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Casual Confections now has a shop on Threadless! There are four designs currently available with more on the way. And you know food and baking puns are going to make an appearance!

Strawberry Scones Bake Along

It’s strawberry season in my neck of the woods and someone asked when a fresh strawberry recipe would be up. So here we are! Strawberry scones! Few ingredients, easy to put together, and something that can wow others. Bake along with me using the video or grab the recipe and give it a go. How…

Butterbeer Fudge Bake Along

This is one of my most popular offerings. Even those who aren’t fans of butterscotch or don’t typically enjoy fudge have found themselves happily nibbling away at one of these frothy-looking squares. The recipe has been on this site since 2018, but that doesn’t mean you’ve given it a go yet. Making fudge can be…

Now on TikTok!

Are you on TikTok? I am finally getting on board! Follow CasualConfections for fun geeky videos, baking clips, and more. Hit me up for stitches and duets!

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…

YouTube Channel!

Hey, everyone! The combination of COVID-19 and pregnancy has kept me out of the bakery since March 2020. Now that the baby is here, it’s time to pivot to keep this baking train going while we work together to get some control over the spread of COVID-19. This morning, Casual Confections’s channel went live on…

Peaches and Cream Bars

When a neighbor extends an offer to you to grab some fruit off of their tree before they start pruning it back, you do not hesitate and say “Thank you!” I don’t eat peaches (or any kind of baked fruit) myself, but how could I say no to an offering of fresh free goodness and…

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…