Amazing Toffee

Handful of sliced almonds
2 sticks butter (not margarine)
1 cup sugar
1/4 cup water
1/2 bag milk chocolate chips
Handful chopped pecans

Sprinkle almonds onto pizza pan, set aside. Mix together butter, sugar, and water in heavy sauce pan on highest heat. Stir constantly until mixture thicken and turns the color of a brown paper sack. Pour candy into pan over almonds. Wait 5 minutes and sprinkle chocolate chips in top of candy. When chips have melted spread evenly and then sprinkle pecans on top. Break into pieces when cool.

Mint Oreo Ice Cream Cake

1 package mint or regular oreos
1/4 cup butter
1 (12 oz) jar hot fudge topping (warmed up so easy to pour)
1/2 gallon mint chocolate chip ice cream (softened)
8 ounces Cool Whip


In blender or food processor break apart 1/2 package of cookies. Pulse until they turn into fine crumbs.

Place in bowl and add 1/2 stick melted butter. Mix together and press crust into 9 or 12 inch pan (could also use a cake pan but you may need a little more ice cream).

Soften ice cream by setting out for 1/2 hour before making or place frozen ice cream in a large bowl and melt in 30 sec. intervals. (You just want it soft enough to spread, not completely melted.)

Spread 1/2 of ice cream onto crust and place in freezer while you get the next part ready.

Break the rest of the Oreos up into the blender and pulse until crumbs form. Add warm hot fudge to cookie crumbs in bowl and spread over ice cream layer. (If you let the first ice cream layer re-freeze a little the hot fudge will spread better on it.)

Spread the rest of the softened ice cream over the yummy crunch layer.

Cover and place in freezer for several hours or overnight.

Just before serving, top with Cool Whip. You can also drizzle some warm hot fudge over the top and sprinkle with Oreo crumbs.....if you have saved some aside!

You can dip a knife in warm water and run it along the sides of the cake to loosen, then slice and serve! DELICIOUS!!!

Frosting

4 cups powdered sugar
1/2 cup milk
1/2 cup butter flavored shortening
1/2 cup butter
1 tsp vanilla
food coloring

Put in mixer and whip really well.

Huggzles

What you need for one Huggzle:

• Pretzel
• Hug
• M&M

What you do:

• Preheat the oven for 350 degrees
  
• Unwrap the Hug
• Put the Hug on the Pretzel
• Put the pretzel with the hug on top in the oven for 2-3 min.
• Right after you take it out of the oven put the M&M on top.

You will want to make lots.

Pumpkin Bars

Pumpkin Bars
3/4 cup butter or margarine
1 (16 oz.) can of pumpkin
2 cups sugar
2 tsp. cinnamon
1/2 tsp. nutmeg
2 cups flour
4 eggs
2 tsp. baking powder
1/2 tsp. salt

Cream butter and sugar together. Blend in pumpkin and eggs. Mix remaining ingredients together and add to creamed mixture. Spread in a greased jelly roll pan. Bake at 350 for 25-30 minutes. When cooled spread with cream cheese frosting. Refrigerate any leftovers.

Cream Cheese Frosting
8 oz. softened cream cheese
1/2 cup butter, softened
2 tsp. vanilla
1 1/2 lbs. powdered sugar
Blend cream cheese and butter well. Gradually add powdered sugar and beat until smooth. Add vanilla and blend well.