Favorite Christmas Sweets from That Skinny Chick Can Bake

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This Christmas Sweets round up from That Skinny Chick Can Bake includes some of Liz’s favorite holiday desserts and cookies that would be perfect for your Christmas, Hanukkah or New Year’s menu. The Twelve Guest Posts & Roundups of Christmas continues with this fabulous recipe from my friend Liz! Make sure you also head over… 

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40 Apple Dessert Recipes

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The kids are back to school, the temperatures might be starting to cool off, and bright, shiny apples are hanging from the trees. After a day of apple picking with the kids, or just a visit to the farmers market, you need something to do with all of that fruit. So Nancy, my Tasty Sweets… 

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40 Cupcake Recipes for Cupcakes & Kale Chips 2nd Blogiversary

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Given the name of my blog, I often get asked where all of my cupcake recipes are. I have a few, but I figured you needed some more. So as part of my Blogiversary week, my Tasty Sweets contributor Nancy rounded up 40 Cupcake Recipes for Cupcakes & Kale Chips 2nd Blogiversary. 40 Cupcake Recipes… 

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Flourless Nutella Marshmallow Cloud Cookie Cups for #ChristmasWeek

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Welcome to Day #2 of Christmas Week, a multi-blogger event co-hosted by Kim of Cravings of a Lunatic and Jen from Juanita’s Cocina! Each day we will be celebrating the holidays with a different set of Christmas-themed treats, as well as a fabulous Christmas giveaway. We hope you enjoy this fabulous event. Tune in each… 

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Mini Chocolate Chip Cookie Cupcakes with Browned Butter Pumpkin Spice Frosting

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It’s Improv Challenge Day, and this month the theme is Cake & Frosting, boy do I have a treat for you.  No other words are needed besides the title.  Listen to this – Mini Chocolate Chip Cookie Cupcakes with Browned Butter Pumpkin Spice Frosting.  It’s a mouthful, but it’s a mouthful of YUMMMMMMM!

The Bug’s Ultimate {Healthier} Funky Monkey Chocolate Cupcakes for #OXOGoodCupcake

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It’s time to #BakeaDifference with OXO and Cookies for Kids’ Cancer, and The Bug and I wanted to spread the word and share a cupcake with all of his sweet faves.  These are The Bug’s Ultimate {Healthier} Funky Monkey Chocolate Cupcakes!

Honey and Sea Salt Peanut Butter

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So you probably know  by now that I am obsessed with peanut butter.  So I knew I had to try making my own.  Right around the same time, I won a Ninja blender and was contemplating my candy recipe for this month’s First on the First.  What a perfect opportunity to give this a shot!… 

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Peanuts & Cracker Jack Cupcakes

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OK, pretty soon we will be back to our regularly scheduled at-least-somewhat healthy recipe posts.  But I have one more birthday party goody to share with you, since a Pinstripe Cake is not nearly enough.  I mean, my blog is called Cupcakes & Kale Chips, so we had to have some cupcakes.  I mean floury,… 

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Coconut Salted Caramel Chocolate Cupcakes and Sneaking Treats

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So my kid outed me and my secrets, telling you about these amazing cupcakes that I was sneaking during nap time.  But what’s wrong with two cupcakes a cupcake in the middle of the day?!  Especially when it has no flour, and is made with super-healthy things like black beans and coconut oil. I knew… 

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Happy Birthday to The Bug – a little ice cream, some Mexican food, and a super fun baseball party!

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Hi!  I am The Bug, and I just turned 2! As with everything else in this family, most of the celebrating revolved around food.  Mommy made these yummy Chocolate Coconut Salted Caramel Cupcakes to bring to my friends at the church.  Plus she wanted some for herself, since they are gluten-free, and she couldn’t have… 

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Hershey’s Coconut Creme Kisses & Chocolate Cupcakes with Vanilla Coconut Frosting

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So after my Lucky Charms Cupcakes for St. Patrick’s Day, I felt I had to redeem myself.  Those are so far from the type of eating habits that I like to advocate.  I’m not saying I always follow the good, wholesome, nutritious, real type of eating habits that I advocate.  Especially on nights like tonight,… 

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Lucky Charms Cupcakes

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Paraphrasing the Grinch, I got an idea.  An awful idea.  A wonderful, awful idea.  These kinds of things happen when you are in the car for 3 1/2 hours, with nobody other than your son.  And he sleeps for half the ride.  And he is not even two, so his current idea of a deep… 

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