What's Christmas without cookies?!

Christmas is not Christmas unless there are cookies involved, so of course I spent over 4 hours baking my life away!

Xoxo,
Tonka Violet

Cake Pops.... Sorta.

Okay, so I'll tell you right off the bat.... My cake pops are NOT perfect like 99.99999% of every cake pop I've ever seen on any and every blog... BUT, I found the solution!!!

You Will Need:

• Box of Devil's Food Cake
• Candy Melts of Your Choice
• Shortening
• Frosting
• Veggie Oil Spray
• Veggie Oil
• Foil
• Styrofoam
• Candy Sticks (I bought them at Michaels)

First, you will make a cake as you normally would. Following the directions on the back of the box. 

Okay, here is where I messed up!!!! When the cake is fully baked, you have to let it cool COMPLETELY. Either by putting it in the fridge or freezer to quicken the process. It takes quite a while to cool. I got too anxious and I crumbled up the cake while it was still warm so that totally ruined my cake pops perfect shape circular shape. So, PLEASE, make sure you allow it to cool completely!

When your cake is completely cooled, crumble it all up using your hands. Then you will add the frosting and mush it all up. The frosting makes it extra yummy and holds the cake together. 

Then you will roll your the cake in your palms to the size of your choice. You don't want to make them too big, because they will fall off the sticks. 

Next, melt a bag of candy melts. Don't leave the melts in the microwave too long or they will taste gross!!

Now, dip a candy stick in the melted chocolate on the very tip, and push it into a cake pop. Stick the cake pops into the styrofoam to harden for a bit. Take your spoon and drizzle the chocolate all around it.  Place it back into the styrofoam when you are done. 

They should turn out super cute and not lumpy like mine did! Hehe!

They still tasted delicious! They just weren't perfectly shaped!

Easter Treats

For Easter, I made my ultimate favorite cookies ever. Peanut butter blossoms of course :)

I also saw a recipe on Pinterest and decided to try it; Rice Krispies dipped in chocolate. HEAVENLY!

For the peanut butter blossoms, just click here !

The rice krispie treats didn't take very long. You'll need a box of Rice Krispies, a bag of marshmallows, a bag of white chocolate chips, and festive sprinkles :o)

Follow the Rice Krispie Treat recipe on the side of the cereal box. When they are all done, you will need to let them cool completely. I put them in the fridge for a few hours. You can cut them into big or small pieces, or both! (That's what I did)

Melt the white chocolate chips in the microwave, add a drop of food coloring (whichever color you would like) and dip the treats into the chocolate! Lay it on wax paper, and sprinkle them!!

They turn out super cute and soooo delicious.

These are the peanut butter blossoms, I made these ones for my co-workers!

Valentine's Day Treats

Spoil your valentine! :o)

The peanut butter cookies are the same recipe as the ones I made for christmas. I just bought Dove chocolate hearts instead!


The pretzels were super easy too, just a little messy.


You can buy chocolate or white chocolate baking chips. White chocolate hardens much faster, so if you use that, when you melt it in the microwave, add a little veggie oil (or olive or sunflower is fine), just so that it won't harden as quick.


Dip each pretzel rod into the chocolate and use a spoon to spread it evenly all over. (I ran out of wax paper so I had to suffer without!) And lay a piece of wax paper across a cookie sheet. Immediately add your sprinkles so they harden onto the pretzels. (I got super exited with sprinkles and bought tons hehe)


I also used leftover pink candy melts that my sister had and melted them. Then I put it into a little ziplock bag, cut the tip off and drizzled the pink across a few of the pretzels. 


It turned out real cute! Your valentine will definitely appreciate :-)

Brownie Marshmallow Deliciousness!

I know, it just looks like a heart attack! But it is SO delicious.

All you need is:

• Brownie mix
• Mini Marshmallows
• M&M's (Or any other chocolate/candy of your choice!)
• Lots of chocolate syrup

All you have to do is go through the process of making brownies, put them in the oven, etc. When they are about 5-10 minutes away from being done, take them out, and sprinkle marshmallows all over (I brushed a little butter across to give that burnt look). Put them back in the oven until the marshmallows fully melt. When the brownies are finally done, take them out and sprink M&M's all over the top, then drizzle chocolate syrup all over it. Let cool completely, then dig in! 

Just spoil yourself! It's so simple and yummy! :-)

Brownie Cookie Dough Oreo HEAVEN

So delicious with ice cream, mmmm.

First, buy a box of oreo cookies, cookie dough, and brownie mix.

I placed a piece of wax paper down in the pan, and spread the cookie dough completely across it. Then I added the oreos, and lastly poured the brownie mix on top. 

Place it into a 350 degree oven for about 45 minutes. 

Add any ice cream of your choice, hot fudge or caramel!

Peanut Butter Christmas Cookies

These are my absolute favorite cookies, they're just SO good. And even if you're not a fan of peanut butter, they are still delicious and really easy to make!

I have my green & red sprinkles set out along with plain sugar. (I cheat and use the Betty Crocker peanut butter cookie mix, it's so much easier hehe.)

Just follow the Betty Crocker recipe off of the bag, and when your done. Roll them into little balls and dip into one of the sprinkles or sugar. Cover them completely in the sprinkle or sugar. Place them on a cookie sheet and when the oven is ready to go, pop them in!

You can use m&m's, hershey kisses, any kind of chocolate really. Just make sure they're unwrapped before the cookies are done baking.

When the cookies are done, place a hershey kiss (or any other chocolate) right in the middle of each cookie. Do this immediately after the cookies come out, they take a little while to cool down, so since it's winter I set them down in my garage.

They will turn out like this! 

(I brought these to my co-workers on Christmas Eve)

Enjoy, they are scrumptious! :o)