5 Genius Hot Chocolate DIYs

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Hello everyone! I wasn’t really sure what I was going to blog about this week, and as I was thinking about this I was drinking hot chocolate when I thought I could give you guys some DIYs to spice up your hot chocolate (even though its abnormally warm outside) Let me know what you guys think about these tricks in the comment section and I hope you enjoy!

Hot Chocolate DIY #1: Broil your hot chocolate with marshmallows on top in your oven at the lowest setting to give your marshmallows a beautiful color. I recommend doing this over microwaving it because microwaving it doesn’t give the marshmallows any crispness to it, it will just blow up the marshmallows making them look huge with no pretty color either.

Hot Chocolate DIY #2: Add some vanilla extract and hot chocolate to your french toast mix to create chocolate french toast! This honesty taste amazing! I made them a while ago for my sister’s birthday and she fell in love with them too. Hot chocolate is the best was to make chocolate french toast because the batter needs to stay thin and using other kinds of chocolate, such a chocolate syrup or melted chocolate chips will make the batter too thick for the bread.

Hot Chocolate DIY #3: Add very crushed and fine Oreos to your hot chocolate mix to bump up your Oreo hot chocolate! You have probably had Oreo hot chocolate before, where someone has cut up some Oreo junks into your drink. But if you grind the Oreos to and extremely fine consistency, you will be able to add it throughout the whole drink without all of the good stuff sinking to the bottom.

Hot Chocolate DIY #4: Add hot chocolate powder to your melted marshmallows when you're making rice crispy treats to make chocolate rice crispy treats! As I said before, hot chocolate is the best way to do this due to the consistency of it, since it wont affect the thickness of your chocolate rice crispy treats. 

Hot Chocolate DIY #5: Add hot chocolate powder to cashew butter and freeze it over night for a healthy and delicious fudge! I learned this from a nutritionist named Lindsay who came to my house and taught my sister and I some natural and healthy recipes. 

f you want to know more about Lindsay click HERE. She is an amazing nutritionist and is a very kind lady. She will come to your house and cook an amazing dinner with you and while she does it she teaches you how to cook the natural and healthier way.

Want some more hot chocolate recipes? Click HERE! This website has tons of recipes for any season and have so many more ideas than what I have come up with here. Anyways, I hope you enjoyed these and let me know what more you want to see by voting on my poll! I’ll be coming up with two more posts by the end of 3rd Quarter. 

7 Baking DIYs for Pros

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Hello everybody! Today I have seven easy baking hacks that I came up with, with the help of my grandma, who basically taught me everything I know about cooking and baking. She and I would always cook together whenever I was at her house when I lived in Pennsylvania. So I can approve that these DIYs came from an expert when it comes to the art of food. Let me know what you think in the comment section and I hope you enjoy!

Have you ever wanted to make your own whipped cream instead of using the cheap stuff from the can? Fill a jar with heavy whipping cream, close and shake for about three minutes for homemade whipped cream! Add some sugar to the mixture to make it sweet. This version tastes much better and natural in my opinion and is better than you then the stuff you can get at the store in a can.

Decorating cupcakes? Or a fabulous cake? Add jello packet powder to icing for color and fun flavors. Doing this trick allows you to only have to get one big thing of white icing then all you have to do is split it into all of the different colors you want! This is great for whenever you are baking with younger kids. 

In desperate need for a rolling pin? Use a wine bottle! My house currently still does not have a rolling pin because we always have a wine bottle and it works just as well. Just remember to add flour onto the bottle so nothing sticks to it. 

Have no icing for cupcakes? Put a cloth with a pretty design on the cupcake and dust on some powdered sugar, you should be left with a pretty sugar design when the cloth is removed! You can also just use a regular paper and add a design to it by cutting one out. This is also another fun project you can do with kids. You can also use this trick on top of icing to make your treats look extra fancy. 

Are you in desperate need of born sugar? Combine sugar and molasses to make your very own brown sugar! Just remember, one tablespoon of molasses to every one cup of sugar. I promise you it works just as well as brown sugar.

If your own brown sugar is as hard as a rock, microwave it for about twenty seconds to make it once a soft again. I remember puling out a bag of brown sugar in my pantry that was literally a rock. My sharpest knife wouldn't even cut through it. This DIY really solved the problem. 

Use a clean syringe for easy decorating with kids! Put some colored icing into a syringe and you can use it for decorating sugar cookies or cupcakes. It’s a lot of fun to do with kids. 

Want to learn more about the basics of baking? Click HERE! I hope this helped with your baking skills and don’t forget to vote on my poll so I know what you guys would like to see!

DIY Starbucks Double Chocolate Chip Frappuccino

(Photo Courtesy Of: Yeni Konu)

If you have read my "About Me" page, you will know that I am obsessed with Starbucks, it's a bad addiction. If you ask any of my close friends you will know that one of my favorite things to get is the Double Chocolate Chip Frappuccino (I know, one of the worst drinks you can get). Anyway, I have spent way to much money on Starbucks and I am tired of giving in to their expensive drinks. So I have decided to create this yummy drink of my own!

What I used for my delicious drink:

• One cup of milk

• Between two and three tablespoons of chocolate syrup (I ended up using melted chocolate chips)

• Half cup of chocolate chips (I used semisweet)

• Between one and one half cups of ice

• Blender

• Spoon

• Cup

• Straw (Optional)

• Whipped Cream (Optional, I did not have)

So I started with adding the milk and chocolate syrup to the blender and lightly stirring with a spoon. Then I added the ice and chocolate chips and blended until I couldn't hear any big chunks of ice breaking anymore. After that I poured my mixture into a cup. If I had whipped cram or syrup I would have topped it off with that.

Quick Tip: Want to see some of Starbucks secret drinks that you need to try? These drinks are amazing and cannot be found on the menu! CLICK HERE to check out this interesting video!

Apart from no garnishing, the drink tasted exactly like the five dollar ones I purchase in Starbucks. I am so happy I found this drink and plan on not going to Starbucks as much. Please comment below and let me know if you would like to see more DIY Starbucks drinks because I have a lot more ideas! Also, please vote on my poll so I know what you guys want to see more of! Thanks! :)

My Heavenly Double Chocolate Chip Frappuccino: