Recipe: Reese's Puffs Treats! Our spin on Rice Krispies Treats:)

We love Reese's Peanut Butter Cups at our house. It's a staple candy for us. Who doesn't love Reese's? Peanut Butter and Chocolate together.... MMMMmmmm! It's so delicious... Wait there is a Reese's Puffs Cereal!?!?! Oh My Gosh!!!!!

I am not a breakfast person for the most part so at first I did just buy this cereal for my kids. I eventually tried it, IT IS SO GOOD! (I really don't like cereal) So I was suprised that I liked it. Now there is always a box in our pantry. :)

 

We were trying to decide on a treat to make for dessert one night and I had a taste for rice krispies treats. I had all of the ingredients... except rice krispies cereal. Hmmmm.... What to do? Oh! There is a box of Reese's Puffs! Let's give this a whirl!

I started by using a basic Rice Krispies Treat Recipe.

 

1/2 cup butter

10 oz mini marshmallows

5 Cups Cereal

 

 

 

Then, I rubbed the pan I was using with a pat of butter.

 

 

 

In a pot, I melted the 1/2 cup of butter on medium to low heat.

 

One the butter was completely melted, I added the mini marshmallows.

 

And stirred,

 

And stirred.

 

And STIRRED. Untill the marshmallows were nice and smooth, and then turned off the heat.

 

Next, my assistant poured in the Reese's Puffs!

(My assistant is so cute!)

 

And then, we stirred it all together until it was well combined. This is my favorite part of making these treats because when you pour the Reese's Puffs into the pot, the warmth releases the chocolatey, peanut-buttery aroma of the cereal.

 

We poured it into the buttered pan. Then, I used a buttered spoon to smooth  it all down.

 

My assistant then added some green sugar sprinkles because it was nearing St. Patrick's Day! LOL!

 

And that's it! We let then cool and tried them later.

THEY WERE AWESOME!!!

We make them often and use different colored sprinkles to go with the seasons!:)

No-Sew Leprechaun's Gold Shamrock Shirt DIY

Sham-Rockin'!!!  Everyone is Irish on St. Patrick's Day! It is fun to join in the spirit of this holiday by dressing the part. I wanted something different this year and I knew that a DIY project was in order. I found this old shirt in my closet and I thought it could use a little Shamrock BLING!!!

So I took a little trip to the local craft store and picked up some supplies. I grabbed some gold thread (which I ended up not even needing) and a couple of rolls of gold sequin trim. I already had some fabric glue and I printed out the shamrock shape that I had imagined for the front. The best part of this is that there is NO SEWING REQUIRED! This project can be finished in about an hour or less and needs 12-24 hours to dry.

Start by putting the printed out shamrock shape inside the shirt. Then, position it right where you'd like it. I put mine right in the center of the chest. 

Once the shamrock is in place, use the fabric glue to make an outline by tracing the shape. Take the sequin ribbon and start placing it in a single line on the fabric glue.

Continue by glueing the sequin trim around the inside until it is all filled in evenly.

I filled in the shamrock shape completely and used about a roll and a half of the trim I bought. (About 6 yards) 

Then, I made sure that the paper shape was not stuck to the inside of the shirt but left the paper inside so the shirt wouldn't stick to itself as it dried.

Next, just let it dry! I'm loving how it looks already! It will look great with a green cardigan or a cute rainbow scarf!!

Bailey's Irish Shakes!

I am posting this for my wonderful Mother-in-law so she can pin it on Pinterest!;)
These are Awesome! It's such a great recipe to make for St. Patrick's Day, Or Christmas.... Any holiday...or Just an Adult Treat! Yummy! We had these on vacation one time and they were so good that we COULD NOT wait for our next trip so we had to duplicate them at home! Give them a try!

Bailey's Irish Shakes

 

1 cup vanilla ice cream

1/4 cup chocolate syrup

3/4 cup milk

Whipped cream

Bailey's Irish Cream to taste

Mix ingredients in blender

Drizzle chocolate syrup in cup

Pour into cup

Top with whipped cream

Enjoy!