I've got to be honest here, I didn't come up with this idea entirely.  The recipe is tweaked from another recipe that I'm seeing everywhere lately-- one that is pretty good on its own but doesn't reach the its full potential, in my opinion.  I would absolutely link to the original source if I had any...
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Glazed Doughnut Cocktail
"Doughnuts. Is there anything they can't do?" - Homer Simpson When I was in kindergarten, my mom and my childhood best friend's mom would take turns driving us to school every morning (there were no buses that went to our area), and every time Talia's mom drove, we'd stop to get fresh doughnuts at...
Dark 'N Stormy Cocktail
It's a beautiful day out in New Jersey, which is shocking to see and write after what has seemed like a century of dreariness. The skies are blue, the sun is shining, and it seems only right to celebrate the amazing weather with a cocktail. The perfect drink for such an occasion? The Dark 'N...
Tropical Turquoise Hpnotiq Cocktail
There are a lot of things I miss from my time at Rutgers University, but one thing that really still stings as each week of "adult life" comes and goes is the lack of Thirsty Thursday in my regular routine. At Rutgers, Thursday marked the start of the weekend for most, because no...
How To Pit Cherries
Is a recipe chock full of fresh cherries calling your name? Here's how to pit cherries without the fuss (or cherry pitter)! You're going to be using these methods all cherry season long. Sweet, tart, juicy cherries are way up there on my list of favorite fruits. But if I'm honest, there is one thing...
Homemade Hot Honey Recipe
Say hello to your new favorite flavor-booster: Hot Honey. This simple, 4-ingredient recipe takes no time to make, is fully customizable to your preferred heat level, and can be drizzled on everything from pizza to fried chicken. Soon you'll be swapping out all of your old peppery sauces for this sweet, spicy, and just slightly...
How to Cut a Pomegranate - The Easiest Method
Learn how to cut and deseed a pomegranate with no stress or mess. It only takes one time to become a pomegranate cutting pro with this no-fail method! Pomegranates are pretty high up in my "favorite fruits" lineup. They're sweet, tart, versatile, fun to eat... and often a bit of a disaster, if we're being...
Dalgona Coffee (Whipped Coffee)
Dalgona Coffee is the South Korean drink made from instant coffee and sugar that's taken Instagram and TikTok by storm. This whipped coffee recipe is fluffy, airy, cloud-like, and will keep you going all day. WHAT IS WHIPPED COFFEE? Basically an opposite-latte, whipped coffee is served by spooning an aerated, creamy coffee mixture over milk...
Mojo Verde (Canarian Green Mojo Sauce)
I'm not exaggerating-- Prepare to put Mojo Sauce on EVERYTHING. This version, called Mojo Verde, is a tangy, garlicky, herb and chile pepper sauce that adds fresh-flavored magic to all it touches. Added bonus: it only takes a few minutes to make. WHAT IS MOJO SAUCE? Mojo is an uncooked, fresh and vibrant sauce that's...
Champagne Punch
This fruity, festive Champagne Punch is just as delicious as it is pretty. Loaded up with fresh berries, citrus, champagne, ginger ale, and a few flavorful liqueurs, this punch sure packs a punch. Serve this bright and bubbly drink for New Year's Eve, Easter, Christmas, Mother's Day, and more. Whether it's brunch or a special...
Slow Cooker Hot Chocolate
Make a big batch of hot cocoa right in your crock pot, where it will stay warm for hours! This Slow Cooker Hot Chocolate is perfect for parties, and only requires 5 ingredients (not including the toppings, of course). Serve as is, or set up a hot chocolate bar with your favorite flavored liqueurs for...
Apple Cider Sangria
Light, refreshing, easy-to-make, and bursting with flavor, this fruit-loaded Apple Cider Sangria is the perfect big-batch Fall drink. There’s no denying it: The holiday hustle is here and it’s time to buckle down. But first, sangria. With all of the holiday rush and fuss, while we’re frantically coordinating with family and planning the perfect Thanksgiving...
Coconut Mojitos
Boat deck or roof deck, there's no better way to sip this summer than enjoying a few Coconut Mojitos. A refreshing mix of rum, lime, and mint mingle with creamy coconut for a cocktail that turns any party into a vacation. Sometimes when people hear that you work from home, they can’t help but tease...
Chocolate Peanut Butter Dragon Eggs
Easter is coming! There's no better way to celebrate the holiday and the return of Game of Thrones than by making your own Chocolate Peanut Butter Dragon Eggs at home. This recipe includes a Reese's-style peanut butter filling, crunchy sliced almond "scales", and a smooth chocolate coating. If you're planning to throw a Game of...
Pomegranate New York Sour
Pomegranate New York Sour. This tart and sweet whiskey cocktail features a red wine float and gorgeously pink, pomegranate-spiked base. It's the perfect cocktail for Valentine's Day, and while it looks impressive and professional, even a cocktail novice can whip it together. Well, it's still winter-- we're only halfway through it, in fact-- and we're...
The Great Kitchen Kapers Holiday Gift Guide and GIVEAWAY 2018
We've made our list and checked it twice: Check out our round-up of the best kitchen gifts for everyone (and we do mean everyone) on your list, whatever your budget. Don't tell anyone, but I haven't bought any Christmas presents yet. I can't believe we're already through week one of December and quickly moving on to...
Grapefruit Bourbon Yule Mules
Grapefruit Bourbon Yule Mules. This holiday-inspired spin on the classic Moscow Mule features the warming flavors of Brown Sugar Bourbon and ginger beer, as well as plenty of citrusy grapefruit. It's the perfect drink to unwind during the Christmas season. This post is sponsored by Heritage Distilling. Use code "HostToast10" to get $10 off each...
Charred Cherry Whiskey Lemonade
Charred Cherry Whiskey Lemonade. Grilled or sauteed cherries add great flavor (and a little edge) to these sweet and tart whiskey cocktails. Yesterday, while scheduling out my to-do-lists for recipe-making in the next few weeks (which, by the way, is a very ambitious schedule that's definitely going to result in lots of How Did I...
Boozy Watermelon Mint Lemonade
Boozy Watermelon Mint Lemonade. This super satisfying, refreshing cocktail is perfect for parties and cookouts. The combination of fresh watermelon, cucumber, lemon juice, and mint (with a little rum, of course) makes for a drink that screams summertime! I'm going to let you in on a little secret: even if you're the manliest of manly,...
Color-Changing Slushy Margaritas
Color-Changing Slushy Margaritas. This recipe uses a secret ingredient to create color-changing blue ice. It's also perfectly slushy with no blender required! Neatly cut and quietly chew? Stop mixing everything around on my plate? Dinner isn't time for science experiments? Stop plopping spoonfuls of my meal into my water cup? WELL MOM, LOOK AT ME...
Spiked Fruit Straws
Spiked Fruit Straws. Flavor in the cocktail, meet flavor in the straw. Fresh fruit makes for a delicious and useful garnish! They say that to come up with a great invention, you need to first identify a problem that needs solving. The same can be said for great recipes, or at least I tend to...
Spinach and Artichoke Dip Baked Potatoes
This recipe for Spinach and Artichoke Dip Baked Potatoes has also been featured on Serious Eats. Have any of you ever done those DNA heritage tests? I did, mainly to try to fill in gaps in my family tree (which I've been working on for eons), and to figure out what debilitating diseases I'm at a...
Pigs in a Blanket Baked Brie
I'm pretty sure that I've been woefully ignorant on all things brie-related because I don't think I ever considered eating brie with anything other than sweet fruits or honey drizzles, but the other day I decided to give a savory spin a go when I realized that a package of near-forgotten cocktail sausages and a...
How to Host a Homegate
Thank you NFL for sponsoring this post. Can’t wait for my next Homegate! I’ve been hosting football parties since before I knew what a touchdown was. Or I guess I should say that my dad was hosting them back then (since I was a baby and all), but you know, I was hosting by...
Jalapeño Popper Pretzel Bites
Making pretzels from scratch is a little intimidating and labor intensive, I know, I know. I've got about a billion recipes on here that ask you to do all of that yeast and kneading and rolling business... but this isn't one of them. These Jalapeño Popper Pretzel Bites might seem complicated (they are two appetizers in...
Amaretto-Matcha Christmas Surprise Cake
This delicious pound cake has been sponsored by Aiya America, who inspires my matcha Christmas creations year after year. I used to be firmly in the cookie camp, but this year I've got to say that my new favorite Christmas dessert is actually pound cake. Specifically, a dense, moist, and sweet pound cake that's drizzled...
Holiday Cranberry Mimosas
This Holiday Cranberry Mimosa recipe is part of a Friendsgiving series brought to you by the Friendsgiving with French’s® program #RealFlavorsHaveCrunch Check out the last post (Bacon Jalapeno Popper Creamed Corn Gratin) and stay tuned for another recipe for the ultimate Friendsgiving soon! Hosting holiday parties, definitely my thing. Punctuality, not so much. I’m predictably...
Loaded Pull-Apart Breakfast Bread
This Loaded Pull-Apart Breakfast Bread is sponsored by Smithfield (and in my heart, co-sponsored by my sincere and unwavering love of all things bacon-related). I don’t know that there’s ever a bad reason to make a bacon-y recipe, but lately I feel like I’ve got a lot of excellent ones. To name a few: It’s...
Strawberry Sangarita (Margarita Sangria)
When life gives you lemons, you make lemonade. But what do you do when life (or more accurately, overzealous grocery shopping) gives you dozens of leftover strawberries? Well, you still make a tasty beverage, but this time, you spike it. With a bottle of wine. And some triple sec. And tequila. You make Strawberry Sangarita,...
Jalapeño Popper Pigs in a Blanket
Jalapeno Popper Pigs in a Blanket are everything you could want in a snack. These spicy, cheesy appetizers are perfect for your next party or game day! These spicy, cheesy appetizers are perfect for your next party or game day! Narrowing down my Super Bowl menu has been next to impossible this year. Not only...
Blackberry Basil Moscow Mules
Eight years ago, I was finding respite from the constant chaos of my apartment (that's a story for another time) with my upstairs housemates and an oversized bowl of beef-flavored instant ramen. Komal made it for the four of us, because despite being a stereotypical broke and miserable college student-- as we all were, at...
Creole Crab-Stuffed Deviled Eggs
These Creole Crab-Stuffed Deviled Eggs just changed the game. But just for one second, let's forget that you ever heard about these, and the game is as it was. What's the first thing you think of when you hear "deviled eggs"? Is it some elderly-aged get-together with a table full of mayonnaise-laced, retro recipes? It's not...
20 Minute Sweet & Sticky Caribbean Shrimp
I'm in complete and utter denial that we've returned to this time of year. Not because of the holidays (I happen to like those), but because I need to smother myself in 68 layers of sweater material to somewhat-comfortably waddle my way to the mailbox. We're talking the type of outfits that would rival Randy's from...
Cheesy Pineapple-Habanero Bacon Dip
I trust you've pulled through your tryptophan-induced coma, and that's why you're here today, searching for something to shake things up after a week of Thanksgiving flavors. Friend, I feel ya. How's Cheesy Pineapple-Habanero Bacon Dip sound to you? Personally, my fancy is so tickled by the 3 types of cheese, caramelized fruit, smoky cured pork, Caribbean...
Cornbread Salad with Jalapeño-Browned Butter Vinaigrette
Usually when I hear the words "cornbread" and "dressing" together, I have Thanksgiving flashbacks. But not today. Today, I'm having flashbacks to a weekend barbecue when I served up some Cornbread Salad with Jalapeño-Browned Butter Vinaigrette, which-- with its ton of toasty sweet cornbread, creamy avocado, melted cheddar cheese, fresh corn, juicy popped tomatoes, and sweet,...
Caramelized Pineapple and Jalapeño Margaritas
My birthday is 2 weeks before Cinco de Mayo, yet it took me nearly 26 years to realize that throwing a combination party stocked with salsas and overflowing with margaritas would be right up my alley. Apparently, it is also right up the alley of far more friends than I ever thought would RSVP, and now the...
Melon Whiskey Ginger
Before you file this cocktail away under "St. Patrick's Day recipes" to be forgotten and neglected for the rest of the year, hear me out. Sure, it's green; and sure, Irish whiskey is a staple of St. Paddy's day; and sure, you want to drink it right now in honor of your possibly-existent, possibly-distant Irish heritage...
Chorizo, Caramelized Onion, and Poblano Sausage Rolls with Creamy Cilantro Dip
I have an almost impressive ability to polish off whole trays of pigs in a blanket in seconds flat. It's not at all uncommon to catch me lingering by the appetizer spread at a party, eradicating the bite-sized cocktail sausages before anyone else gets an opportunity to enjoy them. I try to be discreet. I try to have...
Coquito (Puerto Rican Eggnog)
Oh Christmas drink, oh Christmas drink, how lovely is your rum spike. Oh Christmas drink, oh Christmas drink, you are what true joy tastes like. Of ol' eggnog, I've had my share, to coquito, it can't compare. Oh Christmas drink, oh Christmas drink, how lovely is your rum spike.Â
Boozy Blackberry Sage Lemonade
Can you believe it's already September? Time to start closing up the pool for the year, pulling out our long-sleeved shirts from storage, and waving goodbye to our long, late hours of sunshine. Butternut squash and cinnamon season is just around the corner, but I'm not ready to go full-on Fall-flavored crazy just yet. I...