Tag: snack

Every year, in the fall, we take the kids to one of the local pumpkin patches. We spend a fun day participating in the various activities and usually finish off the day picking fresh pumpkins to bring home. The kids choose theirs with an eye to decoration or carving,...

If you are a fan of cinnamon rolls, king cake, Swedish tea rings, babka or any other variant of soft yeasted bread wrapped around a sweet filling, this recipe is definitely for you. The soft, fluffy, tender bread starts with a super quick, no-knead dough and the recipe is...

Last week, we chatted about the recent scarcity of coconut snack products, particularly the chocolate covered and cocoa coconut chips that were among my family’s favorites. Despite a small hiccup in the process (due to brand differences in coconut flakes), I was able to successfully make chocolate coconut chips...

Is it just me, or are coconut chips, particularly chocolate coconut chips, more difficult to come by these days? My younger son loves coconut and used to regularly ask me to buy the chocolate covered coconut chips as a special snack, while I was partial to the cocoa coconut...

Another recipe from the early days of Chocoholic Anonymous, these muffins are an excellent way to use up a couple of overripe bananas. Typically, my younger son prefers bananas raw and under-ripe. Once they start getting dark spots on the peel he loses interest, but he doesn’t really want...