Come do a baking experiment with me! In this video, we try making a five layer cookie bar we saw on Instagram from Fitwaffle Kitchen! This one is great for people who are a little nervous about baking as you can use pre-made ingredients and practice layering. Ready to give it a try? Great! You’ll…
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Cutting a Recipe in Half
The latest video on the Casual Confections YouTube channel walks you through cutting a recipe in half. We work through a box of cake mix and a cookie recipe. Amazon Affiliate Links:Duncan Hines Devils Food Cake: https://amzn.to/3kv9dPV Duncan Hines White Cake: https://amzn.to/3bI8sip Nestle chocolate chips: https://amzn.to/2ZZvegd
Collab: Let’s Learn About Science
LetsLearnAboutScience is an Instagram page focused on young kids and science education. It includes lots of science activities you can do at home! Let’s Learn About Science is currently doing a series on learning about jobs. This week is baking/cooking week and Casual Confections was more than happy to lend a hand! Charlie designed his…
New Video: Experimenting with Cookie Ingredients
Check out the latest video on the Casual Confections YouTube channel. Do your own experiment! Try it with the Tollhouse recipe or grab a recipe off this blog! Let me know what you did and how it turned out! Comment here or shoot me an email. Pair this write up with the video to run…
Double Chocolate Hazelnut Cookies
Chocolate, hazelnut, more chocolate…sounds like a yummy treat! Earlier this year, I tried this double chocolate hazelnut cookies with sea salt recipe from Two Peas & Their Pod. I enjoyed it so much that a version of these were included in February’s cookie care packages and were sold at Muggles Market Too. These cookies are…
Butterbeer Cookies
One of the flavors in November 2019’s geek-themed cookie care packages was a butterbeer cookie! If you love a good butterbeer flavored treat, try these cookies and then try the infamous butterbeer fudge! The first time I made a version of these cookies was using a recipe from Sugar & Soul. It utilizes pudding mixes,…
Chocolate Turtle Cookies
Turtles are a delicious treat of chocolate, caramel, and pecans. I can never eat just one! When the opportunity to try a turtle cookie recipe presented itself, I had to jump on it! This recipe by Live Well Bake Often makes a very chocolaty cookie stuffed with caramel. That’s right – a caramel center! These…
WBTV Morning Show – Muggles Market Too
A plate of butterbeer fudge made it on to a local morning show today! Check out leader of the Charlotte Geeks, Joey Starnes, as she shows off goods from many of the vendors you can visit and purchase from at Muggles Market Too, next Saturday and Sunday, March 7th and 8th, at the University Hilton…
Muggles Market Too and the Saga Conference
Greetings! Only one week to go until the Saga Conference and Muggles Market Too in Charlotte, NC! Be sure to swing by, say hi, and grab some tasty treats. MENU These are some of the goodies that will be available for purchase while supplies last. If you’d like to preorder, send an email to…
Macarons
Macarons are a tasty sandwich cookie that can be customized in many ways. It’s also a very finicky treat to make. There are many ways these cookies can go wrong, but that’s no reason to avoid trying to bake them. Whether you over mix, under mix, end up with hollows, or little nipples on top…
Muggles Market and Geek Gala 2019
If you follow Casual Confections on social media, you’ve seen a lot of chatter leading up to the Muggles Market and Geek Gala which both took place last Saturday. Both events were a huge success! Want to try your hand at making any of the goodies Casual Confections sold or donated to the events? Go…
Brownie Roll-out Cookies
I was on the hunt for a tasty chocolate sugar cookie that didn’t spread when baked, didn’t need to be chilled for 2 hours, and could be handled well as a cutout. After looking over several recipes, one from Smitten Kitchen was recommended. After reading the blog post description of the cookies, how to work…
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