Category Archives: Sweet Treats
5 Healthy Treat Recipes to Satisfy your Sweet Tooth
Healthy Coconut Macaroons from The Happy Pear
Healthy Banana Chocolate Chip Cookies
Chocolate Coconut Bites (Davina's Power Balls) sugar-free and delicious
I love my cookbooks, my many, many cookbooks, but let’s be honest, they are neglected. So neglected that I tried to make myself look at them and sort of review them last year but it didn’t really work (read the results HERE, in fact I don’t think I ever go…
Double Chocolate Mug Cake- made in a minute
I’ve seen a few mug cakes being shared on facebook over the last few months but bm ever really took them seriously. Then tonight I got home to cranky kids and my husband was heading out for the evening. I needed cake, but not to have to wash up.…
Chocolate Cornflake Buns or Seasonal Easter Nests
It’s coming up to Easter which means that every recipe will now be adorned with mini eggs, chocolate bunnies and chicks. And this one is no different. The boys wanted to do Easter baking. I agreed but wanted to keep it simple. They consulted their “Children’s Cookbook” and Cathal (4)…
Healthy No-Bake "Twix" Bars
Last September I received the Happy Pear Cookbook to review and having loved the their healthy Caramel Slices and seeing Jill from Properfud raving about their healthy version of Twix bars I had to check them out. Jill was right, these are magnificent. And all they contain is fruit…
Quick and Easy Christmas Mince Pie Muffins
Christmas is busy and I’m less organised than ever this year it seems. I bought a jar of mincemeat with the intention of making mince pies last week, but hadn’t gotten around to it. When I went to make them this morning the pastry had magically disappeared and we…
Treasure Chest Birthday Cake
It was Cathal’s 4th birthday last week. He’s my middle child and every year he likes to test my birthday party planning by throwing a spanner in the works. Last year he insisted on a shop-bought Peppa Pig Cake from Tesco rather than one of the homemade delights that…