04.03.15

The Best of Two Worlds
I managed to find the newest flavor of Oreos today...Cotton Candy. They were okay, not my favorite. Still looking forward to the Smores!

My pizza had some company tonight with a drink from Avery Brewing.

03.04.15

Birthday!!
Spent the evening with a group of wonderful women celebrating the birthday of my wonderful friend Ally!

A couple of days late...but enjoyed some mint, green Oreos! Thanks Kim!

02.13.15

What...Oreos???
I catch some crap at school about Oreos...was recently told that I have an "Oreo Fetish." The funny thing is, everyone seems to really enjoy that fetish when I bring them Oreo Truffles!!

02.07.15

Yummy
Picked these up from my "supplier" today...loved them!! Wished they came in a bigger bag - could use them for Valentine Oreo Truffles. Instead I will have to go with the "plain" Oreos.

02.04.15

Snow?
Well, today's storm really just ended up being rain and a few flurries. Looking forward to getting some of the white stuff!

I didn't take the Oreo pic...made my sister do the hard work. She has the Oreos "secured" now I just need to get them to try them! Read online tonight that S mores Oreos should be coming out soon! 

01.30.15

Friday Treats
The 1st grade team had Friday Treats this month. In addition to the Oreos, a "Deflate Gate" cake managed to make an appearance. Sunday's game will be that...just another game. :(

12.11.14

Who Wants an Oreo?
Staring to get some gifts ready for next week while also enjoying some treats from this week.

12.04.14

"Throwback Thursday"
Last week we decided to start thawing out a turkey. Tonight we finally got around to cooking it. We did the full Thanksgiving dinner. I was absolutely surprised at how well my pumpkin pie came out. Too bad I wasn't in charge of that for Thanksgiving this year versus the rolls! We had everything done, including the turkey, in 90 minutes!

Also came across the "Limited Edition" flavor of Oreos while I was at Safeway.

11.03.14

New Oreos
Not the Red Velvet flavor that is supposed to be released before the holidays, but white fudge dipped...yum!

09.02.14

Oreos
As always, I'm on the hunt for new and exciting flavors of Oreos. Today I found the annual Halloween cookies. Nothing super fabulous, but yummy!

07.22.14

On the Hunt
Well, I am looking for "housing" for 270 Google Chromebooks. Made my way to IKEA thinking that I would hit the jackpot...not so much. Also made my way to a few office stores and Super Target...still nothing great. Will have to go back to the drawing board. (I did manage to find some Reese's Peanut Butter Cup Oreos at the Super Target though...YUMMY!!) 

05.06.14

Store-Bought Cupcakes...Pimped Out!
Well, I was in charge of a dessert for our ladies golf league's opening night. I had great plans of something homemade, but my plans had to change.

After looking through Pinterest I decided to go with cupcakes. I didn't have the time to make the cupcakes or frosting this week, so I decided to "pimp out" the store-bought cupcakes with toppings ideas I had found while looking online. 

The one thing you loose with this method is the custom flavored cupcakes and frosting, but it saves a lot of time and still gives you customized cupcakes! If you wanted, it would actually be very easy to add some various flavors to the frosting. You could use cinnamon, nutmeg, or various extracts. You would need to carefully remove all of the frosting into a bowl, mix in the flavor and then re-frost.

Below I've outlined what I did with my King Soopers cupcakes. One thing I did for several of the cupcakes was remove a little of the frosting...I think the store bakeries always use too much.

BEFORE

AFTER

Peanut Butter Cup
-chocolate cupcakes with chocolate buttercream frosting (removed some of the frosting)
-chopped up Peanut Butter Cup Minis for the topping

Caramel & Chocolate Pretzel
-vanilla cupcakes with vanilla buttercream frosting AND
-vanilla cupcakes with chocolate buttercream (didn't remove any of the frosting)
-melted just a small amount of chocolate in the microwave and drizzled it over the pretzels and let cool before adding them to the cupcake
-drizzle caramel ice cream topping on top

Coconut
-chocolate cupcakes with vanilla whipped cream frosting AND
-vanilla cupcakes with vanilla whipped cream frosting (removed some of the frosting)
-placed coconut on a plate and rolled cupcake around to top

Oreo
-chocolate cupcakes with vanilla buttercream frosting (I would use the whipped cream frosting next time.)
-I removed all the frosting into a small bowl. In a Ziploc I crushed up Oreo minis and mixed them in with the frosting. I then re-frosted the cupcakes. (I didn't actually use all of the frosting.)
-I also chopped up some of the Oreos and sprinkled them on top.

Fruit
-chocolate cupcakes with vanilla whipped cream frosting AND
-vanilla cupcakes with vanilla whipped cream frosting (I didn't remove any frosting.)
-place the fruit of your choice on top...I used a raspberry

02.12.14

What's a Girl to Do?
How could I choose between posting a picture of roses or Oreos!?!? They both have their advantages and disadvantages! 

Roses...I'll take any of them!!! I do have to say it looked like LOVE had thrown-up at King Soopers. ;) As for the Oreos, I had to make a quick decision (in the main isle....someone hot on my heels) to go with marshmallow or cookie dough. Once home, thinking that I should have gone with the cookie dough.

02.01.14

Super Bowl Sweets
Well, I'm going half homemade & half purchased for dessert tomorrow. Last week I decided to go with a favorite of some friends, as well as mine - the Oreo, and make "Slutty Cheesecake Bars." Yes. That's really their name...sorry mother! ;) After looking over the recipe they are made in an 8x8 pan, so I was afraid that I would need something else. So, I decided to make an order to The Bundt Shop for the "Manning Mini" special.


In closing...One. More. Sleep.