Merry Everything, Happy Always!

Hello reader! So, where has this year gone?!? It has just flown by. Since my last post in September, I have been pretty busy with work, school, and socializing... and haven't had much time to try out new recipes for the blog! Hopefully in the new year, I will more time to try out some new recipes. But for now... I wanted to wish you a Happy Holidays and Happy New Year!

Although, I do have a quick recipe to share with you that is super simple and very yummy! The ROLO Pretzel Delight! I've never had this before but saw it and knew I wanted to try it out. This little treat takes about 10 minutes to complete from the unwrapping to melting slightly to final assembling. You can smush the Rolo with anything really... I tried out pecans, walnuts, butter toffee peanuts, almonds, and just decorations. The combination of sweet and salty is so good. Pretzel, chocolate, caramel, and nuts make for the perfect little treat combination. Check out the link above for the recipe! See you in the new year!

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Caramel Banana Brownies

I've been wanting to try out this idea ever since I did my Quick Easy Brownies post last month. I love caramel and bananas and thought it would be a great addition to my brownie recipe. I mashed a couple of bananas up with half a cup of caramel and swirled it into the brownie mixture. I adjusted the cooking time and hoped for the best. They came out looking great and I couldn't wait for them to cool so I could try it out. So it was time for a taste test... and well they tasted DISGUSTING!! I don't know what went wrong but it didn't work. No new recipe to share with this post, but am hoping someone out there has made caramel banana brownies or something similar and it turned out successful. If so, please share it in the comments section. I have one more brownie recipe planned and hope that one turns out ok! If not I'm just sticking with my original recipe as those tasted great!

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Cake Mug... again!

Shane loved last's night cake so much, that he made me make it again tonight! I had some caramel candy and decided to add those in. As you can see from the picture the caramel did not melt. The cake only cooks for a few minutes, so it was not long enough to melt the caramel. Next time I will chop the caramel up or make some fresh caramel sauce. The addition of fresh cream was really nice! This recipe is so easy and really good! This will be my go to recipe for when I need a little chocolate cake fix! What can I add to it next time?!

Recipe 



Vote for my mug cake on BakerStreet's bloghop at the bottom of this post!

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Caramel Cupcakes with a Twist

Another recipe from the Hummingbird Bakery: Cake Days book. I made these caramel cupcakes for my sister-in-law. She loves chocolate pretzels so I thought I would combine the two. The cupcakes didn't rise as much as I would have liked but not sure if that is because of the caramel I used.  I will try again and hopefully find the tinned caramel.

Here are the caramel cupcakes as following the recipe.

Then with my little twist.

All gone and everyone loved them!

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