This post is sponsored by Jackson Morgan. All opinions are my own.Thank goodness for Instagram. That's how I found my current favorite adult beverage: Jackson Morgan Southern Cream. We go way back a year now, and it's been a great relationship so far. Jackson Morgan...
Adult Hot Chocolate Recipes
Adult hot chocolate recipes – two ways: one for you, and one for your party. You’ll want to put these on repeat this winter for parties and cold days inside.
Peppermint Mocha Milkshake Recipe
This post is sponsored by Jackson Morgan. The recipe and all opinions are my own. Texas winters can be a wild ride of roller coaster temperatures. One minute you’re literally freezing, the next day, it’s 80 degrees. And then it will snow in March. I mean… ugh.Your...
Recipe: Drunken Monkey Overnight Banana Pudding
This post is hosted by Jackson Morgan Southern Cream Liqueur. All opinions are my own.I’m trying to eat more fruit, because, duh, it’s healthy for you. Experts say you should have two servings of fruit per day – which weirdly, is hard for me to remember to do. My plan...
No-bake Chocolate Bourbon Balls Recipe
I love baking with booze. Even better, how about a no-bake boozy ball that’s perfect for the holidays? Actually, it’s perfect for whenever really. I created this recipe recently for a cookie exchange and I liked them so much, I made them again for a client party. You...
Mason Jar Hippie Juice – Summer Gifts
My friend Anna made these cute mason jar drink glasses and adult bevvy for our recent craft exchange, and I thought they were the perfect summertime hostess gift. What friend wouldn't love getting a fun jar of hippie juice of their very own? Below you'll find Anna's...
My favorite Southern tea cakes recipe
My mother-in-law, God rest her soul, must've been horrified when she figured out her son was in love with a Yankee. She tried her best to Southernize me -- with marginal success. After 24 years as a Southern resident, I think I'm fully entrenched, (Big Daddy would...
Left-over Halloween Candy Snickers Brownies Recipe
I seriously don’t understand why we have so much Halloween candy left over. I am beginning to think Big Daddy hid it from the trick-or-treaters. Just like I hid it from him in the garage before Halloween. 😉 Now we have mounds of it. See?We can’t have all that candy...
Bananas Foster Butter Recipe
UPDATE: Holy cow - This recipe won a blue ribbon at the State Fair of Texas! One of my absolute favorite desserts is Bananas Foster. I could just take a bath in it I love it so much. That’s funny, because I’m only mildly interested in bananas by themselves, but I do...
Triple Berry Mojito Jam Recipe
8:24 a.m. Yank covers off Princess Cupcake. Departure time in 16 minutes. 8:26 a.m. Have forceably inserted soccer socks and shorts onto Princess Cupcake while she is still horizontal in bed with eyes firmly closed. 8:27 a.m. Princess Cupcake sits upright with big...
Cuca Fresca Cocktails with Tamara Judge
July 4th is almost here y’all. You’d better get your plans straight. And your drinks ready. Did someone say, “drinks?” Yes please. Seeing as how I’m one of these “early adopters” that marketing people love to tease… I have decided to weigh in on the whole Cuca Fresca...
Crawfish Boil Cupcakes
In my day job, I’m a marketing consultant helping companies make their mark. Sometimes that means I get to do fun things like have t-shirts made for my client’s 10th Anniversary Crawfish Boil. Aren't they cute? Because it is not in my nature to arrive at a party...
Snowflake Shortbread Cookies
My roommate in grad school used to call me the Cookie Monster so… I might know a thing or two about addictive cookies. I caution you. What I’m about to share with you is dangerous. Dangerously good tasting and dangerously bad for your waistline. Dangerous in that if...
Dairy-free Spider Cupcakes with “buttercream” frosting
In Kindergarten at our school, there's something universally dreaded among the parents and it's called "book cooking." Maybe "dreaded" isn't the right word. It is definitely a day that we non-teachers are stretching out of our comfort zone. Each family is given a book...