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Halloween Cheesecake Brownies

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These Halloween Cheesecake Brownies are so easy to make. I took a major short cut and use a brownie mix for the base.  Added the cheesecake swirl in, some mini chocolate chips and some Halloween Sprinkles.

Halloween Cheesecake Brownies

Anyone who has followed me from the beginning knows I love cheesecake. We have shared several cheesecake type recipes The Best No-Bake Cherry Cheese- Cake!    EASY CHERRY CHEESECAKE DIP and these Halloween Cheesecake Brownies are similar to my Peanut Butter Cheesecake Brownies as they have the cream cheese swirled into the batter.  However, I made this recipe even easier by using a brownie mix.

Halloween Brownies

Hard to believe that it is almost Halloween. This year has flown by – as they all seem to do. These Brownies will be great if you are having a Halloween Party or if you are going to pot luck.  If you are looking for a beverage to serve along with them try WITCHES BREW KID-FRIENDLY HALLOWEEN PUNCH or the adults would probably love a PUMPKIN SPICE LATTE   with these delicious brownies.

Brownies Stacked

WHAT WILL I NEED TO MAKE  THESE CHEESECAKE BROWNIES:

FOR  THE BROWNIE LAYER 

  • BROWNIE MIX
  • EGGS
  • OIL
  • WATER 

FOR THE CREAM CHEESE LAYER 

  • CREAM CHEESE 
  • SUGAR 
  • EGG
  • VANILLA EXTRACT 
  • ORANGE FOOD COLORING 

FOR TOPPING

  • MINI CHOCOLATE CHIPS 
  • HALLOWEEN SPRINKLES 

HOW DO I MAKE HALLOWEEN CHEESECAKE BROWNIES?

Preheat Oven to 350 degrees, Line an 8×8  baking dish with parchment paper, or  foil -spray with food release (pam)-set aside 

MAKE BROWNIE BASE AS DIRECTED ON BOX –  Spread into the prepared baking dish -reserving 1/4 cup of batter.

FOR CREAM CHEESE LAYER

1-Cream together  cream cheese, sugar, egg, and vanilla

2-Add orange food coloring

3-Spread cream cheese layer on top of the brownie layer 

4-Drop tablespoons of remaining brownie batter on top of cream cheese

5. With a butter knife gently swirl batter and cream cheese together 

6. Bake for 30-35 minutes or until they are firm – 

7.-Remove from the oven – add mini chocolate chips and the fun Halloween sprinkles

8. Cool completely before slicing 

9. Enjoy with a glass of milk or a Pumpkin Spice latte 

Brownie Swirl

Finished Brownies

Brownies Stacked
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Halloween Creamcheese Brownies

Brownie Mix with Cream cheese topping and chocolate chips and sprinkes
Prep Time15 mins
Cook Time28 mins
Total Time45 mins
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American
Keyword: Brownie, Cream Cheese, halloween

Equipment

  • OVEN

Ingredients

  • 1 box Brownie Mix with needed ingredients egg ,oil,water
  • 1 8oz box Cream Cheese
  • 1/4 Cup Sugar
  • 1/2 tsp Vanilla Extract
  • Orange food coloring

Instructions

  • Preheat oven to 350° line baking dish with parchment or foil - spray with food release
  • Prepare Brownie base as directed on the box -spread into the baking dish - reserving 1/4 cup of brownie batter
  • In a mixin-cream together cream cheese, sugar, egg, and vanilla extract
  • Add the desired amount of food coloring to make cream cheese filling orange
  • Spread cream cheese on top of the brownie mix
  • Drop tablespoons of remaining batter on top of cream cheese, carefully swirl together with a butter knife
  • Bake for 30-35 minutes -until firm
  • Add mini chocolate chips and sprinkles
  • Cool completely before cutting to serve

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Frankenstein Rice Krispy Treats!

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These Frankenstein Rice Krispy Treats are so cute. Whether you are having a Halloween party or just using them for an afternoon snack they are going to be a hit.

Frankenstein Rice Krispy Treat

Making Rice Krispy Treats is such fun. They are so versatile,they will take on any color or shape. They are my grandson’s favorite treat. I try to make it a point to always keep the stuff to make Rice Krispy Treats in the house. Not only does he love to eat them, but he also loves to help make them.

Halloween Treat

I am hoping you tried my CANDY CORN POKE CAKE !   that I had on the blog last week? How did it come out? 

3 Treats

I love making holiday-themed treats and snacks. The grandkids get so excited when they come over and I have made something fun and yummy.  I can’t wait for them to try these Frankenstein Rice Krispy Treats.

Making this Rice Krispy Treats recipe is so easy, all you will need are a few ingredients that you may already have in your pantry. You will need Rice Krispies (or other rice cereal), butter, mini marshmallows, food coloring and icing for decorating.In Process

Green Rice Krispy Treats

Frankenstein Rice Krispy Treat
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Frankenstein Rice Krispy Treats

Rice Krispy Treats, Halloween
Prep Time5 mins
Cook Time2 hrs
Total Time2 hrs 5 mins
Course: Snack
Cuisine: American
Keyword: Frankensteiin, halloween, Rice Krispy, snack, treat

Equipment

  • Microwave

Ingredients

  • 1 10 oz Bag Mini Marshmallows
  • 3 Tbsp Melted Butter
  • 1 Tube Black Icing
  • 4 cups Rice Crispy Cereal
  • Green Food Coloring
  • Candy Eyes

Instructions

  • Grease 9 X 12 baking pan with butter or oil
  • In a microwave-safe bowl heat marshmallows and butter for 1-2 minutes until marshmallows start to puff up.
  • Add Green Food Coloring - stir well
  • Stir in Rice Krispy Cereal
  • Press Your Rice Krispy mixture evenly into the bottom of your greased pan and set in the refrigerator for 2-3 hours until set
  • Cut Rice Krispy Treats into rectangles
  • use a small amount of icing to glue eves on
  • use black frosting to make hair and mouth
  • tootsie rolls or skittles work well to make knobs on the neck if desired

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CANDY CORN POKE CAKE !

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This  CANDY CORN POKE CAKE is so fun and festive.  It will be a huge hit at any party or just a fun surprise dessert for the family.

CANDY CORN POKE CAKE 

top down with candy

With Halloween coming I have been practicing making several fun desserts. If you tried Pumpkin White Chocolate Chip Cookies or Slow Cooker Apple Spice Dump Cake please drop by the site and leave some comments on the posts. I love getting feedback from my followers. I hope you all have joined our mailing list and started following us on Facebook @https://www.facebook.com/WeDishItUp

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My grandkids get so excited for Halloween, next to Christmas I’m sure it is their favorite time of the year. The 2 older boys will probably be superheroes or ninjas.  Or if they can find any costumes that relate to Fortnite or Minecraft, I’m sure that will be their first choice. Hopefully, we can still get the twins to dress up in something fun from the Disney Store.  Their first Halloween they dressed as Mickey and Minnie Mouse. Those will always be my favorite costumes. Although all of the Disney Characters hold a special place in my heart. I can remember dressing my oldest daughter as Tinker Bell when she was in kindergarten and my son as Buzz Light Year, so much fun. My family has definitely always been a Disney Family. We are now carrying on the tradition with the grandkids.

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Whole Cake with candy

Making this Candy Corn Poke Cake is pretty easy to do. It only takes a few ingredients. You will need a white cake mix, vegetable oil, water, egg whites, sweetened condensed milk, food coloring, whip topping  (I used cool whip) and candy corn. I also added the candy pumpkins just for fun. It will take a couple of hours to make as you need to put in the freezer for 20 minutes in between each layer. It is also best if chilled for a minimum of 2 hours before serving. I chilled mine overnight.

In Process

The Cake Batter colored orange 

Poke Cake in process

Don’t like candy corn?  That’s no big deal. It’s just a basic white cake mix with food coloring to make it look like candy corn and you can always leave the candy off the top, or just let those that don’t like it pick it off. 

If you try this recipe come back and let me know how it came out and if you made any changes to the recipe. Keep an eye out because I have a couple more fun  Halloween recipes to share before we move on to Thanksgiving. As always thanks for stopping by my blog.

Candy Corn Poke Cake
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Candy Corn Poke Cake

White cake colored with food coloring , with sweetened condensed milk, whip topping and candy
Prep Time50 mins
Cook Time22 mins
2 hrs
Total Time3 hrs 12 mins
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American
Keyword: cake, candy corn, whipped cream
Servings: 12

Equipment

  • Electric Mixer
  • OVEN
  • Refrigerator

Ingredients

  • 1 Box White Cake Mix
  • 3 Eggs Whites (or as directed on box)
  • 1/4 Cup Vegetable Oil
  • 1 Cup Water
  • 1 14 oz Can Sweetened Condensed Milk
  • Yellow Food Coloring
  • Orange Food Coloring I mixed red and yellow

Instructions

  • Make Cake Batter as directed on the box. Divide into 3 equal parts - make one orange, one yellow and leave one white. (Make sure you add enough to make the colors vibrant)
  • Spray the bottom of a 9 x 13 cake pan with food release, spread the yellow layer in the bottom of the pan, put in the freezer for 20 minutes (be sure to keep flat)
  • Next, carefully add the orange layer to the pan spreading over the yellow layer- return to the freezer for 20 minutes.
  • Preheat oven to 350° or as directed on box
  • Remove cake from the freezer and carefully add the white layer. Let the cake sit on top of stove well oven preheats.
  • Bake according to directions on the box -remove when a toothpick comes out dry
  • As soon as the cake is done poke holes with the end of a wooden spoon. Pour sweetened condensed milk over cake. Refrigerate for at least 2 hrs, overnight is best
  • Spread whipped topping on the cake and garnish with candy corn.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cinnamon Apple Turnovers

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 Quick and easy Cinnamon Apple Turnovers made with puff pastry and canned apple pie filling. 

You can whip them up in a jiffy. People will think it took you hours.

Cinnamon Apple Turn Over

CINNAMON APPLE TURNOVERS 

After making theApple Pie Cupcakes last week and my family loved them, decided to see what else I could do with a can of apple pie filling. Was debating pie, cake, cookies? Discovered I had some frozen puff pastry in the freezer and that settled it.  Apple Turnovers on Plate

Whenever I took my kids to Arbys, they always begged for the turnovers. Some liked apple and some liked the cherry so we always ordered a variety. I had no idea how easy they were to make at home or I would have been making cinnamon apple turnovers a lot sooner. The only ingredients you will need are a package of puff pastry, you can find these in your grocer’s freezer.  Normally they come with 2 sheets in a box.  If you cut each sheet into 4  – you should get 8 turnovers out of abox.  A Can of Apple Pie Filling, Egg whites to brush dough to help brown, Cinnamon and sugar. So not only easy but fairly cheap.  Much cheaper than running to Arbys  I’m sure.

Let me give you a couple of tips to help you get great Cinnamon Apple Turnovers

  • Be sure to follow the directions on the box for thawing your puff pastry 
  • Well working with the first sheet of pastry, keep the other refrigerated so that it holds its shape
  • Flour your counter or surface you will be working on 
  • Seal the pastry very well with a fork to avoid bursting out of the pastry.
  • Do not overfill the turnover
  • Brush with butter well hot so that cinnamon sugar will stick

Close up of inside of turnover

Ingredients For Turnover

Filling With CinnamonGoing in the ovenCinnamon Apple TurnoverTurnovers On Plate                                                                                                                                                          

 

             

 

Cinnamon Apple Turn Over
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Cinnamon Apple Turn Over

Apple Pie Filling Inside Puff Pastry - Rolled In Cinnamon Sugar
Prep Time15 mins
Cook Time20 mins
Total Time35 mins
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American
Servings: 8

Equipment

  • stove, sheet pan, mixing bowl

Ingredients

  • 1 2 Sheet Box Puff Pastry Each Sheet Makes 4
  • 1 Can Apple Pie Filling
  • 2 egg whites used for brushing turnovers for browning
  • 1/8 Cup Cinnamon
  • 1/4 Cup Sugar
  • 2 tbsp butter melted brush on turnovers so cinnamon sugar sticks

Instructions

  • Preheat oven to 400°
  • Spray Baking sheet with nonstick spray or line with parchment paper or foil
  • Mix Sugar and Cinnamon together and set aside
  • Take your thawed puff pastry 1 sheet at a time ) unfold on a lightly floured surface -cut in 4 equal squares
  • Scoop a couple of table spoons of pie filling into the corner of each square sprinkle with cinnamon, Fold the pastry diagonally closing and crimping closed with a fork
  • Brush Each Pastry lightly with egg whites
  • Bale 17-20 minutes or until golden brown
  • Well still hot brush with melted butter and sprinkle with cinnamon sugar -to taste
  • Alternate method -sprinkle cinnamon sugar on pastry before baking and eliminate butter-however I love the melted butter

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Apple Pie Cupcakes

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You will find all the great flavors of an apple pie in these Apple Pie Cupcakes with brown sugar caramel frosting. This recipe is super easy to make since we used a store-bought cake mix and also store-bought pie filling.

  APPLE PIE CUPCAKES

We will probably be going a bit overboard with apple recipes this fall. My grandkids started school really early this year and since back to school always has fall on my mind, I have been baking like crazy.  I grew up in upstate NY and the school year never started until the after Labor Day. I really am not liking that they start in mid-August. I’m not ready for summer to be over. However, since the kids are back in school and the weather is feeling like fall I guess I might as well get my Apple and Pumpkin on. 

Hopefully, you have already tried my Pumpkin White Chocolate Chip Cookies or PUMPKIN CREAM CHEESE MUFFINS. In the near future, I hope to attempt a few actual pies ( that’s scary for us amateur bakers ) In the meantime if you have a craving for apple pie, these apple pie cupcakes will do the trick and are so easy to make.Apple Pie Cupcakes Making these cupcakes is a snap, all you need are a few baking staples.  For the cupcakes themselves, you will only need a yellow or white cake mix and what the directions call for ( usually oil, eggs, and water ) I used Pillsbury super moist white. You will also need a can of apple pie filling. For the delicious caramel brown sugar buttercream frosting, you will need -butter, brown sugar, powdered sugar, vanilla, Torani’s salted caramel syrup or caramel ice cream topping, milk or cream.

How to make these cupcakes :

  • Make Cupcakes as directed on box 

  • Cool completely 

  • With paring knife hollow out the center of the cupcake            

Cupcakes with hollow center

In process hollowed cupcakes

  • Fill with pie filling (chop into small pieces)Cupcakes with filling

    Replace just the top of the plug-frost the cupcakes.

Apple Cupcakes -multiple

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Apple Pie Cupcakes

White cupcakes with delicious apple pie feeling and Caramel-brown sugar frosting
Prep Time20 mins
Cook Time20 mins
Total Time40 mins
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American
Keyword: apples

Equipment

  • stove, large pan, knife, cutting board
  • Electric Mixer

Ingredients

  • 1 box Cake Mix yellow or white works best
  • 1 20 OZ Can of Apple Pie Filling

Frosting -

  • 1 cup Softened Butter
  • 3 cups Powdered Sugar
  • 1/2 cup Brown sugar
  • 1 tbsp Torani's Salted Caramel syrup
  • 2 tbsp Milk
  • 1 tsp Vanilla

Instructions

  • Preheat oven and line muffin tins with paper liners.
  • Prepare cupcakes according to box directions
  • Fill liners 2/3 full and bake according to box directions for cupcakes
  • Allow to cool completely.
  • Use a knife to dice apples into smaller pieces.
  • use a knife to core our a plug in the middle of each cupcake and fill with pie filling.
  • Place just the top of the plug back on the cupcake.
  • Make Frosting
  • Whip butter, brown sugar, caramel syrup, and vanilla until fluffy.
  • Gradually add powdered sugar.
  • Add milk until you reach your desired consistency.
  • Transfer to a pastry bag and frost each cupcake.

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Tender Barbecue Pork Ribs Instant Pot /Grill

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Tender Barbeque Pork Ribs on the grill just got quicker.  Ribs on the grill have always been an all-day job. 

 

Tender Barbeque Pork Ribs On The Grill

Well, I’m here to tell you that doing Tender Barbeque Pork Ribs On The Grill no longer has to be a 6 hr job. The secret is cooking them first in the instant pot.  Start with putting a dry rub on your ribs and putting them on the trivet in your instant pot.  If you don’t have a trivet, you can ball up aluminum foil (3-4 pies) set them in the bottom of the trivet. Put the pork ribs on top of the aluminum foil keeping them up off the bottom of the pot. Add water or broth. Set your instant pot for 30 minutes on manual high pressure.  Allow 10-minute slow release.

Ribs on the grill

When the pork ribs come out of the instant pot they will already be so tender that they are falling off the bone. The ribs are now ready to put on the grill or smoker.  We use my husband’s Trager wood pellet smoker.  His smoker is his favorite toy he loves cooking everything on that thing. I definitely have no problem sharing the cooking.  If I can get him to do burgers or hot dogs or even corn on the smoker, I am all for it.

Once you get the pork ribs on the grill or smoker, they can be brushed with your favorite bottled barbeque sauce. If you are creative there are a lot of homemade barbeque sauce recipes. 

Barbecue pork ribs close up

 Are you looking for some great side dishes to serve with these falling off the bone tender pork ribs?  Look no further.

Try serving Creamy Coleslaw with Bacon or Moms Classic Macaroni Salad With Egg.

ribs in package

 

Traeger Smoker

 

instant pot for ribs

 

If you don’t have an instant pot, I recommend you get one.

In the meantime, if you want to make ribs on the grill, parboiling them is an option. 

 

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Tender Barbecue Pork Ribs Instant Pot/Grill

Tender Ribs cooked in instant pot and on the grill
Prep Time15 mins
Cook Time1 hr
Total Time1 hr 15 mins
Course: Main Course
Cuisine: BBQ
Keyword: barbeque, pork, ribs

Equipment

  • instant pot or other pressure cooker
  • grill or smoker

Ingredients

  • 1/2 cup brown sugar for rub
  • 3 tbsp paprika for rub
  • 1 tbsp black pepper for rub
  • 1 tbsp kosher salt for rub
  • 1 tbsp garlic powder for rub
  • 1 tbsp onion powder for rub
  • 1 tsp mustard powder for rub
  • 1/2 tsp cayenne pepper for rub
  • 1/2 tsp chili powder for rub
  • 3-5 lbs pork back ribs
  • 1 13 oz barbeque sauce of choice

Instructions

  • Open ribs , rinse blood off , trim any excess fat (white film on meat) pat dry with paper towels
  • mix all ingredients for the dry rub in a mixing bowl. blending weel
  • generously rub the dry rub on the ribs
  • set ribs on the trivet in instant pot - you may choose to just bend the ribs and set in the instant pot or cut the ribs in sections
  • add 1 cup of water (or broth) to the instant pot -set manual pressure cook high for 30 minutes
  • let ribs slow release for 10 minutes-release any remaining steam and pull ribs from pot
  • put the pork ribs on preheated grill 250° smoke or grill for 30-35 minutes -enjoy!

CrockPot Creamy Mushroom Chicken

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Mushroom chicken on plate

 

 CROCKPOT CREAMY  MUSHROOM CHICKEN 

 

Crockpot Creamy Mushroom Chicken is so yummy. Anyone that knows me, knows that Joe and I live on chicken.  They also know that we both love mushrooms.

 

Creamy chicken and mushrooms on plate

Making Crockpot Creamy  Mushroom Chicken the perfect dish. Crockpot Creamy Mushroom Chicken is so simple to make.  I think the crockpot was a miracle invention. Throwing the chicken in the crockpot and cooking it all day makes it so tender. I love when it falls apart. 

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     Crock Pot  BBQ Shredded Chicken Sandwich

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                                                   Crock Pot  BBQ Shredded Chicken Sandwich

 

Easy shredded BBQ Chicken sandwiches  are an easy throw together meal. If  you are trying to find something that you can throw in a crock pot before you go to work and not worry about making dinner all day. This shredded chicken can also be made  a head of time to throw in the freezer for a later time. These BBQ shredded chicken sandwiches are always a hit.

Ingredients

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Crock pot BBQ Shredded Chicken

3 boneless skinless chicken breasts
2 boneless skinless chicken thighs
1 cup of chicken broth
1 tsp salt
1 tsp pepper
1 tsp onion powder
1 tsp garlic powder
Course: Main Course
Cuisine: BBQ
Keyword: Chicken

Ingredients

  • 3 Chicken Breast boneless skinless
  • 2 Chicken Thighs boneless skinless
  • 1 cup Chicken Broth
  • 1 tsp salt or to taste
  • 1 tsp pepper or to taste
  • 1 Tbsp Garlic Powder or to taste
  • 1 Tbsp Onion Powder or to taste

Instructions

  • Throw Chicken Breasts and Thighs in crock-pot (use  a liner for easy clean up)
    Add Chicken Broth ,salt,pepper,garlic powder and onion powder. Set crock pot temp to low for 6 hrs or high for 3 hrs. 
  • When chicken is done -shred with 2 forks and add your favorite bottled BBQ sauce or if you prefer use a favorite home made sauce. Scoop on to bun - ( I used an everything bun ) but good on any bun you choose 

Crock Pot Chicken BBQ

 

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Do you have a favorite chicken Barbecue Recipe? I love Simple recipes.  I can throw  this in the crock pot in the morning , forget about it until dinner time.  However, if I forget I like that I now have the option of  throwing  in the Instant pot and being  ready in 30 minutes, even from frozen.

If you are looking for a low carb or keto option , ditch the bun , use a sugar free BBQ sauce ( jarred or made from 

scratch.  Add some deviled eggs or a  low carb veg like broccoli or asparagus on the side and you are good to go . 

 

 

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