fun way to let your kids personalize their slices with toppings of their choice. With a little imagination, you can turn this simple cheesecake into a creative masterpiece. After all, what better way to celebrate National Cheesecake Day than with a delicious dessert that has a bit of family history (and history in the making)?
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Save Money and Eat Healthier: Homemade Pop Tarts Recipe for Parents

As a busy parent, finding ways to save money while feeding your family tasty and nutritious snacks is always a win. Instead of buying store-bought pop tarts full of preservatives and artificial ingredients, why not try making them at home? These homemade pop tarts are simple to prepare, budget-friendly, and packed with flavor!

Save Money and Eat Healthier: Homemade Pop Tarts Recipe for Parents



Here’s a delicious recipe to create your own pop tarts from scratch. Not only will you save money, but you’ll also have control over the ingredients, ensuring they’re healthier and free from unwanted preservatives. And remember when you are re-creating recipes you find online, they do NOT have to look good to taste good.

Why Homemade Pop Tarts Are a Great Idea for Parents:

- Save Money: Store-bought pop tarts can be expensive, especially when you're buying them regularly for your kids. By making your own, you can save money and create multiple batches for the same price as a box or two of the store-bought versions.

- Control Over Ingredients: Homemade pop tarts allow you to use healthier, preservative-free ingredients. You can choose natural jams, opt for a homemade crust, and avoid artificial flavors and colors.

- Fun Activity for Kids: Making pop tarts together can be a fun and educational activity for your children. They’ll love helping to assemble the pop tarts, and it's a great way to teach them about cooking and healthy eating.

- Versatility: You can easily customize the jam flavor or even add fun fillings like chocolate or cream cheese. The options are endless!
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Baking Made Simple - No-Fuss Treats to Try at Home

Baking at home can be a fun and rewarding experience, even for beginners. Many people hesitate to bake because they assume it requires advanced skills, special tools, or too much time. However, with a few simple recipes, anyone can whip up delicious homemade treats with ease.

Baking Made Simple - No-Fuss Treats to Try at Home


The key to stress-free baking is choosing recipes that require minimal ingredients and steps. You don’t need fancy equipment or professional training to make cookies, muffins, or breads. With the right approach, baking can be quick, fun, and enjoyable for the whole family.

This article will introduce simple, no-fuss baking ideas that anyone can try at home. Whether you have basic pantry staples or just a craving for something sweet, these easy recipes will help you create delicious homemade treats with minimal effort.
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Magically Delicious Marshmallow Treats for St. Patrick’s Day: A Fun Family Recipe

I can’t believe how quickly this school year is flying by! Seriously, January felt like it lasted for an eternity, but now here we are—St. Patrick's Day is just around the corner. And if you're like me, you're already thinking about how to celebrate the day with your family. This year, I’ve decided to switch things up from my usual fruity pebble marshmallow treats and whip up something a bit more festive. Enter: Magically Delicious Marshmallow Treats, or as I like to call them, Lucky Charms Marshmallow Treats.

If you’re looking for an easy, fun, and tasty way to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day with your little ones, this treat is perfect. It’s colorful, sweet, and made with just three ingredients. Plus, it’s a great way to involve your kids in the kitchen for a family baking session!


Magically Delicious Marshmallow Treats for St. Patrick’s Day


Why St. Patrick's Day is Perfect for Family Fun 

St. Patrick's Day celebrated every year on March 17th, honors Saint Patrick, the patron saint of Ireland. While the day has religious roots, it has evolved into a celebration of Irish culture, complete with parades, shamrocks, leprechauns, and, of course, food! For parents, St. Patrick’s Day is an excellent opportunity to teach kids about Irish history, folklore, and traditions.

In our home, we love using this day to create family traditions, whether it’s wearing green, making shamrock crafts, or enjoying delicious Irish-inspired treats like these Lucky Charms Marshmallow Treats. This simple recipe is a great way to get the whole family involved in the kitchen, and it’s an easy, stress-free way to make St. Patrick’s Day extra special.

Why You’ll Love This Recipe

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10 Creative Cupcake Recipes Your Kids Will Love

Baking with kids is a delightful way to spend time together and create lasting memories. Cupcakes, with their endless possibilities for flavor and decoration, are the perfect canvas for creativity in the kitchen. Whether you’re planning a birthday party, a playdate, or just some fun family time, these ten creative cupcake recipes are sure to delight your little ones. Let’s dive into these kid-friendly cupcake ideas that are as fun to make as they are to eat.

10 Creative Cupcake Recipes Your Kids Will Love

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How to Choose the Perfect Graduation Party Desserts for Every Sweet Tooth

The best part of graduating might just be the epic party that follows the ceremony! After months of hard work and late-night study sessions, it's time to kick back and celebrate with your people, and indulge in party food and delicious desserts. Here are some mouthwatering dessert options that are sure to earn you top honors at your graduation party!

How to Choose the Perfect Graduation Party Desserts for Every Sweet Tooth

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Homemade Grinch Bites


Happy holidays! Have you checked out our non-alcoholic holiday drinks or where you can stream your favorite Christmas movies? How about the GRINCH? WHich version is your favorite? Personally my favorite is the new Dreamsworks version, I love that Pentatonix is the carolers that chase the Grinch through Who-ville. Hilarious! I fell in love with Pentatonix back when they were solely on YouTube.

I have shared this recipe before, but it is so easy and so much fun!
 

Homemade Grinch Bites


Homemade Grinch Bites: Cake Pop


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Chewy Fudge Brownie Recipe Tips From the Experts

Chewy brownies with way more chocolate flavor than boxed brownies. It takes less than an hour to make this one-bowl recipe! Fudge brownies seem simple enough to mix, measure, and bake, but getting the exact results can be tricky. To ensure the best results, it is important to measure the ingredients accurately and to heat the oven properly. Another important step is to keep your brownies cool completely before slicing them.

Chewy Fudge Brownie Recipe Tips From the Experts


The ingredients in most brownie recipes are some basic ingredients, including chocolate, flour, sugar, oil, eggs, or butter. However, the results can be thin and bendy, tall and light, gooey, chewy, or cakey; it all depends on how you bake them.

But the most thoughtful question of all bakers came up with - why do these results differ so much? So, first, let’s check out how to take care of the three basic ingredients.
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Fruit Punch Infused Cupcakes Perfect for Valentine's Day

I first created this recipe (and took these pictures) back in 2018 for a campaign with Tampico. They decided they liked my fruit punch infused popsicles better, but I was checking out timehop and decided to share this recipe that's perfect for Valentine's Day because it was such a hit in our house. I threw a little get together for my husband's birthday and these cupcakes were enjoyed so much that a few friends asked for the recipe. But the best part? It is SO super easy to recreate!
 



Valentine Fruit Punch Infused Cupcake Recipe

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3 Pumpkin Spice Protein-Packed Recipes Perfect for Fall

If you are like me, then you are finally fully getting to the fall season. I have lost sixty pounds and since I don't want to back track my progress, but still want to enjoy all things autumn, I am sharing three pumpkin spiced protein-packed recipes that are perfect for you to continue enjoying fall.



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3 Never-Fail Desserts That Your Family Will Enjoy



Nothing is more enticing than enjoying a decadent dessert after a meal. According to statistics, 32 percent of people eat dessert after a meal at least twice a week. Family desserts are a great way to spend quality time together while giving your taste buds a memorable treat. You can get creative by trying various dessert recipes rather than buying them regularly. Doing this also helps you better control what you and your family eat, keeping issues like allergies in mind during ingredient selection and preparation. Are you wondering which desserts you and your family can enjoy? Here are some tasty treats worth considering.
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Homemade Fruity Pebble Marshmallow Treats

I can't believe back-to-school season time is already here again. I have been racking my brain and trying to compile lists of all the things that I use to make for my kids for their lunches. Our district had free lunch and breakfast for the last two years, but now I am back to making them again. My kid's do not like school lunches, and I know I can make a better-quality lunch for less at home. But sometimes I do like to throw little treats in their lunch boxes for them.




My friend made these fruity pebble marshmallow treats or rice Krispie treats with fruity pebbles at a party she hosted a few weeks back and they were so good. PLUS, they are only three ingredients and so easy to make that I decided to re-create them. I will say that FRESH marshmallows are the way to go.

Homemade Fruity Pebble Marshmallow Treats Recipe


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Patriotic Yogurt Dipped Strawberries

Eating healthy doesn't mean that you have to give up the things you love. But making and bringing your healthier alternatives to festivities is what has helped me stay on track to lose and keep off 70 pounds. So, with summer in full gear and fourth of July (Independence Day) right around the corner, I thought I would share something I'm adding to my charcuterie board, and they are these patriotic yogurt dipped strawberries.


Patriotic Yogurt Dipped Strawberries

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Homemade Fruit Bar Popsicles

Summer is in full swing in our house. The kids are on summer break, and we are enjoying many pool days. Homemade fruit bar popsicles make a great cool down summer treat while making sure you have zero food waste.


Homemade Fruit Bar Popsicles


 We had some leftover fruit that I was going to use to make a Memorial Day charcuterie board, but I was too tired that weekend. We simply just did too much and overextended ourselves. So, I brought just the fruit to the pool with family, but not everyone was a fan of the blueberries and raspberries. I do not like food waste and did not want it to go to waste. So, I decided to create these fruit bar popsicles. I searched that internet for fruit smoothie recipes and then altered the recipe to fit my needs. 

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Easy Air Fryer Donuts

I love baking with my kids. I know I have mentioned how much I love cooking with my kids more than a time or two, but it can be such a fun activity to do together for them to learn not only a helpful life skill, but it can be a fun science project as well to learn about changing properties. But sometimes I want to just create something easy with them. And these Easy Air Fryer Donuts are only two ingredients, but a huge hit the whole house enjoyed.

Easy Air Fryer Donuts


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Easy Strawberry Brownies Recipe

Have you taken the family strawberry picking yet? We love to go to our local agrotourism farm and pick some fresh strawberries. It was makes for some super cute pictures and fun memories. Did you know May 20 is National Pick Strawberries Day? 

Easy Strawberry Brownies Recipe


And I am so excited to share this super easy and very yummy recipe that I have decided to call Strawberry Brownies. They taste and have a texture like brownies, but I put them in cupcake liners to make them easier to serve when I made them for Easter. I saw a version of this recipe floating around for Valetine's Day and I thought I would take a shot at recreating them for a family get together. They were a definite crowd pleaser!

Easy Strawberry Brownies Recipe


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Pretzel Hugs & Kisses {Easiest Sweet & Salty Valentine Treat}

 The easiest dessert to make. These Pretzel Hugs are the perfect Valentine's Day treat to share with someone you love. I loved this the most because it is the best of both sweet and salty, plus you can make so much at once to share with the ones you love!


Pretzel Hugs & Kisses {Easiest Sweet & Salty Valentine Treat}


We made these homemade cake pops back in October that are super easy to make as well and you could surprise your love you with some of those as well. They are for sure a crowd pleaser, but with 2022 going the way it is going, I am more for going the easier route.

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Homemade Cake Pops - What to Do with Leftover Birthday Cake

I hate wasting food. You can ask anyone I know. There are people starving all over the world. So, when it comes to what to do with leftover food from events, I am always thinking outside the box. Searching for what to do with leftover birthday cake, I found that you actually make cake pops with cake. You basically make a cake and frosting then it easy peasy from there. PLUS, cake pops are freezable! So, you could make a bunch of cake pops out of the leftover cake, pop them in your freezer, and save them for a later event or a sweet random surprise treat.


Homemade Cake Pops - What to Do with Leftover Birthday Cake


To make the cake pops, you will need left over cake, or you can make a sheet cake plus enough frosting to cover just the cake. I had a bunch of little bites that were about to expire. There was no way we were going to go through them in time and I definitely didn't want to waste them, so I decided to turn them into Vampire Cake Bites for a Halloween charcuterie board. I also already had some candy coating on hand from when I worked with Chocolate Pen so this basically a no brainer recipe for me to create.

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Hazelnut Pancake Muffins with Once Again Nut Butter

I have never tried a hazelnut spread before. I know crazy, right? It is a thing that people have been going crazy over online, but I just never got on the hype. I recently had the opportunity to try out Once Again Nut Butter's Amore Hazelnut Spread. I was so excited to finally try hazelnut spread from a brand that I love.



I am in a Shelf Challenge right now. And basically the idea is to cut your grocery bill by being super creative and using up the items found in your pantry then save the savings. I have a ton of pancake and waffle box mixes for some reason. I have made a bunch of batches and frozen them, we have had breakfast dinner more times than I can count, but my favorite thing to do with pancake box mix batter is to make muffins for the kids. You can add anything you like: honey, fruit, sprinkles, etc. But this time I added Once Again Nut Butter Amore Hazelnut Spread.

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Fruit Punch Infused Popsicles with Tampico

This post is sponsored by Tampico. All opinions are my own.

Popsicles are our favorite summer treat. In fact, they are such a family favorite treat that we even eat them during the winter! They are easy to make and I am loving this fruit punch infused recipe I created.

Tampico is planning an exciting refresh to its brand later this spring, so in honor of its near 30-year history, we’re taking a look back with them on the past few decades and reliving our favorite moments. Join in with the nostalgia and fun and let us know what games, TV shows, foods and more you loved from your childhood in the comments!

Valentine Inspired Fruit Punch Infused Popsicles with Tampico
There are so many things that I enjoy about being a mom. One of my favorites is sharing memories from my childhood with my children. When I was growing up, Saturday morning cartoons were a huge deal. Every other day of the week was busy with school and playing outside (which is also my children's favorite thing to do). It has been so cold here this winter, so we have been snuggling up on the couch more and streaming our favorite shows. I am a baby of the 80's and thanks to Netflix, we have been able to start introducing our children to the classics, such as Care Bears!

I decided to break out the Tampico, another classic “Splash From the Past,” that has been bringing delicious fruit juice drinks to kids (and moms) since 1989, and make some Fruit Punch Infused Popsicles to share with my kiddos while we watched the multi-colored bears that bring back so many wonderful memories from my childhood.
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