I’ve teamed up with Grits and Pinecones to bring you the Ultimate Mardi Gras Recipe Collection. 33 incredible recipes from our houses to your’s that will tantalize your taste buds and take you from easy beginnings to dramatic endings and everything in between. Laissez les bons temps rouler!
Candy
Pecan Praline Morsels
Laizzez les bons temps rouler with these perfect Mardi Gras Treats. Pecan Praline Morsels combine pecans that are plentiful in the South with brown sugar and cream to produce an amazingly good candied nut! What’s even better is that they are super easy to make.
Mardi Gras Munch
Laissez les bon temps rouler with Mardi Gras Munch! Mardi Gras this year is February 13, 2018 It is much earlier this year than it has been in the past giving you not so much time to whip up Mardi Gras treats.
Chocolate Almond Toffee
Chocolate Almond Toffee is insanely delicious and super easy to make. The awesome buttery toffee is full of toasted almonds, and covered with rich chocolate and more toasted almonds. It makes perfect gifts and munchie treats for your holiday season.
Chocolate Peanut Butter Meltaways
Chocolate Peanut Butter Meltaways are a perfect candy to make for gifts or to satisfy your sweet tooth. They take minutes to make, with the microwave doing most of the work. One bite and you’ll discover why they are called Meltaways – rich and creamy melt-in-your mouth goodness!
5-Minute White Chocolate Holiday Bark
5-Minute White Chocolate Holiday Bark is not only easy to make, but also uses only 3 (maybe 4) ingredients. It makes awesome edible Christmas gifts, and is Oh So Good!
Holiday Cornucopia Treats
If you’re looking for the perfect holiday gift from your kitchen, look no farther. These adorable and easy to prepare Holiday Cornucopia Treats are sure to bring a smile to kids of all ages! The little Cornucopias can be filled with all sorts of munchies from candy to Holiday Carmel Chex Mix, and lots in between.
Spooktacular Chocolate Covered Peanut Butter Treats
If you like Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups, you’ll love these easy to make Spooktacular Chocolate Covered Peanut Butter Treats. They only require four ingredients, and are a perfect combination of chocolate and peanut butter. As an added bonus, you can also make this super easy two ingredient Halloween Bark. Both are sure to delight your family…
Sponge Candy
Sponge Candy is a very light and crunchy confection that has a melt-in-your mouth texture, with a taste of molasses. Depending on where you are it has lots of different names. For example, it’s also called honeycomb candy, sponge toffee, seafoam candy, hokey pokey, and fairy food candy. Sometimes sponge candy is served covered in…
Desert Roses from Dorie Greenspan
Desert Roses are an amazing French chocolate confection adapted from Dorie Greenspan’s Baking Chez Moi. Notwithstanding the book title, they don’t involve any baking. As explained in the book, Desert Roses are so named because of their resemblance to the “spiky clumps of gypsum that form in the desert.” Desert Roses are a snap to…