Pumpkin Pie with Salted Pecan Brittle

I suppose if you asked a hundred people what food best exemplifies Thanksgiving, you’d expect to get a hundred different answers.  But, for me, its pumpkin pie.  I usually make it with a can of pumpkin puree and whatever it says on the side of the can.  Don’t get me wrong, that recipe makes a…

Homemade Butterfingers

My friends at Taste Tested Recipes have issued a challenge, “Cooking with Halloween Candy.” I thought, hmmmm, not much into candy. Well sometimes. I figured I’d like to make something with the iconic candy corn.

Brazilian Truffles – Chocolate

These are super easy to make candies – and you do not even need any special equipment, like a candy thermometer, to do it.  Simply cook the ingredients, let cool, then form and decorate.  That’s all there is to it!