My little guy turned one last week! One year has never gone by so fast. Does time kick into turbo once you have kids or what? Anyways, my husband’s parents made a last minute, quick trip to Utah so we celebrated Owen’s birthday a day early with them. There’s been a lot of hype…
Desserts
Seven days of Sweets for your Sweetheart Day 7: Red Velvet Waffles
Making a special breakfast on Valentine’s Day is a simple way to tell someone you love them. It’s a kind and genuine act of service. If you are looking for something different and something that will really knock their socks off tomorrow morning, give these Red Velvet Waffles a try. The waffles are thick and…
Seven Days of Sweets for your Sweetheart Day 6: Classic Chocolate Truffles from Let’s Dish
It’s Day Six of Seven Days of Sweets for your Sweetheart over here! Just one more day of sugar and indulgence. I hope you are hanging in there! Today, Danelle from Let’s Dish is here to share her Classic Chocolate Truffles, a perfect Valentine treat. Danelle and I have similar tastes in food and everything…
Seven Days of Sweets for your Sweetheart Day 5: Peanut Butter Cream Filled Cookie Cups
If you know me, you know Valentine’s Day just wouldn’t be complete without a peanut buttery treat. I kind of have a thing for peanut butter. In fact, my husband used to call me the Peanut Butter Princess when were dating. My ability to pound a bag of Peanut Butter M&M’s all by myself and…
Seven days of Sweets for your Sweetheart Day 3: Chocolate Cinnamon Mini Heart Cakes with Chocolate Buttercream Frosting
Cinnamon is a powerful, natural aphrodisiac. Pairing it with chocolate makes for a very increased appetite (wink. wink). Know what I mean? Just kidding. Kind of. That’s just what I’ve heard;) But chocolate and cinnamon really are a perfect pair, and these little cakes are quite cute and tasty. The chocolate buttercream frosting…
Seven days of Sweets for your Sweetheart Day 1: Chocolate-Hazelnut Smooches
It’s Day 1 of the Seven days of Sweets for your Sweetheart here at Sweet Treats and More. Hopefully, over the next week you will find the inspiration to create something sweet for that special someone in your life. {feel free to grab a button ( right sidebar) and share the love…
Butterscotch Pecan Choco Chippers
“Chocolate is nature’s way of making up for Mondays” ~author unknown Way back when, before I entered the world of diaper changing, booger wiping, and baby talking, I used to dread Mondays. It was the busiest day of work. The looongest day of school. The worst day of conditioning at…
The First Cookie of 2011
Happy 2011. I know what you are thinking. “A cookie recipe to kick of the New Year? Is this girl trying to sabotage our healthy eating goals already?” No I am not. I actually made these cookies on New Year’s Eve. So, technically, they were the last cookie of 2010. Ohhh they were good. The frosting…
Merry Mondays: Big, Soft Cinnamon Rolls
I hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas spent with the people you love! We had a slight hickup getting here, but we made it! We drove into Alamosa at 4:30am on Friday, exhausted but just happy to be with family. Santa was good to us, our 10 month old enjoyed tearing and eating wrapping paper, and playing with the toys his cousins opened more…
The Naughty List….
We are making the treck to Colorado today. I’ll be gone for a week and half and I am so excited just to spend time with family and enjoy a week with my husband not working:) I’ve still got laundry to fold and a bag to pack so I’ll make this quick. Here are a…