Thursday, December 31, 2009

2009 review



I decided to go through all my pictures from 2009 and pick ones that meant something special to me or even something that will help jog the memories in years to come.

Starting with the center picture...the first time I went tubing...oh so fun!
There are pictures of...

my wonderful family.

my youngest dressed and ready for his 1st soccer game.

many trips to the beach or to the races.

holiday traditions and a new failed holiday tradition.

silly times.

vacation memories.

my handsome husband doing great things or just being his wonderful self.

my pink (Barbie, toy, whatever you would like to call it.) phone.

I hope that your 2009 was a great one and you have many fond memories just like I do.

I welcome 2010 with open arms.

Happy New Year!!!
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Wednesday, December 30, 2009

Oreo Balls

These are just a little piece of heaven everyone loved them and they are oh so easy to make.
I first found the idea for them here, Little Birdie Secrets. Then yesterday I got an email from Kraft Foods and they have them there with a different name and some different topping ideas.

I started out using my blender to crush the Oreos but it wasn't working too well. So instead I turned to my handy dandy Tupperware chopper. This is a whole bag of Oreos.

Mix with 8 oz. softened cream cheese. I used 1/3 less fat kind.

Place the balls onto a waxed or foiled lined cookie sheet. I used a Pampered Chef scoop.

All the balls rolled up.

Melt some chocolate for dipping. This is what I used but when I used it all I just melted some of the chocolate squares.

All covered in chocolate.

This was the hardest part for me. I tried using a spoon to let the white chocolate drizzle and sometimes it came out looking like this...

See the big glob on the one to the left and at the top of the pictures.

Put in the fridge for 1 hour and they are ready to be eaten.

No matter what they looked like I still said it was a little piece of heaven. Oh they were so delish! I made them to take to a Christmas Cookie Exchange party for Dec. 23rd and made them again Christmas Day. The 2nd batch I wasn't able to find regular cream cheese or 1/3 less fat so I bought the fat free kind. (Target had cream cheese on sale and that is why I couldn't find the other.) Won't ever not ever buy the fat free kind to make these again. They would not roll up right for me and I had my hands covered in the Oreo/cream cheese mixture.


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