Chocolate Babka #choctoberfest

Today it’s an exciting day, because two events combined to push me outside of my bread baking box!

First off, it’s #Choctoberfest with Imperial Sugar – a celebration of all things chocolate!  Don’t forget to check out the sponsors and enter the giveaway here!

Today also happens to be World Bread Day and a dough lover like myself is not going to let that slide on by!

Before I realized that these two events were on the same day, I’d already decided that I wanted to branch and really stretch myself as a baker.

After I realized that bread day and Choctoberfest would coincide, it was obvious that my challenge was going to be chocolate bread and I immediately know I wanted to try Babka – definitely a challenge!

Top 10 Chocolate Covered Halloween Treats & #Choctoberfest Welcome

*Disclosure: I received products to sample from Choctoberfest sponsors.  All thoughts and opinions are my own.

Who’s ready for a chocolate covered week of deliciousness?

Well, buckle up ladies and gents because it’s Choctoberfest 2018!

Today I’m kick things off with my top 10 Chocolate Covered Halloween Treats PLUS all the sponsor details and fantastic giveaway!!!  Hooray!!!

Let’s start off with the tasty recipes, then we’ll get to that equally tasty giveaway!

10: Chocolate Frogs

Harry Potter fans unite!  These Chocolate Frogs will please Potter fans of all ages!

9: Spider Chocolate Chip Cookies

Ordinary chocolate chip cookies get the Halloween treatment when the chocolate chips get spider legs!

Pan de Muerto (Mexican Day of the Dead Bread) #eattheworld

It’s time for this month’s Eat the World recipe challenge…with a twist!

Instead of everyone cooking from a specific country this month, we’re celebrating Halloween around the world!  This meant, everyone could choose their own country to represent, so long as it relates to Halloween in some way!  For more information on Eat the World, click here.

Pikachu Pizza #NationalPizzaMonth

It’s National Pizza Day!  Now that’s a day I can get behind!

Every Friday, my family enjoys pizza/movie night.  Each week a different family member gets to choose the movie and the pizza!  Some weeks we order in, but others we make homemade pizza!

My 8-year old, Spud is a huge Pokémon fan (he calls his bedroom the Pokémon Academy and has Pikachu plastered everywhere).  So, on his movie night, he borrowed a Pokémon movie from the library and came up with the concept of Pikachu Pizza, Pizza-chu, if you will.

Chai Apple Multigrain Pancakes #appleweek

This post is sponsored on behalf of #appleweek. Our generous sponsors, Swiss Diamond, Envy Apples, Imperial Sugar, Nordic Ware, Rodelle Vanilla, Flahavan's Irish Oatmeal, Nairn's and The Spice House have provided us with products for recipe creation and a giveaway for our readers. As always, all opinions are my own.

It’s the last week of Apple Week and I’m making breakfast again!

I decided to make an apple-icious take on my favorite multigrain pancakes!  The pancakes are soft and bursting with flavor and an absolute homerun!  Even Hubs, who tolerates frequent pancakes because the kids request them all the time, got excited about these pancakes – so that’s really saying something!

This fabulous recipe showcases even more of the wonderful Apple Week sponsors! Let’s take a look!

Herby Ginger Apple Compote #appleweek

This post is sponsored on behalf of #appleweek. Our generous sponsors, Swiss Diamond, Envy Apples, Imperial Sugar, Nordic Ware, Rodelle Vanilla, Flahavan's Irish Oatmeal, Nairn's and The Spice House have provided us with products for recipe creation and a giveaway for our readers. As always, all opinions are my own.

Each year during apple week, I challenge myself to make at least 1 savory apple recipe.  And without fail, I end up pairing apples with pork!  The flavors just go so well together!

Today’s recipe is sponsored by Swiss Diamond Cookware.

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Swiss Diamond was an amazingly generous sponsor, sending me one of their lidded nonstick sauté pans. 

You guys.

This pan is a work horse.  Completely not stick AND it can go in the oven!! Say What?!?

So you see why I had to make pork for apple week!

Cold Apple Cider with Caramel Infused Rum #appleweek

This post is sponsored in conjunction with AppleWeek . I received product samples from sponsor companies to aid in the creation of the AppleWeek recipes. All opinions are mine alone.

Ready for more apple goodness?

Today’s recipe is sponsored by Envy Apples and let me tell you – they are delicious – a definite contender for my new favorite apple!  I just love apples that are crisp and sweet and Envy apples certainly fit the bill.

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For today’s recipe, those gorgeous apples were used as a garnish in a spiked apple cider!  Note that you can totally make these without the rum, as well!  When spud saw my pretty drink, he asked for some as well, so I whisked the caramel sauce directly into the cider and garnished just like the adult beverage!