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Family Movie Night

April 4, 2012 48 Comments
It’s Spring break and we had big plans for a beach trip. The kids were excited, I was excited. But unfortunately my husbands schedule changed last minute and we’ve had to cancel our trip. *tear* To make it up to the kids I have a week filled with fun activities that we’ll be doing at home and at local venues. Last night we had a family movie night! But not our usual family movie night, I went all out with a chili dog and snack bar. The kids loved it!

Here’s a list of the snacks I included:

Snack’rs Snack Mix

Snack’rs Yogurt Trail Mix

Snack’rs Yogurt Covered Pretzels

Snack’rs Mixed Nuts

Snack’rs Dry Roasted Peanuts

Popcorn

Carrots

Twizzlers

I went shopping earlier this week for our movie night and wanted to try a new recipe. I decided to make peanut butter filled chocolate cupcakes with ganache. Are you surprised? You know how we love our peanut butter and chocolate mix around here. ;) I adapted the recipe from Food Network to make mine semi-homemade.

To make your own peanut butter filled cupcakes bake your cupcakes according to package. Once they have cooled hollow out the center. I used the back of a large Wilton tip and found it worked great!

For the filling:
1/2 cup unsalted butter, softened 
1 cup creamy peanut butter
1 1/4 cups sifted confectioners’ sugar
To make the filling combine butter and peanut butter until smooth. Slowly incorporate the confectioners’ sugar and mix 3-5 minutes. Put it into a pastry bag and pipe into hollowed center. I didn’t bother using a tip for this. 
Ganache:
4 ounces of semi-sweet chocolate chips
1/2 heavy cream
For the ganache place chocolate chips into a bowl. In a small saucepan heat your heavy cream then remove and pour on top of your chocolate. Let it stand for a minute then whisk until smooth. Allow it cool for 5-10 minutes. Dip the tops of the cupcakes into the ganache and sprinkle chopped peanuts on top. You can place them in the refrigerator to help harden the ganache if it’s too runny.

How cute are these popcorn boxes? In case you’re wondering I found them at Hobby Lobby next to the carnival party supplies. The hot dog holders are in the same section.

We made these “cars” out of boxes. They’ve never been to a drive-in so this was fun for them. My son has plans for his. He wants to add headlights, backlights, and a steering wheel. Apparently I didn’t get creative enough with the wrapping paper and paper plates. :)

We began our movie night watching my daughter’s favorite movie, Beauty and the Beast. After she fell asleep my son, husband, and I watched some old The Three Stooges episodes. Are you excited about the new movie? Do you like seeing old movies remade? Right now if you purchase 2 or more Snack’rs products at Smart & Final your receipt will have a special code for a FREE movie ticket to see the new Three Stooges movie! My husband loves comedies so we plan to go see it later this month.

So it wasn’t the beach, but we sure had a fun movie night! Tomorrow we’re having a picnic at the park and going bowling. I can’t wait to see my toddler bowl for the first time!  
Thanks for stopping by! 
Linking up to these parties, TCB
This project has been compensated as part of a social shopper insights study for #collectivebias #CBias All opinions, pictures, and experiences are my own.
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48 comments on “Family Movie Night”

  1. Amy @ The Mom Hood on said:

    Sounds like you have a wonderful spring break planned! The cupcakes sound delicious – how can you go wrong with peanut butter and chocolate? They’re just meant to be together :)

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  2. Lindsay on said:

    Cutest movie night EVER! I have got to make some of those LOVE everything about it!

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  3. Rachel on said:

    Those cupcakes look amazing! And I had no idea that ganache was that simple – just heavy cream and chocolate chips?? Very cool!

    Thanks for sharing!

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  4. susan m jensen on said:

    Ganache I never made WOW it seems so easy. Cupcakes are my hubb’s favorite. I ‘ll make a cupcake cake May 2 nd. for his 88 th yep! seniors. I will make this one with special (lemon is his fav. ) I’ll add a few in center???? not sure yet. Coffee girls while cupcakes are baking hahahaha

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  5. Tonia @The Gunny Sack on said:

    What a fun mom you are!!! I need one of those cupcakes!

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  6. Rachel on said:

    How fun!!! Looks like a great time! Loving those pb filled cupcakes!!!

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  7. Karah @ thespacebetweenblog on said:

    I can’t even tell you how fun I think this is! Way to turn a potential downer into fun family memories! Love all of your treats. :)
    So fun to co-host Ginger’s party with you,
    karah

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  8. Beth @ Aunt B's Kitchen on said:

    Goodness! These look wonderful. My husband is a big peanut butter and chocolate fan. I’m sure he’d enjoy these.

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  9. Carrie @ My Favorite Finds on said:

    Having appetizers for dinner is one of my kids’ favorite meals! This looks so fun. We have a family movie night about once a week or so, and it’s so fun. I’m coming back later to pin those cupcakes !

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  10. Carolyn West on said:

    How fun! Those cupcakes look amazing.

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  11. Jess on said:

    Those cupcakes look awesome! I bet your kids had a blast – your snack bar looks amazing. :)

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  12. Giselle Santos on said:

    This is such a great idea. I~m gonna try this for our next movie night, because those cupcakes look AMAZING!

    craftingforbliss.blogspot.com

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  14. Deana on said:

    What a great idea…love the little cars!

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  15. Allyson @ A Heart for Home on said:

    Wow, what a fun night! Those peanut butter filled cupcakes look delicious!

    We’d love for you to link this post to our Finished Friday party.

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  16. Jen @ Jen's Favorite Cookies on said:

    Wow, the cupcakes look amazing! What a fun party! (Wish I had been there!) I love those dipped pretzels, too. I have trouble controlling myself when those are around!

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  17. Abby on said:

    What a great movie night, and what fabulous memories for the whole family!

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  19. Becca on said:

    What yummy treats. Those cupcakes look absolutely delicious!

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  20. Mami Made It on said:

    That looks delicious! And I think all of you had a wonderful movie night!

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  21. Katie on said:

    Those look amazing! I just love peanut butter and chocolate desserts! Yum!

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  22. Homegrown Beanes on said:

    Love this idea! The cupcakes look great.

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  23. Jo-Anna on said:

    What a great idea! My kids would flip if I did something like this for our movie nights! I’m going to surprise them next weekend! Thanks for the idea, I love it!
    Jo-Anna

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  24. Debbie {visual eye candy} on said:

    What a fun idea! I bet your kids loved it! Those peanut butter cupcakes look delish!!

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  25. MJ on said:

    Oh my these look amazing! Must try them soon :) Also very impressed by your pictures by the way, my kitchen has a marble top and the pics always look so messy… Thanx for sharing!

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  26. Kaylee @ Couponing & Cooking on said:

    Those cupcakes look amazing! Can’t wait to try them!

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  27. Jo-Ann on said:

    These cupcakes look so yummy. I will have to try them. My husband loves anything with peanut butter in it. Thank you for sharing.

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  28. Sarah on said:

    This is an adorable idea! My kids always want to have a movie night and adding the little cars is so cute! The peanut butter chocolate cupcakes look amazing! I would love for you to share this at my link party
    http://thewinthropchronicles.blogspot.com/2012/04/share-it-link-party-6.html

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  29. Dorothy @ Crazy for Crust on said:

    What an awesome table! And great cupcakes. I totally want to do that with my daughter this summer – mix it up a little. :)

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  30. six sisters on said:

    What a fun movie night!! And the cupcakes look heavenly! We hope you’ll be back to our “Strut Your Stuff Saturday”. We loved having you! -The Sisters

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  31. Colette on said:

    Visiting from SugarBee… what a great post. Love the cars, love the cupcakes… love everything!

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  32. Alison on said:

    Wow, you always amaze me!! Your photography is beautiful… and seriously HOW do you throw so many fun parties?! Thanks for sharing at oopsey daisy!

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  33. shirley@motivatedmommyoftwo on said:

    OMG!! your cupcakes look so delicious that when I first saw the picture at a pin party I thought they were so hard to make. I pinned one of the images so that I make them with my kids. Thanks for sharing

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  34. Sarah Avila on said:

    This is super cute! What a fun mom you are! And those peanut butter filled cupcakes….. Yum!!!

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  35. Alexis @ we like to learn as we go on said:

    That is such a cute idea! I love the car boxes and the cupcakes look awesome! I would definitely be bummed not to be able to go to the beach, but it looks like you had fun! I would love for you to link it up to my link party. I know my readers would love it too! http://weliketolearnaswego.blogspot.com/2012/04/what-i-learned-wednesday-5.html

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  36. Heather on said:

    sounds like a great spring break, and the cupcakes look amazing

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  37. Mandy @ Sugar Bee Crafts on said:

    Thanks so much for linking to Take-A-Look Tuesday – you were featured today!
    –Mandy, http://www.SugarBeeCrafts.com

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  38. Taylor-Ann on said:

    I love a good family night. I would love it if you linked it up to my new link party.

    http://momslifevents.blogspot.com/2012/04/show-off-mondays.html

    Can’t Wait to see what else you create.

    ~Taylor

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  39. Jelli on said:

    These look fabulous! I love an Ina Garten chocolate cupcake with pb frosting recipe, and this reminds me of that…with a tad more work. That photo rocks, especially the cut-open cuppie, Thanks so much for making me drool!

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  40. sue @ cakeballs. cookies and more on said:

    firstly how fun, secondly yummy treat!

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  41. Trish@ Uncommon on said:

    Ok… You are so talented and such a cool mom! The cupcakes look to die for, but I think I love the cars the best! My kiddos would love an evening like this! Thanks for sharing!

    Take care,

    Trish

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  42. Holly Lefevre on said:

    What a fun party! Peanut Butter Filled Cupcakes – yes please and then some more! Your set is is fun and it looks like a perfectly fun night in!

    (I actually attended Rook. no 17 2 stooges viewing.)

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  43. Emily on said:

    That hot dog bar is darling!! Almost too pretty to dig into. So glad you took a picture to share with us!

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  44. A Maui Blog on said:

    I adore parents who make time for bonding with their kids. I’m sure your kids had fun, especially with the cupcakes. Yum!

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  45. Katy @ Live Laugh Love Craft on said:

    Stopping by to let you know that your family movie night is featured on this weeks Tickled Pink Friday! :)

    Be sure to stop by my blog to grab a button. :) http://www.livelaughlovecraft.com

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