Happy Happy Saturday & Happy 4th Anniversary of HollysCheatDay.com!  I cannot even comprehend that I’ve already been food blogging for 4 years, my how time flies.  I figured the best way to celebrate the 4th anniversary would be to make something not only Halloween themed, but also something that contains a few of my favorite things (Reese’s Pieces, Peanut Butter & White Chocolate, FYI haha). 

My inspiration for these delightful balls that’s what she said  is due to all of these wonderful candy bars such as Kit Kat, Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups, and Snickers, coming out with white chocolate versions in recent months, which I actually think are even better than the originals and have made white chocolate one of my new favorite ingredients.  I think that white chocolate is especially delicious with peanut butter, hence today’s recipe. 

I had originally planned on putting mini Reese’s Pieces, but after a lot searching and only finding a 5 lb bag of these guys, I decided that regular Reese’s Pieces would have to do.  Luckily, the regular sized Reese’s Pieces were kind of chopped up with the paddle attachment while being mixed, so no biggie there.

Okay, so if you’re one of those weirdos  that is quick to think that something is ‘too sweet’ or ‘too rich’ then these are not for you.  If you’re normal not sensitive to really rich stuff then these little bad boys are for you.  Wowza these are so delicious, and I really think that the white chocolate coating bumped these up ten fold.  The little crunch of the  Reese’s Pieces bits in each truffle is just darn delicious y’all.  Also, these could totally be themed for anything in the next few months, red & green sprinkles..boom, Christmas, red & pink sprinkles..boom, Valentine’s Day…I’m just telling y’all you need these in your mouth life.  Thank you so much for stopping by and have a wonderful weekend!!!

butter ready to whipped in the mixer…

                                    mix, mix, mix, now add vanilla, powdered sugar and peanut butter…

                                                         mix again, then add in the Reese’s Pieces…

                                                                                  all mixed up…

                                                            white chocolate chips ready to be melted…

                                                        dip the wonderful truffles in the white chocolate…

                                                  mmm, ready to go hang out in the fridge for a bit…

                                      and here is the recipe, since my recipe card is again, not working…

PEANUT BUTTER TRUFFLES:
1 Stick (8 Tablespoons) of Unsalted Butter, Softened.
1 Tablespoon of Vanilla Extract.
1/2 Cup of Creamy Peanut Butter.
1 1/2 Cups of Powdered Sugar.
1 Cup of Reese’s Pieces.

WHITE CHOCOLATE COATING:
12-14 Ounces of White Chocolate Chips.
3-6 Tablespoons of Coconut Oil.
Decorative Sprinkles (Optional).

FOR THE PEANUT BUTTER TRUFFLES:
With a handheld or stand mixer with paddle attachment, beat your butter until smooth.
Then add your peanut butter, vanilla and powdered sugar and mix again.
Now add your Reese’s Pieces and beat until they are evenly combined and have broken into smaller pieces.
On a large baking sheet with wax paper placed on it, roll your dough into about 1 inch sized balls, and place in the freezer for at least 30 minutes.

WHITE CHOCOLATE COATING:
Place your white chocolate chips into a medium to large sized bowl with 1-2 tablespoons of the coconut oil and microwave in 30 second intervals, taking out and stirring until completely melted. Add more coconut oil if needed to make the white chocolate coating thinner for ease of dipping the peanut butter truffles.
With a spoon or fork dip your truffles into the white chocolate making sure to completely cover, place back onto your baking sheet and add your sprinkles on top if desired.
Once all truffles are completed, place into the fridge to set for about 30 minutes.
Serve and enjoy!!!

Happy Happy Tuesday y’all!!! I’m way excited to share today’s recipe with you guys. Not only are these little delicious bites of awesome super duper Valentine’s Day themed but also the perfect mixture of sweet and salty, and if y’all need to know anything about me, it’s that I looove sweet & salty, and I’ve never met a doughnut I didn’t love haha. 

Sometimes the most simple recipes are just the best, amiright? and it really doesn’t get much more simple than these guys.  I prepped, prepared and these pretzels were ready to eat in about 30 minutes, and honestly I really think that the sprinkles gave these guys a little extra bit of awesome. 

Really, you could totally change the theme of these pretzels for just about any holiday, pastel sprinkles-Easter, green sprinkles-St. Patrick’s Day, red, white & blue-4th of July, well y’all get the point.  Anyways, these are just the perfect amount of peanut butter taste, with a bit of white chocolate, and the wonderful salty crunch of the pretzel thrown in. 

Not a fan of peanut butter? no problem, maybe consider melting in some cookie butter instead, yummm.  These are really fun, handheld and just yummy, I highly recommend you make a batch of these delights as soon as possible.  Have an absolutely wonderful day & Valentine’s Day and thank you so much for stopping by!!!    

First, the candy melts…

nice and melted & now for the peanut butter to be melted too…

PB officially melted and mixed in…

and then time for the pretzel to be coated in this deliciousness…

add some sprinkles and enjoy!!!

Easy Peanut Butter Pretzels

2018-02-11 14:08:43

The perfect sweet and salty treat, pretzels covered in melted white chocolate and peanut butter.

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Ingredients

1. 1-12 Ounce Bag of White Candy Melts or White Bark.
2. 1/3 Cup of Creamy Peanut Butter.
3. 2-3 Cups of Jumbo Salted Pretzels.
4. Sprinkles for Decoration (Optional).

Instructions

1. Line a large baking sheet with wax paper, set aside.
2. In a medium glass or microwave safe bowl, place your candy melts in, and microwave for 2 minutes at 50% power, intermittently taking out to stir.
3. Once melted, place your peanut butter into the melted white chocolate & place back into the microwave for about 30 seconds or until the peanut butter is completely melted and stirs in smoothly.
4. Now take one pretzel at a time and place into your chocolate, with a fork flip it over to cover the other side.
5. Lift the pretzel out with the fork, letting the excess chocolate drip off and place onto your wax paper.
6. If you would like to put sprinkles onto your pretzels, do so now before the chocolate sets.
7. Let your chocolate set for about 10 minutes and enjoy!

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Happy Happy Friday everybody!!! It is so that time of year you guys, all things key lime and even better, no bake, because it’s just a little bit warm just about everywhere, amiright?  I looove cereal mixes so much, they’re quick, they’re easy and oh so satisfying.  I mean, in my opinion, it doesn’t get much better than sweet, salty and crunchy. 

This particular crack mix (and yes it is definitely that addicting I’m forewarning you) adds another element of flavor with a tart kick.  Why in the world didn’t I think of this recipe?!  Seriously I had this stuff in the fridge ready to set in less than 15 minutes.  Oh my goodness you guys, the first bite far exceeded any and all expectations that I had for this delicious mix.  It’s the perfect mixture of all of the flavors, and you get a little bit of everything in every bite. 

You get the softness of the marshmallows, the salty bite of the pretzels, and then you throw in my favorite cereal mixed with one of my favorite zingy fruits, y’all forget it.  There was zero self control once this stuff was made, I kept telling myself that I would enjoy it all cheat day long and this was pretty much gone within in an hour.  I’m telling you, the “crack” in the title is legit.  Please just do yourself a favor and make this incredible snack ASAP, it is way too good to not enjoy this weekend.  I hope you all have a wonderful Friday and thank you so much for stopping by!  

white chocolate chips…

nice and melted with the added coconut oil…

key lime zest and a bit of juice on the white chocolate…

onto your cereal/marshmallow/pretzel mixture…

all mixed in and onto your pan…

let it hang out in the fridge for a bit and enjoy!!!

Key Lime Crack Mix

2017-07-08 05:56:50

You won't be able to stop eating this perfectly salty, sweet, and tart mix.

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Ingredients

1. 1 (12 Ounce) Bag of White Chocolate Chips, Melted.
2. 1 Tablespoon of Coconut Oil.
3. 4 Key Limes, Zested.
4. 4 Cups of Golden Grahams Cereal.
5. 2 Cups of Mini Salted Pretzels.
6. 2 Cups of Mini Marshmallows.

Instructions

1. In a large bowl, mix up the golden grahams, pretzels and marshmallows, set aside.
2. On a large baking sheet, liberally spray it with non-stick spray, set aside.
3. In a microwave safe bowl, place your white chocolate chips and coconut oil in it and microwave in 30 second intervals, while stirring in between until fully melted and smooth.
4. Zest 3 of your key limes and squeeze just a little bit of the key lime juice over the white chocolate and mix it in.
5. Add the white chocolate to the cereal/marshmallow/pretzel mixture and mix it in until everything is coated.
6. Pour this mixture onto your baking sheet and zest the other key lime over this as well as spritzing just a little bit of the juice over this mixture too.
7. Stick this into the fridge for about 30 minutes to set, take out of the fridge and break into pieces and enjoy!!!

Adapted from Delish

Adapted from Delish

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Happy Happy Monday y’all!!!  I hope everyone had a wonderful weekend, I definitely did. Finally went to see the new Pirates of the Caribbean movie which I personally liked, but the boyfriend wasn’t nearly as impressed haha.  I think he thought the best part was the movie popcorn and candy, which I’m totally down with, because a movie just isn’t the same without it. 

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 pouting and not getting to have any.  It is totally a tradition for us to get the huge popcorn, and I sneak bring in one of those giant bags of Reese’s Pieces or Peanut M&M’s (don’t tell on me to the theaters hehe) and we’ll pour the bags of candy into the popcorn, mmmm.  Sweet and salty as I have mentioned a gazillion times is hands down my favorite combo, so even if a movie turns out to be poo, at least we have totally awesome snack foods. 

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!!! 

coconut oil into your machine…

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!!!

Peanut Butter Popcorn

2017-06-04 15:07:47

Delicious candied popcorn with peanut butter and mini chocolate candies and peanut butter chips.

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Ingredients

1. 1/2 Cup of Popcorn Kernels.
2. 1 Cup of Granulated Sugar.
3. 1 Cup of Light Corn Syrup.
4. 1 Cup of Creamy Peanut Butter.
5. 1 Tablespoon of Vanilla Extract.
6. 2 Tablespoons of Coconut Oil.
7. 2 Teaspoons of Pink Himalayan Salt or Table Salt.
8. 3/4 Cup of Peanut Butter Chips (Optional).
9. 3/4 Cup of Mini M&M's (Optional).
10. 1 Popcorn Maker.
11. 1 Large Cookie Sheet With Sides.

Instructions

1. Preheat your oven to 225 degrees F.
2. Pop your popcorn with the coconut oil or according to the specific directions for your popcorn maker.
3. Place your popcorn in a large bowl making sure to keep any up-popped kernels out and sprinkle the salt all over your popcorn, mix it in and set aside.
4. In a medium saucepan, combine the granulated sugar and corn syrup.
5. On medium heat bring the sugar and corn syrup to a boil and while stirring constantly, boil for 2 minutes.
6. Remove from the heat and add the peanut butter and vanilla, stir well to combine and pour all over the popcorn and mix thoroughly until evenly coated.
7. Evenly spread the popcorn onto the cookie sheet and pour your mini M&M's and peanut butter chips all over.
8. Now place your popcorn cookie sheet into your oven and bake for 45 minutes, making sure to stir a little every 15 minutes.
9. Take out of the oven, let it cool, break into pieces and enjoy!

Notes

1. No problem if you don't have a popcorn maker, just use a lightly salted microwave popcorn version to equal out to about 4 cups of popped popcorn.

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Happy Happy Thursday everybody!!! Okay, so I totally have such a fun treat to share with y’all today, but first a little tiny story time slightly involving these treats.  I really had so much fun making these amazing pretzel bites on Sunday, I mean, look at how cute the little edible shamrocks are, and I was all ‘these are so perfect for St. Patrick’s Day.’ 

Well, I guess that whole luck of the Irish didn’t quite rub off when I made these because early early AM on Monday while driving to the gym,  some unseen and unknown object was in the road, jumped up and cut about a 4 inch long gash in my tire.  Let’s just say I didn’t get very far on that tire.  Y’all, it was pitch black out and the road I was stopped on had no turn offs anywhere,  so I’m just hanging out on a road that people fly by on with nowhere to go sitting with my flashers on.

I was a little terrified to be sure, but God bless the kind police officers who not only blocked the road so no one would hit me but also changed my tire.  Also, you will notice down below that the ‘Recipe Card’ that usually accompanies my posts is for some reason not wanting to work, so I will be putting this recipe right here in the text, sorry if it looks super janky haha.  I do absolutely love these pretzel bites though, so easy to make and hello, sweet and salty, my absolute favorite.  I hope y’all had a wonderful day and thank you so much for stopping by!!!

chocolate melted and ready to be dipped…

then, ready for sprinkles…

Here’s the recipe:

INGREDIENTS:

12-15 Pretzel Rods (or More Depending on How Many You Need).
2 (12 Ounce) Bags of Wilton Candy Melts, Bright White.
St. Patrick’s Day Sprinkles, Any of Your Choosing.
Parchment Paper.

DIRECTIONS:

Place a medium sized sheet of parchment paper onto a flat surface.
In a tall microwave safe container such as a drinking glass, place 12-14 ounces of the Quik melts into it.
Place in the microwave for 1 minute at 50% power, take out, stir, then place back in at full power in 30 second intervals until completely melted.
Dip your pretzel rods into the melted chocolate until half of the pretzel is coated in the chocolate, let the excess drip off, and over a bowl, shake your sprinkles all over your pretzel until coated to your liking, place on your parchment paper.
Repeat with the remaining pretzels and let the chocolate set for about 10 minutes, then enjoy!!!