Monster Cookies Recipe + Eggland’s Best Foodtography Contest

March 15, 2017 by Jenni 1,841 Comments

This post has been sponsored by Eggland’s Best Eggs. All opinions are 100% our own, and honest as always!

Monster Cookies are a family favorite treat at our house! They’re the most perfect flavor and texture combo on the planet!

With Spring on the horizon, I wanted to share this fun little gem of a recipe with you. I also wanted to share this fun Eggland’s Best Foodtography contest with you — but first thing’s first! Below is the yummy Monster Cookies recipe!

INGREDIENTS
3 Eggland’s Best Eggs
1 1/4 cup Brown Sugar
1 cup Sugar
12 oz Peanut Butter
1/2 cup softened Butter
1/2 tsp Salt
1/2 tsp Vanilla
1 1/2 cup M&M’s
1 cup Semi Sweet Chocolate Chips
2 tsp Baking Soda
4 1/2 cup Quick Oats

DIRECTIONS
Preheat the oven to 350.
Line cookie sheets with parchment paper.
Combine eggs, vanilla, salt, sugar, brown sugar and baking soda in a large bowl.
Add in peanut butter, and butter. Mix until well incorporated.
Stir in the M&M’s, chocolate chips and oatmeal.
Place about tablespoon size chunks on the prepared sheets several inches apart.
Bake for about 9 minutes.
Leave on cookie sheet for about 3 minutes before moving to rack to cool completely.

More about the Eggland’s Best Foodtography Contest:

Eggland’s Best is searching for the most passionate egg fan! One who also happens to have an eye for taking gorgeous food photos!

“Show us how you celebrate the only egg that provides better taste, better nutrition, and better quality for the past 25 years!”

Submit your Eggland’s Best foodie photos by April 12, 2017 for a chance to win $5,000! *Note: All dish creations must include at least 2 whole Eggland’s Best eggs.

Why Choose Eggland’s Best?

Compared to ordinary eggs, Eggland’s Best eggs contain 5 times more vitamin D
25% less saturated fat
more than double the Omega-3s
10 times more vitamin E
3 times more vitamin B12!
Superior nutrition due to proprietary all vegetarian hen feed that contains healthy grains, canola oil, and wholesome supplements of rice bran, alfalfa, sea kelp, and Vit. E.

If you’re ready to put your foodtography to the test, then submit (2) mouthwatering food photos of your dish from February 16^thto April 12^th, 2017 that includes at least (2) whole Eggland’s Best eggs into one of four categories below: You may submit up to 2 photos in each of the 4 categories.

Brunch
Appetizer
Main Course
Dessert

Prizing:

– (1) Grand Prize Winner: $5,000 and a year’s supply of Eggland’s Best eggs

– (4) Finalist Winners: $1,000 and a year’s supply of Eggland’s Best eggs

– (20) Semi-finalist Winners: A year’s supply of Eggland’s Best eggs

You can visit the Eggland’s Best website to find more information and official rules about the 2017 Eggland’s BestFoodtography Contest: http://www.egglandsbest.com/foodtography

Please, also follow Eggland’s Best below via their website and social media!

What delicious recipes will YOU be submitting?!

Chocolate Stuffed Peanut Butter Cookies

June 20, 2016 by Jenni 1,262 Comments

This post was sponsored by Hello Happy. Hello Hershey’s, as part of an Ambassador Activation for Influence Central. All opinions and the creation of these Chocolate Stuffed Peanut Butter Cookies are our own.

Chocolate Stuffed Peanut Butter Cookies

Happy 1st Day of Summer!!!

There are so many awesome things about summer! HERSHEY’S is ready to open our eyes to the everyday joys that surround us!

This summer, HERSHEY’S is pushing forward their “Hello Happy Moments” – to show us that we can choose happiness anywhere, and at anytime. It’s the simple things that can make us happy…like chocolate, and FISHING! An evening spent at the lake fishing, or chocolate?! I can’t just pick one, so I’ll take both!

Today is the first official day of summer – and we’re ready to create happy memories this summer, beginning with these delicious chocolate stuffed peanut butter cookies!

Chocolate Stuffed Peanut Butter Cookies Ingredients:

32-35 HERSHEY’S KISSES Brand Milk Chocolates
1/2 cup shortening
3/4 cup Creamy Peanut Butter
1/3 cup granulated sugar
1/3 cup packed light brown sugar
1 egg
2 tablespoons milk
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1-1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/3 cup additional granulated sugar for rolling (optional)
HERSHEY’S Milk Chocolate Chips melted, for drizzling on top (optional)

Instructions:

Makes about 2 and a half dozen cookies.

Heat oven to 375°F.

Remove wrappers from chocolates.

Beat shortening and peanut butter in mixing bowl until well blended.

Add 1/3 cup sugar and the brown sugar, beat until fluffy.

Add egg, milk, and vanilla; beat well.

Stir together flour, baking soda, and salt; gradually beat into peanut butter mixture.

Scoop out cookie dough, using a cookie scoop.

Press your thumb into the center of the cookie dough; set a HERSHEY’S KISSES Brand Milk Chocolate into the center.

Wrap dough over the chocolate, and roll into a ball.

Roll in granulated sugar, place on cookie sheet.

Bake 8-10 minutes or until lightly browned.

Drizzle melted chocolate on top, if desired.

Chocolate Stuffed Peanut Butter Cookies

Author: Jenni

Serves: 2 and a half dozen cookies

Ingredients

32-35 HERSHEY’S KISSES Brand Milk Chocolates
1/2 cup shortening
3/4 cup Creamy Peanut Butter
1/3 cup granulated sugar
1/3 cup packed light brown sugar
1 egg
2 tablespoons milk
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1-1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/3 cup additional granulated sugar for rolling (optional)
HERSHEY’S Milk Chocolate Chips melted, for drizzling on top (optional)

Instructions

Heat oven to 375°F.
Remove wrappers from chocolates.
Beat shortening and peanut butter in mixing bowl until well blended.
Add 1/3 cup sugar and the brown sugar, beat until fluffy.
Add egg, milk, and vanilla; beat well.
Stir together flour, baking soda, and salt; gradually beat into peanut butter mixture.
Scoop out cookie dough, using a cookie scoop.
Press your thumb into the center of the cookie dough; set a HERSHEY’S KISSES Brand Milk Chocolate into the center.
Wrap dough over the chocolate, and roll into a ball.
Roll in granulated sugar, place on cookie sheet.
Bake 8-10 minutes or until lightly browned.
Drizzle melted chocolate on top, if desired.

Recipe adapted from HERSHEY’S.

Leave us a comment and tell us about your “Hello Happy Moments”! We’d love to hear!!

Mummy Oreos – Simple and Spooky Halloween Treats

October 8, 2015 by Jenni 1,688 Comments

Mummy Oreos Halloween Treats

We’re seriously getting into like, the most dangerous time of the year for me. As soon as fall comes around – so comes my love for cute treat makin’. Like — how stinkin’ cute are these mummy oreos?! It’s seriously just a downhill spiral for me, till after New Years, anyway. You feelin’ me? I mean guys, I get out. of. control.

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Fun Halloween treats always remind me of my grandma. She loved passing out popcorn balls to the trick-or-treaters every year. I have to admit that I love the memory more than the actual popcorn balls. I was never a fan of the annual popcorn ball.

Follow Sweet Pennies from Heaven’s board Fall Favorites on Pinterest.

Soooo, I was on Pinterest lastnight, and you should totally check out my Fall Favorites board above….BUT!

Oh. My. Word.

Holy pumpkin overload, Batman!

My feed was slap full of pumpkin recipes. I mean, I love pumpkin spice anything just as much as the next guy – but it was caaa-rayyyy-zeeee. Kinda makes me feel guilty that I just added this pumpkin pie baked oatmeal recipe to the world of everything pumpkin – but, oh well.

I’m sure that you guys that saw it already were thinking, “Great….more pumpkin. Ugh.”

Sorry!!!

So, now THIS mummy oreos recipe is so stinking fun for Halloween and couldn’t be any easier. Let the kiddos muck & gom in the kitchen with ya! They’re fun to make and I know that your kids, their friends and everyone else will “Ooohhh and ahhhhhh” over them! Cause they’re just SO dang cute!

Here’s what you need:

Ingredients & Supplies

White Candy Melts
Oreos
Candy Eyes
Parchment paper
White Frosting (I used Betty Crocker white frosting that came with the different decorating tips)*
Drawing tip*
Icing Bag*

*If you do not get the frosting that comes with the attached tips, you will need to have a drawing tip and icing bag.

Instructions:

In a bowl, melt the white candy melts according to the package instructions.
Lay out a piece of parchment paper on your counter. Parchment paper is an important supply! Once the Oreos are covered with the white candy coating, they will not stick to the parchment paper.
Once the candy is melted, dip an Oreo and cover completely. Use a spoon or knife to help even out that coating.
Add two candy eyes before the coating hardens.
Using the drawing tip on your icing, create icing lines across the Oreo.
Continue until your mummy has the desired effect.
Let sit until slightly hardened. Use a knife to trace around the cookie to trim off any excess icing. Continue to let harden or place in the freezer for a few minutes until frosting is completely set.

Mummy Oreos – Simple and Spooky Halloween Treats

Author: Jenni

Ingredients

White Candy Melts
Oreos
Candy Eyes
Parchment paper
White Frosting (I used Betty Crocker white frosting that came with the different decorating tips)*
Drawing tip*
Icing Bag*

Instructions

In a bowl, melt the white candy melts according to the package’s instructions.
Lay out a piece of parchment paper on your counter. Parchment paper is an important supply! Once the Oreos are covered with the white candy coating, they will not stick to the parchment paper.
Once the candy is melted, dip an Oreo and cover completely. Use a spoon or knife to help even out that coating.
Add two candy eyes before the coating hardens.
Using the drawing tip on your icing, create icing lines across the Oreo.
Continue until your mummy has the desired effect.
Let sit until slightly hardened. Use a knife to trace around the cookie to trim off any excess icing. Continue to let harden or place in the freezer for a few minutes until frosting is completely set.

Make sure to come back and let us know how your Mummy Oreos turned out!

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Lemon Cake Mix Cookies. Make Them Now and Thank Me Later!

June 12, 2015 by Jenni 644 Comments

We’re a week into summer break and my attempt at losing a few pounds the last couple of months has come to a screeching halt. These lemon cake mix cookies are partially to blame.

Cookies.

Lemon cookies.

Do I even have to say another word?

Okay. I’ll say a few more words. MAKE THESE. Now. You won’t regret it.

If you love the flavor of lemon and you love “chewy in the middle and crunchy around the edge” cookies then you’ll wanna kiss my face for this recipe! I hope you enjoy it as much as we do! The printable recipe is near the bottom of the post, for your convenience. Awww, aren’t I too kind?! Print this baby out and put back in your recipe box.

If you fall in love with these, then make sure to try our other batch of super bright and funky cake mix sugar cookies!!

Lemon Cake Mix Cookies Ingredients:

1 box Lemon Cake Mix
2 Eggs
1/2 cup of melted Butter
6 oz Nestle Springtime Morsels (optional, but pretty!)

How to sling these Lemon Cake Mix Cookies together:

Preheat oven to 350.
Line cookie sheet with parchment paper.
I remove dark semi sweet morsels leaving only pink and yellow.
Combine butter, eggs and cake mix.
Stir until just blended.
Stir in morsels.
Form into roughly tablespoon size balls and place on baking sheet.
Bake for 12 minutes or until cookie set.
Allow to cool several minutes on pan before moving to cooling rack.

Lemon Cake Mix Cookies

Author: Jenni

Ingredients

1 box Lemon Cake Mix
2 Eggs
1/2 cup of melted Butter
6 oz Nestle Springtime Morsels (optional)

Instructions

Preheat oven to 350.
Line cookie sheet with parchment paper.
I remove dark semi sweet morsels leaving only pink and yellow.
Combine butter, eggs and cake mix.
Stir until just blended.
Stir in morsels.
Form into roughly tablespoon size balls and place on baking sheet.
Bake for 12 minutes or until cookie set.
Allow to cool several minutes on pan before moving to cooling rack.

This recipe is part of a series called “12 Days of Summer Fun”. Over the course of 12 days, we’ll be sharing a fun summer idea or recipe! So you can find them all in one spot, I’ve got a handy dandy little linky below so you can click over to visit them all! Enjoy!!

Bunny Butt Cookies (12 Days of Easter Recipes and Crafts)

April 1, 2015 by Jenni 498 Comments

These Bunny Butt Cookies from Cyn at Creative Cynchronicity are just too stinking cute! I know the kids will think these are funny and fun to eat and adults will love them too. Click here for the full recipe, and enjoy! She says you can either use premade cookie dough from the store OR she shares her yum homemade cookie recipe!

If you’ve missed any of the previous 12 Days of Easter posts, you can find them all below.

Jelly Bean Cookies (12 Days of Easter Recipes and Crafts)

March 23, 2015 by Jenni 473 Comments

We’re back for another 12 Days of series, and this time we’re gearing up for Easter! We’ll be sharing an Easter recipe or craft each day over the next 12 days so make sure to check back daily! Our first day I’m featuring this Jelly Bean Cookies recipe from Janell at Saving You Dinero! So much funnnn!!! Make sure to click here for the full recipe and enjoy!

I’ll also be including a linky at the bottom of each post every day in case you missed any of the prior days posts. You’ll be able to find the whole 12 days collection in each post.

Day 7 – Mint Oreo Cookie in a Cookie (12 Days of St. Patrick’s Day Recipes and Crafts)

March 10, 2015 by Jenni 1,473 Comments

Today is day #7 in our 12 Days of St. Patrick’s Day Recipes and Crafts series!!! This Mint Oreo Cookie in a Cookie recipe from Stefanie at Making of a Mom is incredible! Another yummy mint and chocolate combo recipe that is too easy to fall in love with. I love that you get the crunch of the mini Oreos inside this soft cookie. NOM! Click here for the full recipe!

If you’ve missed our other 12 Days of St. Patrick’s Day recipes and crafts, they’re all in the linky below. Enjoy!

Day 5 – Peppermint Chocolate Chip Cookies (12 Days of St. Patrick’s Day Recipes and Crafts)

March 8, 2015 by Jenni 907 Comments

Today is day #4 in our 12 Days of St. Patrick’s Day Recipes and Crafts series!!! These Peppermint Chocolate Chip Cookies from Olivia at This N That with Olivia look delicious! I love a mint and chocolate combination…it’s actually one of my favorite flavor combos! Click here for the full recipe!

If you’ve missed our other 12 Days of St. Patrick’s Day recipes and crafts, they’re all in the linky below. Enjoy!

Day 3 – Shamrock Cookies and a Flower Craft for Kids (12 Days of St. Patrick’s Day Recipes and Crafts)

March 6, 2015 by Jenni 1,469 Comments

Today is day #3 in our 12 Days of St. Patrick’s Day Recipes and Crafts series!!! This Shamrock Cookie recipe from Dina at My Unentitled Life is made without cookie cutters so you don’t have to worry about having those! They’re really easy to make, especially with the kids. She also shares a really fun flower craft that is perfect with Spring on the way. Click here to get the full recipe and the craft tutorial.

If you’ve missed our other 12 Days of St. Patrick’s Day recipes and crafts, they’re all in the linky below. Enjoy!