Pumpkin Fluff

Pumpkin season is upon us!!!  I've seen several sweet pumpkin dip recipes floating around Pinterest and decided to give it a try.  I added a little nutmeg to mine and it was perfect.  It's not overly sweet or overly pumpkin, it was just right.  We loved eating our pumpkin fluff with apple slices and graham crackers.  As we were eating it I was thinking how yummy this would be as a hot chocolate topping!

1 cup pumpkin puree
1 (8 oz) package of cream cheese, softened
1/2 cup powdered sugar
1/2 t cinnamon
1/8 t nutmeg
1 (8 oz) tub of cool whip

Apples slices, graham crackers, animal crackers, etc.


Beat pumpkin, softened cream cheese, powdered sugar, cinnamon, and nutmeg all together until combined and creamy.  Then fold the cool whip into the mixture.  Keep refrigerated until ready to serve.

Monster Mouth Snack

Again, I'm loving pinterest. It's so fun and I love not having to email myself recipes or other things I find interesting on the Internet. Yesterday we made these cute little snacks. So easy, mostly healthy, and lots of fun.

1 Apple, quartered
Peanut butter
Mini marshmallows

Take each section of apple and cut out a mouth. Be careful not to cut too deep because you want the apple to hold it's shape. Then put a dab of peanut butter along the back of the mouth to hold in the teeth. I cut the mini marshmallows in half because I was using a small apple. After that, stick in the marshmallows and it's done! I've also seen this done with slivered almonds for teeth but my girls love marshmallows.

Spider Cookies

I used the Double Chocolate Chip Cookies recipe for the cookies

2 C. all-purpose flour
2/3 C. cocoa powder
3/4 tsp. Baking soda
1/4 tsp. salt
1 c. (2 sticks) butter, softened
1 1/2 C. sugar
2 eggs
2 tsp. vanilla
2 C. Milk Chocolate Chips

Heat oven to 350 degress. Stir together the flour, cocoa, baking soda and salt. Set aside. In a mixer cream together the butter, sugar, eggs and vanilla. When that mixture is light and fluffy gradually add in the cooca mixture, beating well. Stir in the chocolate chips. Drop by spoonful onto an ungreased pan. (I use a Silpat they come off perfectly!) Bake 8-10 minutes (I went 12 because I wanted them a little more firm). Cool slightly then remove from pan to a wire rack. Cool completely. About 4 1/2 dozen small. (I got 3 dozen big cookies)

After the cookies cooled completely I frosted them with Milk Chocolate Frosting (from the can :( ) and then I separated 1 can of vanilla frosting into 5 sections. I made white the biggest section because it is neeeded the most for the webs. Then I made, pink, green, blue, and purple to match what was going to be used as the spiders body. On Bakerella she used Trix cereal. I couldn't fnd Trix so I used Captain Crunch with Berries and used the berries for the spiders bodies. After separating the frosting. I put the frosting into ziploc baggies and snipped the very tip off to make it into a piping bag. I then piped 3 circles onto each frosted cookie. Using a toothpick I drug the frosting from the center outward to create a web. Then I piped 8 little legs out of the colored frosting and placed 1 crunch berry in the center for the body and presto!! The cookies are finished!! Enjoy!! Erika