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Triple Chocolate Chip Cookies

August 21, 2012 28 Comments

The weather finally cooled down from 108 to mid 90s this week. The slight change put me in the mood to bake and daydream about the upcoming Fall/baking season. Lately I’ve been trying out new recipes, some from Pinterest others from cookbooks in preparation for baking season. My favorite time of the year!

Today I’m sharing with you a triple chocolate chip cookie recipe made from a cake box. I found this recipe on the side of a Duncan Hines Dark Chocolate Fudge cake box and slightly changed it.

  • 1 cake mix box
  • 2 large eggs
  • 1 stick of butter, melted
  • 1/4 cup brown sugar
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract
  • 1/2 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
  • 1/2 cup white chocolate chips
  • 1/2 cup chopped walnuts

Combine cake mix, eggs, melted butter, brown sugar and vanilla in a large bowl. Stir in chocolate chips and walnuts until evenly mixed. Drop by tablespoon on a greased baking sheet. Bake at 350 for 10-12 minutes. If you prefer a crispier cookie bake for 14 minutes. Cool for 2 minutes then move cookies to a cooling rack.

These triple chocolate chip cookies are SO good! I had to store them away before I ate them all. :)

Thanks for stopping by! Don’t forget to enter the Washi Tape Giveaway and come back tomorrow for a new crafty tutorial!

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Downtown Tape Giveaway

August 21, 2012 48 Comments

I didn’t hear back from the first winner so the new winner is

Entry #15 Eva M.

Congratulations, Eva!

 

We all know how much I looooovvee washi tape right? Well I hope all of you do too because I have an awesome washi tape giveaway for you today!

You may have heard of the new washi tape company Downtown Tape but if not then let me introduce you to them. Downtown Tape offers pretty washi tape patterns at an amazing price of only $1.99 a roll! They carry stripes, dots, flower patterns, and even cute little sayings like Made With Love and Merry Christmas.

My favorite is the black & white Chevron pattern below, it’s perfect for wrapping Halloween treats!

Whether you’re a washi tape novice or completely obsessed like myself then you’ll like today’s giveaway. Downtown Tape is offering one A Pumpkin & A Princess reader 10 rolls of washi tape plus 25 gift tags!

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Be sure to sign up for their newsletter as well to be the first to hear about new designs, sales, and specials. Plus when you sign up you’ll receive a free sheet of gifting tags (a $10 value).

This giveaway is open to U.S. and International readers, yay! :)

This giveaway is not associated with Facebook in anyway. Winner will have 48hrs to claim prize before a new winner is selected.

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{Back To School} Family Game Night

August 21, 2012 6 Comments
Family Game Night 1

School officially started for us this week and we had a fun weekend enjoying the last bit of Summer vacation. Saturday was my daughter’s party and Sunday we had a fun family day. In the morning we had a huge breakfast at my in-laws with all of our out of town family that came for the party. Afterwards I let the kids choose what to do with the rest of the day.

After our much needed Sunday naps (aren’t those the best?) we had a fun-packed kids day, from the food to the activities. We decided a family game night was the perfect way to end Summer vacation. So after breakfast I went shopping for a new game for us to play.

My husband insisted we buy Hungry Hungry Hippos (yes, he’s a total kid at heart and I love it!). It’s been awhile since we have purchased a new game and it’s nice to see that so many games from my childhood are still available. I’ve always loved Candyland and really wanted to get this Disney Princess version for my daughter but I got veto out by the boys. You can see more of my favorites on Google +.

Dinner was their favorite kind of dinner, almost everything was a dipping food! Dinner consisted of Tyson chicken nuggets, Ore Ida crinkle fries, and steamed veggies. We served them Heinz ketchup in these little white cups I found in the baking section at the craft store.

Then for dessert we had apple slices with crunchy peanut butter, yum! It’s one of our favorite desserts.

This was my first time playing Hungry Hungry Hippos and we had a lot fun. My daughter is currently in love with this game, she wakes up asking to play!

After the younger two went to bed my oldest and I played Scrabble then went online to look up other games. We used to the upc codes from our Tyson chicken nugget package, Heinz ketchup bottle, and Ore Ida french fries to unlock online games on the Hasbro site. Every week they feature a game you can unlock and play online. This weeks game is Connect Four.

We kept score with our mini chalkboard and as you can see the girls didn’t fair so well. By the way everything in our house is divided between boys and girls, I think it’s always going to be this way and even though we’re outnumbered we still have hope that we’ll beat them in something someday. :)

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Thanks for stopping by!

 

 

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