Peanut Butter and Banana Twinkies Cake Balls

So I'm getting ready to celebrate Valentine's day and I came up with this idea to mix in some peanut butter with banana Twinkies and then dip the whole thing in chocolate. I took them to church yesterday to share and get some reviews. Yay! Everyone loved them!

Y'all, these could not be any easier to make.

I thought I might have a hard time finding the banana Twinkies, but they had plenty in stock at our local Walmart.

I used one box of Banana Twinkies, 1/3 cup creamy peanut butter, and one 10 oz. bag Ghirardelli chocolate wafers for dipping.

Unwrap all ten Twinkies and tear apart.

 Add in 1/3 cup creamy peanut butter and mash all together with a fork. 

I used a medium Pampered Chef cookie scoop to make my cake balls. I placed them a parchment lined pan to chill in the freezer for 15 minutes.

This recipe makes 14 cake balls.

Following instructions on the bag of Ghirardelli chocolate for microwave melting, heat at half power for 30 seconds. Stir and continue to microwave at 15 second intervals and stir until smooth. Dip each cake ball in melted chocolate and place on parchment to set.

To decorate or not to decorate.

Let's decorate!

I'm using a few pink candy melts and Valentine sprinkles. 

Melt candy wafers, drizzle, and sprinkle!

Oh so sweet! 💟

Place in mini cupcake liners and a pretty container for the perfect Valentine's gift.

Wishing you all a very Happy Valentine's Day!

There is one perfect, true, and pure love and that love comes from Jesus!

John 3:16

Thank for stopping by!

'til we sweet again, Karen 💗

Loaded Caramel Apples

Do y'all love you some caramel apples?? Woohoo! Me too!

So we have an awesome Kilwin's over in Atlantic Station and several years ago on our first visit we spotted some crazy amazing chocolate covered candy loaded caramel apples! I mean these things really were works of edible art! They were absolutely jam-packed with candy bars, cookies, and nuts..oh my!

I know my candy loving peeps will get the fascination I had/have with these sweet candy covered fruity orbs!

I made these to celebrate -as of today- 9 years of creating sweets treats here at Sugartown Sweets! Yay! 🥳

So c'mon! Let's make some! 

Y'all!

First, you will need some caramel apples, and I can help you with that!

If you were here last week, you know we made some yummy ones. I used my own homemade caramel, so if you'd like to try my recipe, click here. You can also use store bought caramels and melt them down with a little cream to dip your apples in.

Next, you will need a boatload of candy which you may very well have on hand given the fact that trick-or-treaters could be knocking on your door as you're reading this post!

 

For my chocolate coating, I used three 10 ounce bags of Ghirardelli milk chocolate wafers. I only made a total of 6 apples and had plenty of chocolate left over that I used to cover my homemade caramel candies.

I wanted to be sure my container had enough melted chocolate to easily dip and cover each apple.

I'm looking at these now and I'm thinking some chocolate coated nuts would be a fun and crunchy addition to our loaded caramel apples!

I'm so happy you stopped by today! Leaving me a comment letting me know if you are making caramel apples this fall season makes me smile!

John 3:16

'til we sweet again, Karen 💗

White Chocolate Dipped Snowman Potato Chips

Got Snow?

Anybody?

We don't but we want some! Which is why I decided to build my own snowmen. And since I'm still on a potato chip crafting kick, I created these cool little cuties!

Aww, that smile! He may be too cute to eat! 

To make the snowmen, I used white chocolate melting wafers, candy corn, black sugar pearls, and ruffled chips.

To make the carrot noses, I used the orange candy corn centers. I just rolled the cut piece between my fingers to form the carrot shape. They look so real!

Melt white chocolate, place on parchment paper and decorate with candy pieces. Attach potato chips together to form a snowman.

Brrrrr..ing these to your next get-together and watch them melt! The recipients not the snowmen! 

Thanks for stopping by!

'til we sweet again, Karen 💗

Yummy Mummy Chocolate Covered Potato Chips

Me and my mummified chocolate covered chips are over here celebrating 8 years of creating fun treats at Sugartown Sweets! 

10.31.2011 marks our official birthday!! 😊

Come on in and join us!

We'll have a yummy ol' time!

To create our mummies, we'll need the following:

Ruffles chips, 2 1/5  cups white chocolate wafers  (about 12-13 oz), candy eyes, purple icing color, and bug sprinkles.
 This will make approximately 20 to 25 chips.

Melt 1 1/2 cups white chocolate wafers over very low heat. Remove from and stir in a good sized dollop of purple color mixing well.

Dip chips to coat completely in chocolate.

Place candy eyes on your sweet new friends! 

 Melt 1 cup white chocolate wafers and use a spoon to drizzle on chips. Next place bug sprinkles and let sit till candy hardens.

 Aren't they adorable?!

Salty and sweet always gets my vote!

Hope you enjoyed today's post and I really do appreciate you stopping by!

It's been 8 fun years and I'm excited to share some new sweet treats with you for the upcoming Thanksgiving & Christmas holiday season!

'til we sweet again, Karen💗

Strawberry Sweethearts

The closer we get to Valentine's Day, the more chocolate dipped strawberries we'll find.

Dipped, dunked and decorated strawberries.

These yummy Wilton Strawberry Candy Melts are the perfect choice for dipping these beautifully red strawberries.

I guess you could say, they were made for each other!

To get started, you will need:

fresh strawberries, candy melts, small candy eyes, large conversation hearts, ready-made chocolate frosting, jumbo heart sprinkles, confetti sprinkles.

You will also need a star tip (i used wilton #32) for piping hair, a small round tip (i used wilton tip #3) for piping arms and noses, a decorator bag or baggie to fill with the frosting, and parchment paper.

Melt candy melts at 30 second intervals at 50% power in microwave, stirring each time until melted and smooth.

Dip two strawberries into melted candy and place on parchment paper with sides touching. 

 Attach the candy heart and hold in place until set. Attach candy eyes.

With a frosting filled bag fitted with a small round tip, pipe noses and arms.

Time to pipe the hair. Just two quick squeezes for each strawberry, and you're done!

The "sweet nothings" on my conversation hearts were off center and just not pretty, so I chose to turn them backwards. Then I photoshopped my own words onto the hearts.

Hope you all have the sweetest of Valentine's Days!

Keeping life sweet, Karen 😊