valentines day

Vanilla Cupcakes with Strawberry Filling and Strawberry Buttercream

February 13, 2013

This is a gorgeous Vanilla Bean Cupcake, using my favorite, from scratch, white cake recipe. It’s filled with strawberry preserves and topped with a creamy Strawberry Buttercream Frosting! Perfect for Valentine’s Day! So Valentine’s Day is tomorrow. I remember many many years ago actually going out to dinner for Valentine’s Day. And drinking wine. And [...]

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Toffee Chocolate Chip Valentine’s Day Cheeseball

February 11, 2013

This is the perfect dip to serve on Valentine’s day! It’s a chocolate chip cheeseball with toffee chips mixed in and then covered in holiday sprinkles! My kids are requesting this dip as their after school snack on Valentine’s Day! And apples are the perfect dipping tool, too! A few weeks ago we had company [...]

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Cherry Cheesecake Pretzel Bites

February 10, 2013

Want an easy, delicious Valentine’s Day treat? How about whipping up a batch of these Cherry Cheesecake Pretzel Bites? So here we are the week of Valentine’s Day and in true Shugary Sweets form I am going to explode in pink and sprinkles this week! Starting out with these super easy, super cute pretzel bites. [...]

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Vanilla Bean Valentine’s Cookies with Chocolate Hearts

January 17, 2013

I love sprinkles. Who’s with me on this? Last year I made icebox cookies and rolled the entire log of cookie dough in sprinkles before slicing. They turned out so pretty, only the edges of the cookies had sprinkles on them. This time, I rolled the dough into 1 inch balls and rolled THAT [...]

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Thumbprint Cookies with Cherry Buttercream Frosting

January 11, 2012

I tend to get obsessive when it comes to my baking. Whether it’s a pumpkin obsession, truffle obsession, or pink Valentine treats obsession. I take things a bit overboard. To the point where my family says to me, “another pink treat???” Not that they are complaining, after all, these are quite tasty. But it did [...]