It’s the simple joys in life, like the tradition of beautiful gifted boxes of candy, that I cherish, especially during the holidays. When it comes to toffee, Enstrom takes the cake… and butter

Chocolate Toffee Cupcakes with Buttercream Frosting

A recipe for The Best Egg Custard Pie! It’s easy to make and melts in your mouth! For the love of PIE this recipe is SO GOOD! We didn’t even realize how much we

The Best Egg Custard Pie!

These Caramel Apple Crumble Bars are made with a delicious oatmeal crumble crust, coconut, caramel and apples infused with spices. It’s the perfect dessert and even better when served with ice cream. It’s fall and

Caramel Apple Crumble Bars

Hands down, this is the Best Devil’s Food Cake Recipe ever. It’s incredibly easy to make, it’s moist, airy and has a super rich chocolate flavor. It’s one of my absolute favorite recipes

The Best Devil’s Food Cake Recipe

This is the smoothest and most delicious Devil’s Food Cake Frosting recipe ever! It’s made with bittersweet chocolate, butter, sugar and your cream. It taste delicious on our Devil’s Food Cake recipe. This frosting

Devil’s Food Cake Frosting Recipe

You know we’re all about easy entertaining here at Sugar and Charm and one of the easiest desserts to serve, and is always a hit, is ice cream! Adults love to indulge in

How to Make a Boozy Ice Cream Float Tray

Donuts seem like a hard pastry to tackle since the dough can be intimidating, but rest assure, if you follow this recipe you will be making fried white chocolate match donuts and patting

Homemade White Chocolate Matcha Donuts

We’re taking brownies to the next level with these Chocolate Bourbon Brownies! They’re super moist and the bourbon adds extra layers of flavor with hints of vanilla, oak and caramel. The recipe is

Add a Kick to Classic Brownies with a Little Bourbon!

Growing up we spent a lot of time at my grandparents’ house and I remember my grandma always having chocolate fudgesicles in her outdoor freezer. The fudge pops were so good and satisfying,

The Best Chocolate Fudge S’mores Popsicles!

Combing two of our favorite things for summer… lemonade and popsicles! These lemonade pops are sure to cool you down during the hot summer days! We used honey to sweeten these and only

Three Ingredient Honey Lemonade Popsicles

We’re all familiar with the delicious chocolate, strawberry and vanilla flavors of Neapolitan ice cream. That classic combo was a childhood favorite that I specifically remember indulging in during birthday celebrations. We’ve taken

How to Make a Neapolitan Sheet Cake

We’re cooling down this summer with these delicious Roasted Blueberry Crème fraîche Popsicles! Crème fraîche is a cream made from heavy cream and buttermilk. It’s perfect on desserts, waffles or as a creamy dip with

Cool Down With these Roasted Blueberry Crème fraîche Popsicles!

I love experimenting and creating my own recipes, but sometimes it’s nice to follow a popular recipe from someone who bakes for a living. It’s actually how I learned how to bake in

Momofuku Milk Bar’s 4th of July Cake

We shared some charming ideas on how to create a tea garden and now we thought it would be fun to make a few things using our tea herbs! When it comes to

Three ways to use tea garden herbs

We couldn’t get enough of this Blood Orange Cheesecake recipe! I get extremely excited when blood oranges are in season. The color is so vibrant and I love experimenting with the flavor of

Blood Orange Cheesecake Recipe

Nothing says I love you more than a special homemade cake! Okay, maybe in our eyes, but these charming Mini Mom Cakes are sure to bring a smile to mom’s face! We wanted

Mini Mom Cakes For Mother’s Day

I’m beyond excited to share this lemon elderflower cake recipe! Not surprisingly, my favorite detail about the Royal wedding happing in May is the cake! A very lucky native California baker, now London-based, Claire

Lemon Elderflower Cake Recipe

Coffee cake is a classic and traditional cake that is paired or flavored with coffee. Personally, I think the best coffee cake is one that made with coffee and paired with it too!

A Delicious Spring Coffee Cake Recipe

This post is sponsored by Brother P-touch Embellish Ribbon & Tape Printer. If you’re looking for a fun spring craft or hostess gift, this Lavender Chocolate Chunk Cookie Mix in a Jar is so fun

Lavender Chocolate Chunk Cookie Mix in a Jar

For the longest time I wasn’t a fan of lemon bars until I tried my mother-in-laws! She’s been making this recipe for years and it’s by far one of the best I’ve ever

The Best Lemon Bar Recipe!

We’ve heard a lot about Whole30 and the dinner and breakfast recipes fill our Pinterest page, so we decided to do a little research and find the best Whole30 desserts out there! Whole30

10 Whole30 Dessert Recipes You’ll Love

Have you ever had a pecan pumpkin pie?! This perfect-for-fall pecan pumpkin pie recipe was a new one for me too and I loved how it turned out! I adapted filling from Dorie

Pecan Pumpkin Pie Recipe with Buttery Flaky Crust

If you like pumpkin pie and easy desserts this Pumpkin Panna Cotta Recipe is going to be a new fall favorite!! Panna Cotta originated from Italy and has the texture of a very creamy

The Best Pumpkin Panna Cotta Recipe

Summer time isn’t the only season to enjoy popsicles! Fall has its own delicious, fresh produce, spices and flavors that make the most amazing, drool-worthy popsicles. So, we’ve rounded up 10 delicious fall

10 Delicious Fall Popsicle Recipes

How charming are these Sunflower Cupcakes we made? Did you know that during growth, sunflowers tilt to face the sun during the day and then stop when they start to bloom?! Isn’t that

Pumpkin Spice Sunflower Cupcakes

I absolutely love this classic banana cake recipe. It’s one I’ve been making for years (adapted from Ina!) and it’s always a hit anytime I serve it. The cake is incredibly moist with

Classic Banana Cake Recipe

This Chocolate Zucchini Cake recipe is hands down one of our favorites! It seems weird to put shredded zucchini in a cake, right?! But the cake is incredibly moist (oil, butter and sour

Chocolate Zucchini Cake Recipe

Today on Sugar and Charm, we’re serving up some yummy Neapolitan Milkshakes! For those of you who can’t choose between chocolate, vanilla or strawberry you can just layer them to create a beautiful Neapolitan

Neapolitan Milkshakes

How adorable are these spiked watermelon tequila popsicles?! We used the other side of this pineapple popsicle mold and created the most delicious and refreshing watermelon tequila popsicles that are perfect for summer

Watermelon Tequila Popsicles

I saw this amazing pineapple and watermelon popsicle mold and I was so excited to create Pineapple Coconut Rum boozy summer pops in them! How charming is that pineapple shape?! They work really

Pineapple Coconut Rum Popsicles

My favorite cobbler is one with a buttery taste, more of a crumble texture to it and that’s not too sweet. This is an easy recipe that is a mix between a traditional

Blackberry Cobbler Crumble

This decadent chocolate cherry cupcake recipe just made our list of favorites. I was thinking about the yummy flavor combination of cherry and chocolate, which I love and how I haven’t made one of my

Decadent Chocolate Cherry Cupcakes

A few weeks ago I had the urge to make a matcha cake! I had some matcha green tea powder left over from these, so I made a layered coconut and matcha cake

Coconut Matcha Cake Recipe

We’re in frozen treat heaven with these delicious Double Chocolate Chip Cookie Ice Cream Sandwiches! After discovering these new playful flavors from Blue Bunny, we hopped at the chance to team up with

Double Chocolate Chip Cookie Ice Cream Sandwiches

There is something so nostalgic about Funfetti cake and also the classic sheet cake! Funfetti cake was my absolute favorite growing up and I would request it for every birthday! Of course back

Homemade Funfetti Sheet Cake

You don’t have to be a sushi chef to make this Kit Kat sushi! This quirky and charming dessert is an easy way to serve up some fun at a party and will definitely

How to Make Kit Kat Sushi

Just in time for Saint Patrick’s Day, we’re so excited to share this Lucky Charms ice cream recipe! I will fully admit, when I was a kid I would make an all-marshmallow cereal by

Lucky Charms Ice Cream Recipe

Have you ever tried homemade chocolate almond milk? If you haven’t, I promise you, you’re missing out! My family, including my 5 year old, is absolutely obsessed with this fresh, incredibly delicious treat

Homemade Chocolate Almond Milk

I’ve tried so many homemade chocolate chip cookies in my life and always wind up a little disappointed with the end result. That is until I worked tirelessly to perfect the best chocolate

The Best Chocolate Chip Cookie Recipe

You won’t feel guilty eating these decadent 5 ingredient dark chocolate coconut truffles! They’re absolutely delicious and guilt-free because this homemade truffle recipe uses only coconut oil, dark chocolate, vanilla, sea salt and

5 Ingredient Dark Chocolate Coconut Truffles

Happy Valentine’s Day! We wanted to make some sweet and charming homemade rose lollipops using edible dried flowers and flakes of edible gold! They turned out so pretty with the dried rose petals

Homemade Rose Lollipops!

How charming are these easy brushstroke sugar cookies for Valentine’s Day?! They use the classic sugar cookie recipe with a fondant topping and then they’re brushed lightly with a gel paste! Incredibly simple

Easy Brushstroke Sugar Cookies

We’re sharing a deliciously easy way to create a marble drip cake! Drip cakes can be so intimidating to make, but to be honest, they’re actually a fairly simple way to frost a

How to Create a Marble Drip Cake

We're counting down the days to Christmas and baking up a snow storm in the kitchen! We made some absolutely delicious, homemade holiday marshmallows that pair perfectly with hot cocoa! There is

Homemade Holiday Marshmallows

Oh how we love this Italian Rainbow Cookie recipe! And can we all just admire how beautiful and charming Italian Rainbow Cookies are?! I absolutely love the striped color combo (perfect for Christmas!)

Italian Rainbow Cookie Recipe

With the holidays finally upon us, we’re getting creative and crafty with Nestlé Toll House to make some edible chocolate chip cookie ornaments! Such a sweet surprise for your guests. We used NESTLÉ®

Chocolate Chip Cookie Ornament

It’s Thanksgiving week and we’re all about serving charming appetizers!! Anjanee from Fig & Honey is sharing a recipe for these delicious and adorable Sweet Potato and Goats Cheese Tartlets! More below! When the seasons

Sweet Potato and Goats Cheese Tartlets

It's the season for PIE! Pumpkin pie has always been my favorite and I look forward to it every fall! So this year, we've altered our favorite recipe just a bit and made these

Mini Toasted Marshmallow Pumpkin Pies

This boozy coffee and bourbon milkshake is probably one of my favorite desserts and it’s SO easy to whip up and serve when entertaining! You can easily make them for a simple after-dinner

Boozy Coffee and Bourbon Milkshakes

Let’s go back to 1985 when I think someone probably handed me a chocolate-dipped marshmallow when I was born, because I’ve been hooked on chocolate fondue since BIRTH! Of course, we all know

A Delicious Chocolate Fondue Platter

This post was created in partnership with NESTLÉ® TOLL HOUSE® We love effortless entertaining over here and these mummy brownies and fondue make the perfect Halloween party platter! These spooky little mummies are not only adorable, but

Easy and Adorable Mummy Brownies!

We don’t always need a reason to enjoy a beautifully decorated, homemade cake, right?! This orange rum cake recipe is simple to make and pairs perfectly with our meringue buttercream frosting, which is

Orange Rum Cake with Meringue Buttercream

In all honesty, I was actually going to make these delicious homemade pumpkin filled donut holes with a dragonfruit cream filling, but after a few failed attempts, I resorted to the most popular flavor

Homemade Pumpkin Filled Donut Holes

We’re all about popsicles at Sugar and Charm, but also crazy for the flavors that fall brings. These delicious Peachy Mango Spice Protein Pops combine both pops and fall flavors into one healthy,

Peachy Mango Spice Protein Pops

Anjanee from Fig & Honey Co. is sharing a delicious party appetizer for white bean and prosciutto crostini! One of the most classic appetizer combos is beautifully fresh Italian bread, topped with creamy

White Bean and Prosciutto Crostini Recipe!

We’re dreaming of fall apple picking with these cast iron olive oil and apple cakes! We’ve made an incredible olive oil cake recipe before and it turned out so good!! So we’ve slightly altered

Cast Iron Olive Oil and Apple Cakes

I’m so excited to feature this raspberry swirl cheesecake ice cream recipe today! Last week I took my family to the farm for a little outing! We picked fresh raspberries and the entire time

The Best Raspberry Swirl Cheesecake Ice Cream Recipe!

Back by popular demand from our floral frosting cupcakes, we made a short and fun video showing you how to frost these SUPER easy and charming hydrangea cupcakes!! Using a piping star tip, you

Video: How to Frost Hydrangea Cupcakes

We’re so ready for the Rio 2016 Olympic Games to start! This year, Hershey’s is an official sponsor of Team USA so we’re celebrating with a homemade S’mores station while rooting on our

Indoor S’mores and Marbled Marshmallow Recipe!

These easy coconut chia seed pudding parfaits are the perfect healthy treat and look pretty darn cute too! If you haven’t made chia seed pudding before, you’ll be pleasantly surprised at how simple and delicious it

Easy Coconut Chia Seed Pudding Parfaits!

We're so excited to show you our latest video on how to frost charming pineapple cookies!! The art of frosting cookies can be a difficult one. Especially those beautifully outlined and detailed sugar

How to Frost Charming Pineapple Cookies

Who doesn’t love mini ice cream cones?! I found these adorable mini cones, wrapped in gold foil at a local kitchen store in Los Angeles, called Surfas. They have a huge selection of

Mini Passion Fruit Ice Cream Cones!

Hello chocolate chip biscuit s’mores! Yes, we “s’merged” s’mores and biscuits and you know how it turned out… AWESOME!! We ended up eating all of them right after we took these pictures. Definitely

Chocolate Chip Biscuit S’mores!

We all scream for Nice Cream! If you haven’t heard of Nice Cream, it’s a banana based “ice cream” recipe, but a healthy version with zero added sugar or dairy! For our Nice

We all Scream for Nice Cream!

Snickerdoodles are not only a holiday cookie or the cookie you grew up making in Home Ec!! These classic cookies can be fully enjoyed all throughout the year and they’re even better when

No Fuss Snickerdoodle Ice Cream Sandwiches

Summertime is here and we’ve created perfectly deliciously strawberry boozy snow cones, because what’s better than an icy cocktail on a scorching hot day?! I like making my own syrup because it’s incredibly fresh,

Boozy Strawberry Snow Cones

We really don’t drink a lot of sugary soda, like Coke or root beer, in our house, which means you won’t find root beer floats around here! We happily discovered that you can

Cold Pressed Watermelon Soda Floats

Oh how we love watermelon in this house!! To get through those hot, summer days that are right around the corner… juicy, fruity watermelon is a must! There are so many ways and tricks

How to Cut Watermelon Sticks

We’ve been buying these frozen banana treats in the store for so long, we decided to make them ourselves. Chocolate covered frozen bananas are easy, make-ahead desserts that you can have ready in

Easy Entertaining: Chocolate Covered Frozen Bananas

How fun are these layered ice cream pops?! Just choose your favorite ice cream or sorbet flavors to make a triple layered combo with a sugar cone crust! Layered ice cream pops are perfect

Easy Entertaining: Layered Ice Cream Pops

Summer is upon us and I can feel it! AND what better way to kick off this warmer weather with a delicious (and somewhat healthy!) papaya and banana coconut sorbet recipe?! It's

Papaya and Banana Coconut Sorbet Recipe

A few weeks ago I had a fun opportunity to attend Albertsons, Vons and Pavilions Signature launch event! I joined a team of 22 amazing lifestyle and food bloggers from all over the

Signature Cookie Ice Cream Sundaes

These yummy Watermelon Margarita Pops truly taste like a margarita on a popsicle! They're absolutely delicious, refreshing and fun to serve. Boozy popsicles are one of my favorite warm weather treats. These pops

Watermelon Margarita Pops

Hello chocolate peanut butter cheesecake!! Cheesecake is one of my absolute favorite desserts!! I’ve always loved experimenting with it and trying new flavor combos… like when we created a peanut butter caramel cheesecake here or

Chocolate Peanut Butter Cheesecake Recipe!

My mother-in-law has been making this delicious Coconut Macadamia Key Lime Pie recipe for many years! It’s always a huge hit when she serves it and it has a way of changing key

Coconut Macadamia Key Lime Pie

We whipped up a fluffy, creamy and very delicious no bake cheesecake for Saint Patrick’s Day!! The filling is so simple, there’s only a few ingredients and the crust is made with Nature’s

No Bake Cheesecake for Saint Patrick’s Day

These floral frosting cupcakes are the perfect way to welcome spring! We had a grand ol’ time experimenting with frosting tips and buttercream to turn cupcakes into flowers! Who doesn’t love cupcakes and

Floral Frosting Cupcakes

Dunkin' Donuts has finally made their way out west and we’re thoroughly enjoying the goodness that Dunkin’ is! Since Zan was born and raised in New Jersey, we’ve had our fair share of

Mint Hot Chocolate Macaron Recipe

I still have the invitation to my Kindergarten graduation with written instructions to bring a dozen of your favorite cookies. I chose my favorite peanut butter cookies and I can remember bringing the plate

Loaded Peanut Butter Cookie Recipe

Do you know how easy it is to decorate a cake?! ANYONE can do it and we’re showing you with this gorgeous, pink velvet cake recipe! We topped this cake strawberries, raspberries, beautiful

Pink Velvet Cake Recipe + Easy way to Decorate it!

This Funfetti Trifle is an easy, yummy and super charming way to ring in the New Year! Check out the fun video we made for our friends at Tablespoon! Layers of colorful Funfetti

Funfetti Trifle

I’ve always wanted to make homemade curly fries, so I was ecstatic to try KitchenAid’s Spiralizer with Peel, Core and Slice attachment to fulfill my homemade fry obsession, haha!! This the first time

Homemade Curly Fries with KitchenAid

Did you know you can make candy cane cotton candy from just using crushed candy canes?! AND would you believe it if I told you, I actually prefer eating it in the

Candy Cane Peppermint Bark Fudge

If there’s one special holiday treat you should make this year, it’s these red wine truffles! We teamed up with Barefoot Wine to create the most decadent and delicious red wine truffles made

Red Wine Chocolate Truffle Recipe!

No matter what time of year it is, popsicles are always a treat! And what better flavor for the month of November than Salted Caramel Pumpkin Pie Pops?!! They literally taste like

Salted Caramel Pumpkin Pie Pops

Watching movies by the fire with my family is one of my all-time favorite things to do around the holidays! I’ve always loved the bonding it promotes and I look forward to it

2 Fun Movie Snacks for Kids!

If you’re not familiar with Panettone, it’s a traditional Italian bread that’s a staple around the holidays. It’s a sweet bread with fruit and citrus zest. Catie (who works with us, here at S&C)

Homemade Panettone in a Can

Anjanee here with another delicious appetizer! This summer I definitely made the most of the abundance of corn. Whether it was corn on the cob for a BBQ or a sprinkling over a salad

Recipe for Curried Corn Tartlets

Probably the spookiest and most delicious way to drink a milkshake, the Monster Cereal Milkshake!! All the flavors you loved as a kid, Count Chocula, Boo Berry and Frankenberry, made into yummy milkshakes!!!

Monster Cereal Milkshakes

We’re on a mission to eat more vegetables in this house! No more tossing the old ones I had every intention of cooking and onto keeping the freezer packed with some good choices,

Roasted Buffalo Cauliflower Soup + Giveaway!

Add some spooky charm to a plain cake with our printable and edible Halloween cake designs!! We wanted to create something unique and festive for your Halloween party and these are definitely

Printable and Edible Halloween Cake Designs!

We teamed up with Pure Via® to make a delicious and healthy Cinnamon Hot Cocoa! We used Pure Via®, an all natural, non-GMO sweetener from Stevia to sweeten the cocoa. The zero calorie

Guilt-Free Cinnamon Hot Chocolate

We’ve had so much fun hosting our Spooky Snack Lab Contest! Did you enter?! I loved seeing everyone’s Halloween pins! AND we’re continuing this fun party with a fun NUTTER BUTTER Cookies recipe!

NUTTER BUTTER Cookie Blondies

What’s this you ask? Well, this is a pile of absolute deliciousness, called Eton Mess! It’s a traditional English dessert which essentially is a pile of the most amazing whipped cream with homemade

A Delicious Eton Mess Recipe

Today we’re continuing our “How to Host an Amy Sedaris Party for Halloween” with a few very easy and outrageously delicious dessert recipes that are perfect for Halloween! AND, we’re topping it off

3 Simple Recipe Ideas with Oreo and Fanta!

Just like that, it's October! And we're celebrating this month with a fall twist on Jello shots! We made these hard apple cider Jello shots and they're delicious! To make them beautiful, we

Hard Apple Cider Jello Shots

If you're hosting a Halloween night and you'll be making some treats, these witch hat s'mores will really add some charm to the party!! It's just a thin chocolate chip cookie that

Witch Hat S’mores

After making these, we couldn’t wait to show you how to marble candy apples! How gorgeous are these?! We’re pretty smitten over the marbled candy apples and think they’ll be perfect for a

How to Marble Candy Apples

Football season has started and what better way to kick it off (pun intended!!) than some easy bacon and cheese pretzels?! The perfect game day finger food! This might not be the

Easy Bacon and Cheese Pretzels

This is the first time we’ve made homemade jams and I’m wondering how we’ve gone so many years without making them?! The combinations are endless, you can make them as sweet (or not)

Homemade Jam, Yogurt & Honey Pots

If there’s one thing we love at Sugar and Charm, it’s things that are sweet and charming of course! We happily teamed up with one of our favorite brands, method, to create a

Ombré White Chocolate Mousse

Do you know how excited we are that it’s September?! My favorite season is here and we’re celebrating by showing you how to make apple and pear chips! This easy entertaining idea can

How to Make Apple and Pear Chips!

We're kicking off pineapple week with a super easy entertaining idea!! Pineapple flower cupcake toppers are a festive way to add a little pineapple charm to cupcakes! After they're baked and dried

Pineapple Flower Cupcake Toppers

Happy National Watermelon Day! Many of you might remember this old school watermelon sherbet bombe cake recipe from your childhood! We’re bringing back this fun watermelon ice cream cake and it’s looking mighty

Watermelon Sherbet Bombe Cake

We're excited about this delicious brunch recipe from Anjanee today! It's perfect for guests and uses one of our favorite ingredients... ricotta!! Take it away Anjanee! I've recently discovered how wonderfully versatile ricotta is and

Parmesan Ricotta Tarts + Tomato Salad

Thanks to 2 very dedicated agriculture pioneers who believed in the little blue dynamos, we’re celebrating 100 years since the first commercial blueberries were sold from farm to table! July is National Blueberry

Blueberry Crunch Icebox Cake

When we went our Alaskan cruise, we drank Alaskan beer and heard a lot of talk about the Klondike, which was a popular area during the Gold Rush. Like Pavlov’s dogs, every time we

Alaskan Beer Milkshake

Hi! Anjanee here from Fig & Honey! I love having people over to my home for drinks and often dinner and after flicking through magazines and browsing through blogs,

Cilantro Apple Salsa & Shrimp Squares

Happy 4th of July! So it wouldn’t be an American celebration without some spiked red, white & blue jello shots, right?! Haha! And since we adore our country, to be even more patriotic, we’ve made

Spiked Red, White & Blue Jello Shots

Zabaglione is a traditional, light Italian dessert that’s great for summer entertaining. It uses 3 main ingredients (eggs, sugar, sherry, but shh we added a little vanilla to ours too) and is fairly

Italian Zabaglione Recipe

We recently got introduced to Comparaboo. We were instantly swept up by how easy it makes online shopping. It literally pulls hundreds of online reviews, analyzes them and determines the top products based

Bacon, Brandy and Banana Waffles

Shortbread cookies are one of my favorite cookies! Not surprising since the two main ingredients are butter and powdered sugar! I can’t deny the crumbly texture with a subtle crispy edge and buttery taste! This

The Best Shortbread Cookie Recipe with Edible Flowers

We’re so excited to share these dairy free strawberry banana smoothie pops today! For any of you who have family members (like my husband!) who can’t have dairy or if you try to

Dairy Free Strawberry Banana Smoothie Pops

This 3 step Honeydew Sake Sorbet recipe is incredibly easy to make and super refreshing! It only has 3 ingredients, so it's really a no-hassle dessert and perfect for summer entertaining! Honeydew Sake Sorbet 3/4

Easy Entertaining: Honeydew Sake Sorbet

Mariah here! I recently met the crazy talented Jasmine of Whipped who has married her love of food with her skills in illustration, sculpture and metalsmithing. Her work is like nothing else I've

Wildflower Fondant Cookies

Anjanee from Fig & Honey here! Growing up in England, I had my fair share of deliciously airy chocolatey eclairs. Though the English have a well known hatred of all things French, it

Parmesan Eclair Sandwiches

Oh my! THESE little churro ice cream sandwiches are the way to go! The churro is so tasty and creates the perfect doughy, crunchy swirl to make a sandwich with! I had never made

Churro Ice Cream Sandwiches

These are the projects we like to call "easy entertaining" because anyone can make these White Chocolate Lavender Bunnies in 3 simple steps! And for anyone who has a fondness of white chocolate, you'll

White Chocolate Lavender Bunnies

Known for its kind hospitality, very friendly people, crystal clear blue waters and lush green mountains, New Zealand has been on my travel list for awhile. It’s been on my husband’s because they

New Zealand Hokey Pokey Ice Cream Recipe

Honey Toast with Earl Grey Ice Cream. Hello. Talk about a statement dessert! Can you imagine bringing a few of these out at your party for guests to dive into?! Honey Toast is

Honey Toast with Earl Grey Ice Cream

Taking the S’mores to a whole new level with this little trick! Dip the marshmallow in Baileys Irish Cream before and after you roast it and sandwich between two cookies covered in chocolate.

Baileys Dipped S’mores

Chocolate dipped fruit is one of my favorite ways to indulge in a little sweetness and why should strawberries have all the fun? You can share the chocolate love with many fruits, including

Chocolate Dipped Fruit Plate

Every March, thanks to St. Patty's Day, I have green on my mind and the Girl Scouts' green Thin Mints box is no exception. How can you say no to the sweet, freckle-faced

Irish Cream Ice Cream & Thin Mints Cookie Sandwich

I'm the first person to admit that I have a major sweet tooth and I'm not afraid of eating my fair share of sweets either! But I'm also careful to not overindulge

Guilt-Free Chocolate Desserts

I’m sure many of you have tasted Entenmann’s chocolate donuts. They sell them at most grocery stores and they have that harder, kind of waxy coating… I absolutely love them, haha! I wanted to

Baked Chocolate Donuts with Homemade Magic Shell Coating

A Coca-Cola cake is a classic Southern recipe. It's made using actual Coca-Cola and mini marshmallows in the batter! Sounds crazy right?! It's very moist and the frosting is a rich chocolate

Classic Coca-Cola Cake Recipe

Sometimes there's just not enough time in the day to make a homemade cherry pie from scratch, BUT do not fret because these fried cherry pies are just.as.good. In only 5 easy steps you

Fried Cherry Pies in 5 Easy Steps!

I do realize this is Sugar and Charm, but it's not always about sugar around the Passante house! We do eat healthy food for lunch and dinner... sometimes. I obviously don't share

Kale and Brussels Sprout Super Salad with Prosciutto

When I first heard about the AeroGarden I knew I needed to try it! It’s my science experiment-loving inner child that was curious if it works. And if it does work, how cool

Growing Herbs and a Cocktail Recipe!

I’ve been having so much fun incorporating GODIVA chocolate into my holiday entertaining! With a rich Belgian heritage, GODIVA chocolates have been delighting the senses since 1926 with premium ingredients and unique recipes,

GODIVA Chocolate Parfait with Toasted Gingerbread Marshmallow Fluff

We’re ending Sugar and Charm’s cookie week with 10 charming ways to decorate Christmas cookies! There is definitely an art to decorating sugar cookies. I find that the consistency of the frosting has

10 Charming Ways to Decorate Christmas Cookies

Yes, these are the best butter twist cookies ever! They're SO delicious! It's an old Italian recipe that's been passed down a few generations from my husband's grandmother who got it from her mother who

The Best Butter Twist Cookies Ever

I love how festive this Chocolate Peppermint cookie turned out! The actual chocolate cookie is somewhat similar to a Whoopie Pie, but a little less cakey. It even has sour cream in the batter!

Chocolate Peppermint Cookie Recipe

Cookie week continues with a recipe my mother-in-law has been making for years! She originally saw the recipe in Bon Appétit and it's been a family favorite ever since. Even though they're not

Holiday Biscotti with Cranberry and Pistachios

Charming Giveaways

This Giveaway is now CLOSED. Thank you all SO much for entering! Congrats to Natalie Tomasello!!! Hope this ads a little sweetness to your home!! I’m ECSTATIC about our giveaway today to launch Sugar

A Charming KitchenAid Giveaway!

We’ve had such a blast teaming up with Triscuit to create three tantalizing appetizers with the incredibly delicious Triscuit Cranberry & Sage crackers. First we created a delicious Turkey Salad topped with Cranberry

Easy Holiday Appetizer: Ham and Cheese with Jalapeño Jelly

In our house, we watch the most movies around the holiday season. We light a fire, cuddle up and watch Christmas movies starting Thanksgiving night. We have a list of

3 Best Nut Recipes for Movie Night with Planters

We’re back with another delicious Thanksgiving leftover appetizer! Our last recipe was a yummy combo of leftover turkey and sweet cranberry sauce on top of a Triscuit Cranberry Sage cracker. Today we’re sharing

Thanksgiving Leftovers Appetizer: Pancetta, Green Beans, Stuffing and Brie

Every year, we spend weeks planning and preparing a fabulous Thanksgiving dinner for our family and friends. Most of the time all of this work is done while hosting overnight guests

Thanksgiving Leftovers Appetizer: Turkey Salad Topped with Cranberry Sauce

In general I am a chocolate lover through and through. I'm the person you'll find eating all of the leftover chocolate cake and cookies for breakfast. My family would vouch for that.

Peach and Pear Polenta Cobbler Recipe

This Gooey Chocolate Cherry Crock-Pot Cake is definitely going to be a Halloween tradition in our home!! Around this time a year, I keep my slow cooker on hand as it's the best

Gooey Chocolate Cherry Crock-Pot Cake

Sometimes I like starting my weekend with a stack of homemade pancakes, slathered with butter and drizzled with syrup! When it's just the three of us, I'm not as concerned when our pancakes are

Caramel Apple Skillet Baked Pancake

For all of you that have little ones at home (or for the kids at heart), this post is for you! We're sharing 5 fun and easy treat ideas for kids we

5 Fun and Easy Treats for Kids

We love celebrating seasons here at Sugar and Charm and I’ve made it known that my favorite seasons are fall and winter. I love all of the activities a new season brings and

The Ultimate Pumpkin Pie

We’ve been making campfire apple pies since we were kids! They’re honestly one of my favorite campfire desserts, I’ll even go as far as saying they’re right up there with S’mores. But since

Campfire Apple Pies

A few weeks ago I teamed up with Evite and Food Should Taste Good to create and style some fun party appetizers to go with a few of their delicious chips! These are easy

9 Charming Party Appetizers!

We're holding onto and celebrating the last few weeks of summer! I figured one more summer-themed dessert was in order before the pumpkin starts flying! We decided to make Martha's strawberry cupcakes topped

Martha Stewart Strawberry Cupcakes

This may be the best grapefruit ice recipe I’ve had. I was actually amazed at how much I enjoyed this incredibly easy and refreshing old fashioned dessert, inspired from a recipe in a

The Best Grapefruit Ice Recipe

Keeping this short as I don't think I could even write anything as delicious, outrageous and divine as these photos. So enjoy browsing through, what we think, are 20 of the best S'mores

20 Outrageous S’mores Recipes

It seems odd to put chili powder on fruit, but after trying it at a Mexican market, I was hooked on the unique flavor combination! The chili gives the fruit a spicy kick

Mexican Style Fruit Plate with Chili Lime Salt

It's cherry season and I love incorporating them into desserts, cocktails and appetizers. They're bright, sweet and make a stunning garnish! With the overabundance of cherries in stores, I decided to make a

Buttermilk Cake with Whipped Cream and Bourbon Soaked Cherries

An appetizer that's sophisticated, incredibly tasty and extremely EASY to throw together is one for the books! If you haven't had Marcona almonds, they're different from the regular ones we're used to. Marcona

Lavender, Rosemary & Sea Salt Marcona Almonds

In honor of National Ice Cream month, I've been dreaming up a few unique concoctions of booze and ice cream. I think it's an area that needed to be explored! I

4 Incredible Cocktail Milkshake Recipes

Breakfast and brunch are my favorite meals to eat and cook! I like that they're savory and sweet with eggs, pancakes, breakfast burritos, cinnamon rolls... you get it. For this recipe I skipped

Roasted Cauliflower and Potato Breakfast Bowl with Fried Egg

These are truly the best Oatmeal Cookie Sandwiches with Brown Sugar Peach Ice Cream ever! And the homemade brown sugar peach ice cream is hands down the best I've ever made. The trick

Oatmeal Cookie Sandwiches with Brown Sugar Peach Ice Cream

Sarah Lange is the very talented pastry chef behind one of LA's trendiest restaurants, The Hart and The Hunter. It was named top Best New Restaurants by Los Angeles Magazine. When I

Tips for Baking from a Pastry Chef

Hot summer days are upon us and we’ve been soaking them up with homemade popsicles! If you follow Sugar and Charm on Instagram you might have noticed us snacking on some coconut water

Coconut Water Fruit Popsicles

There are a few reasons why this cake is named the Heaven and Hell Cake. First and most obvious, it tastes like heaven, but it’s also hell to make. At least that’s what I

Heaven and Hell Cake Recipe

Using fresh flowers is one of the easiest ways to decorate a dessert or garnish a cocktail. With backyard parties, summer drinks and Mother’s Day just around the corner, we created a charming

Sugar and Charm’s Edible Flower Chart

I have to admit, I'm pretty into this olive oil cake. This is the second time I've made it because we ate the entire thing before I could photograph it the first

Olive Oil Cast Iron Cake with Orange Glaze

Happy Monday! Here’s a sweet and very easy blondie recipe to start off the week! This is my favorite recipe for the best toffee chocolate chip peanut butter blondies ever! I usually make

Toffee Chocolate Chip Peanut Butter Blondies

We have the ultimate foodie April Fools' prank for your family! We created a warm homemade chicken pot pie for General Mills, but it's not your ordinary pot pie -- it's a "not"

Faux Chicken Pot Pie Recipe

It's that time of year! We're buying carrots at the store and incorporating them into our favorite recipes! Pancakes were on the top of the list, so I turned my favorite carrot cake

Carrot Cake Pancakes with Cream Cheese Frosting

It’s always enjoyable to add a little unexpected touch to a meal and infusing salt is the perfect way to do it! Just like infused sugar, there’s a myriad of ways you can

I promise this will be the last blood orange recipe I share this season! I wasn't kidding when I said I really enjoy this fruit! Here's a simple and delicious party appetizer made

Homemade Ricotta with Blood Orange & Rosemary Honey

I'm a huge fan of Cook's Illustrated, so when they came out with their Comfort Food issue, I swooped it up in the grocery store, browsed each page and left with a cart

Classic Red Velvet Cake Recipe

Last week we shared a recipe for the most delicious raspberry shortbread cookies with raspberry salt on The Glitter Guide! They were a huge hit in my house and I think a perfect

Raspberry Shortbread Cookies with Raspberry Salt

Every day and every breath is a gift, so why not celebrate and eat fudge?! And with this fudge recipe, making it has never been so easy. There are only 5 ingredients in

5 Ingredient Raspberry Marble Fudge Recipe

You're going to love this coconut curry with butternut squash! Contrary to popular belief, it's not all sugar and sweets in our house during the week! I try to make (or we order)

The Best Coconut Curry with Butternut Squash

You're gonna go bananas over this cake! When we were visiting Zan's family over the holidays, his mom told me about a Butterfinger banana cake she's been making for the boys since they were

Butterfinger Banana Cake

‘Tis the season to be baking, fa-la-la-la-la… that’s what I sing to myself when I’m in the kitchen on my third sugar cookie recipe because the other ones didn’t make the cut. Oh

Gingerbread Spice Sugar Cookies

Charming Friday Links

I have a love hate relationship with chocolate chip cookies. I absolutely adore them, but I have the hardest time finding the perfect recipe. I've tried countless recipes and they never amaze me.

Charming Friday Links

I made these cute little pumpkin pies for General Mills' Rock Ur Party. If you're looking for a quick and charming dessert to bring to a Thanksgiving feast, these are pretty darn tasty

Mini Pumpkin Pies

I'm coming down from celebrating our 5 year wedding anniversary last night! Zan surprised me with the most incredible night ever. He took me to dinner at The Ranch and while we were

Champagne Cranberry Sauce

Alright, it’s been about 85 degrees in LA the past week, but on the day I made these there were clouds in the sky and fall was in the air. I think it

Hot Chocolate on a Stick Recipe

Let’s start this off by Zan’s reaction to the pie, “it’s by far the best pecan pie recipe I’ve ever tasted.” Yup, he really said that and I don’t get that reaction too

The Best Brown Butter Rum Pecan Pie Recipe Ever!

Magnolia Bakery is always on our list when we're visiting NYC. The signature frosting style and delicious flavors had us standing in the freezing cold many times, just to buy a cupcake...that's how

Recipe for Magnolia Bakery’s Double Shot Cupcake!

I'm not even going to pretend that these weren't crazy messy to make! Like sticky caramel everywhere, potato chips on the floor, etc. But the mess was completely worth it because these bourbon

Potato Chip & Praline Pecan Bourbon Carmel Apples

Happy Monday! Hope you all had a lovely weekend full of exciting fall and Halloween activities! If you've read Sugar and Charm for awhile, you know I'm a fan of making entertaining fun

Chocolate Flourless Cake

I was excited when Better Homes and Gardens invited me to try the new line of dishware they sell at Walmart. Since I have a set of round white dishes, I chose some modern,

Sweet Mornings – The Best Frittata Recipe Ever!

We're welcoming fall with a delicious, rustic pumpkin spice galette. I wanted to make something different than the standard pumpkin pie and I love the way galettes look (and taste!). I like that

Pumpkin Spice Galette

Last week when we went to the succulent farm, we made a stop at my favorite fruit market on the side of the road. There are quite a few of them in Socal

Chocolate Cupcakes with Dragon Fruit Buttercream

This post is sponsored by Chinet. When choosing a French dessert recipe for our movie night, we slipped away and got lost in the French bible of home cooking, I Know How To

Vanilla Bavarian Recipe from I Know How To Cook

Mexican chocolate is a mix of cayenne pepper, chili and cinnamon with cocoa and the flavor combo is marvelous! So when our good friend Todd was planning his Mexican fiesta birthday bash

Mexican Chocolate Brownies

A few weeks ago, I was chatting with my cousin over breakfast and she asked if I had ever tried baked oatmeal? I never heard of baked oatmeal, but I asked her

Sweet Mornings – Baked Oatmeal with Peaches and Bananas

Sugar and Charm turned three years old yesterday! I can't believe it's been three years since my very first post July 10, 2010. I really had no idea the opportunities a blog could

Happy 3rd Birthday Sugar & The Perfect Party Cake

There's something about spicy popcorn on the 4th of July... probably just because it has the word pop in it ; ) Okay joking aside, as we gear up for a four day weekend,

Spicy Popcorn Recipe

Get ready for some serious donut love because I created four very easy and incredibly tasty donut glaze recipes for The Glitter Guide. With some savory toppings and chocolate drizzle, you can create

Easy and Delicious Donut Glaze Recipes

With Father's Day coming up, I thought it would be nice to do a little twist on the classic root beer float using Dad's root beer, how perfect is that?! So I made

S’mores Root Beer Float for Dad

The weather is warming up and with my baby boy loving fresh fruit, I thought I would start making him some fresh squeezed, organic popsicles with the Zoku maker we just bought. I

Fresh Squeezed Fruit Popsicles

How charming are these tiny fondant succulents on mini cupcakes? Showing us how to make these edible DIY succulents is Sarah Lange, my friend and pastry chef at the chic cafe The Hart

DIY Fondant Succulents

I was at this adorable little Italian deli the other day when a a box of cookies caught my eye. It said "The Original Italian Waffle Cookie." I instantly knew these

Olive Oil Ice Cream with Pizzelle Waffle Cookies

I remember as a kid I would get so excited when I would hear the faint sound of the ice cream truck song getting louder as the truck came down the street. I

5 dessert trucks from around the world

I've been wanting to try Ina's incredible Coconut Cupcake recipe for awhile. I added a little twist and made them Coconut Raspberry Swirl Cupcakes adding a fresh raspberry filling inside and a few

coconut raspberry swirl cupcakes

After having the incredible lemon ricotta pancakes at Plow in San Francisco, I was determined to come home and make some! The pancakes at Plow had a strong lemon taste, which I loved,

Sweet Mornings – Lemon Ricotta Pancakes with Homemade Ricotta

I usually make these cookies around the holidays, but as the years go on I'm learning that they're actually a terrific year-round chocolate cookie! By far they are my most requested cookie to

My Favorite Chocolate Cherry Cookies

I’ve eaten a lot of brownies in my life (is that such a bad thing?) and I can honestly say these salted caramel brownies are absolutely amazing! I adapted the recipe from the

Salted Caramel Brownies Adapted from Baked

It's called the Forgotten Cookie, but I've renamed it the "un" forgotten cookie in honor of Valentine's Day. It's a sweet treat to whip up to let someone know they're not

The “Un” Forgotten Cookies and Valentine’s Day Treat!

I love granola! The fun thing about making your own granola is that you can mix ingredients and nutrients you want to eat. I had the urge to make a chocolate, coconut granola.

Sweet Mornings – Organic Cacao, Coconut and Quinoa Granola

I was going through David's cookbook, Ready for Dessert, and I stopped when I saw this pear tart recipe. Brown butter, rum, pears and pecans! I knew it had to be amazing and

Pear Tart Recipe with Brown Butter, Rum and Pecans

I first tried this vanilla bean panna cotta recipe when our close friend Todd made it for us on New Year's and I knew I needed to make it and share the recipe

The Best Vanilla Bean Panna Cotta Recipe

If you've ever made homemade gingerbread you know how amazing it smells for weeks! I made this tree last year and every time I would walk past it I would get a nice

Gingerbread Garland and Recipe

I made popovers! Delicious, light and airy popovers with bourbon maple butter and I ate three of them in one sitting. They're hollow though, so I don't think it mattered that I had

Sweet Mornings – Giant Popovers with Maple Bourbon Butter

I want to share this biscotti recipe with you. This was my first time making biscotti and my belly is happy with the outcome. I figure since it's the holiday season and my

Sweet Mornings – Espresso Biscotti Recipe

What better way to celebrate an anniversary than peanut butter caramel cheesecake?! Today is our four year wedding anniversary! When I think back on that day, I can’t believe four years have passed.

Peanut Butter, Caramel Cheesecake to Celebrate 4 Years of Marriage

Mini fondant pumpkin pies on top of pumpkin cupcakes! How much do you just want to gobble one of these down? I had to make them after seeing it here. That little piece

Oh, Hey Little Slice of Fondant Pumpkin Pie

If you need a last minute Halloween treat for this Wednesday, these adorable mummy cupcakes are perfect! They’re super simple to make, as it’s just a regular chocolate cake and white frosting. You’ll

Chocolate and Vanilla Mummy Cupcakes

This cake is the best fall cake recipe and a great way to use all of those apples you've collected from apple picking! It's dense and super moist and when you pour the

Perfect Fall Crunchy Apple Cake

There is no better way to serve creamy pumpkin ice cream than in a hollow pumpkin itself! The ice cream seriously has the flavor of a pumpkin pie and has a delicious crunchy texture

creamy pumpkin ice cream

It’s finally time to share one of my favorite perfect chocolate cake recipe. It was passed down to me years ago and I often make it for birthdays and other special occasions. It’s

The Perfect Chocolate Cake Recipe

Banana breakfast sandwiches – yum! As expressed in a previous post, I’m telling you again that I really love Tyler Florence’s baby food book, Start Fresh, because that’s exactly where I got this recipe!!

Sweet Mornings – Banana Breakfast Sandwiches

Since it's October 1st, I figured I would start the month (and morning) off right with deliciously moist pumpkin muffins with cinnamon streusel! I'm so happy that pumpkin is back in season! I

Sweet Mornings – Pumpkin Muffins with Cinnamon Streusel

I tried several versions of this recipe and this one was my favorite. They're a little crispy on the outside and have a very fudgey brownie inside, which is super moist! The biggest

Chocolate Peanut Butter Chip Cookies

I was browsing through my very adored and cherished Martha Stewart magazine they so generously give Sugar and Charm every month and I spotted this DELICIOUS recipe. A few things I love about these pancakes...

Sweet Mornings – Blueberry Dutch Pancakes

These are called french toast puffs and they’re the most delicious version of french toast ever! A crispy and crunchy outside with a soft, almost doughy like, puff inside. Seriously amazing! See below

Sweet Mornings – French Toast Puffs

Strawberry Crunch Icebox Cake The end of summer is upon us and Labor Day is right around the corner. Time to get the red, white and blue out for one more summer BBQ. I

Strawberry Crunch Icebox Cake

I stumbled upon this genius "frost by numbers" chart from the Food Network and had to share! You can make all of those beautiful icing colors with just a basic box of food

frost by numbers

My mother-in-law shared this recipe with me from the book Sweet Scoops. She was raving about how good this toasted coconut and cashew ice cream was and I couldn't resist giving it a try...

Toasted Coconut and Cashew Ice Cream

I had a box of sugar cones sitting in my cupboard and I was hankering to use them! I thought it would be a cute idea to dip them and write on them

candy melts and sugar cones

I loved these mini trifle dishes I found at Pier One. I needed to make something to fill them, as they looked so sad and empty. I remember eating banana trifles as a kid and

Mini Banana Trifles

Milkshakes and popcorn are so “American” so I put them together to make a unique and delicious all-American treat to celebrate the 4th of July! It’s a buttery vanilla milkshake, swirled with caramel

Cracker Jack Caramel Popcorn Milkshake

Cupcake tops + ice cream = one delicious sundae! It's a twist on the traditional sundae and a great idea when entertaining your friends! Bring them out on a platter to serve after

cupcake top sundaes

We grilled out with our family for Memorial Day. I was so hankering to bake something because I haven't been in the kitchen since Romeo was born. Baking is therapeutic to me... I

old-fashioned banana cake

Hope everyone had a wonderful weekend. We relaxed, went to Ojai and Santa Monica for dinner, I did some prom make-up (brought back way too many memories!) and we watched some very interesting

goat cheese cheesecake with fresh raspberries

Have you ever made fresh squeezed watermelon juice? It's a little more time consuming than just juicing an orange or lemon, but it tastes so refreshing and it's worth the extra steps :

fresh homemade watermelon juice

Over the weekend I made homemade cinnamon rolls. I followed Paula Dean's recipe, which is really incredible! It's a little time consuming because the bread needs to have time to rise, but other than

Sweet Mornings – Homemade Cinnamon Rolls with Grand Marnier Icing

This is the chocolate cupcake post... where I link two of my favorite chocolate cake/cupcake recipes and a really yummy chocolate buttercream frosting ; ) I made these cupcakes after my shower because...

Best Chocolate Cake Recipes

I’ve been wanting to make a pie in these 4 ounce mason jars I have laying around. With Easter only a few weeks away, I thought a Lemon Honey Meringue Pie would be

Mini Lemon Honey Meringue Pies

Over the weekend I tasted some of the most amazing cookies from Brown Butter Cookie Company and I had to share! Honestly, the cookie was perfection and I've never had a cookie like this before.

Brown Butter Cookie Company

Happy Leap Day! I like the fact that I have an extra day this year to organize before March rolls on through! I just can't believe March is already here! There are some

Saint Patrick’s Chocolate Cookie Cake

Whether you're throwing a small Oscar party or just cozying up on the couch with your family to watch the Awards this Sunday, below are two SUPER easy ideas to help make the

and the award goes to… edible mini gold stars!

Since it's the sweetest day of the year, I thought I'd share this Ombre cake I made after seeing this beautiful one! Zan and I will be enjoying it for dessert tonight : ) I

ombre cake for valentine’s day

I hope you all had a great weekend. Zan and I went to San Francisco to celebrate my mom's 60th birthday. I took some iPhone pics that I'll share this week... I started a

Amy Atlas, the queen of dessert tables created this adorable candy chart for her new book, Sweet Designs. The descriptions are charming, graphics are cute and simple and I think it's frame worthy, haha! I'm looking forward

the queen of dessert tables

I was reading the February issue of Martha Stewart and as I flipped to the back of the magazine, I saw these AMAZING cookies! They're thumbprint cookies rolled in coconut, filled with caramel

Valentine’s Day Treat, Coconut Thumbprint Cookies

I created this truffle bar last January for Style At Home and realized I never posted the photos on Sugar and Charm! Since Valentine's Day is coming up in two weeks I thought I would

How to Set Up a Truffle Bar

I made Strawberry Streusel muffins the other day and thought it would be cute to put together a sweet and simple Valentine's Day breakfast. The muffins turned out super moist and very delicious!

Valentine’s Day Strawberry Muffins and Smoothie

I did it – I finally made a candy bar! I’ve been wanting to do this for awhile, but never got around to it. So while I was home taking care of a

Homemade Snickers Bar Recipe

I make these Peanut Butter Blossoms every year and they are yummmmmmy! They're a Christmas tradition in our house so I wanted to share them with you all! Since this will be my

Peanut Butter Blossoms

This year instead of making a gingerbread house, I decided to try a homemade gingerbread tree! I found these star cookie cutters from Crate and Barrel that are for making gingerbread trees. They’re on sale

Gingerbread Tree

I suddenly had the urge to make a chocolate ganache bundt cake... Hmmm I wonder where that urge came from? ha! I am excited because this was my very first bundt cake! Can

Chocolate Ganache Bundt Cake

A change up from the traditional Pumpkin Pie dessert for Thanksgiving... This year you can bring these sugared-cranberry vanilla cupcakes to the party! I know they look a little Christmasy, but they'll work

Sugared-Cranberry Vanilla Cupcakes

We had a cold and rainy weekend in LA and I was soaking it in as much as I could. I love rainy weekends here since we don't get them very often. The

Hot Buttered Mulled Cider

Los Angeles had thunderstorms this weekend! It was awesome and totally put me into the fall spirit : ) It felt so crisp and cloudy outside, I lit my pumpkin spice candle and

pumpkin cupcakes and candied pecans

I enjoy any dessert that has a salty and sweet flavor to it. Adding a little bit of caramel doesn't hurt either. I'm actually not much of a pudding fan, but I wanted

salted-caramel butterscotch pudding

To celebrate the opening day of The Help, I'm sharing a delicious mint julep recipe and a snippet of a photo shoot I styled a few months ago. I haven't posted the pictures of

Mint Juleps and the Help

Okay, I know this red velvet cheesecake is totally overboard, a caloric craziness and a lot of time in the making, but it tastes OH SO GOOD!!! It consists of an original cheesecake

Red Velvet Cheesecake

Piña Colada bars are similar to the lemon bars I made before. I've changed a few ingredients and added some delicious shaved coconut to the top. It's a perfect summer combination of a Piña Colada

if you like piña coladas…

For my kindergarten graduation, my mother asked me what type of cookie I wanted her to make for the party. Without hesitation I chose peanut butter and it's still my favorite cookie today

good ol’ fashioned peanut butter cookies

If Violet Beauregarde didn't turn into a big blueberry and float away, she would've been around (and old enough!) to enjoy this Blueberry Mojito! Okay, my husband wrote that line, but I thought

oh so blueberry mojito

Growing up, these Italian sodas were my favorite!! My mom and I would always stop by a little coffee shack on our road trips to Oregon. I remember ordering the blueberry Italian soda

As I was deciding on a strawberry pie recipe, I knew I wanted something fresh, not too sweet and would taste delicious with vanilla ice cream. So I went with a glazed strawberry

simple glazed strawberry pie

I have a new minor obsession, ebelskivers! I've had the pan sitting in my cupboard for a year now. A few weeks ago, I finally decided to break it out and have my try at

Ebelskiver Love

Growing up I loved Angel Food Cake... My grandma always had one in her kitchen and I would eat it with chocolate whipped cream! Zan is also a huge fan of Angel Cake,

Does anyone know that song?! ;) My favorite combination of sweetness is peanut butter, chocolate and banana! I will take that combo over fruit and vanilla any day! This recipe is really about

Peanuuuut, Peanut Butter Frosting

I love the idea of infusing sugar! The wonderful uses of infused sugars are endless. You can use the citrus or lavender sugar in a poundcake or sugar cookie recipe to add a

I have my favorite photographers and Elizabeth Messina is definitely one of them! She shot these photos, for Rue Magazine, of the ADORABLE Sweet Lucie's antique ice-cream cart! I fell in love with the photos when I first

romance and ice cream

Can you believe that tomorrow will be June 1st!? I'm pretty darn excited and wanted to start it off right... with some watermelon mojito popsicles!! Yesterday we went to

watermelon mojito pops!

My friend and reader Jen, sent me over a link to check out an artist named Amy Stevens. I was drawn to these abstract cakes and enticing colors! She reminds me a lot of Amy Sedaris,

abstract cake decorating

This Key lime sorbet Champagne cocktail is perfect for a Mother's Day brunch!! It adds a hint of flavor to the Champagne and keeps it extra cold. I adapted the recipe from David

key lime sorbet cocktail

It's going to be a Key lime Mother's Day all week on Sugar and Charm! I'll be posting easy Key lime-themed entertaining and craft ideas that you can create for your mom. Let's

key lime mother’s day week

I have a very special post today - a delicious cocktail recipe and a beautiful download from the very talented Erin of BerinMade! She hand-illustrated some adorable flower drink sticks just for you! They

spring flower drink sticks and grapefruit mojitos

Butter-less chocolate chip cookies, what else can I say? I conducted an experiment last night… I tried making chocolate chip cookies without using butter. Why? Because most of the time when I use

Butter-less Chocolate Chip Cookies

Look how delicious these paintings are ; ) Two of my favorite things (cake and cake stands) all on one canvas! Jordan Ferney baked the cakes, while Paul Ferney painted each one! How

let them eat cake

Mmmmmmmm!! Okay, this homemade marshmallow fluff is pretty amazing. It has the perfect texture, flavor and it looks like a cloud of sugary sweetness - haha! It's perfect to cover a chocolate cake

Marshmallow Fluff Cupcakes

Back in one of my college classes, we were assigned to bake a dessert that was traditional to a specific country. It was enjoyable to taste the unique flavors of each dessert and

traditional irish chocolate cake with irish cream frosting!

This was my first time making a carrot cake recipe from scratch and it turned out heavenly! I found a recipe that reminded me of a classic, old fashion carrot cake with pineapple,

carrot cake cupcakes

Now aren't these photos just as sweet as can be?! Santa Barbara Magazine featured an annual bake off between twenty sugar-coated girlfriends and it was nothing short of perfection. One of my favorite

Santa Barbara Bake Off

With Valentine's Day quickly approaching, I thought I would make a heart cake to share with you ; ) I got the vanilla cake recipe from my Better Homes magazine and added a

Baked with Love – Vanilla Cake, Cocoa Frosting, Raspberry Heart

Today I am sharing a special lemon bar recipe that was passed down from my amazingly talented mother-in-law! I really hope she doesn't kill me for sharing this with the world, but I couldn't resist!

heart-shaped lemon bars!

This is a special day because it’s Sugar and Charm’s 100th post! Yay! Thank you all so, so much for reading Sugar and Charm… I have some fun plans for it in the

Rainbow Cake and 100th post!

Happy New Year's Eve! Try making these Sparkle Champagne Cupcakes to take to your New Year's party this year! My cousin, Jessie, sent me over the recipe (see below) and I was instantly smitten with the

champagne cupcakes… with a dash of sparkle

These Roly Poly Santa Cookies are the cutest of the cookie bunch! They’re buttery and delicious and you’ll almost feel bad for eating their legs and head, but you won’t regret it once you

Ho, Ho, Ho! Roly-Poly Santa Cookie Recipe

Sorry I haven't posted for the last two days... I've been baking my bum off! Well, not really my bum off, if anything I added to it! None the less these past few

Cookie Day… A Successful Two-day Process!

I took on the task of making my own gingerbread houses for our “Ginger-Off” party this past Saturday night! I used a simple recipe and baked four batches to create six houses. While

homemade gingerbread house kits!

Hope everyone had a fabulous weekend. Mine is continuing because we are headed to a farmhouse in Paso Robles for a week in wine country! Yay, a mini vacation away from the city

Pumpkin Ale Floats

Paulette is a bakery located in Beverly Hills that create these delicious and very colorful Parisian (French) macaroons! They have some unique flavors like Earl Grey tea and the colors are just beautiful! They also create

French Macaroons

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