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Banoffee Cupcakes

January 21, 2013 by Lisa Crunkhorn 21 Comments

Dulce De Leche Banoffee Cupcakes Have you missed me? :) I hope you said yes then because I've missed each and every one of you. As I said on Sunday's link party, (which is still open. Go submit, do it now) I've been ill. Thanks to those of you who wished me well. I'm feeling tons better - yay for painkillers! Crappy frosting swirls! Can you believe January is almost over? When did that happen? Why has it gone too fast? To be honest, and I don't know why, things have been epically busy for me since Christmas. As we all did, I took time out from blogging over the Christmas and New Year … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Cupcakes, Recipes Tagged With: baking, banana split, bananas, banoffee cupcakes, banoffee pie, caramel, cupcakes, desserts, dulce de leche, frosting, icing, sweets, treats

Monster Cookies

August 7, 2012 by Lisa Crunkhorn 22 Comments

Monster Cookies - Marshmallow Fluff Based! Don't you just hate it when you're gearing up to make/bake something and you know that you have the ingredients in. Then comes the time where you put your thoughts and efforts into action only to find that 1 or more of the ingredients you knew you had in.. well, isn't in! I knew for a fact we had crunchy peanut butter in. Not only 1, but I knew there were 2 jars of it. The giant man-baby doesn't like PB so I'm guessing it met its death by him. I also knew I replenished the bicarbonate of soda (baking soda) too. And I knew that when I last ran out … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Cookies, Recipes Tagged With: biscuit, candy, caramel, chocolate, cookies, M&M's, marshmallow fluff, monster cookies, munchies, oatmeal, rolled oats, Rolos, scottish oats, smarties

Foodie PenPals #2 – July 2012

July 31, 2012 by Lisa Crunkhorn 18 Comments

Foodie PenPals - July 2012 I'm so excited to share what I received in my Foodie PenPals package for July, 2012. I was matched with Rebecca who unfortunately, doesn't have a blog. Rebecca is from Bath, England. Links: UK and European Foodie PenPals can sign up here,US and Canada Foodie PenPals can sign up here. If you're interested in joining, the basics are that you get automatically matched to a person that you will be sending your package to. You need to contact that person asking some 'probing' questions. Wait until they get back to you with their answers and address. Then you get to … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Foodie Penpals Tagged With: belgian, caramel, Foodie PenPals, fudge, July, lollipops, marshmallows, orange extract, pecan, thyme, toasted coconut, vanilla bean, white chocolate

Chocolate Caramel Shortbread Squares

May 21, 2012 by Lisa Crunkhorn Leave a Comment

Chocolate Caramel Shortbread Squares Do you fancy a little milk chocolate? How about sweet caramel? What about shortbread? How about we get all three of these sweet pupsters and put them together? Yes? Then welcome to the world of Chocolate Caramel Shortbread. Yummo! These really are just heaven on a plate. And just to get those tastebuds tingling, these are packed with sweet crumbly shortbread as a base stuffed with a large helping of rich golden caramel, and topped with silky Cadbury's milk chocolate. I also jazzed them up with a sprinkling of edible glitter too. Sparkly! Now, you're … [Read more...]