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Patriotic poke cake is both easy and delicious. To make a patriotic poke cake you will need the following ingredients: 1 box white cake mix(water, oil, and eggs needed to make cake) 1 box blue raspberry jello mix(you can also use the berry blue jello) 1 box Cherry jello mix(you could also use strawberry or raspberry jello) 1 tub whipped topping Patriotic sprinkles Directions: Mix and bake cake according to instructions on box. Cool 1hr. Make holes in top of cake with bottom of mixing spoon handle. Mix blue jello in small bowl according to directions on box. Mix red jello in small bowl according to directions on box. Using spoon or medicine dropper, fill holes with red and blue jello alternating between the 2 colors. Chill in fridge for at least 2hrs. After 2hrs remove cake from fridge and frost cake with whipped topping. Add patriotic sprinkles on top of cake. Keep cake chilled in fridge until serving. Enjoy!

It's super easy to make delicious homemade salsa. To make homemade salsa you will need the following ingredients: 1 onion Tomatoes(I used 6 to make the salsa in this video) Cilantro 1 lime Salt and Pepper to taste Directions: Dice your onion and put in medium sized bowl. Separate the onion pieces with your fingers. Dice the tomatoes. Add the tomatoes to the onion in the bowl. Mix well. Rinse the cilantro well and chop. Add to tomatoes and onion in the bowl. Mix well. Roll the lime onto the countertop or other hard surface applying pressure with you hand. This will help release the juices inside the lime to ensure you get the maximum juice. Cut lime in half and squeeze the juice over bowl with cilantro, onion, and tomatoes. I used the whole lime, but you can use half to taste. Add salt and pepper to taste. Mix well. Chill at least 1hr in the fridge or 10 mins in the freezer if you can't wait like me! Now you have amazingly delicious homemade salsa! You can eat with chips, or put on tacos, eggs, etc. Enjoy!

It's super easy to make a cute and patriotic flag cake perfect for any memorial day party or gathering! All you will need is: 1 box vanilla cake mix( water, oil, and egg whites to make cake) 1 container vanilla frosting Blue sugar Red sugar Directions: Make cake according to directions on box. Bake at 350 for 20-25mins. Cool 1hr. Frost cake with vanilla frosting. Make a square with blue sugar in the upper left corner( you can also make an outline of the square first with blue cake decorating gel). Next make stripes with the red sugar. That's it! You now have a cute flag cake! Enjoy! Note: I also added white sugar(optional), and star sprinkles to the blue square(optional if you don't have any), and red, white and blue sprinkles(optional if you don't have any)

If you love funnel cake, funnel cake fries are easy to make right at home! To make funnel cake fries you will need: 1c buttermilk complete mix(just add water) 1tbs granulated sugar 1tsp vanilla sugar 1/2c water Powdered sugar for dusting Oil Directions: In a large bowl add 1c buttermilk complete pancake mix. Next add 1tbs granulated sugar, 1tsp vanilla extract, and 1/2c water. Mix together well. Heat oil in pan over medium heat. I heated my oil while I made the funnel cake batter. Drop into pan using measuring spoon swirling to make fries. You can put the batter in a ziploc bag, cut the end off one corner, and squeeze into pan, or you can put the batter into a squeeze bottle and squeeze into pan. I opted to use the measuring spoon since some people may not have ziploc bags or squeeze bottles. When fries start to puff and edges are dry and bubbly flip over. Cook about 1 min on each side. Remove from pan. Dust with powdered sugar on top while warm. Enjoy!

Taco pizza is both delicious and easy to make. To make taco pizza you will need Roll out pizza crust(any brand) 1lb grn beef Taco seasoning Shredded taco style cheese Sliced black olives Directions: Brown and crumble ground beef. Soak up any grease with a paper towel. Add the taco seasoning and water according to directions on packet. Roll out pizza dough onto baking sheet, stretching to fit pan. Add taco seasoned ground beef to rolled out pizza dough. Spread meat out over the dough. Next add the shredded taco cheese. I used some shredded mozzarella on the pizza first, followed by the taco cheese. Add as much as you like. I love cheese so I always add extra cheese. Cheesy pizza is the best! Next add some sliced black olives to the pizza. Add as much as you like. I love black olives, so I added a lot. Bake at 400 for 12-15 mins until cheese is melted. Enjoy!

Pizza bombs are both delicious and easy to make. To make pizza bombs you will need the following: 1 can of biscuits(any brand) Spaghetti sauce or pizza sauce Shredded mozzarella cheese or cubes Butter flavor cooking spray Garlic salt Italian seasoning Baking sheet lined with parchment paper Directions: Line baking sheet with parchment paper. Take a biscuit out of can and pull in half. Flatten biscuit half. Spread 1 tsp sauce onto biscuit. Top with 1tsp shredded mozzarella cheese or 1 cube. Pull sides up and pinch to create a ball. Place seam side down on baking sheet(top should be smooth). Repeat steps with remaining biscuits. Spray dough tops with cooking spray. Sprinkle garlic salt on top and Italian seasoning. Bake at 350 for 16 mins until lightly brown. Serve warm, alone or with spaghetti sauce or pizza sauce for dipping. Enjoy! Note: you may add in whatever pizza toppings you like!

It's easy to make delicious apple pie turnovers. To make you will need: 1 can crescent rolls(any brand) 1 can apple pie filling(any brand) Butter flavor cooking spray(any brand) Cinnamon sugar(can be found at Dollar Tree) Directions: unroll crescent dough and lay on baking sheet. Separate into triangles. Spoon apple pie filling onto one triangle. Top with a triangle crescent. Press edges together to seal(or use a fork). Repeat. Spray tops with butter spray. Sprinkle cinnamon sugar. Bake at 375 for 15-17mins until golden brown. Method 2: unroll crescents but do not separate into triangles. Press the seam together to seal. Spoon apple pie filling onto crescent. Press the other 2 triangles together on the seam to make the top. Place the top crescent on and press edges to seal. Spray tops with butter spray and sprinkle with cinnamon sugar. Bake at 375 for 15-17mins until golden brown. Your apple pie turnovers are ready to serve! Serve warm, alone or with a dollop of cool whip or vanilla ice cream. Enjoy!

Directions: To make witch fingers you will need 1 pkg pretzel rods(any brand) white chocolate melting wafers green food coloring pumpkin seeds or almond slices baking sheet lined with wax paper Melt some white chocolate wafers in a microwave safe bowl(about 1/4c depending on how many you want to make). Melt the wafers in microwave 60 then stir and microwave an additional 30 secs. Add green food coloring. I used 4 drops to desired shade. Mix well until white chocolate is completely green. Pro tip: If using Bakers corner melting wafers you will need to add 1tsp of shortening to achieve desired consistency. Stir until chocolate is smooth. Coat 3/4 of the pretzel. Lay chocolate coated pretzel on wax lined baking sheet. Add a pumpkin seed to end to create fingernail. Repeat with other pretzels. Let excess drip off over bowl or use spoon. Now you have a cute, yummy, and festive snack perfect for any Halloween party! Enjoy!

It's easy to make a beautiful butterfly cake! To make a butterfly cake you will need a yellow or white cake baked in a round cake pan. Frosting of any color you choose( you can also color white frosting with food color), pastel candies( I used Sixlets as they were all I could find in pastels), and Twizzler pull and peel licorice. Take the cake out of the pan and place on the surface which you will be decorating the cake on. Cut cake in half. Turn the cut edge inwards and the round side outwards. Repeat with other cake half. Frost the whole cake, making sure to frost all sides and edges too. Next decorate the cake using the candy. You can use whatever colors and patterns you like! Then use 2 pieces of the Twizzlers as antennae. That's it! Now you have a beautiful butterfly cake! Enjoy! Note: you could also use cake decorating gels instead of the candies if you desire.

To make worms in dirt you need chocolate cake and gummy worms. I used a 16oz bag of gummy worms I got from the dollar store. You can use smaller bag/s. Scoop cake into a large bowl, breaking into pieces to create first layer of dirt. Next add a layer of worms, as little or as much as you like. Add the rest of cake on top of layer of worms. Top with more worms. Your worms in dirt is now ready to serve! Enjoy! Note: I bought the cake mix and gummy worms from the dollar store

Witch's brew is very easy to make! All you need is a large bowl, orange or green sherbet, and lemon lime soda any brand. Scoop the orange sherbet into the bowl. Add a little or a lot depending on how many servings you need. If serving a large crowd, use the whole container. If not about 6-8 scoops will do. Add lemon lime soda adjusting for amount of servings. I used about 1/3 of the bottle to about 8 scoops of sherbet. If using the whole container of sherbet, use the whole bottle of lemon lime soda. That's it! Ladle into cups and enjoy!

Witch hats are easy and fun to make! All you need are fudge striped cookies, chocolate frosting, hershey's kisses, and cake decorating gel any color you'd like. Lay cookies with fudge side up. Dab a little frosting on cookie and stick kiss to it. Pipe the gel around base of kiss where it meets the cookie. Make a little bow with the gel. That's it! Now you have cute little witch hats that are fun to eat! Substitutions: you can use honey or peanut butter instead of the frosting.

You can make a delicious turkey and stuffing dinner right from dollar tree! To make turkey stuffing bake you need 1 box of stuffing( I used turkey stuffing as my dollar tree had that flavor), 2 cans white turkey, a stick of butter(Also found at dollar tree), and a jar of gravy. Spray the pan with non stick cooking spray(I prefer butter).Dump stuffing into pan. Pour melted over stuffing. Mix to moisten. I also added 1 cup hot water to stuffing. Add the cans of turkey. Break up chunks and distribute turkey evenly throughout. Pour the jar of gravy over top of turkey stuffing mix. Bake at 350 for 30 mins. I also found rolls at dollar tree as well. Bake the rolls at 400 for 7 mins. I served with the mashed potatoes from another video. This turkey stuffing bake can serve 4-6 depending on portions and side dishes served with it. Enjoy and Happy Thanksgiving! Note: Can be easily doubled with 2 boxes and 3-4 cans. Also you can add green beans and cranberries too. I opted to make this way to allow for more side dishes such as green bean casserole and cranberry sauce.

Sunshine egg cups are easy to make and very delicious! Perfect for guests or as an on the go breakfast! To make you need a cupcake or muffin pan, nonstick cooking spray, eggs, and ham lunchmeat. Spray cupcake or muffin pan with nonstick spray, coating bottom and sides. Line each cup with a piece of lunchmeat(I used 2 as my slices were thin). Next crack an egg onto each cup on top of lunchmeat. Bake at 400 for 12-14mins until eggs are solid. Serve alone or with sides. Serve along with biscuits or make into biscuit sandwiches. Perfect for guests or as an on the go breakfast! Enjoy! Note: I have also used turkey bacon in place of lunchmeat. This is my preferred way. You can also use english muffins instead of biscuits. Both ways are very delicious!

Spooky spider eggs are easy to make and fun to eat! To make all you need are deviled eggs and pitted black olives. Cut some olives in half to use for body. Cut some olives into thin slices. Place one olive half onto egg, cut side down. Add olive slices on side of eggs to resemble legs. That's it! Now you have a spooky and delicious appetizer! Enjoy!

All you need to make banana ghouls are bananas and black cake decorating gel. You can use other ingredients for the face. I used the cake decorating gel to make it allergy friendly and very easy. Kids can make these easily with either a plastic knife or a parent cutting them in half. A fun, easy and healthy Halloween snack!

To make spider pizza you need pizza crust, your favorite sauce, shredded mozzarella cheese and black olives. You can either use whole pitted olives and slice as needed or whole olives and sliced olives. Spread sauce on crust. Add mozzarella cheese, Top with black olives cut in half for body and sliced olives cut in half for legs. Arrange legs on sides of black olive half to make spiders. Bake at 425 for 7mins. Slice pizza and serve. Enjoy! Note: some of my legs fell over when baking

You can make delicious, festive Snickerdoodles fast and super easy by making them from cake mix! You will need: 1 box yellow or white cake mix 1/3c vegetable oil 2 eggs Cinnamon sugar mix or 2tbs sugar + 1tsp cinnamon Dump cake mix into a mixing bowl. Add 1/3c vegetable oil, 2 eggs(no water!). Mix eggs, oil, and cake mix well until smooth and a soft dough forms. Mix cinnamon and sugar together in a small bowl. Using a teaspoon(or your hands) scoop out some dough, shape into balls and roll into the cinnamon sugar. Bake at 350(325 for dark or nonstick pans) for 9-11mins. Let cool before serving. Now you have delicious, festive Snickerdoodles! Enjoy! Note: bigger dough balls make softer cookies, while smaller dough balls make crispier cookies.

Pumpkin spice cake is very easy to make. All you need is a yellow cake mix, canned pumpkin(not pumpkin pie mix), ground cinnamon, nutmeg, ginger, allspice and cloves. Mix the cake according to directions on the box. Next add the canned pumpkin. Mix the pumpkin into the cake batter until well blended. Add 1tsp cinnamon, 1/2 tsp nutmeg, 1/4 tsp ginger, 1/2 tsp allspice, and 1/2 tsp ground cloves. Mix the spices well. Pour into pan sprayed with nonstick cooking spray(I use baking spray with flour in it). Bake at 350 for 25-30 mins until knife inserted in center comes out clean. Let cool. Serve warm. Now you have a delicious, aromatic and festive cake perfect for fall! Enjoy! Note: if you want to frost the cake make sure to cool completely for at least 1hr or the cake will rip when frosting.

Bunnies in the carrot patch cake is both cute and delicious! With just a few ingredients, you too can make one. To make you will need the following: a chocolate cake frosted with chocolate frosted, sweetened coconut flakes, green food coloring, assorted colored bunny Peeps, powdered candy filled carrots(I found at Dollar Tree)and jelly beans. First sprinkle some coconut into a small bowl(about 1/2c). Add some drops of green food coloring to the coconut in the bowl. Mix well with a fork until green and no white coconut remains. Place the bunnies on the cake, wherever you desire, but spaced out. I had to insert toothpicks to the bottom of the bunnies as they started to fall over. Next sprinkle the green colored coconut on the cake to resemble grass. Lay the carrots on the cake wherever you desire. Then add some jelly beans to the cake to resemble Easter eggs. Add as many as you desire and wherever you desire. Your bunnies in the carrot patch cake is ready to serve! Now you have a cake that is both cute and delicious and perfect for any Easter gathering! Happy Easter! Enjoy! Note: green frosting can be used in place of the coconut. Pull with tines of a fork to resemble grass after spreading onto cake. You can also make carrots out of orange and green cake decorating frosting if you are unable to find the powdered candy filled carrots at Dollar Tree. All the ingredients shown here can be purchased at Dollar Tree.

Bunny snacks are easy to make and delicious too! To make this cute and festive treat you will need: pretzel rods(any brand), white frosting, green food coloring, red food coloring, yellow food coloring, and wax paper. First cover a small cookie sheet or plate with wax paper. Next add 2 spoonfuls of frosting to a small bowl. Add 3 drops red food coloring and 3 drops of yellow. Mix well. I added 3 more drops of red food coloring and 2 more drops of yellow to get a deeper orange color. Now we frost the pretzel rods with the orange frosting. Repeat with other pretzels. The end by which you are holding the pretzel will be frosted green later. Freeze for 1hr. I originally only put it in the freezer for 30 mins but the frosting still melted with my warm hands. After an hr, remove from freezer. While the bunny snacks are in the freezer, mix up the green frosting. Now its time to frost the ends green to resemble carrot tops. Once all ends are frosted green, return to freezer for 30 mins. Now your bunny snacks are ready to serve! You have a cute, salty, sweet, and crunchy treat! Enjoy!

To make a crown cake you will need the following: a yellow cake mix baked in 2 round pans, a 14oz container of white frosting, yellow food coloring, gold sugar( can be found at Walmart), sugar cones, Starburst candies, Skittles candy. Directions: Set 1 cake on a plate to use for decorating. Add frosting to a small bowl and add yellow food coloring to it to make a deep yellow color. Mix well. Frost the top of the bottom layer. Next add the other cake on top. Frost the top of that cake. Now frost all the sides of both cakes. Sprinkle the gold sugar on top. Next frost the sugar cones. It helps to slip the cone over 2 fingers while frosting to hold the cone in place. You will need 5-6 sugar cones in total. After frosting the cones, sprinkle them with the gold sugar. Arrange them on the cake to resemble a crown. Unwrap the Starburst and add them to the sides of the cake along with the Skittles to resemble gems. Now your crown cake is ready to serve! Enjoy! Note: you can use yellow frosting if you can find it. Also you can use gumdrops instead of Skittles if you like

Lasagna dip is a fast, fun, easy and delicious way to enjoy a favorite dish...lasagna! Since its so easy to make, you can double the recipe and enjoy at parties, tail- gating or on game day! To make lasagna dip you need 1lb grn beef 2c spaghetti sauce(any brand and most flavors will work) 1 and 1/2c ricotta cheese 1 and 1/2c shredded mozzarella cheese 1 loaf of any kind of sturdy bread i.e. French or Italian bread( Mine was French bread freshly baked from Walmart) Brown and crumble the ground beef in a large skillet. Drain any grease using a paper towel. Add 2c spaghetti sauce to the browned beef in the skillet. Simmer until it thickens a bit, about 3-5mins. Spread the ricotta cheese in the bottom of an 8x8 in pan. Pour the sauce meat mixture over the ricotta cheese in pan. Spread evenly over ricotta cheese. Top with 1 and 1/2c shredded mozzarella cheese. Bake at 350 for 15-20mins until top is light brown and sides are bubbling.( mine baked for 25mins). Serve with sliced French or Italian bread(I toasted mine slightly in the oven at 400 while I prepared the lasagna dip). Enjoy! Yields about 4 servings Note: this recipe will be very easy to double or even triple to serve a large crowd.

It's super easy to make your own brown sugar glaze for ham and tastes much better than the packet that comes with the ham. To make all you will need is 1 whole stick of margarine, 1 and 1/2c light brown sugar, 1/2 tsp cinnamon, 1/4 tsp nutmeg, and 1/4 tsp ground cloves. Melt the whole stick of margarine in a small saucepan(1qt) over medium low heat. Add the brown sugar. Stir well. Add the cinnamon, nutmeg, and ground cloves. Boil over low heat, stirring continuously until thickened like a glaze, about 5mins. Turn off heat and pour over baked ham. Serve warm. Enjoy! Note: I have never used butter instead of margarine, so I do not know how that would work. I also usually use 1/4 tsp of allspice as well, I just didn't have any at the time of this video.

To make cannoli dip you will need the following ingredients: 1c ricotta cheese 1/4 heaping cup of powdered sugar 1/2 tsp almond extract 1/2 tsp vanilla extract 2 TBS mini chocolate chips Graham crackers Directions: Mix ricotta cheese, powdered sugar, almond extract, vanilla extract, and mini chocolate chips together well. Chill until ready to serve(at least 1hr). Serve with graham crackers. This recipe serves about 2-4 people. Enjoy!