Category: Snacks


Oct
2015

Chocolate Chip Caramel Apple Dip

categories: Appetizers, Recipes, Snacks

Chocolate-Chip-Caramel-Apple-Dip-6Happy Halloween everyone! Halloween is all about great costumes and delicious treats.  One of the treats I like to enjoy every year is a caramel apple, and today happens to be National Caramel Apple Day.  So this is the perfect recipe to celebrate both holidays.  Caramel apples are always amazing in the fall, and I have the perfect dip that will satisfy anybody’s apple cravings.  My Chocolate Chip Caramel Apple Dip is so simple to make yet it looks so elegant it will impress your guests.  This dip is the perfect indulgent snack for any occasion like a football party, entertaining some friends and family, or even for a midnight  snack.  Either way it is sure to be a crowd pleaser for everyone.  It features a block of cream cheese smothered in delectable caramel sauce and topped with heavenly chocolate chips. 

apple dip 2The ingredients you will need are apples, 1/4 cup of caramel flavored topping, 1 (8 oz.) block of cream cheese, and miniature chocolate chips.

ingredients

Start by slicing your apples and dipping them in lemon juice to preserve their color.

applesThen get out the block of cream cheese and set it in the middle of a platter.  Then pour the 1/4 cup of caramel sauce over the cream cheese.

pouring caramel sauceNow add a sprinkling of miniature chocolate chips to the top and surround the dip with the apples that you have cut.

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You can drizzle the whole platter with more caramel sauce.  Now you can impress your guests with this easy appetizer. 

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Chocolate Chip Caramel Apple Dip

Ingredients

  • Apples (enough to fill your platter, I used 5 apples)
  • 1/2 cup of lemon juice to dip apples in to preserve their color
  • 1 (8 oz.) package of cream cheese
  • 1/4 cup of caramel flavored topping
  • miniature chocolate chips (enough to sprinkle on top)

Instructions

  1. Start by slicing your apples and dipping them in lemon juice to preserve their color.
  2. Then get out the block of cream cheese and set it in the middle of a platter. Then pour the 1/4 cup of caramel sauce over the cream cheese.
  3. Now add a sprinkling of miniature chocolate chips to the top and surround the dip with the apples that you have cut.
  4. You can drizzle the whole platter with more caramel sauce.
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Aug
2014

Grandma Dow’s Oyster Cracker Snacks

categories: Recipes, Snacks

Grandma dow's oyster cracker snacks 2Today I am featuring another recipe that was one of my Grandma Dow’s favorites. You may have seen her recipe for Cinnamon Rolls that I posted back in May.  And if you made Grandma Dow’s Cinnamon Rolls, you will know the recipe is the best around.  My grandma would make this cracker recipe from time to time when her grandkids or friends were coming over to visit.  This is a great cracker that you can make with the kids.  They will have fun shaking them up in the bag.  These little Oyster Cracker snacks add an extra zing of flavor to any soup.  Everyone loves the dill and ranch flavor!  So let’s get started by shaking up a batch of Grandma Dow’s Oyster Cracker Snacks.

You need 2 (12 oz.) bags of oyster crackers, 1 (.4 oz.) package of Hidden Valley Ranch seasoning, 1 tablespoon of dill weed, 1/2 teaspoon of garlic salt, and 3/4 cup of vegetable oil.oyster crackers1

 Take a clean paper grocery bag and add your oyster crackers.

oyster crackers 2 Add your 1 tablespoon of dill weed.

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Add your 1/2 teaspoon of garlic salt.

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Add your package of Hidden Valley Ranch.

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Next add your 3/4 cup of oil.oyster cracker 6

Shake the bag to mix all of the spices over every cracker.  Then you can pour them onto cookie sheet.

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You can store them in an airtight container and serve for snacks or with your favorite soup.

Grandms dow's oyster cracker

 

Grandma Dow's Oyster Cracker Snacks
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Ingredients
  1. 2 (16 oz.) packages of oyster crackers
  2. 1 Tablespoon dill weed
  3. 1/2 teaspoon garlic salt
  4. 1 (.4 oz.) package Hidden Vally Ranch dry seasoning packet
  5. 3/4 cup vegetable oil
Instructions
  1. Take a clean paper grocery bag and add your oyster crackers. Add your 1 tablespoon of dill weed. Add your 1/2 teaspoon of garlic salt. Add your package of Hidden Valley Ranch. Next add your 3/4 cup of oil. Shake the bag to mix all of the spices over every cracker. Then you can pour them onto cookie sheet. You can store them in an airtight container and serve for snacks or with your favorite soup.
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