S'more Pie Roll Up Cookies, A Virtual Cookie Swap & A Giveaway

I love cookie swaps, don't you?  They remind me of Christmas, which is my favorite holiday EVER.  And who doesn't love cookies?  (If you don't, don't answer that.  We might not be able to be friends.)

This is a little different type of cookie exchange.  You don't have to bake (but you also don't get to go home with a boat load of treats.  That's the bad part.)  But everyone participating today is posting a great cookie recipe along with the giveaway.  It's like a cookbook of cookie recipes, with pictures, right here for you.  Jackpot! 

And are you ready for this cookie recipe?  It's the mother of all cookie recipes!  It's easy, not many ingredients and DELICIOUS!  All of my favorite things for a cookie =o)

If you haven't guessed by now, I am a HUGE s'more fan.  I love the combination of marshmallow, milk chocolate and graham cracker.  We've made a lot of different s'more variations.  We've done:

S'more Stuffed Dough Boys
Mini S'more Hand Pies
S'more Cookie Tarts
Chocolate Chip S'more Cookies
Heart S'more Cookies

I told you we loved s'mores!

This idea came after we made our Mini S'more Hand Pies.  I had some extra pie crust and didn't want to toss it out.  Seriously!  That would be like throwing away gold.  I love pie crust!

S'more Roll Up Cookies

* pie crust
* 1/2 cup marshmallow cream
* 2 Tbsp. cream cheese, softened
* 2 Tbsp. sugar
* 1/2 cup milk chocolate chips
* 1/2 cup crushed graham cracker crumbs

Roll out your pie crust.  We just used the store bought kind because I don't know how to make pie crust =o)  Cut it into rectangles about 1 1/2 inches wide by 4 or 5 inches long.  (It's totally up to you based on how fat you want them to be.

Mix the marshmallow cream, cream cheese and sugar together.  Spread over pie crust rectangles.  Sprinkle with chocolate chips and roll up.

Sprinkle one side with the graham cracker crumbs and bake in a 425 degree oven for about 6 - 10 minutes.  Again, this depends on how big you make them.  You want them slightly golden brown.

They are delicious and gooey and perfect!

Do you need another look?

My stomach rumbles just thinking about them!

Now are you ready for the cookie swap part?  Look at all the other great cookies linked up today!

And now for the giveaway part.  Ready???

Dishin’ With Rebelle, Thoughts of a Mother, Wife, and Daughter, Dishin’ up Savings & Virtually Yours present our first annual Cookie Swap/Giveaway! 

Prizes are: A Wilton Cookie Press
   

A Holiday Recipe Box
   

A Mix it Up Holiday Box from Kukees
   

A mix of 4 Fine Flavorings/Extracts and Cookbook from Nielsen-Massey
     

A mix of Cookies and Cookbook from Tate's Bake 
Shop
   

2 bags of oreos and 2 bags of chips ahoy cookies

Enter the rafflecopter below to win!   Good luck!  Giveaway is open until November 30th.   

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MAKING MEMORIES WITH YOUR KIDS is not responsible for shipment of any prizes and did not receive any compensation for hosting this giveaway!

 

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October Foodie Pen Pals

Have you heard of Foodie Pen Pals?  I hadn't heard of it until last month and my first thought was "what the heck?  How could I have not been involved in this sooner?"  I was so excited!

We all know I love mail.  I love sending mail, whether it's an Easter egg, a bottle filled with the Oregon Coast or baked goods.  And getting mail?  I LOVE IT!!!

 

The Lean Green Bean started the Foodie Pen Pal program back in September 2011.  It began with 30 participants and has quickly grown to over 1000 participants in the US alone.  How cool is that?!?! 

 

So what is the Foodie Pen Pal program?  You sign up and on the 5th of each month you get an email with who your pen pal is.  You email them, asking what they like, are allergic to, etc.  Then by the 15th of the month you send them a package filled with delicious foodie type goodies.  They can be homemade, store bought, fun, healthy, delicious and sugar filled (depending on your pen pals likes.)  Awesome, right???

 

My Foodie Penpal (who bought for me) was Meaghan.  Look what she sent to me!
 

 

It was filled with homemade s'more cookies
 

 

And so much more!  There was peach salsa, apple spread, fig preserves, blueberry acai gummy pandas, a pumpkin spice bar, vanilla sugar scrub, PopChips and some English Breakfast tea.  Amazing, right?

Wanna join?  Check out the link here for all the information.

 

I will definitely participate again!  How fun.  And a huge thanks to Meaghan for all the goodies.  

 

Perfectly Posh Review

I am a huge lover of smelly things. Wait, let me rephrase this. I am a huge lover of things that smell wonderful. I love perfume and lotions and body wash and candles and everything else that smells delicious.

 I've passed my love down to my kids, which I absolutely love. When my daughter is in the bath she closes her eyes and I squirt body wash in her hands. She keeps her eyes closed and smells it and tries to guess which scent it is. Are we dorks? My daughter loves it!

I'm also a firm believer in "you get what you pay for." So we never buy dollar store body products. I want a lotion that is thick and creamy and a scent that lasts and is wonderful.

In comes Perfectly Posh.  Darlean is my Perfectly Posh Consultant. She's wonderful! She sells amazing and wonderful products that I am not totally hooked on. Perfectly Posh offers "Purely Pampering Products." And they are just that. Products to pamper your skin that are healthy and good for you and smell amazing.

"We are made from the very best ingredients on earth.  From luxurious shea and cocoa butters, to indulgent and nourishing oils, vitamins and more - you can be sure that our products are the highest-quality formulations you can find.  Find peace of mind knowing:

We're paraben free and paraffin free

We're free of sulfates, including SLS

We have no gluten, lanolin, or soy ingredients

We use the highest-quality essential oils and fine phthalate-free fragrances

We're very natural, and consequently very gentle: read our labels, please!

We use natural enzymes and gently moisturizing vitamin E to preserve the life and look of our fun and pampering products.

We're cruelty free and do not test on animals!

Our pampering is the spa-grade, long-lasting, and a fabulous experience.  Take care of you with products that will please you both mind and body."

Perfectly Posh offers over one hundred unique, creatively branded products to chose from.  Whether you want to take a long, leisurely bath, or need to brighten your mood on the go: Posh is for you.

I am in love with their Sugar Lip Scrubs.

Sugar exfoliates and rich butters moisturize tired, dry lips.  Simply rub it on and leave it.  You don't need to wash it off because it's made with sugar (which dissolves and tastes delicious) and and natural ingredients.  It also comes in three choices of flavors: natural orchard peach, vanilla grapefruit and mint.

I tried the vanilla grapefruit and it was wonderful. The scent was subtle. I love the smell of vanilla and it had a hint of citrus to it.

The Solid Hand Lotion Bar (The Handle) was fantastic. It is perfect for gardeners, cold climates and frequent hand washers. I think this is perfect for those of us who work in a school. We are constantly washing our hands (trying so hard not to spread germs and get sick) but then they dry out. "Normal" lotion can be greasy but not the hand lotion bar. Simply rub it on your hands and then place it back in the decorative tin for the next time you need it.  And the scents?  Heavenly!

The solid lotion bar if also parabin and paraffin-free. It is made from natural ingredients and preserved with tocopheral (vitamin E).

Perfectly Posh LipShot LipBalm is just what your lips need. It moisturizes with shea butter and almond oil and last for hours. LipShot LipBalm comes in different scents for everyone.

Just in time for Christmas, Darlene is having a great special.  You can bet I'm heading on over to buy some stocking stuffers for me my kids!

Yep, you read that right! Buy 5 and you get the 6th product for free!

You can find Darlean and Perfectly Posh on her website or on Facebook.

Would you like to win the same three products I reviewed here (in your choice of scents)? Come back on November 5th when we begin the It's In The Bag Giveaway Hop for these products and so many more.

Move Over Camping Food! Hello PUDGY PIES

One of the best things I've done with my kids is taking them camping.  I was a little afraid the first time we went.  It was just me and my two, very young, children.  We had so much fun.  Now, 5 years later, it's the highlight of our summer when we go camping.  We load up the car with great food, bikes and scooters and a deck of cards, and we're off.

When we discovered Dough Boys I thought I had hit the jack-pot.  Then when we discovered Campfire Eclairs?  Holy heck.  I didn't think it could get any better than that.

Then my nephew told me about Pudgy Pies.  I thought he was making it up until my Dad reminded us that my Grandfather (who was a patent attorney) helped put the patent on the first pie iron.  How cool is that?  So I was determined to figure out what these were.

Are you ready for this?  This is a pie iron.

You fill it with awesome and delicious food and then cook it over the camp fire.  Easy and so simple.  And FUN!

 But look what you can make.  The possibilities are endless!

Butter the outsides of two pieces of bread (like you're making a grilled cheese sandwich.  Add whatever "inside" you want in your "pie".  My son?  Guess......  yep, spaghetti =o)

Place the other piece of bread on top (buttered side out) and place in your pudgy pie iron.

Close the pie iron.  This will squeeze off the crust (yeah!)

Remove the crust and now cook over your campfire.  You'll have to turn it often to get it golden brown on both sides.  Don't put it right in the fire but you want it pretty close.  The pie iron needs to get nice and hot.

Are you ready for this???  Voila!

You have a Spaghetti Pudgy Pie!

Now be creative!  How about a Grilled Ham and Swiss Cheese Pudgy Pie?

I think my favorite was a Bacon, Egg and Cheese Pudgy Pie.

Ready for this???

Then we tried making Pudgy Pies with Cresent Dough instead of bread.  Yowza!!!  I'm hooked!

This is what my daughter wanted for breakfast... a Bacon Filled Pudgy Pie =o)  (That's my girl!)

And for dessert?  How about a S'more Pudgy Pie?

It was delicious!  The marshmallows get all gooey and the chocolate melts and the Cresent dough cooks and it's like heaven in your mouth!

And even though this isn't technically a Pudgy Pie, guess what we discovered you could cook in a pie iron.

You guessed it!  Cinnamon Rolls cooked over a campfire.  We just took camping food to a new level!

What do you think?  We can't wait to go camping again, just to cook =o)

 

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Maranda Lee: The Original Hot Mama Handbags

What does your purse look like?  Is it old and ratty?  It is too small to fit everything in it that you want?  It is an endless pit of "stuff" that weighs 25 pounds?  Being a Mom I am constantly amazed at what I find in my purse.  Or constantly asked "Mom, can you hold this for me?"  Sound familiar?  But I really don't want to carry around a duffel bag.  That's not very fashionable, is it?

Maranda Lee Design has the answer.  Her bags are handmade and beautiful!  And you can personalize them to fit your needs, whether it's the size, style, color or accessories needed inside the bag.

Maranda hand made the Gray Damask Bag in size medium.  I had a choice of fabric colors and styles for the lining too.  This is what I received.

Isn't it beautiful?

Here's a picture of the inside.  Don't you love the lining?  There is a magnetic clasp to keep your bag closed (which I love.)

There are pockets on both sides to tuck things away.  I hate it when things get lost in the bottom of my purse, like my keys and cell phone.  And do you see the beautiful key holder?  How perfect.  I hate digging in my bag for my keys.

Maranda Lee Bags are amazing and beautifully made.  So much attention to detail.

Just for you, Maranda has generously offered all of my readers a 10% discount off any order from her etsy shop.  Just enter the code "memories10" when checking out.

Where can you find Maranda Lee Designs?  You can check out her website here.  Also take a look at her etsy store!  Her products will amaze you.  She is also on Facebook.

Would you like to win this beautiful Gray Damask Handbag?  Come back on November 5th for the It's in the Bag Giveaway Hop to enter to win this amazing bag and lots of other fantastic prizes.