Fun in Orange Beach Alabama

We were having so much fun, these are the pics we got!  Hope you enjoy.



We could not decide to flaot or get in the Ocean!  Decisions are ehard when you are having this much fun!




Should we get in the pool?






LOVE this view!

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Chocolate Cream Cheese Bars

Need a chocolate fix?  These chocolate cream cheese bars should do the trick!  The cream cheese adds to the indulgence.  This is easy to make and great to take to parties or other events!

Items needed:

1 (16.5-ounce) box  Devil’s Food Cake Mix
1 stick Margarine (melted)
1 large Egg, plus
2 large Eggs
1 (8-ounce) package Cream Cheese
1 (1-pound) box 10X Powdered Sugar
1 teaspoon Vanilla Extract
Vegetable Shortening

Lightly grease a 9x13 inch pan with vegetable shortening, set aside. In a large mixing bowl, stir together cake mix, butter and 1 egg until completely incorporated. Press mixture into pan. In a large mixing bowl and with an electric mixer, blend together cream cheese and 2 large eggs. Beat while slowly adding powdered sugar. Beat in vanilla extract. Pour mixture over pressed cake and bake at 325 degrees on the 3rd rack for 45 minutes. Let cool completely, then cut into bars.

This would be great to have at your next party!  I love easy desserts like this.  Make sure to pin this top your Pinterest board.

Backyard BBQ Event

Sugar Free Lemon Pie

Everybody loves dessert and especially if it is lemon pie!  Here is a recipe that is sure to please the palate without all the calories,

Items needed:

Crust:

1 cup Graham Cracker Crumbs

1 ½ Tablespoons Granulated Splenda

4 Tablespoons Unsalted Butter (melted)

In a bowl, combine graham cracker crumbs and granulated Splenda.  Add melted butter and blend together with fingers. Press into and up the sides of a shallow 9-inch pie plate. Bake in a preheated oven at 350 degrees on the 3rd rack for 10 minutes. Remove and let cool.

Filling:

1 (8-ounce) package 1/3 Less Fat Cream Cheese

1 (12-ounce) can Evaporated Milk

2 large Egg Yolks

1 (1-ounce) box Sugar Free Lemon Instant Pudding & Pie Filling

½ cup fresh Lemon Juice

¼ teaspoon Lemon Zest

In a large mixing bowl and with an electric mixer, beat cream cheese while slowly adding evaporated milk. Beat in egg yolks. Beat in lemon pudding and pie filling. Beat in lemon juice and zest. Pour into pie crust. Bake in a preheated oven at 350 degrees on the 3rd rack for 20 minutes. Remove from oven and let cool completely on a wire rack. Place in the fridge for 3 hours to set.

Topping:

1 (8-ounce) container Sugar Free Whipped Topping

Spread whipped topping over pie. Place in the fridge for an additional 1 hour, then serve.

Sweet & Sticky BBQ Chicken Drumsticks

We do a LOT of grilling at my house.  Living in the South, we can grill all year long.  This is one of my favorite recipes, kids love it, adults love it,  everybody loves grilled drumsticks dripping with this sweet and spicy sauce.  

Items needed:

¼ cup White Distilled Vinegar

½ Tablespoon Dijon Mustard

1 cup Ketchup

4 Tablespoons Margarine (cubed)

½ cup Light Brown Sugar

½ Tablespoon Pepper

½ teaspoon Chili Powder

18 Chicken Drumsticks

Salt & Pepper (to lightly season)

In a saucepan over medium heat, bring vinegar and Dijon mustard just to a boil. Add ketchup, margarine, light brown sugar, pepper and chili powder. Stir together and bring to a boil, then reduce heat to medium-low for 15 minutes, stirring often. Let sauce cool and divide sauce in between 2 bowls. Lightly season chicken drumsticks with salt and pepper. Baste chicken with 1 of the bowls of sauce. Grill for around 20 minutes on one side, then turn and grill for another 20 minutes on the other side. Serve with other bowl of sauce, if desired

Yummy Protein Shake

Want a yummy protein shake? Here is a recipe a friend gave me. It tastes like a Butterfinger candy bar!!

2 ounces water
2 ounces almond milk
1/2 scoop chocolate whey iso protein
1 T sugar free butterscotch instant pudding mix
1 T creamy natural peanut butter
Blend with 4 ice cubes and pour into a glass. I made this for a snack for my 12 year old son and he loves it!




Nutritional Info

180 calories
10 grams carbs
11 grams fat
16 grams protein
179 mg sodium
5 grams sugar

Easy Crock Pot Crab Stew

Items needed:

5 (10-ounce) cans Cream of Celery Soup
3 (12-ounce) cans Evaporated Milk
1 quart Half & Half
4 Tablespoons Unsalted Butter (cubed)
3 (8-ounce) containers fresh Claw Crab meat
Salt & Pepper (to taste)


Directions:

Combine all ingredients in a crock pot and stir together. Cook on low heat for 4 hours. Occasionally, skim froth and butter from top of stew and stir. Serve with crackers.

New Year? New You!

I know one of the most coveted prizes my readers want is Amazon gift card! You can win a

$100 Amazon e-gift card in this newest giveaway!

 

Welcome to the New Year! New You! $100 Amazon e-Gift Card Giveaway

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  The folks over at Squabbleit know a thing or two about having two sides to every story but when there is only two parties involved, how does the discussion get resolved?. Have you ever wished that you could get an non biased opinion to solve your dispute? Now you can at Squabbleit. You can submit your story, ask and collect your votes then let the community of Squabbleit join in the conversation. Sounds pretty interesting doesn't it? I certainly think so. My children been in some heavy debates over the years and I'll tell ya, I wish that I had this to "squash" their differences. Needless to say, that discussion never did yet properly resolved.   On the Squabbleit website, you can write up your story, collect the votes and when you believe enough votes have been collected, you can close it if you choose. If not, Squabbleit will close it automatically in one week. You can also view the communities input and see what they have decided. Not interested in sharing your stories? No problem! You can still vote and add your comments to each of the members Squabbleit questions. Some of their hot topics that can be seen on the Squabbleit website is Whose Fault?, Sports, Relationships and Spotted. Here is one of Squabbleit questions that you will see on their website. "Have you ever heard of the term "you break it you buy it"? If this happens, I would assume that you get to keep the product you broke, correct? I borrowed a video game that I ended up damaging to the point where the game did not run smoothly anymore. I felt bad, so I bought my friend a new game. When I gave him the new game he wanted his old one back as well even though I just bought him a new one. Should I really have to return the old game?" So what is your thought? Would  you return the old game as well? 


 


































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Splash Math Apps For Learning Fun

This app is not only fun and exciting, my child is learning.  Being on the autism spectrum, he faces many challenges.  But his app is user friendly so he is able to navigate the colorful graphics and LEARN a new skill.  I absolutely love the he loves this app.  Although he knows some of the skills he still loves it and I love that it reinforces what he has learned.

Luna

Have you ever tried Luna Bars?  I have and they are wonderful!! Here is your chance to win a $20 Amazon Gift card to put towards your purchase of Luna bars!

KidOFit Shoes

Reviewz & Newz is proud to promote this giveaway for a pair of KidOFit shoes valued at $59

Disclaimer: I was provided with a pair of shoes in order to perform this review and give my honest opinion. I was not otherwise compensated and all thoughts are my own, thank you!

An original review by Mom's Gone Bronson!

One of the most important things you could buy for your children as they develop [through any stage] is a good pair of SHOES and when it comes to the best, KidOFit really have raised the bar!

Not only are KidOFit shoes beautifully designed and a real treat to look at, but they are comfortable, good fitting and healthily designed for the best feel and use, while brightening up those tootsies at any occasion!

I received a pair of high topped shoes (Tulip) from KidOFit this past week and I was impressed with them before I even opened the box! The presentation of the shoes in their cute little box, neatly wrapped with tissue paper made them feel very special and my daughter was excited to get to the shoes!

The shoes, which are purple colored high-top shoes, with a pretty floral embellishment on the easy to use strap closure!

Inside the box, alongside the shoes, comes 2 sets of inserts, which are designed to make the fit of the shoe much better by either using 1 insole or the other, which provide a slightly different fit, OR both insoles together for a third fit all-together!

My daughter is a size 8 to 8.5 and so I ordered the 8.5 and we used both inserts inside the shoe to make them a nice, cozy fit!

This particular design is so pretty that they can dress up an outfit for an occasion or be worn every day as a well-fitting, practical-yet-pretty shoe! KidOFit shoes also have a Barefoot Sole™ design with a unique, thin, flexible TPU for natural motion akin to walking with bare-feet!

KidOFit shoes do not stop there, either! The soles of these shoes have a clear design so that it is easy to see where the child's feet/toes land at the end of the shoes to make sure that they have a properly fitting shoe! They also have a wide-fitting shape to allow for natural foot function and wiggle room for those tootsies!

Overall I am so thoroughly impressed by these shoes and feel that they are so worth the money you pay to buy them! They are just the sweetest pair of shoes and my daughter has wanted to wear them daily since they arrived - they are so easy for her to put on and offer by herself, which promotes her independent streak and they compliment many of her dresses for a party look or her pants for an every-day play-at-he-park feel, too!

If you would like to check out these shoes, and more on offer from KidOFit, then just head on over to their website HERE! You can also follow KidOFit on twitter [@kidofit] and Facebook, HERE, too!

BUT WAIT! Yep! You've guessed it, there is MORE!

In the spirit of giving, this season, KidOFit is offering one of our lucky readers the chance to win their very own pair of KidOFit shoes!! You can choose one pair of shoes in the size of your choice (where available) and start your love for these stunning, practical shoes, today!

All you have to do in order to enter is scroll down the page and enter via the Rafflecopter! The giveaway will run until midnight of 12/26 and a winner will be chosen at random on 12/27! Please note that you have to be over 18 to win and reside in the U.S.A! Winners will be notified via email and so please also enter with a valid email address!

Winners will have 48 hours to reply to a winning email at which point, if no response has been received, their prize will become forfeit and a new winner will take their place until we have a confirmed winner!

Brooklyn Bean Roastery

Reviewz & Newz is helping promote this giveaway!  We love Kcups, too!  

Disclosure: I received one or more products in this post in exchange of an honest review. All opinions are my own. 

We start our days with caffeine.  Some sit in the drive thru lane at their favorite coffee shops, and some like to enjoy a cup from home.  Either way, you love that liquid deliciousness that we want/enjoy/just plain NEED!  This holiday I am brewing up some Brooklyn Bean Roastery's coffee!

We believe that in coffee making, as in life there, are rules that need to be followed (wadaya mean I can’t park here?!?) Our simple rule for good coffee making is that what you put into it is exactly what you’ll get out of it and our goal is to consistently get the best-tasting cup of coffee around from our process.

Brooklyn Bean Roastery has so many options when it comes to what flavor you'd like to try.  I am lucky enough to have the Variety Pack at my finger tips.  Flavors like Breakfast Blend, Coney Island Caramel, Fuhgeddaboutit, , Hazelnut, and Vanilla Skyline can be found in this pack.  This isn't all of the options though.  So many to name, I'd be here for a bit!  You can always just check out the options yourself!  

Our of all of the flavors in this pack, I've found Hazelnut to be my favorite.  I like the nuttiness in the flavor.  I add a little almond milk and sugar to my cup, but the hazelnut flavor is perfect!  Next up, I enjoy the Maple Sleigh.  This was almost like I was enjoying a cup of coffee with a little bit of pancake syrup added!  

I am finding Brooklyn Bean Roastery's coffee to be smooth and quite tasty!  I'm thinking Santa Claus needs to fill my stocking with k-cups.  The perfect stocking stuffer!  

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Just For You

I want to take a moment to thank you all for being a reader of my site.  I have enjoyed reading your thoughtful comments as you enter the giveaways I have to offer.  This giveaway is just for YOU!  There will be ONE winner picked to win a $100 Target egift card!  I will email directly to winner as soon as they respond to the email.  This giveaway is live now and will end on  December 31, 2014 at 12AM.

 

Old Spice Holiday

Defining Dad and Double Duty Divas have partnered with Old Spice to bring you this awesome giveaway!  

 When it comes to holiday gift-giving, there's always a few obvious "go-tos." Chocolate. Clothes. Body products. It's in this last category that Old Spice has created a new line of items that are bound to become a holiday staple. While deodorants and sprays have been around for some time, Old Spice's Re-fresh body spray is heralding a new age of "manly" scents that is sure to delight those that receive it this holiday season. As men grow up and learn that occasionally bathing and body products are necessary, its good to know that Old Spice is continuing to lead the charge in the battle to keep men from smelling awful. Introducing Old Spice early in a man's life can positively effect his confidence and help him make it through the day. The Re-fresh line of body spray offers a great way to "gift a boy into a man." If you're interested in testing your luck, Defining Dad is offering a giveaway for a "Old Spice Holiday Smellcome to Manhood” kit. We have a variety of options to enter, but the more you enter the more chances you have to win this fabulous prize! I don't know about you, but as we near the holidays I'd pre-buy a kit for your loved one(s) and sign up for this kit yourself. It's selfish, I know, but you can't let others hog all the Old Spice glory, can you? Old Spice Holiday Smellcome to Manhood kit includes:

• Old Spice Re-fresh Body Spray – The gift that keeps on giving, one spray at a time. Be among the first to enjoy new Old Spice Timber – the best way to get that lumberjacky smell without working at a local tree lot.
• Old Spice T-Shirt – The manliest chest tattoo on the planet without the regret when you turn 60.
• Old Spice Branded Earbuds – Silence mom’s singing in the car. You’re welcome.
• Bear Paws Meat Tool – Cutlery your dad, his friend Dave and Uncle John will be impressed with when you're given the reins to carve the holiday bird.
• Duct Tape – Fix anything on the planet, except holiday lights, where only half the strand works.
• Art of Manliness Book – Full of wisdom and New Year's Resolutions.
• “Scent Responsibly” Instructions – Nothing will earn you grandma's fruitcake faster than overspraying. Thanks to Old Spice Re-fresh technology – where one spray lasts all day – you can smell like a man and not a middle school locker room.
• Smellcome to Manhood Certificate – A made-up diploma for the inside of your locker or to add to your LinkedIn profile.
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Sienna Steam Mop

Reviewz & Newz is helping to promote this giveaway fora Sienna Aqua Fusion Steam Mop.

Hosted By: Life of a Southern Mom

Sponsored By: Sienna

Sienna has created innovative products that improve the cleaning lifestyle of their customers. They offer an array of household appliances that freshen, sanitize, clean and deodorize just about everything in the home and office. All Sienna products are chemical free and safe for the environment.

Kate at Life of a Southern Mom had the pleasure of working with Sienna and trying the Aqua Fusion Steam Mop in her home. Visit her website here to see her full review.

**Giveaway Details**

Date: December 14th – December 27th at 11:59PM EST

Open to US residents only. Must be 18 years of age or older to participate.

Prize: One winner will receive a Sienna Aqua Fusion Steam Mop. RV: $129.99

**How to Enter**

By entering you agree to abide by the Terms and Conditions listed on the Entry Form. All winning entries will be verified. Winner will receive an email from Jennifer at lifeofasouthernmom@gmail.com and will have 24 hours to respond or a new winner will be chosen.

Good Luck and thanks for entering!

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Canon | A GREAT Gift for the Whole Family from Best Buy

If you are looking for a great gift the entire family will enjoy, buy a Canon camera from Best Buy this Christmas.  Canon is THE  brand name you want!  Best Buy has the best prices this season and you will not be disappointed 

You want the best camera to capture those special moments and Canon delivers every single time!   Whether you are an amateur or professional photographer, Canon has a camera for you!


 Check out this  Canon EOS Rebel T5i is one of the best-selling DSLRs. This camera makes advanced photography easy and fun, and gives you exceptional image quality, along with a host of features to enhance your creative expression.

•      Capture Hollywood caliber full HD video
•      Continuous autofocus while taking HD video
•      Features an 18.0-megapixel CMOS sensor and a DIGIC 5 image processor to ensure vivid, crystal-clear images.
•      The 3" vari-angle touch screen simplifies navigation.

Save $150 on the Canon EOS Rebel T5i at Best Buy*. Visit Best Buy to learn more.

*offer valid 12/7-12/20

The reviewer has been compensated in the form of a Best Buy Gift Card and/or received the product/service at a reduced price or for free

Crayola Virtual Design Pro Fashion

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Giveaway Sponsored by Crayola! Giveaway Hosted by It's a Mom Thing Reviews & More!

The Virtual Design Pro Fashion is perfect for budding designers to learn to start the design process on paper. Kids are able to customize fashion templates with their own patterns and colors. This kit includes everything that a child needs to begin creating their own unique fashions and virtual fashion show. The Crayola Virtual Design Pro Fashion Collection is a stylish design portfolio with all of the supplies that a child needs to keep organized. Included is a 20 page virtual sketch book, 36 colored pencils, a pencil sharpener, 30 markers, 4 stencils and a download of the virtual fashion show app.

Once a child is done with their design they are able to bring it life using a compatible device and the My Virtual Fashion Show app! Once scanned using the app (which is compatible with iOS and Android devices) the design appears on the virtual model. Additional designs are also available to print out through this app! Once your model is loaded onto the app you are able to get them ready for their runway show! You can choose a model's shoes and accessories, change her hair, and alter her skin tone! You are also able to customize your runway location. Once you are done with that you can watch your designs come to life on the catwalk!

You have a chance to win a Virtual Design Pro Fashion Collection! This giveaway will have 3 winners! First there will be a grand prize winner who will receive this Design Pro along with a $50 gift card! Two runners up will each win their own Design Pro! Enter for your chance to win below! a Rafflecopter giveaway

Vtech Christmas

Reviewz & Newz is helping promote this giveaway for these three Vtech Toys!

Children are constantly growing, discovering, and developing and it is incredibly important to have toys and games that help your child learn every step of the way! VTech works closely with a panel of children's learning experts to develop learning products for infants and children! Insight from these experts are features in an online Milestones resource that offers parents guidelines and recommendations to help them to select toys based on the needs of children from birth to nine years old! These categories explain different characteristics and occurrences that your child faces at different age and developmental stages and recommend the products that they believe will be the most beneficial! Milestones are broken down by age and into three categories: Language and Cognitive, Social and Emotional Development, and Physical and Motor. VTech's Expert Panel helps continue VTech's commitment to building children's knowledge one milestone at a time! This panel is compiled of six experts including, Dr. Lise Eliot, Early Childhood Mental Development Expert, who collaborated with VTech to develop the Milestone resource!

VTech has a variety of educational toys for children from ages newborn to nine. Their toys are geared perfectly for each milestone and age range. It is important to find items that gear towards a child's needs. Some of their toys for a variety of different age ranges and milestones are Lil' Critters Play & Dream Musical Piano, Roll & Surprise Animal Train, and the Chomp & Count Dino! Read a bit about each item below and enter to win your own! a Rafflecopter giveaway

Surf Sharks

Reviewz & Newz is happy to promote this giveaway for Surf Sharks!

Disclaimer: I was given a Surf Sharks gift pack in order to share my opinion. All thoughts are my own and your views may differ. Thank you!

An original giveaway from Mom's Gone Bronson

 

Surf Sharks: The First Ride [by Chance and Shelley Wolfe] is a great adventurous, fun book for children, which introduces you to these colorful characters in the form of sharks!

"#1 Shark Brand for kids!"

With a lot of personality ad pizzazz, this gift pack shows you how to expand the Surf Sharks story beyong the pages of this 38 page book and into fun activities with stickers and collectors cards!

For hours of fun, kids can log on to the surfsharks.com website and emerse theselves in shark facts, fun stuff, see how the artist puts together the characters and stay informed on future installments in the Surf Shark book series!

Such a cool idea to bring these brighter than life characters to children who love to soak up

educational tid-bits at the same time as enjoying the fun that comes along with the Surf Sharks story! 

I would say that Surf Sharks is great for any age and any gender! It was enjoyed across the board at our house and I may even have learned a thing or two along the way, myself!!

If you would like to learn more about Surf Sharks then head on over HERE to their website, follow them on Twitter: @surfsharks and take a look over at Facebook, too!

Want to WIN a gift pack of your very own!? Then enter the Rafflecopter form, below!

Rules:

• Must be resident in the U.S to win and over 18 years of age (or with parental consent). Winners will be notified by email so please use a valid email address for your entries - we do not sell or trade your information, ever.
• Winner has 48 hours to claim their prize, ater which the prize becomes forfeit and a new winner is chosen.
• All entries -are varified and the winner chosen, at random, via Rafflecopter.

**Mom's Gone Bronson nor Reviewz & Newz  is not responsible for prize fulfillment, nor are any participating bloggers.**

Thank you! Good Luck!

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LapGear Christmas

Reviewz & Newz is happy to promote this giveaway for a Lapgear Tablet Pillow!

Hosted By: Life of a Southern Mom

Sponsored By: LapGear®

LapGear® is the #1 brands in Lapdesks and the hottest trending accessory for laptops, tablets and E-Readers. LapGear® continues to grow and expand their line of products to accommodate workers, readers, gamers, techies, road-warriors of all ages by helping make their play time and tasks a more comfortable experience. Jennifer at Life of a Southern Mom had the pleasure of working with LapGear® and reviewing one of their products. Visit her website here to see her full review.

 

**Giveaway Details**

Date: December 11th – December 17th at 11:59PM EST

Open to US residents only. Must be 18 years of age or older to participate.

Prize: One winner will receive a Designer Tablet Pillow in Polkadot from LapGear.

**How to Enter**

By entering you agree to abide by the Terms and Conditions listed on the Entry Form. All winning entries will be verified. Winner will receive an email from Jennifer at lifeofasouthernmom@gmail.com and will have 24 hours to respond or a new winner will be chosen.

Good Luck and thanks for entering!

Reviewz & Newz is not responsible for shipment of prize!

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Annie

One of my favorite movies, Annie, is coming back in a new way!  It will be in theaters December 19th and I can't wait to go see it!



 Now, With up coming movie of Annie hitting theaters next week we are going to have some fun and do a Annie Giveaway. Now, how awesome will that be! The giveaway kit will include some awesome stuff in it. The Annie Prize pack will have some fun stuff for your child. For the giveaway I have team up with some amazing blogger to help me out on getting this giveaway to you.

For this giveaway, I want it to be super easy for you to get entries and increase your chances to win.

Just use the Rafflecopter below the player.

elo™ My Storytime Pillow

This is an awesome gift  to help soothe your child so they can rest better at night!

Reviewz & Newz is happy to promote this wonderful giveaway! 

Welcome to the elo™ My Storytime Pillow giveaway, hosted by Housewife on a Mission, and sponsored by elo™!

elo™ is the doctor-endorsed bedtime system that plays children’s stories and soothing sounds as your child lies down for bed. With elo™, kids ask, “Can I go to bed now”?

What is elo™?

elo™ was conceived by parents to help alleviate some of the common bedtime struggles. The child lays down on their elo™ pillow, and elo™ begins playing that night’s audio files of children’s stories and soothing sounds. The child is encouraged to lay still, listen quietly, and settle in for sleep. If the head is lifted, the audio pauses, and they are gently reminded to “Lay your head down to hear the rest of the story.” Children learn to remain restful, listen in, and eventually drift off to sleep (adapted from elopillow.com).

Your elo™ pillow:

• Is preloaded with your first SleepList™, containing several children’s stories followed by soothing sounds to help your child drift off to sleep.
• Comes in a standard child size, specifically designed for your child’s head.
• Connects to the elo™ Store, where you’ll have access to browse downloadable SleepLists™ featuring classic stories like Clifford, the Berenstain Bears, and Curious George!

Bake Me A Wish Gourmet Brownies

We have had giveaways for hams, steaks and much more.  here is something to appeal to your sweet tooth!  GOURMET BROWNIES!!!

The holidays are usually the sweetest time of the year. That is especially true if you give or receive a fabulous gourmet food gift from Bake Me A Wish. I recently had the pleasure or destroying my diet on an incredible One Dozen Gourmet Brownies Assortment.

I always feel guilty when I break my diet. Afterwards I always feel like it wasn't worth it. With these it really was worth it. They are so delicious. Well actually. I cannot speak to how the brownies taste. I am more of a blondie fan, and my husband addicted to brownies, so he ate all of them.

This assortment has 2 each of 4 amazing brownies and 2 fabulous blondies, so it was perfect for us. The flavors are:

As I already mentioned, the blondies were divine. The Orange Macadamia Coconut was the best blondie I ever tasted, and I have tasted a lot.

As fantastic as both blondie flavors were, I am actually glad there was only 4 in this assortment. Had there been 12, hubby would not have gotten any and none of my clothes would fit, and I still would have no regrets.

My husband loved the brownies though, so I am glad I did not have to deprive him. He is a chocolate lover to the highest extreme, and these were able to satisfy his chocolate sweet tooth. His favorites were the Velvet Ganache and Cheesecake ones, but he had all 8 brownies gone within 2 days.

I don't usually get him food gifts, because he always just gets the food he wants anyway, and I figured a food gift would not be anything special, but after seeing him obsess over these brownies, I know that I will be getting him some goodies from bake Me A Wish this year. I definitely need to get him a larger assortment though so maybe it will last 3 days this time.

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Autumn Leaves Cake Pops

Ingredients

1 (16.5-ounce) Box Duncan Hines Butter Golden Cake Mix
2/3 cup Cream Cheese Frosting
1 bag Vanilla Candy Melts or Wafers
2 (14-ounce) bags Red Candy Melts or Wafers
1 (14-ounce) bag Yellow Candy Melts or Wafers
Vegetable Oil
Lollipop Sticks
Treat bags
Ribbon
Large piece of Styrofoam
Foil

Directions

Lay out a couple of ungreased pans, set aside. Cover a large piece of Styrofoam with foil, set aside. Prepare and bake cake according to package directions. Remove from oven and let cool completely. Break apart cake and place in a large bowl, then crumble completely. Stir in frosting, then blend together with hands until you have the texture of play-doh. Melt a small amount of vanilla candy wafers in a small bowl, set aside. With hands, mold cake into the shapes of a leaf. Dip tip of lollipop stick into melted candy, then insert a little ways into the leaf. Lay flat on pan. Repeat until all dough is used. *You will need to melt your vanilla candy wafers every so often to continue use. Place in fridge for 1 hour. Add water to the bottom of a double boiler, then add 1 bag of red candy wafers to the top and turn to medium heat. Add 1 tablespoon vegetable oil to thin the wafers and add more if the candy seems too thick. In a small bowl, add ¼ cup yellow candy wafers along with 1 teaspoon vegetable oil. Heat in the microwave stirring every 30 seconds until completely melted. Once the red wafers are completely melted, add the yellow and swirl with a knife to create lines. Remove 5 cake pops at a time from the fridge. Dip the cake pop in the melted candy. Use a spoon to drizzle the candy coating near the stick. Tap on the side of the pan to remove excess candy, then use finger to smooth out the back. Melt candy wafers as needed to continue use. Save leftover hardened candy in bowl, set aside. Let cake pops sit overnight to set. Reheat leftover hardened candy in bowl and use to seal any cracks in coating. Place back in styrofoam to harden. Place a treat bag over each cake pop and tie with ribbon