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Poison Apple Cider Recipe AKA Spiced red apple cider

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Want to make homemade apple cider? Want to make a fun Halloween drink that is perfect for any party? Use this homemade apple cider recipe to make Poison Apple Cider. A spiced apple cider that is perfect as a mocktail or Halloween cocktail.

Want to make homemade apple cider? Want to make a fun Halloween drink that is perfect for any party? Use this homemade apple cider recipe to make Poison Apple Cider. A spiced apple cider that is perfect as a mocktail or Halloween cocktail.

Homemade Apple Cider Recipe

A lot of people do not realize how simple it is to make your own apple cider. Using this homemade apple cider recipe lets you make your own apple cider for less money and very little effort.

Want to make homemade apple cider? Want to make a fun Halloween drink that is perfect for any party? Use this homemade apple cider recipe to make Poison Apple Cider. A spiced apple cider that is perfect as a mocktail or Halloween cocktail.

Easy Halloween Drink

Poison Apple Cider is an easy Halloween drink. This Halloween drink can be made as is, which has no alcohol and is a great mocktail. It is great for kids and adults. Add in some alcohol, like vodka, can turn this into a Halloween cocktail.

Poison Apple Cider Recipe AKA Spiced Red Apple Cider

Apple Cider Ingredients:

12 assorted small-medium apples
1 small orange
1 C brown sugar
2 tsp ground cinnamon
2-3 tsp nutmeg
1/8 tsp ground cloves
water to cover

How to make apple cider:

Wash and chop whole apples and orange (no need to remove peels, seeds, or stems)
Put all into a large pot. Add spices.
Cover with water bringing to a boil. Continue to boil uncovered for 1 hour.
Cover. Simmering for 2 hours.
Using a potato masher roughly mash all ingredients.
Continue to simmer until cider is dark tasting sweet and spicy. Allow to cool.
Strain everything into a large pot.
Store in a refrigerator.

Poison Apple

Poison Apple Ingredients:

4 oz apple cider
4 oz Cranberry juice
Ice

Poison Apple Directions:

Pour apple cider and ginger ale into a pitcher. Stir to combine.
Add ice to a glass.
Pour apple cider and cranberry juice combination into the glass.

 

Want to make homemade apple cider? Want to make a fun Halloween drink that is perfect for any party? Use this homemade apple cider recipe to make Poison Apple Cider. A spiced apple cider that is perfect as a mocktail or Halloween cocktail.

Want to make homemade apple cider? Want to make a fun Halloween drink that is perfect for any party? Use this homemade apple cider recipe to make Poison Apple Cider. A spiced apple cider that is perfect as a mocktail or Halloween cocktail.
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Poison Apple Cider Recipe AKA Spiced Red Apple Cider

Ingredients

  • Cider Ingredients:
  • 12 assorted small-medium apples
  • 1 small orange
  • 1 C brown sugar
  • 2 tsp ground cinnamon
  • 2-3 tsp nutmeg
  • 1/8 tsp ground cloves
  • water to cover
  • Poison Apple Ingredients:
  • 4 oz apple cider (from above)
  • 4 oz Cranberry juice
  • Ice

Instructions

Cider Directions:

  1. Wash and chop whole apples and orange (no need to remove peels, seeds, or stems)
  2. Put all into a large pot. Add spices.
  3. Cover with water bringing to a boil. Continue to boil uncovered for 1 hour.
  4. Cover. Simmering for 2 hours.
  5. Using a potato masher roughly mash all ingredients.
  6. Continue to simmer until cider is dark tasting sweet and spicy. Allow to cool.
  7. Strain everything into a large pot.
  8. Store in a refrigerator.

Poison Apple Directions:

  1. -Pour apple cider and ginger ale into a pitcher. Stir to combine.
  2. -Add ice to a glass.
  3. -Pour apple cider and cranberry juice combination into the glass.

Swim Fishy Sandwich | Bento Box Lunch Idea

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Ready for back to school? Looking for a back to school lunch idea? This bento box lunch idea will leave kids happy to open their lunch box. Back to school means packing lunch. Need a fun back to school lunch idea? Make a fish bento box. Simple and Easy, even the most non-crafty mom can do it.

Back to School Lunch Ideas

Facebook is full of back to school pictures. Parents are showing off their first day of school photos. We have a little while before we start back to school. By the time my girls start back to school, kids will already be complaining about what they got in their lunch box. Parents will be looking for back to school lunch ideas that kids will love. This back to school lunch idea is something kids will love and it will bring a big smile to their face.

Bento Box Idea

I look on Pinterest for ideas all the time. I love Pinterest. I find great recipes that my family love, fun crafts and even travel ideas. I see really neat bento box ideas that I would love to make for the kids for their lunch but I will be honest. I am not that mom. I don’t have the time or patience to go through all that. I can make some of the most complicated desserts, but I have never really been able to make the cute Bento Box ideas that I find. What I love about this bento box idea, it is so simple. Even I can do it. It takes very little effort and the kids will think it is cool.

 

Back to school means packing lunch. Need a fun back to school lunch idea? Make a fish bento box. Simple and Easy, even the most non-crafty mom can do it.

How to make this simple back to school lunch idea bento box

Ingredients

Sandwich – Whatever kind of sandwich your kids love the most. We made a ham and cheese

A circle – We used a small jar. A circle cookie cutter works even better.

A heart cookie cutter – This cookie cutter set has both a circle and a heart, as well as other.

Carrots or something similar for the eye and mouth.

Directions

The first step is simple. Make a sandwich.

Once the sandwich is made, you will need to cut a circle. Make the circle to the far side corner.

Back to school means packing lunch. Need a fun back to school lunch idea? Make a fish bento box. Simple and Easy, even the most non-crafty mom can do it.

Next, you will want to make a heart that is missing its point. Use the heart cookie cutter or freehand cut the top of the heart. Make sure the pointy end hangs off the bread.

Back to school means packing lunch. Need a fun back to school lunch idea? Make a fish bento box. Simple and Easy, even the most non-crafty mom can do it.

Next, assemble the fish. Place the pieces need to each other. I like to use a small piece of carrot for the eye and mouth, but cheese works too.

Back to school means packing lunch. Need a fun back to school lunch idea? Make a fish bento box. Simple and Easy, even the most non-crafty mom can do it.

Now the fishy fishy sandwich is ready. Kids will love to see this little fish swimming in their lunch box.

Back to school means packing lunch. Need a fun back to school lunch idea? Make a fish bento box. Simple and Easy, even the most non-crafty mom can do it.
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Fishy Fishy Back to School Lunch Idea Bento Box

Ingredients

  • Sandwich
  • A circle
  • A heart cookie cutter
  • Carrots

Instructions

  1. The first step is simple. Make a sandwich.
  2. Once the sandwich is made, you will need to cut a circle. Make the circle to the far side corner.
  3. Fishy sandwich cutting the circle
  4. Next, you will want to make a heart that is missing its point. Use the heart cookie cutter or freehand cut the top of the heart. Make sure the pointy end hangs off the bread.
  5. Cut the fin out of the sandwich
  6. Next, assemble the fish. Place the pieces need to each other. I like to use a small piece of carrot for the eye and mouth, but cheese works too.
  7. Fishy Sandwich for lunch
  8. Now the fishy fishy sandwich is ready. Kids will love to see this little fish swimming in their lunch box.

Chocolate Covered Pretzel with Peeps

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I love chocolate covered pretzels. I could eat them everyday. Here is a fun chocolate covered pretzel recipe that makes a fun Easter treat.

Chocolate covered pretzel rods on a plate

Chocolate Covered Pretzel with Peeps

Not only do I love chocolate covered pretzels, so do my kids. We make chocolate covered pretzel rods often. We started making our own because it is expensive to buy them. The prices around here are $13 a pound. That does not give me a lot of pretzels.

For Easter, we decided to make something a little different with out chocolate covered pretzel rods. Since it is Easter, there are Peeps everywhere. We love Peeps too. So yummy. So we decided to put a Peep on top of our chocolate covered pretzels.

Chocolate covered pretzels with Peeps

Chocolate Covered Pretzel Rods with Peeps

It was extremely easy to make chocolate covered pretzel rods with Peeps on top.  It comes together in no time. It is also an easy way to get the kids in the kitchen with me, which is something I always love to do. These chocolate covered pretzel rods are made in very little time, and the kids love being able to play with chocolate.These chocolate covered pretzel rods with Peeps are great to take to an Easter party, a celebration at school or to have for dessert on Easter Sunday after a fun family dinner.

How to Make Chocolate Covered Pretzels

That part is easy. It is hard to restrain eating all the chocolate covered pretzel rods with Peeps than it is to make them. The kids can easily make them by themselves.

Pro tip: I buy my chocolates online. I find it easier because my store does not always have them on hand. And it annoys me more than anything to go to the store and find they do not have what I am looking for. I do not have time for that. I have included links so that you can order the chocolates.

up close of chocolate covered pretzel rods with peeps

Ingredients
1 bag of thick pretzel rods
1 package of pink peeps
1 package of blue peeps
1 package of yellow peeps
1 container of bright sprinkles
wax paper
cookie sheet
two small pots
Directions 
Pour some water into one of the small pots and place on medium heat
Add 1 cup of one of the candy melts into the second pot and mix until melted
white chocolate melts in a bowl
Scoop the melted candy melt into a piping bag and set aside
Repeat steps with remaining candy melts
Once all is melted, dip the rods into the candy melts and place on the cookie sheet
colored chocolate covered pretzels
Cut the tip of the piping bag and drizzle the colors on the rods
Sprinkle some sprinkles on the chocolate and then place a peep on the tip of the stick
close up shot of the chocolate covered pretzels with Peeps
Do you love Peeps? Do you love chocolate covered pretzels? Then these Easter treats are exactly what you want. Make chocolate covered pretzel with Peeps.
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Chocolate Covered Pretzel Rods with Peeps

Ingredients

  • 1 bag of thick pretzel rods
  • 1 bag of light blue candy melts
  • 1 bag of pink candy melts
  • 1 bag of white candy melts
  • 1 bag of yellow candy melts
  • 1 package of pink peeps
  • 1 package of blue peeps
  • 1 package of yellow peeps
  • 1 container of bright sprinkles
  • 4 disposable piping bags
  • wax paper
  • cookie sheet
  • two small pots

Instructions

  1. Pour some water into one of the small pots and place on medium heat
  2. Add 1 cup of one of the candy melts into the second pot and mix until melted
  3. white chocolate melts in a bowl
  4. Scoop the melted candy melt into a piping bag and set aside
  5. Repeat steps with remaining candy melts
  6. Once all is melted, dip the rods into the candy melts and place on the cookie sheet
  7. colored chocolate covered pretzels
  8. Cut the tip of the piping bag and drizzle the colors on the rods
  9. Sprinkle some sprinkles on the chocolate and then place a peep on the tip of the stick
  10. close up shot of the chocolate covered pretzels with Peeps