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Public Lives: Eat Travel Rock | Secret Recipes: Cannoli French Toast

Thanks to Kelly of Eat Travel Rock, your breakfast game is about to get a huge step up. While some of our other breakfast recipes may be a bit more time consuming, this one only takes about 25 minutes to make meaning you have no excuse not to make it. Perfect for the holidays, Kelly took two […]

Milk & Cookies Pedicure at Trump Spa Chicago

This holiday season, Santa isn’t the only one snagging delicious cookies. The Trump Spa located inside the Trump Hotel at 401 N. Wabash is offering a limited time pedicure option of milk & cookies. That’s right, as if getting a pedicure wasn’t relaxing enough now you can enjoy fresh baked chocolate chip cookies & a tall glass […]

Cheesecake Stuffed Strawberries

Looking for an easy recipe that is perfect for a holiday party? Look no further. This delicious & extremely simple recipe for cheesecake stuffed strawberries will have everyone thinking you’re Martha Stewart. You only need four ingredients & about 10 minutes to create this recipe. I’ve been making these for years & they’re always a hit. Plus they sort […]

Cheesecake Thumbprint Cookies

Cheesecake & cookies are two classic desserts. Both heavily served around the holidays, this recipe combines both desserts into one delicious treat. Using just four ingredients, the most difficult part about this recipe is waiting for the dough to firm in the fridge. Simple mix all your ingredients together, set dough aside, bake for 10 […]

Holiday Snow Globe Cake

Do you ever see those recipes on Pinterest or in a magazine that look incredible but impossible to make? While this may look like one of them it’s surprisingly one of the easiest recipes we’ve ever made! No special piping techniques, no overnight waiting, no ingredients that you wouldn’t have lying around anyways. All you need is this […]

Mac & Cheese Pancakes

Before you start claiming I’ve gone too far this time with food hybrids, I DARE you to try this recipe. If you use Kraft mac & cheese, like I did, then it’s a super simple recipe. Plus, think about it, who doesn’t love breakfast for dinner & who doesn’t love mac & cheese AND pancakes. It’s not like they’re […]

Peppermint Cheesecake with Cocoa Pebbles Pie Crust

Possibly my favorite holiday flavor is peppermint. Add that to something chocolate & I’m hooked. So while brainstorming a dessert for a holiday party I couldn’t let go of the idea of peppermint + chocolate. I decided to take one of my all-time favorite cereals, Cocoa Pebbles & turn it into a “pie crust”, if you will. Combined […]

VIDEO: How To Make Chocolate Raspberry Rugelach With Jewel-Osco

  One of my favorite Hanukkah dishes is Rugelach. Especially chocolate & raspberry flavored. Put out a fresh batch of them in my house & poof! it’s as if they’ve instantly disappeared. Check out my recipe below & watch the video collaboration I did with below Jewel-Osco to see a day in the life!

Funfetti Challah Recipe

Happy Hanukkah! Challah is already known for being a sweet bread but with some added vanilla extract & topped with frosting it’s basically the best cake ever. No seriously, this super doughy & fluffy loaf is your excuse to eat dessert any time of the day. Even better idea: before frosting this, use it in our cake […]

Limited Edition Holiday Krispops

You have a million & one people to send holiday gifts to. The line at the post office is wrapped around the corner. It’s too cold outside to even think about leaving to go shopping. Plus you have NO idea what to get half the people on your list. Luckily, we have the easiest alternative […]