Pillsbury Confetti Rocky Road Bars

This is an easy one that requires refrigerator dough!

INGREDIENTS
1 roll (16.5 oz) Pillsbury® refrigerated sugar cookies
3 cups miniature marshmallows
1 1/2 cups miniature creme-filled chocolate sandwich cookies, halved or coarsely broken
1 cup semisweet chocolate chips (6 oz)
3/4 cup salted peanuts
1/3 cup miniature candy-coated chocolate pieces

DIRECTIONS
1. Heat oven to 350°F. In ungreased 13x9-inch pan, break up cookie dough. With floured fingers, press dough evenly in pan.
2. Bake 13 to 16 minutes or until light golden brown.
3. Immediately sprinkle marshmallows evenly over crust. Sprinkle with half of the cookies. Sprinkle with all of the chocolate chips, peanuts and candy-coated chocolate pieces. Sprinkle with remaining cookies; press lightly into marshmallows.
4. Bake 4 to 5 minutes longer or until marshmallows begin to puff. Cool completely on cooling rack, about 2 hours. For bars, cut into 6 rows by 6 rows.

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Betty Crocker Chocolate Truffles Topiary

Here is a cute idea that can make for a fun project.

From Betty Crocker

• 1 round florists' foam topiary with dowel and base, 5 inches in diameter
• Flowerpot to fit topiary base, about 6 inches in diameter
• Rocks to weight flowerpot
• Toothpicks
• 36 to 48 chocolate truffles with firm centers, about 1 1/4 inches in diameter
• Plastic wrap or aluminum foil
• 2 to 3 cups fresh raspberries
• 1 yard 1-inch-wide white and gold ribbon

1. Press topiary base securely in flowerpot (glue if necessary). Fill pot 2/3 full with rocks.
2. Insert toothpicks into topiary ball; push truffles onto toothpicks.
3. Line top of pot with plastic wrap; cover with raspberries. Tie ribbon into bow on dowel.


enjoy

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Thom's Holiday Fill in the Blanks Meme:

Submitted by the wonderful Thom!

(this cracks me up)



Thom's Holiday Fill in the Blanks Meme:

I saw ____Charlie Brown______ kissing _____Lucy!____
Underneath the ______Christmas Tree at Rockefeller Center___ last night
They didn't see me ___snapping pictures_______
Down the ____street__ to have a ___drink?_______
They thought that I was __Snoopy I think_________
in my _____white coat______ fast ___as lightening____

Then I saw ______Pooh____ kissing ____Timmy____
Underneath the _____Bee Hive____ last night

Oh what a __shock____ it would have been
If ______certain people...could ____ had only seen
____Pooh_____ kissing ___Timmy______ last night.

......................

How's your weather? Will you have a white Christmas?

White right now!!!!!

Why be normal?

No kidding!

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I'm back!

Yes, I was on hiatus for a while.
I was a speaker at several conferences and had some business to take care of.
I'm back now to post fun recipes, memes and other good stuff.
Thank you SitedandBlogged for hanging in there.

Anna

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Chocolate Nutritional Facts

NUTRITIONAL FACTS/ Chocolate
	Milk	White	Dark
Serving Size	1oz.-28.6g	1oz.-28.6g	1oz.-28.6g
Calories	157	162	150
Protein	1.7g	2g	1.7g
Total Fat	10g	10.58g	10g
Saturated Fat	6g	6.57g	6g
Cholesterol	5g	8.58g	0.28g
Fiber	0.57g	0	3.14g
Carbohydrate	15.44g	14.87g	13.15g
Sugars	15.15g	14.87g	12.58g
Sodium	26.8mg	31mg	29.5mg
Potassium	98mg	97mg	153mg
Calcium	52mg	78mg	9.1mg
Vitamin E	128mg	147mg	102.49mg
Riboflavin	84mg	118mg	32.3mg

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Ultimate Double Chocolate Cookies by Ghirardelli

Yield: 24 cookies
12 ounce(s) Semi-Sweet Chocolate Chips
11 1/2 ounce(s) 60% Cacao Bittersweet Chocolate Chips
6 tablespoon(s) unsalted butter
3 eggs
1 cup(s) sugar
1/3 cup(s) all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon(s) baking powder
1 cup(s) chopped walnuts
Directions
In double boiler over hot water, melt bittersweet chocolate chips and butter. In large bowl with electric mixer or whisk, beat eggs and sugar until thick; stir into chocolate mixture. In small bowl, stir together flour and baking powder; stir into chocolate mixture. Gently mix in semi-sweet chocolate chips and walnuts. Using a sheet of plastic wrap, form dough into two logs, each 2 inches in diameter and about 12 inches long. As dough will be quite soft, use plastic wrap to hold dough in log shape. Wrap tightly; refrigerate at least 1 hour or until firm. Heat oven to 375°F. Unwrap dough; with sharp knife, cut into 3/4-inch slices. Place slices 1 1/2 inches apart on greased or parchment-lined cookie sheet.

Bake 12 to 14 minutes or until shiny crust forms on top but interior is still soft. Cool on baking sheet; store in airtight tin up to 1 week.

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