Happy Happy Friday everybody!!! Even more exciting than it just being Friday is that it’s a cocktail Friday, weee!!! I’m just going to go ahead and pat myself on the back and say that I believe that I have really outdone myself with this cocktail.
After my Lemonade Punch from last week, I’ve been all kinds of craving lemonade based libations and last time I was in the fruit drink section, I saw this lemonade with raspberry in it and I knew I just had to try it. Not only was it a pretty pink color, but raspberries are on my list of favorite fruits.
Also, I like pink lemonade just fine, but this raspberry lemonade takes pink lemonade to a whole new level, in color vibrancy and taste. I threw in some 7Up, for the reason that I had some hanging out in my fridge and because I wanted to up the sweet factor even more since Rum was going to be my choice of liquor for this cocktail.
Let me tell y’all, it totally worked, this drink is bubbly, sweet and you would not at all know that a very strong liquor is hanging out in this cocktail. Honestly this drink is so tasty, I could definitely have thrown in a bit more fun Rum.
I’m in love with this drink and I no joke had to stop myself from downing the whole thing because I still had pictures and recipes to make and kind of doubt any would have turned out if I had haha. Anyways, I hope you have a fantastic day and weekend and thank you so much for stopping by!!
if you would like to have a sugar garnish, do the following…
now, measure out the lemonade with raspberry…
now your 7UP…
and rum…
and enjoy!!! 
- 11 Ounces of Lemonade with Raspberry.
- 8 Ounces of 7Up or Lemon Lime Soda.
- 2-3 Shots of Rum.
- Fresh Raspberries For Garnish (Optional).
- Multi Colored Sugar For Garnish (Optional).
- If you would like to have a sugar garnish on the rim of your glasses, place sugar onto a plate, run honey around the edges of your glasses and dip your glasses into the sugar making sure to cover completely.
- Measure out all of your ingredients, mix together and enjoy!!!
cut in half…
cut in half…
This is why I can’t stand going to see movies on non cheat days because it’s pretty torturous sitting there smelling all of that delicious popcorn and seeing the candy when you get to sit there 
Enjoying this delicious combo regularly at the theater over the years got me thinking about a homemade spin that included all of the peanut buttery goodness and crunch of our ‘creation’ at the theater. I decided it should be a peanut butter base on the popcorn and then there definitely needed to be the added crunch of some mini M&M’s, and because I love peanut butter, I thought some extra peanut butter chips could be thrown in as well.
OMG y’all, this popcorn turned out to be freaking fantastic! It is sooo rich, but you’ll fool yourself into thinking that you’ll have just a little bite, but you will just keep going back for more and a little bit more and then you will look up and it will all be eaten haha. This popcorn is crunchy, with all the flavor of peanut butter and the little chocolate bits of the M&M’s is just wonderfully decadent. This is a must make, and it’s pretty darn easy to throw together too. I hope you all have a wonderful day and thank you so much for stopping by!!! 
popcorn kernels…
once the popcorn is done, place sugar and corn syrup in your saucepan…
boiling…
then throw in the peanut butter and vanilla…
all mixed up…
then pour all over your popcorn…
mix up…
place onto your tray, then pour M&M’s and peanut butter chips all over…
then bake for a bit…
and enjoy!!! 
The summer heat is finally starting to stick around here, which honestly, as someone who is a member of the ‘forever cold club’ I can’t say I’m too upset by this. I know I’m definitely not in the majority in that regard, but even with my preference for the heat, I start craving all things citrus and fruity this time of year, so I’m always looking for new stuff to switch it up. 
This particular libation was a very happy accident due to the whole, let’s look and see what I have in my fridge and pantry, it’s a fun game if you haven’t played it before just FYI. Anyways, I literally just started pulling out stuff I liked and thought might taste good together (and also might give it that kick, knowhatimsayin?) and voila! you have the Lemonade Punch. 
Just so y’all know, I’m calling it a punch not because it is a punch in the normal way, like the kind you serve at baby showers, I’m saying it will punch you in the face if you let it haha. Y’all, this cocktail has vodka and Limoncello (say hello to the punch), lemonade (which I bought), ginger ale and lemon zest (hello again to the punch). This is a delightful cocktail y’all, I recommend you making it soon and as always you can add more ginger ale to tone down the tart, or add more alcohol for a bigger punch, totally up to you. Thank you so much for stopping by and I hope you have a fantastic rest of your week. 
ginger ale…
vodka…
Limoncello…
and lemon zest…
and enjoy!!!
It always makes me laugh when family and friends start asking me what I want for my birthday because ultimately the only thing I ever want is food (and maybe Lululemon gift cards hehe). My favorite foods from my favorite restaurants are always the first thing to pop into my head, but only asking for food makes me feel like a goob 
What I do do (I said doodoo hehe, also I am turning 5 this year, obvi) is make myself birthday waffles and I went extra special this year and made myself Funfetti Cake Waffles, OMG yes, actual cake batter waffles with all the extra awesomeness that is lots and lots of sprinkles. Y’all these waffles are ridiculous. 
All the flavor and softness of cake, everything that is perfect about a waffle and let’s not forget how adorably birthday-ishly festive they are. Basically I’m obsessed and these will be made every birthday morning from now on, or of course any cheat day. Thank y’all so much for stopping by and I hope you all have a fantastic day!!! 
eggs, oil, water…
all mixed up (and forgot to take a pic with the extra sprinkles)…
into your waffle maker…
and enjoy!!!
Oh well… if it’s lame, my bad, if it’s cool, then I will say it again with this cocktail. This cocktail is so rich and creamy with the ice cream and delicious liqueurs, and let’s not forget fun because sprinkles haha. 
Because it’s a real holiday (and not just my b-day) and wanting to keep this extra short and sweet so everyone can get to their families, friends and food, I hope you can enjoy this cocktail soon and thank you so much for stopping by!
now the ice cream…
blend it all up and enjoy!!!
I love that you can easily tweak your frosting recipes with a little this and a little that until you get it juuust right. That is exactly what I did with this recipe, hence the hodge podge order of my ‘how to’ pictures, I just kept adding to it what it needed to get it to the exact flavor that I wanted (but simplified in the recipe section, don’t worry). 
You guys! you don’t even know how amazing this frosting is! OMG it tastes just like funfetti cake batter, if I didn’t think I would 
Which one tasted better? That would be like picking my favorite child (you know, if I actually had kids) because this frosting made both vanilla and chocolate cupcakes taste amazing either way. You totally need this frosting on every single cake item in your life, or just in a spoon. I promise you will love this. Thank you so much for stopping by and I hope you have a wonderful day!!! 
mix up and add your powdered sugar…
some of the cake mix and cream cheese…
mix, mix , mix and add some heavy cream…
then all of the sprinkles…
mix, mix, mix and enjoy!!!
and enjoy!!!
If you too have wonderful plans of doing absolutely nothing as well, but would maybe like to quickly and effortlessly whip up a homemade dessert, boy do I have the recipe for you today. 
I just love a good custard, not only for the ease that they’re made but they’re just so creamy and simply decadent. Now, you throw coconut into something then I’m definitely on board. Y’all, I had this custard ready to go and in the oven in about 10 minutes, it baked exactly 40 minutes and was ready to eat, sooo not complicated. 
This dessert is definitely my new go-to quick but seemingly fancy dessert. I hope you all have a fantastic rest of this work week, a fantastic weekend and thank you so much for stopping by. Hopefully you get a chance to make this delicious and easy coconut custard soon. 
all mixed up…
into your pie pan…
covered in coconut flakes…
bake, bake, bake…
and enjoy!!! 
mmm…
I think this is another recipe that might get passed over because (and trust me I’ve felt the same way) most people would just go buy an already made strawberry syrup. Well, let me tell you, that would be a mistake, because this incredible strawberry syrup totally raised the bar on everything it was put on. 
On my last cheat day, I whipped this stuff up, and thought I might throw some on some ice cream and OMG y’all, it is freaking incredible on ice cream. That combo was so good I figured it would be equally as good on some Belgian waffles and holy freaking moly, I honestly didn’t think it was possible to love waffles anymore and this syrup totally did that. 
For a recipe that is this super quick and easy to make, it totally tastes unbelievably decadent and mouth watering. Just go ahead and raise your brunch bar y’all with this insanely delicious strawberry syrup I promise you will be happy you did. I hope you’re having an incredible week so far and thank you so much for stopping by my little neck of the woods. 
all blended up…
sugar, lemon juice and strawberry syrup into your saucepan…
get it boiling…
all done and ready to cool…
and enjoy!!!
Obviously, I love a fancy, decadent salted caramel Creme Brûlee topped with fresh berries as the next person, but I’ll randomly have a hot fudge sundae (on a cheat day of course) and I’m always surprised by how much I love it. I’m not saying I remotely dislike them, I’m just saying they’re usually not at the top of my ‘to eat’ list when I’m hungry, and honestly I’m not sure why because they’re amazing. 
On my last cheat day, I was scrounging around my fridge for something delicious to eat, and I came across some whipped cream, a few cherries and some vanilla ice cream and realized the obvious thing to make was a hot fudge sundae. Unfortunately, I only had regular chocolate syrup and let’s be real, it just doesn’t have the right consistency or richness to really get that hot fudgey-ness going, knowwhatImean? Sooo, to the Internet I went to find an easy homemade one to make and boy did I. 
There were a lot that called for the best quality chocolate to be finely chopped 
This sauce y’all, can I begin to tell you guys how decadent, thick and perfectly chocolatey this sauce is? OMG, it is incredibly drool worthy, it is just perfection poured all over ice cold ice cream, mmmm. Oh and this is seriously, seriously easy to make. I’m telling you guys, just treat 
nice and melted down…
then add in the butter, the rest of the chips and vanilla…
and all melted down and mixed in again and ready to eat…
and enjoy y’all!!!
