Peanut Butter Chocolate Popcorn

Jake and I went to Trader Joe's a few days ago and found these de-li-cious mini milk chocolate peanut butter cups. I love them! In my personal opinion, they are better than Reese's. I combined them with popcorn and a little more sugar to create a great party snack.

Recipe slightly altered from Two Peas and Their Pod

Here's what you need:

-5 cups butterless, plain popcorn popped

-Salt

-1/4 cup honey

-3 Tbs sugar

-1/4 cup peanut butter

-1/4 tsp vanilla extract

-A dark chocolate bar

-3/4 cup Trader Joe's mini milk chocolate peanut butter cups (or mini reese's cups)

Here's what you do:

-Lightly salt the popped popcorn

-In a saucepan, combine honey and sugar. Stir regularly until it comes to a boil, then let simmer for two minutes.

-Add peanut butter and vanilla. Stir until well mixed and peanut butter is melted.

-Stir into popcorn while still hot.

-Spread onto wax paper.

-Use a micro-plane to grate dark chocolate on top of the popcorn. (Use as much or as little as you want)

-Allow to cool completely.

-Break popcorn mixture apart into small pieces.

-Place popcorn pieces and peanut butter cups in a bowl and mix well.

-Serve

I love finding new treats at Trader Joe's. What are your go-to Trader Joe's items?

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Smoothie Pick Me Up

I have a big sweet tooth. I do the best I can not to keep sweets in the house because I know I will eat them. Jake is much more controlled in this area than I am. If there's good ice cream in the house, I will want a bowl after every meal... Maybe even a bite after breakfast. (But I would never tell anyone that).

This smoothie is a great alternative for my sweet tooth. It's fresh, sweet, and refreshing!

Here's what you need: (roughly 2 smoothies)

-2 cups ice

-A big handful of blueberries

-About 5 whole strawberries

-Half a banana sliced

-1 to 1 1/2 cups yogurt (I used strawberry for this recipe, but vanilla is always good!)

Here's what you do:

-Place everything in a blender.

-Pulse the blender until everything is mixed and the ice is not chunky.

-Serve in cute cups with cute straws.

That's all it takes! You can make your own version by using/adding different fruits or different flavors of yogurt.

Enjoy!

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After School Snack

After School Snack by teebree featuring Mina

Mina
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Striped Mugs | west elm
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I don't have any kids yet, but when I do I plan on surprising them with fun after school snacks. My mom used to do this for us when we were kids, and we always loved coming home to the smell of fresh baked cookies!

By the way, if you haven't heard of Polyvore yet, I highly suggest you check it out. I used it for the previous post as well as this one. It's a great way to collect ideas and get inspired!