• Stop ice cream drips by placing large marshmallows in the bottom of the cone first.
• Keep brown sugar soft by adding a few marshmallows to the bag before closing it.

Who doesn’t like a good cookie? I know I do! However, the calorie counts in some cookies make you want to never get in a swim suit again! However, the Pepperidge Farm Homestyle Cookies is the answer to our prayers. You are able to indulge in your sweet tooth without adding thousands of calories to your diet. They have two brand new varieties (Oatmeal and Lemon), and they have improved three of their other varieties (shortbread, sugar, and gingerman). Each clock in at around 160 calories per serving. Now, before you think one cookie is one serving, it’s not!!! For the oatmeal cookies, you can have 3 for 140 calories. For the lemon cookies, you can have 4 for 160 calories. I know your next question is do they taste like cardboard? I’m happy to tell you they are super yummy. My kids absolutely loved them, and I saw my husband steal a few too!

If you are looking for a great snack, try out the Pepperidge Farm Homestyle Cookies. They will not disappoint!

3 cups sliced strawberries
2 tbsp sugar
1 (3.4 oz) package instant vanilla pudding mix
2 cups fat free milk
1 1/2 cup angel food cake cubes
2 tbsp sliced almonds
6 whole fresh strawberries

Stir together sliced strawberries and sugar into a small bowl. Cover and chill for about an hour. Whisk pudding mix and milk 2 minutes (or until smooth).

Divide 1 cup cake cubes among 6 parfait glasses. Top each with 1/4 cup chilled strawberry mixture and 3 tbsp pudding. Repeat procedure and layers with the remaining cake cubes, strawberry mixture, and pudding.

Sprinkle each parfait with 1 tsp almond slices and 1 whole strawberry.

Ever have a bon bon? Since I’m a stay at home mom and supposedly all I do is eat bon bons all day, I thought I better try one.  What did I learn?  South’n France makes excellent bon bons.  I could eat them all day!  They have seven award winning flavors though I think my favorite was the chocolate chip cookie dough.  These make an excellent gift for any occasion.  These bon bons have no preservatives.  However, you can keep them in the fridge up to 4 weeks and in the freezer for up to 4 months.  They have something for every price point you are looking for too!

Gifts are always about the thought . . .  well, this one has a lot of flavor too!

I can’t take credit for these cookies (Thanks Mandy for the idea!), but they are super cute and even easier to make.

Sugar Cookies
White frosting
Sugar wafers
Candy corn
M & M’s
Bran cereal
Licorice Strings

Frost the top of each cookie.

Cut a sugar wafer in half. Add a dollop of frosting to the top edge of the cookie and stick a wafer half to it for a hat top. Place a whole sugar wafer just below the hat top for a brim. Add a small licorice piece for hat trim. Press pieces of the bran cereal into the frosting around the hat (now these are just as cute without the hair too). For the face, press on a candy corn nose, M & M eyes, and a licorice string mouth.