Swappin' Spoons

2025-11-11T08:06:00.000-05:00

Years ago I started this blog with the intent to share recipes, kitchen hacks... but it turned into so much more.

I am letting you know that I am back to posting here on Swappin' Spoons, mainly recipes, kitchen hacks and deals on food, and kitchen finds.

There are thousands of old post on this site and I am not even going to pretend I know how to delete or archive them all-just know that all past deal post are not valid....

If you are interested in other deals please feel free to hop on over to my Facebook page Hey, It's Rebecca

I am happy to be back and to be sharing some of my favorite recipes with you!

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Recipe for Pumpkin Dip

2021-11-06T12:00:00.001-05:00

I love "Pumpkin Season!" Yes, there's a pumpkin season! And this Pumpkin Dip is a must try...anytime of the year. It is so easy to make.

Here's what you need:
::16 oz of cool whip
::3 small boxes instant vanilla pudding, dry mix only, do not make into pudding!
::One small can of pumpkin
::Pumpkin Pie Spice, optional

**You could use sugar free cool-whip and sugar free pudding mixes to give this a healthier flare to it**

Mix everything together.

Serve with graham crackers, ginger snaps or fruit.

*This dip would look really cool inside of a small pumpkin!

Enjoy!

Pebbles Confetti Cookies

2021-10-20T15:17:00.003-05:00

These Pebbles Confetti Cookies would be a great after school snack or with the holidays approaching these would make for a great gift for a teacher, next-door neighbor or just to gobble them up yourself; however this recipe does make about four dozen cookies, so I do not recommend eating all 48 cookies!

Here's the recipe:

Pebbles Confetti Cookies
Ingredients:
1 pkg. (2-layer size) yellow cake mix
1/2 cup oil
1/4 cup water
1 large egg
3 cups Fruity or Cocoa Pebbles Cereal

Directions:
Preheat oven to 350°F. Beat cake mix, oil, water and egg in large bowl with wooden spoon until well blended. Add cereal; mix well.

Drop tablespoonfuls of dough, 2 inches apart, onto ungreased baking sheets.

Bake 11 minutes or just until cookies begin to brown. Cool on wire racks. Makes about 4 dozen cookies.

Recipe: Peanut Butter Pie Recipe

2021-09-22T19:03:00.001-05:00

Even though I do not make it often, this peanut butter pie is very easy to make! It is made with ingredients that we usually have in our cabinets or pantry, which is another reason why it is so easy to make. Well, I didn't have a graham cracker crust, so my youngest daughter had to pick one up for me....:)

Here's the recipe:

8 ounces of cream cheese, room temp.

1 cup of creamy peanut butter

1 cup sugar

1TBLS butter

1 tsp vanilla

1 cup of heavy whipping cream

Directions:

Place all ingredients in a bowl and using a blender, I whipped everything for about 5 minutes with the blender speed on high. The filling should be light and fluffy.

Pour it all into a graham cracker crust, even it out and put in the refrigerator for a bout 6 to 8 hours. If you can make it the night before, even better!

Perfect bite!!!

This is what I had for dinner tonight....

If you try it, let me know what you think!

Hope you enjoy it.

My childhood friend, Lara, gave me this recipe years ago and it has been a family favorite ever since!

Recipe for Pop Up Rolls - Go Ahead and Just Make Them, You will Thank Me Later!

2021-09-21T18:36:00.004-05:00

I used to make these pop up rolls all the time, when our children were little. Fast forward a few years and my youngest daughter took over making them. Tonight was the first time I have made them in many, many years!

Here's the recipe:

POP UP ROLLS:

1 cup self-rising flour
1 T. Mayo
1/2 cup milk
2 T. sugar
Mix all ingredients well. Pour mixture into well greased or lined muffin tins and bake at 350 degrees until golden brown.

I baked these for 17 minutes and then shut the oven off and left them in there for another 5 minutes.

These are so easy to make and made with ingredients that you probably already have on hand .

These are good to have for breakfast, lunch or dinner or really anytime! Eat them plain or add your favorite jam to them or drizzle some honey on top-Yum!

Perfect bite!

Recipe: Sand Pudding

2021-09-21T14:12:00.008-05:00

This was always a fun treat to make when our children were small.

Here's the recipe to Sand Pudding:
Ingredients:

1 pkg Vanilla Wafers

2 Oreos

8 oz Cream Cheese

¼ C Butter

⅔ C powdered sugar

2 small pkgs French Vanilla pudding mix

2¾ C Milk

12 oz Cool Whip

Instructions:

::Add Vanilla Wafers and 2 Oreos to your food processor and crush until they resemble sand.

::In a small bowl, cream together softened 8 oz cream cheese, butter, and powdered sugar.

::In another larger bowl, mix pudding with milk. {{use the amount of milk listed above, NOT on back of the pudding packages!}}

::Add Pudding mixture to the cream cheese mixture. Fold in all of the Cool Whip.

::Layer into bucket or dish in this order: sand, pudding, sand, pudding, etc.

::Allow to chill in fridge at least one hour before serving.

*If you would like to cut the Carb a little, you can use almond milk, sugar free pudding, sugar free Cool Whip and use a sweetener like Monkfruit (their powdered sugar version of the real stuff!

Crunchy Monkey Bread Recipe

2021-09-20T15:21:00.001-05:00

Crunchy Monkey Bread Recipe:
Ingredients:
1/2 cup sugar
1 teaspoon cinnamon
2 cans (16.3 oz each) refrigerated biscuits
1/3 cup Honey Bunches of Oats Honey Roasted cereal
1/3 cup chopped pecans
1/3 cup raisins
1 cup firmly packed brown sugar
3/4 cup butter, melted
1 teaspoon vanilla

Directions:
Heat oven to 350°F. Lightly grease 12-cup bundt pan.

In a large plastic food storage bag, combine sugar and cinnamon. Separate dough into 16 biscuits and cut each biscuit into quarters. Place in the food storage bag and shake the bag to coat.

In a small bowl combine cereal, pecans and raisins. Arrange in biscuit pieces in pan, layering the cereal mixture among the biscuits.

In small bowl, mix brown sugar, melted butter and vanilla. Pour over biscuit pieces.

Bake 28 to 30 minutes or until golden brown and no longer doughy in center. Cool in pan 10 minutes.

Turn upside down onto serving plate and place in the center of table. Allow guests to pull apart the pieces of monkey bread to serve.

Enjoy it served warm.

Kitchen Hack for Steak Fries - You are gonna Love it!

2021-09-17T03:45:00.002-05:00

Whether it's a sweet potato or a russet potato, one way that will save you time in the kitchen, when making steak fries, is to use an apple slicer to cut your potato into steak fries.

Cut one end of the potato for stability, then place an apple slicer on top of the uncut end of the potato and push it through to the other end of the potato.

Add your favorite seasonings, and bake!

*Line your pan with parchment paper for an easy cleanup*

Super Easy French Toast Recipe

2021-09-17T03:08:00.000-05:00

This is the easiest French Toast recipe out there, and the kids will love it. Not only is French toast good for breakfast, it's great for an afternoon snack! :)

Here is the recipe:

Ingredients:
1 egg
3/4 cup milk
1 tablespoon ground cinnamon
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 pinch salt
4 slices bread

Directions:
~Beat together egg, milk, cinnamon, vanilla and salt.
~Heat a lightly oiled skillet or griddle over medium heat.
~Soak bread slices in egg mixture on each side, until thoroughly coated. Cook bread until both sides are lightly browned and crisp. Serve hot with syrup or powder sugar and berries!

Holiday Baking with Nestlé Toll House and Three Core Trends that will Influence How you Bake this Holiday Season!

2015-11-28T15:16:00.002-05:00

Disclosure: I was given Nestlé Toll House products to create some holiday yumminess and for this post--no money exchanged hands.

With the holidays in full swing, there's a lot of baking going on in our home and while the chocolate chip cookie will always be a favorite in our home, I like baking a few different kinds of cookies during the holidays.

I like simple recipes and I have always relied on Nestlé Toll House cookie dough to help me make a variety of cookies. Nestlé makes it easy for me (and you) to bake up a batch of yummy cookies. With the dough already made, I just pull out a few other ingredients like: flavorings, food colors, nuts, candies, fruits, etc and add what I want to the dough, bake and serve them up to my family and friends for a scrumptious snack!

Nestlé, a leader in baking for more than 75 years now, wants to inspire you to bake, so warm up your ovens and join in. Nestlé Toll House and leading pastry chefs from around the country looked at how baking is evolving and identified three core trends that will influence how Americans will bake this holiday season.

Speed Scratch
Beautiful baking creations aren’t just for trained pastry chefs. Today’s bakers can tap into pastry chef creativity and ensure success by leveraging proven baking shortcuts. Premade dough simplifies preparation, lets bakers explore ingredient variety and minimizes inconsistencies.

Farmers Market Inspired Baking
Modern bakers are eager to use ingredients that are in season to bring out the best flavor in their baked treats. With access to farmers markets year round, there are plenty of options for creating desserts with a distinct seasonal flavor.

Whoever came up with "Hot Cocoa" for a cookie flavor is a genius! Oh my word, cannot wait to try these!

Tradition Reinvented
Multicultural families are on the rise and with this demographic makeover in the U.S., home bakers are connecting with their heritage by updating treasured desserts. The memories behind classic recipes are timeless but today’s baker is looking to create new traditions.

Whatever cookies you decide to bake, Nestlé Toll House has you covered! So, go ahead, bring fun back into your kitchen and create a few masterpieces!

You can find Nestlé Toll House products at your local grocery store and Supermarkets across the nation!

Red Bull Cranberry Mocktail for your Holiday Drink

2015-11-25T13:23:00.004-05:00

Red Bull Cranberry Mocktail

For my long time readers, you know that we are a family of six and that I love to cook. I love trying new recipes, it doesn't matter if I am using the oven, stove top, or crock pot-it's all fun! I hardly ever experiment with drinks, but here's one I think I will give a try this holiday season--and it's made with Red Bull.

Recipe for Red Bull Cranberry Mocktail:
Ingredients:
1 oz fresh lemon juice
2 ounces non-alcoholic ginger beer*
2 oz apple cider
6 ounces Red Bull Red Edition
1/2 tsp cinnamon
1 sprig of Rosemary
1 lemon wheel

Directions:
In a small glass add lemon juice (aren't these cute!)
Ginger non-alcoholic beer, apple cider, Red Bull Red Edition, and cinnamon
Add ice
Garnish with a rosemary sprig pulled through a lemon wheel

*For a lower sugar option, sub non-alcoholic ginger beer with ginger flavored Kombucha

Disclosure: I was sent Red Bull products in exchange for sharing these recipes with my awesome readers!

Turkey Leftover Sliders made with Red Bull

2015-11-25T13:16:00.000-05:00

Red Bull BBQ Turkey Leftover Sliders

Looking for recipes to use all that left over turkey in? Look no further, these turkey sliders made with using Red Bull Yellow Edition will definitely be a hit with all your company!

Red Bull Slaw Ingredients:
3 Tablespoons mayonnaise
2 Tablespoons Red Bull Yellow Edition
2 teaspoons apple cider vinegar
1/2 teaspoon celery seeds
3 cups prepared bagged cabbage and carrot classic coleslaw

BBQ Turkey Sliders Ingredients:
1 Tablespoon olive oil
1/4 cup finely chopped onion
1 clove garlic, minced
1/2 cup leftover whole berry cranberry sauce
1/4 cup ketchup
1/2 cup Red Bull Yellow Edition
1 Tablespoon apple cider vinegar
2 teaspoons Dijon mustard
2 teaspoons Worcestershire sauce
1 teaspoon chili powder
1 teaspoon kosher salt
1/4 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
3 cups shredded leftover turkey
12 slider buns or soft dinner rolls

Directions:
In a large bowl, whisk together mayonnaise, Red Bull Yellow Edition, cider vinegar, and celery seeds. Toss with coleslaw. Cover and refrigerate while preparing the sliders.

Heat the oil in a saucepan over medium-high heat. Add the onion and cook until softened, about 3-5 minutes. Add the garlic and cook until fragrant, about 30 seconds. Stir in the cranberry sauce, ketchup, Red Bull Yellow Edition, vinegar, mustard, Worcestershire, chili powder, salt and pepper. Bring to a boil, then reduce heat to low and simmer until the sauce has thickened, about 5 minutes. Add turkey and stir to coat. Continue stirring until turkey is warm.

To serve, spoon turkey onto the bottom half of the buns, top with slaw, and finish with the top half of the bun.

Makes 12 sliders.

Disclosure: I was given product in exchange for this post--no money exchanged hands.

Turkey Pops and Caramel Apple Shooters for your Thanksgiving Meal

2015-11-25T10:16:00.001-05:00

Make life sweeter this Thanksgiving with delicious, turkey day themed treats from Mrs. Freshley’s. These desserts would be a perfect addition to your holiday family feast.

Creating semi-homemade desserts to impress holiday guests doesn't require a day of slaving away in the kitchen. Mrs. Freshley's has created two Thanksgiving-inspired treats that are sure to WOW guests without all the added stress.

Turkey Pops would be a fun recipe for your children to help you with on Thanksgiving!

Ingredients:
3-4 packs of Mrs. Freshley’s Chocolate Icers
Chocolate icing
Piping bag with orange and red icing
Chocolate melts
Candy eyes
Candy Corn
Cake Pop Sticks

Directions:
Tear Mrs. Freshley’s Chocolate Icers cakes and roll to form into a ball shape for the cake pop.
Use chocolate icing to help form cake pops if needed
Place on cake pop sticks
Melt candy melts, according to package directions
Dip cake pops into melted candy melts
Place in freezer until cool and dry
Using chocolate icing as glue, stick candy corn into the top of the cake pop to create feathers
Place on the candy eyes
Use the piping bag to draw the beak and gobbler

Caramel Apple Shooters is a recipe that will make your taste buds dance and quite possibly do a few back flips!

Here's the recipe for Caramel Apple Shooters:
Ingredients:
3 packs of Mrs. Freshley’s Vanilla Icers
3 medium Granny Smith apples
1/4 cup butter
3 tablespoons brown sugar
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
Whipped cream
Caramel topping

Directions:
Peel and dice the apples into bite sized pieces
Add the apples, butter, brown sugar, and cinnamon to a medium skillet and cook, stirring often to coat the apples in the sauce, for 5 minutes over medium low heat
Remove from heat and cool a bit before assembling the dessert.
Add a generous layer of the bite sized vanilla Icers to the bottom of the bowl and top with cinnamon apples
Layer with whipped cream and caramel sauce

Disclosure: These recipes are provided to you from Mrs. Freshley’s. I was sent product in exchange for this post--no money exchanged hands.

Yummy Recipes for your Holidays Using Cereal: Banana Bubble Loaf, Crunchy Monkey Bread, Bombay Party Mix, and Pebbles Confetti Cookies

2015-11-23T13:39:00.001-05:00

Every year, it always seems like I start my baking earlier and earlier and this year is no exception. I'm including a few new recipes this year and a some of those recipes call for cereal! Below find a few of the recipes that I will trying over this holiday season.

Banana Bubble Loaf
Ingredients:
2 cups Great Grains Banana Nut Crunch cereal
1 cup firmly packed brown sugar, divided
1/2 cup (1 stick) butter or margarine, melted
2 cans (12 oz. each) refrigerated buttermilk biscuits

Directions:
Preheat oven to 350°F. Lightly crush cereal in resealable plastic bag. Add 1/2 cup of the sugar; close bag and shake to mix well. Set aside. Mix remaining 1/2 cup sugar and the butter in small bowl.

Cut each biscuit into quarters. Dip, a few at a time, in butter mixture. Add to cereal mixture; close bag and shake to coat well. Place in greased 9x5-inch loaf pan. Sprinkle with any remaining cereal mixture. Drizzle with any remaining butter mixture.

Bake 40 to 45 min. or until golden brown. Cool in pan 10 min.; invert onto serving plate. Cut into 16 slices. Serve warm.

Crunchy Monkey Bread
Ingredients:
1/2 cup sugar
1 teaspoon cinnamon
2 cans (16.3 oz each) refrigerated biscuits
1/3 cup Honey Bunches of Oats Honey Roasted cereal
1/3 cup chopped pecans
1/3 cup raisins
1 cup firmly packed brown sugar
3/4 cup butter, melted
1 teaspoon vanilla

Directions:
Heat oven to 350°F. Lightly grease 12-cup bundt pan.

In a large plastic food storage bag, combine sugar and cinnamon. Separate dough into 16 biscuits and cut each biscuit into quarters. Place in the food storage bag and shake the bag to coat.

In a small bowl combine cereal, pecans and raisins. Arrange in biscuit pieces in pan, layering the cereal mixture among the biscuits.

In small bowl, mix brown sugar, melted butter and vanilla. Pour over biscuit pieces.

Bake 28 to 30 minutes or until golden brown and no longer doughy in center. Cool in pan 10 minutes.

Turn upside down onto serving plate and place in the center of table. Allow guests to pull apart the pieces of monkey bread to serve. Enjoy warm.

Bombay Party Mix
Ingredients
2 cups Honey Bunches of Oats Honey Roasted cereal
1/2 cup whole cashews
2 Tablespoons vegetable oil
1 Tablespoon curry powder
1 teaspoon mustard seeds
1 teaspoon cumin seeds
1/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper
1/2 cup wasabi peas
1/2 cup sesame sticks
1/2 cup golden raisins
1/2 teaspoon Kosher salt

Directions
In a large dry skillet over medium high heat, combine Honey Bunches of Oats cereal and cashews and toast until golden brown and fragrant; about 5 minutes.

Remove from pan and place in a large bowl. Return pan to heat. Add vegetable oil, curry powder, mustard seeds, cumin seeds and cayenne pepper. Stir and cook for 30 seconds. Turn off heat.

Pour curry mixture over toasted cereal and nuts in the large bowl. Add the wasabi peas, sesame sticks, raisins and salt. Toss to combine.

Pebbles Confetti Cookies
Ingredients:
1 pkg. (2-layer size) yellow cake mix
1/2 cup oil
1/4 cup water
1 large egg
3 cups Fruity or Cocoa Pebbles Cereal

Directions:
Preheat oven to 350°F. Beat cake mix, oil, water and egg in large bowl with wooden spoon until well blended. Add cereal; mix well.

Drop tablespoonfuls of dough, 2 inches apart, onto ungreased baking sheets.

Bake 11 minutes or just until cookies begin to brown. Cool on wire racks. Makes about 4 dozen cookies.

Disclosure: I received product in exchange for sharing these recipes using Post cereal---no money exchanged hands.

Recipes for the Holidays--Using Ice Cream!

2015-11-21T11:11:00.003-05:00

We love ice cream here, and even better in recipes! Here are two that you will absolutely want to make this holiday season! Get your taste buds ready!

BERRY COBBLER A LA MODE

Ingredients:
3/4 cup sugar, divided
1 Tbsp. cornstarch
2 bags (12 oz. ea.) frozen mixed berries, thawed
2/3 cup flour
1 tsp. baking powder
1/8 tsp. salt
1/4 cup I Can't Believe It's Not Butter!® All Purpose Sticks, cut into 1/2-inch cubes
1/4 cup 2% milk
3 cups Breyers® Natural Vanilla Ice Cream

Directions:
1) Preheat oven to 375°. Combine 1/2 cup sugar and cornstarch in large bowl. Add berries and toss to coat. Transfer to 2-quart baking dish or 9-inch cast iron skillet; set aside.

2) Combine flour, 3 tablespoons of the remaining sugar, baking powder and salt in medium bowl. Add I Can't Believe It's Not Butter!® All Purpose Sticks and toss to coat with flour mixture. Combine by cutting with pastry blender or two knives until mixture resembles coarse meal. Stir in milk until blended. Spoon tablespoonfuls over berries. Sprinkle with remaining 1 tablespoon sugar.

3)Bake 50 to 60 minutes until bubbling in the center and topping is golden. Serve warm with Breyers® Natural Vanilla Ice Cream.

Mint Chocolate Mocktinis

Ingredients:
5 Tbsp. Breyers™ Hot Fudge Ice Cream Sauce
1/2 cup Breyers™ Chocolate Sprinkles
1 cup Breyers® Natural Vanilla Ice Cream
1/4 cup milk
1/4 tsp. green gel food coloring
1/4 tsp. peppermint extract

Directions:
1)Squeeze 2 tablespoons Ice Cream Sauce onto plate. Pour Chocolate Sprinkles onto another plate. Dip rim of 2 martini glasses into Ice Cream Sauce, then Chocolate Sprinkles. Squeeze 3 tablespoons Ice Cream Sauce into plastic zip-top bag and snip off small piece from 1 corner. Pipe sauce into glasses starting at bottoms and working up to tops to create swirl patterns; set aside.

2) Process Breyers® Natural Vanilla Ice Cream, milk, food coloring and extract in blender until smooth. Pour into glasses and serve immediately.

Disclosure: This post was sponsored by Unilever, I was sent product coupons-no mney exchanged hands. -Read my disclosure policy here.

Pearson Farms Review and Perfect for your Holiday recipes!

2015-11-21T09:14:00.001-05:00

Disclosure: Our family was sent product that literally made our taste buds dance in exchange for being in my HGG--no money exchanged hands!

With the holidays literally just around the corner, I was excited when I was contacted about being sent some pecans for my holiday gift guide--I literally jumped on the offer!

I use pecans in various dishes during the holidays, so I go through a lot of them and usually have to run back to the store for more pecans to finish my dishes...of course snacking on them probably doesn't help any!

Pearson Farms, located in Georgia, plant the trees, harvest the nuts, clean, shell and bag by hand, all just for you! They offer two top quality Natural Pecan Varieties: Elliot and Schley. Our family was sent Elliot to sample--the pecans were very fresh and I have not found one piece of shell in the whole bag! And that is a plus to me--I hate biting into a shell, it about breaks my teeth every time!

Another thing that I like about Pearson Farms are their prices, all of their products are very affordable including their hostess and corporate gifts. If none of the gifts on their site are of interest to you, you can call them, tell them what you are wanting and they will create the perfect gift for you! Which is pretty special on their part, if you ask me!

Pearson Farms sale a variety of pecans, all natural, sweet, chocolate covered and more, you can check all their products out HERE at this link. and While you are their make sure you check out Mary's Kitchen --there are cookies, pies, cake crumbles and more for your holiday needs!

Hahn’s Old Fashioned Coffee Cake for your Holidays

2015-11-21T08:29:00.001-05:00

Disclosure: I was given the products featured in this post in exchange for a spot in my HGG--no money exchanged hands!

Coffee cake is a staple for many families during the holiday season and Hahn’s coffee cake ranks right up there with the best of the best (My mom's was the best!)

Using all natural fresh ingredients and an old family recipe the tradition continues. Hahn’s offers the original coffee cake as well as best sellers like the Apple Crumb Cake, Mocha Cappuccino Cake and the Can of Crumbs, just the topping of the crumb cakes.

They offer several varieties of crumb cake for online cake delivery.

Plain Crumb Cake. Made from an old family recipe.
Bucket of Crumbs. For many people, the best part of crumb cake is the crumbs. The Bucket of Crumbs makes a great gift: it’s unique; it ships well; it has a six-month shelf life (if anyone can make it last that long); the bucket has its own handle, so it’s easy to carry; and it doesn’t need to be gift-wrapped — the bucket has a shiny finish, so it looks like a present even without gift wrapping.

A Can of Crumbs Three Pack. Sometimes you just can’t carry around a whole bucket of crumbs (though you’d like to!).
Raspberry-Walnut Crumb Cake. Their rich buttery crumbs on top of a layer of delicious raspberry preserves, a layer of our signature cake base with walnuts added.

Our family was sent a sampler of coffee cakes and "A Bucket of Crumbs", lets just say neither of them lasted very long in our home! All the cakes were rich in flavor and the tops of the cakes had a little crunchy goodness on top of them.

The "Can of Crumbs" I hid in my closet, for myself, until my daughter that is in college called and said she was wanting something sweet! I wrestled with the thought of giving her the rest of my crumbs verses going to buy her something at the store!

But I was a good mom and gave her my "Can of Crumbs"....after I took a couple of more pieces out for myself!

You can purchase some of this yumminess for yourself here at THIS LINK.

Brazi Bites On Shark Tank this Friday Night (11/20/15)

2015-11-19T09:30:00.000-05:00

It was the summer of 2009, in Portland, Oregon, where Junea was having some serious cravings for Pão de Queijo, her country’s most popular snack food.

She did only what a daughter could do and called her mother in Brazil and asked for the family recipe. Her mom was excited to share the family secrets that made “the perfect cheese bread.” Junea and her husband made their first batch in their home kitchen that summer.

But they did encounter a problem--they had a hard time finding the most important ingredient from her family’s recipe, “Minas” cheese, it was not available in the United States! So they spent months trying countless cheeses, hoping to re-create the taste they loved. Finally, one day in the spring of 2010, yes, almost one year later, the most delicious cheese bread they had ever tasted came out of the oven – it was so good that they literally devoured the whole tray in minutes! And thus, Brazi Bites were born!

They were excited to share their creation with everyone, so they signed up for their first local food show. Two days before the show, we stayed up all night rolling thousands of pieces of cheese bread by hand but it simply wasn’t enough. The response was totally overwhelming and they sold out halfway through the show! At that point, they knew they had something special…

Fast forward to today....Their little cheese bread experiment became their passion, and now Brazi Bites can be found in hundreds of stores across the United States! They are as excited as they were the moment that first batch came out of the oven in their home kitchen. One bite and you’ll understand why!

Brazi Bites would make a great addition to your Thanksgiving dinner, holiday parties or Christmas dinners.

Brazi Bites will be on Shark Tank this Friday night (November 20, 2015) at 8PM (CST) and 9PM (EST) so make sure you tune in to see which shark or sharks partner with them.

You can also follow along with Brazi Bites over on their social media sites too: Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.

Disclosure: Most of the information found in this post is from the Brazi website or their social media pages. No money exchanged hands and once I receive product I will be sharing my honest review with you, my favorite readers in the whole world! Read my disclosure policy here.

Prayers for Paris

2015-11-16T16:49:00.002-05:00

Acccentuate Games

2015-11-16T09:52:00.002-05:00

Need something to liven up those tired evenings after Thanksgiving or Christmas dinners? Leaving other classic games out in the cold, Accentuate boasts a simple yet humiliating premise: repeat a given quotation aloud in a randomly selected accent and see if teammates can guess what it is!

The worse the accent attempts are, the more hilarious the game becomes as players struggle to separate their Geordie from their German, their Scouse from their Spanish.

Featuring 30 different drawls from around the globe! a third of which are home grown British dialects! Accentuate players are under blush‐inducing pressure to perform, with just thirty seconds to utter one of the 90 quotations in their allotted accent.

The box comes complete with 90 Accent Cards featuring 30 different accents from around the globe (each repeated three times), 90 different Quotation Cards, a timer and a dice to select game‐play options. Its compact size makes it ideal for livening up festive visits to family and friends this Christmas.

You will be in stitches by the time the game is over---if you can stand to put it up! Accentuate, would make for great stocking stuffers, Christmas or birthday gifts too! You can purchase Accentuate over on their website HERE for $19.99.

Disclosure: I was given the product featured for my HGG--no money exchanged hands.

Choice Collectables Fine Art - Iron Man War Machine

2015-11-16T09:39:00.004-05:00

Choice Collectables is a premier provider of animation, limited edition and out-of-print fine art. One of Choice’s marquee components is its extensive partnership with Marvel; the makers of Iron Man, Captain America, The Hulk and many more.

"Iron Man War Machine" was created by staff artists inside Marvel. It features Tony Stark with his Iron Man arsenal, comprised of a multitude of "Mark" versions of his suit.

The iconic bachelor scientist appears on the left side of the piece in civilian clothes, as if to highlight his ability to transition from impressive man to even impressive superhero combo of man and machine. In the background, a dulled shadow of the original Iron Man suit from his first comic appearance emphasizes Iron Man's technological transformation through the ages.

All of Choice Collectables comes with a certificate of Authencity. You can purchase the "Iron Man War Machine" artwork HERE at this link.

Disclosure: I was given the product featured for my HGG--no money exchanged hands.

Silverlit: Blu-Bot - The Intelligent Bluetooth Robot (it even Dances!)

2015-11-16T09:13:00.001-05:00

Children everywhere are gong to love this Intelligent Bluetooth Robot! This interactive robot with multiple functions and features may be operated with or without an App!

Use the power of your Smart Phone to control your Robot with Bluetooth Blue-Bot. Slide your finger over the screen to move him forward, backward, left and right. Speak into your smart phone and broadcast through your Blue-Bot. Record messages and playback with voice changer (which will bring extra fun to the play time!).

Switch to dance mood for a “moon dance” with music. Add in your personalized mixing sound effects using your smart phone. Blue-Bot can also be used in stand-alone mode to program up to 50 movies without using your phone.

You can download the Blu-Bot App FREE of charge from the App Store for iOS devices, or from the Google Play Store for Android systems, and use a Smartphone or Tablet as your remote control.

You can purchase this Blu-Bot HERE at this link

Disclosure: I was given the product featured for my HGG--no money exchanged hands.

CVS Deals through 11/21 (Awesome Laundry and Shampoo Deal!)

2015-11-16T08:52:00.001-05:00

Buy 2 Pantene Shampoo or Conditioner at $4
Get $4 ECBs (Limit 1)
Use Buy One Get One Free coupon from the 11/1 P&G insert (exp 11/15)
Free after coupon and ECBs

Buy 1 Boost Compact Complete Nutritional Drink (4 oz) at $1
Get $1 ECBs (Limit 2) – Monthly Deal
Free after ECBs

Buy 2 Colgate Total Toothpaste (4 oz) at $2.99
Get $2 ECBs (Limit 2)
Use $2/1 coupon from the 11/8 Smart Source insert
Free after coupon and ECBs
**If Total Repair is included

Buy 1 Brut or Sure Deodorant at $2
Get $1 ECBs (Limit 1)
Use $0.75/1 coupon from the 11/15 Smart Source insert
$0.25 after coupon and ECBs

**Buy 4 Gain Flings or Tide Pods (14 ct) at $3.94
Use (4) $2/1 coupons from the 11/1 P&G insert
Pay $7.76 out of pocket, Get $5 ECBs
$0.69 each after coupon and ECBs

**Buy 2 Tresemme Shampoo – $4
**Buy 4 Suave Shampoo – $3.99 and $1.99 (Buy 1, Get 1 50% OFF)
Use (2) $2/1 coupon from the 11/1 SmartSouce insert
Use (2) $3/2 coupon from the 11/1 SmartSouce insert
Pay $9.96 out of pocket, Get $5 ECBs
$0.83 each after coupon and ECBs

Buy 2 Covergirl Blush at $4.99
Get $4 ECBs (Limit 1)
Use $2/2 coupon from the 11/1 P&G insert
$1.49 each after coupon and ECBs

Buy 1 Zicam Total Immune at $5.99
Get $2 ECBs (Limit 2)
Use $2/1 coupon from the 11/15 Smart Source insert
$1.99 after coupon and ECBs

Radiance Vitamins, B1G1

Nature’s Bounty Heart Health, B or D vitamins, B1G1
Use (2) $1 off Nature’s Bounty vitamin or supplement, RP 10/04

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My Favorite Walgreen's Deals through 11/21/15

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MONEYMAKER:
This week you will receive 3000 Balance Reward Points when you buy three Hallmark Greeting Cards (value $3-$3.75).
Buy three at $0.99 Hallmark Cards and use no coupons.
Pay $2.97 and receive 3000 Balance Reward Points

Buy 1 Sure Deodorant at $1.50
Use $0.75/1 coupon from the 11/15 Smart Source insert
$0.75 after coupon

Buy 2 Tresemme Shampoo at $3.99
Get $2 Register Rewards
Use (2) $2/1 coupon from the 11/1 Smart Source insert
$0.99 each after coupons and Register Rewards

Buy 3 Crest Mouthwash (16 oz), Crest Toothpaste or Oral B Toothbrush at $3.33
Get $4 Register Reward
Use (3) $1/1 coupon from the 11/1 P&G insert
$1 each after coupons and Register Rewards

Buy 1 Colgate Toothpaste, Mouthwash or Toothbrush at $3.99
Get $2 Register Rewards
Use $0.50/1 coupon from the 10/25 Smart Source insert
$1.24 after coupon and Register Rewards

Libby’s Canned Pumpkin, 15 oz, $1.29 w/ in-ad coupon, limit 4

Royal Dansk Cookies Tin, 9-12 oz, B1G1

Nestle Toll House ~~Dough~~ Morsels, 12 oz, 2 for $4
*Must buy 2
I thought it was cookie dough on sale at first--sigh!--but these are still yummy too! :)

Save $0.50 on HALLS from Checkout 51

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With cold season starting, it’s the perfect time to restock your medicine cabinet.

Save $0.50 on HALLS Bags to keep coughs and sore throats at bay.

Be sure to shop and upload your receipt by Wednesday, November 18 at 11:59 pm before your new Checkout 51 offers arrive on Thursday.

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