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Rocky Road Bars

Rocky Road Bars arrived in a Christmas card envelope.  The recipe that is.  My cousin sent it with a warning that it made a humungous amount.  Storing leftovers in the freezer, she discovered  they...

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Crunchy Peanut Butter Chocolate Bars

Valentine’s Day has a few traditions around our house.  Wheels comes up with beautiful heartfelt cards that make me cry.   And sometimes the perfect — although quite unexpected — gift.    When Bytes...

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12 no-bake gifts from the kitchen

    Christmas Wreath      Potato Chip Clusters     Cherry Mash Bars   Pistachio Fudge      Cinnamon Swirl Cream Cheese Mints Classic Oreo Truffles Cranberry Pistachio Chocolate Bark    Ritz Turtles...

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Double Chocolate Toasted Almond Clusters

Double Chocolate Toasted Almond Clusters are so very easy to make and yet look super elegant and gift worthy!  Toasting the almonds takes a little extra time and effort, but so worth it for the extra...

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Festive Peppermint Bark

Peppermint bark is a seasonal favorite everyone loves!  This super easy recipe assembles quickly and looks spectacular with little effort. The secret to outstanding peppermint bark is in the quality of...

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Crispy Candy Easter Baskets

Our Easter dinner had three attendees – Wheels, Bytes and me.  That was okay.  We had celebrated a couple of weeks before with a big egg hunt for the littles and a potluck for thirty –ish people at my...

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White Chocolate Ting A Lings

When I ran across Ting A Lings, the name caught my attention with visions of swirly skirts, pillbox hats and pearls, straight from a Fifties movie.  I knew this would have to be a part of this year’s...

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Cookies and Cream Muddy Buddies

Cookies and Cream Muddy Buddies are a quick and super easy addition to holiday gifts and snack trays.  It takes about 10 minutes to measure, melt and mix the ingredients.  Ready to eat!  Packaging...

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Ritz-y Rolos

This could not be any easier to make.  You only need 2 ingredients – a package of Rolos and a couple of sleeves of Ritz crackers.  Melting chocolate or white chocolate and a few sprinkles are a bonus....

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Cream Cheese Mints

I made a batch of these and took them to Thanksgiving Dinner.  People descended on them, saying Oh my grandma used to make these and I loved them.  Straight from the Sixties and Seventies, folks.  Or...

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