Candied Almonds are perfect for gifting but can also be enjoyed atop salads, yogurt, and more. They’re easy to make and call for just six ingredients!

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Why wait for Reese’s peanut butter eggs to be stocked at your local grocery store when you can make them at home? This sweet and salty peanut butter filling is coated in creamy milk chocolate to make the ultimate Easter treat! 

Reese’s peanut butter cups are delicious, but there’s something about the seasonal Reese’s eggs that are even better.

Perhaps it’s the increased peanut butter to chocolate ratio or the adorable shape. Whatever the reason, peanut butter eggs rank high on my list of Easter treats.

Lucky for me, I’ve finally figured out how to make peanut butter Easter eggs at home. The peanut butter filling is perfectly salty and sweet like a classic Reese’s, and the milk chocolate coating beautifully covers the entire egg.

Keep the entire batch for yourself, or wrap them up to gift to friends and family this season.

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Perfect for gifting during the holidays or on Valentine’s Day, chocolate covered strawberries are a homemade treat that everyone loves. This recipe packs in all of my top tips for perfect strawberries every time!

Making chocolate covered strawberries yourself is a quick and easy gift idea for friends and family any time of year. Not to mention it’s much less expensive than buying them from a chocolate store! 

However, as simple as coating fresh strawberries in chocolate may be, there’s a specific method I follow that results in perfect chocolate covered strawberries every single time. 

My big secret? I always temper the chocolate before coating the strawberries in it! 

Tempering the chocolate gives it a beautiful shine, and once it has set at room temperature the chocolate will snap when you bite into it. If you want to make chocolate covered strawberries like the ones you find at an expensive chocolate store, then you have to try this simple recipe!

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3-ingredient Oreo balls are an easy, no-bake dessert to make all year long. They’re especially perfect for cookie swaps and gifting!  

Desserts don’t get much easier than these homemade Oreo balls! Three basic ingredients — Oreos, cream cheese, and chocolate — are combined to make the most luxurious no-bake treat. 

Oreo balls are quick and easy to prepare, and they’re always a huge hit at parties, potlucks, and cookie swaps. 

Even better, they can be made in advance and refrigerated until you’re ready to serve them. Since the Oreo balls are coated in chocolate, there’s no danger of the filling drying out. They’re just as good on day five as they are the first day you made them!

Recipe Ingredients 

These Oreo cookie balls are made with just three ingredients. Because this is such a simple recipe, it’s important that you not take any shortcuts and that you buy the exact ingredients specified below. 

• Oreo cookies: You’ll need 36 regular Oreos for this recipe, which is equal to one 14.3-ounce package. You’ll be using the entire Oreo cookie too, so no need to scrape out the cream.

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Learn how to make soft caramel candy from scratch with this easy tutorial. Homemade caramels require just a handful of ingredients and a little patience, so skip the store-bought stuff this year and make your own!  

*This post is sponsored by Danish Creamery. As always, all opinions are mine.*

When it comes to caramel, homemade is the way to go. Store-bought caramel sauces and candies are super sweet with very little caramel flavor, and they often contain unnecessary ingredients to keep the candies shelf-stable. 

The caramel candy recipe I’m sharing with you today requires just seven basic ingredients, including two types of sugar (for sweetness and flavor!), high-quality Danish Creamery Butter, vanilla extract, and sweetened condensed milk. 

Making homemade caramels isn’t difficult, but you do need to be precise when measuring the ingredients and taking the temperature of the caramel mixture.

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This really is the easiest fudge recipe ever! Chocolate chips, butter, and sweetened condensed milk create the fudge base, and from there you can add as many mix-ins as you’d like. No candy thermometer required! 

*Post and pictures updated November 2022*

Homemade fudge is the easiest no-bake treat to prepare around the holidays. You need just three simple ingredients to make it — butter, sweetened condensed milk, and chocolate chips — and the recipe variations are endless! 

Whether you prefer your chocolate fudge plain or with chopped nuts, dried fruit, shredded coconut, or another mix-in, you can customize this base recipe as you see fit. 

This fudge recipe makes the perfect hostess gift and is also great for cookie exchanges as it travels well and tastes just as good on day one as it does on day seven!

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Plain popcorn is coated in a homemade caramel mixture, then baked until crunchy. Homemade caramel popcorn can be prepped weeks in advance and is great for gifting! 

Buttery, salty, and sweet, this homemade caramel corn is a new favorite snack at my house! Plain popcorn is coated in a rich caramel sauce, then baked low and slow until crisp. 

Although making caramel popcorn takes more time and effort than opening a bag of the pre-made stuff, you’ll be glad you made it from scratch after you try a handful. The homemade caramel sauce is much richer than anything you’ll buy in a bag, plus the entire recipe is cheaper than if you’d bought the caramel corn pre-made. 

Make a batch of caramel corn now and enjoy it for weeks to come! A single batch makes eight cups of popcorn, and it stays fresh up to two weeks at room temperature. 

Perfect for at-home movie nights and holiday gifting, this caramel corn is going to be your new favorite snack!

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Chocolate cake is crumbled up and mixed with frosting before being rolled into balls and dunked into melted chocolate. Chocolate cake pops require some assembly, but they’re more than worth the extra effort! 

Homemade cake pops require some assembly, but they’re incredibly easy to make and taste so much better than the ones you might find at your local coffee shop. 

For this recipe, I baked my favorite chocolate cake and then crumbled it up into small pieces. The cake crumbles are then mixed with a decadent chocolate buttercream and shaped into balls. 

After the balls of cake have firmed up in the freezer, they get dunked in melted chocolate and topped with sprinkles. 

These chocolate cake pops are perfect for birthdays and holidays, and they can be made and frozen weeks in advance. Make a batch of cake pops to keep in your freezer for a rainy day, or enjoy them all right away!

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These homemade cake pops are easy to customize to suit any holiday and are made using homemade vanilla cake and buttercream. It’s impossible to eat just one! 

These cake pops are dense, rich, and packed with pure vanilla flavor. I couldn’t resist rolling them in sprinkles for that extra cute factor!

This is a great recipe to tuck up your sleeve for any upcoming birthdays or holidays you’ll be celebrating. You can add a few drops of food coloring to the white chocolate coating to create themed cake pops, plus you can change up the type of sprinkles you use to suit any occasion. 

Cake pops can also be assembled days in advance, and they keep well in the fridge. As a bonus, this recipe makes about 3 dozen so there will be plenty for everyone to have seconds!

Recipe Ingredients 

This is a vanilla cake pop recipe made with homemade vanilla cake, buttercream frosting, and a white chocolate coating.

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This is an easy Southern pecan praline recipe made with a handful of basic ingredients. Pecan halves are coated in a delicious sugary mixture, then dropped onto a baking sheet. Careful, you won’t be able to stop at just one! 

Here in the US, when people mention pralines they’re typically discussing the sugary, nutty candy that’s very popular in the South. 

Pralines are essentially nut clusters made with toasted nuts (in this case, pecans) and a melt-in-your-mouth coating. Although you’ll need a candy thermometer to make this pecan praline recipe, it’s very easy to make and comes together quickly. 

I especially love making pecan pralines around the holidays, as they keep well at room temperature and there’s no danger of them drying out like cookies and bars do. However, pralines are delicious year-round, so don’t write this recipe off once the weather warms up!

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