Peanut Butter Bar Pumpkins

I'm so happy to be posting my first treats in my new but temporary kitchen. It's been a very busy summer as we sold our home of over 13 years and are in the process of building a new one. I will have a to post a photo on my next post of the latest progress!

As I was making the peanut butter bars yesterday, I was also on the royal watch along with countless others. Sadly, Queen Elizabeth passed. Today I watched as King Charles III delivered his first speech even as he was mourning the passing of his beloved mother.

On two occasions I've stood outside of Buckingham Palace's gates and wondered what must it be like inside and to be able to freely walk those historic halls. On those trips to London, I was a little disappointed to find the palace was not open for tours.

Yesterday, my daughter called to ask me if she watched Princess Diana's wedding. I told her, yes! She had just turned a year old and we watched everything for months leading up to the royal wedding!

I'm quite happy to be living in America without a monarchy, but I will say, I have always been fascinated by the royal family.

God Save the King!

Now y'all, these peanut butter bars are really quick and easy to make and so yummy too!

Simple ingredients you probably have on hand make these convenient as well.

An 8x8 pan lined with parchment paper and sprayed with cooking spray

makes these bars easy to lift out and cut.

To decorate our bars, we need orange icing (for which I don't have a photo), green icing tube with leaf tip, and Tootsie Rolls.

Cut pieces of Tootsie Rolls to shape into pumpkins stems.

Pipe or spread orange frosting onto cut bars. I used a can of white frosting and tinted it orange.

You need only to press the already sticky chocolate candy pieces onto the peanut butter bars. They will stick on their own!

Pipe small green leaves on either side of the pumpkin "stem".

Y'all try these! Hubby loves them!

Credit for funny pumpkin quotes goes to,

The Three Snackateers!

Peanut Butter Bars Recipe

3 cups crispy rice cereal

1 cup salted peanuts

1/2 cup light corn syrup

1/2 cup granulated sugar

1/2 cup peanut butter

1 teaspoon vanilla

Prepare 8x8 pan by lining and spraying with cooking spray.

Combine cereal and peanuts in a large heatproof bowl. Set aside. To a medium saucepan, add sugar and corn syrup. Cook, stirring constantly over medium heat until mixture comes to a boil. Remove from heat and stir in peanut butter and vanilla. Pour cooked mixture over cereal and peanuts, stirring to combine. Gently press cereal mixture into prepared pan. Let cool and cut. Makes 16 bars.

Thank you for stopping by!

John 3:16

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.

'til we sweet again, Karen💗

Twix Candy Bar Pumpkin Patch!

Oh how I love a pumpkin patch, but how much more do I love a candy pumpkin patch! These little cuties will be our sweet snack after we wade through the fields choosing our 2020 orange gourd at the real pumpkin patch this fall season! 

And fortunately for us these ones are super easy and fun to make and even more super easy and fun to eat!

Since you're already here and all, check out one of my favorite pumpkin treats that I have made using yummy Kit Kat bars!

 

But for now let's grab a few things and make these today!

To make these treats you will need,

mellowcreme candy pumpkins,

fall leaves sprinkles, candy eyes, Oreos, snack size Kit Kat bars, chocolate wafers, and a dab of corn syrup.

Excuse us please! We can see you!

Ok, ok, just dab a smidge of corn syrup onto our pumpkin faces and attach our eyes.

"I always feel like, somebody's watching me."🎜🎝

To make our sweet "dirt", I used my tart shaper and salsa bowl because I only needed a small amount and this was quicker than smashing them in a plastic baggie.

Just place a couple of Oreos-with the middles scraped off-into a bowl and smush with the tart shaper.

Now all we do is melt the chocolate wafers, spread a little on the candy bar, add the leaves and dirt, and place the pumpkins on top!

"We're the 3 Musketeers!"

"No, Gourdo, that's the wrong candy bar!"

Y'all it's been fun today and now it's time to go!

'til we sweet again, Karen 💗

John 3:16

Potato Chip Pumpkin Patch

Hello October and Welcome to my Pumpkin Patch!

Potato Chip Pumpkin Patch that is!

Now if you're like me and are yucked out by the very thought of eating pumpkin, you will be happy to know these are made with white chocolate!

Have you ever seen chocolate covered chips in a candy shop? Yes? Me too! So how about we decorate and cute some up for fun?! Plus I have a few more ideas up my candy maker's sleeve for the holidays!

But for now, let's head out to the patch and pick some pumpkins!

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I'm using Ghirardelli white chocolate, but if you have vanilla almond bark on hand it will work just fine. I also used some orange coloring, Twizzlers and Ruffles chips. Not pictured are the candy eyes and parchment paper.

Rrrruffles have rrridges--lol..i grew up in the 70s--meaning they're sturdy enough to handle being dipped in chocolate without breaking.

To create the pumpkin stems, I snipped off small pieces and cut them in half lengthwise.

Melt the white chocolate, and stir in a small dollop of color to get that nice orange shade of pumpkin. Now dip your chips to coat completely, place on parchment paper and attach a Twizzlers candy stem.

I love that they are all different shapes and sizes like real pumpkins! I think the smaller ones are the cutest!

Now you can add the candy eyes.

"Hey! Somebody turned the lights on!"

Now you can sit back and admire your new pumpkin patch..look at all the friends you've made!

'til we sweet again, Karen!💗

Sugartown Sweets' Graham Cracker Pumpkin Patch

For me, October 31st, 2018, marks 7 years of creating fun and yummy, sweet eats and treats on my blog!!

Yay for Sugartown Sweets! Woo woo!

OK, enough of that!

Pumpkin patches or just plain ol' pumpkins?

I love both! And when I finished decorating these pumpkin patches, I realized they needed a little something more. Candy eyes..you see!

To create my pumpkin patch scene, I used:

Blue candy melts, chocolate melting wafers, graham cracker halves, chocolate sandwich cookies (smashed), leaves sprinkles, candy eyes, and candy pumpkins. I found these teensy little pumpkins at Publix in a clear round tub container.

 October! There's just something magical in the crisp, Autumn air..

And something so fun about jumping into a pile of colorful fall leaves..

And how about those childhood memories of carving bright orange pumpkins picked at the pumpkin patch and then roasting all those glorious seeds?! I loved getting to do this with my own kids and now I get to do it with my grandbabies!

For our craft, we begin by slicing our candy pumpkins in two with a sharp paring knife.

For our *dirt*, we crushed up a few chocolate sandwich cookies after we scraped off the filling. Yum-o!

Now we melt our chocolate and blue wafers in the microwave in 30 second increments on 50% power, stirring each time till melted smooth.

These graham cracker treats are so easy!

Let's spread the blue melted candy on the cracker with an icing spatula, sprinkle on a few leaves and place two pumpkins side by side. We'll let this sit on parchment paper for a few minutes till dry.

Now we'll spread some melted chocolate onto the bottoms of graham crackers and coat with cookie crumbs. And...we're done!

Do we love that we can make these lickety-split when the kiddos need that last minute treat for school, church, snack time or just because life should be sprinkled with fun?!

Yes we do!💗

Oh I love candy corn! But the pumpkins are fatter so you get a better bite! Dee-licious! 

These turned out cute, but they were just missing something..

There!! The eyes have it! 

What makes this candy maker happy? The reactions I get from little Lydia, my 4 year-old granddaughter. She squealed when she saw these and thoroughly enjoyed every bite!

  Happy Autumn Friends!

It's a Sweet Life, Karen 😊

Kit Kat Pumpkins

As I'm typing this post, it is 73 degrees here in Georgia. With the promise of cooler weather and making new holiday season memories, I am eager to jump right in! Welcome to Fall, y'all! 

Last weekend was our first "leaf peeper" Saturday of the year and the leaves were already changing. Hubby and I drove up north of the city, drank apple cider, breathed in that fresh mountain air and saw plenty of those beautiful orange pumpkins.

Don't you just love all shapes and sizes of pumpkins? Me too! These babies happened when I dug down in my candy grab bag of goodies and found my favorite Autumn color.

I'm kinda stuck on Kit Kats right now and the fact that these little cuties take mere minutes to put together makes me love them even more!

 To make my candy pumpkins, I used snack sized orange Kit Kats, Tootsie Rolls, green fondant and large candy eyes.

Tools I used: small leaf cutter, fondant roller, small sharp knife, parchment paper.

To begin, I rolled out my green fondant and cut with leaf cutter. (My particular leaf cutter has been discontinued) You can find a similar leaf cutter here.

 I created the pumpkin stem by cutting a Tootsie Roll into 4 pieces as shown in photo below.

Tootsie Roll stems-

Fondant leaves-

Candy eyes-

Kit Kat pumpkins-

Place the leaf towards top center of Kit Kat bar. Gently pinch bottom of stem and press into leaf and candy bar. The Tootsie Roll is naturally tacky and will stick on its own!

 The eyes have it!

Originally I had not planned on adding eyes, but when I came across them and tried out a pair, they were just too cute not to!

*See* what I mean?! 😜 

You can make these with your own little pumpkins as I'm planning on doing next week!

Till next time!

Keeping life sweet, one treat at a time, Karen! 😊

Pumpkin Patch Treats w/ Pretzels Dipped in Chocolate

So, for the first day of Fall-yay!-I'm sharing with you, Sugartown Sweets' lastest creation!

I mean, who doesn't love mellowcreme pumpkins?!

Same great taste as the much loved candy corn only waayy cuter. Especially when you add these adorable candy eyes, and plant them on top of chocolate dipped pretzels all covered with crushed Oreos for dirt!

Say hello to these sweet pumpkin patch treats and then just go ahead and take a big ol' crunchy, chewy, chocolaty bite!

If you need more pumpkin patch ideas, I've got a few here.

Pumpkin Patch Marshmallows, Pumpkin Patch Lollipops, Pumpkin Patch Candy Spoons and Pumpkin Patch Brownie Bites!

I used pretzel rods, candy pumpkins, chocolate melting wafers, candy eyes, Oreos, and green squeeze icing.

First, I attached the eyes to the pumpkins with a dab of icing.

Next, I melted chocolate wafers. Microwave at 30 second intervals on the defrost setting stirring each time until melted and smooth.

Scrape cream off cookies, place in a Ziploc bag and crush them. 

Dip pretzels in melted chocolate, placing two together with sides touching, and sprinkle with crushed cookies.

Next, pipe a green vine with squeeze icing. Finally, dab a little melted chocolate to pumpkin bottoms-te he-and place them on pretzels.

 How stinkin' cute are these fall guys?! 

I can't even!

 PICK ME! PICK ME! NO...PICK ME!

 I think I'll be snacking on these while watching one of my favorite Charlie Brown shows..soon!

 Happy Fall, Y'all!

Stay sweet, Karen 😊