Recipe: Choc Chip Coconut Oat Bars

Choc Chip Coconut Oat Bars My children love Nature Valley Bars and Flahavans chocolate chips but they’re expensive. This is the closest I’ve ever gotten to making similar at home. SAVE this now, you’ll definitely want to make it again. Based on a Mary Berry recipe for Coconut Crackerjacks, this…

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Laoise’s Peppermint Candy Cane Fudge

Laoise’s peppermint candy cane fudge This is a perfect homemade gift for the kids to make. (Inspired by @fitwaffle Easter Fudge) Ingredients1 can condensed milk (NOT evaporated milk)500g milk chocolate1 teaspoon peppermint extract/essenceCrushed Candy canes for decoration 🎄Line a 8×8 tin with baking paper🎄Break the chocolate into pieces and put…

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5 Healthy Treat Recipes to Satisfy your Sweet Tooth

I have a sweet tooth (and if I’m being perfectly honest I probably have more of a sugar addiction than a sweet tooth but anyhoo).  When I am copping on and leaving the box of biscuits alone eating healthily (because we are not going to call it being “good” or…

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Healthy Coconut Macaroons from The Happy Pear 

Like the whole world I’m trying to eat less crap, but my sweet tooth is letting me down and I’ve been scouring my “healthy” cookbooks for better for me ideas. I got the Happy Pear cookbook last year and instantly loved the no bake twix bars(link) and the caramel slices…

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Healthy Banana Chocolate Chip Cookies 

You know when you find a recipe, and  you mean to try it and then you do and you’re surprised how nice then you realise it was so easy to make that you make it twice a week? And it’s healthy too, and the kids love it?  No, it’s not…

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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.…

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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)…

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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…

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