Frugal In Florida

*This is a repost and since Hubby's traveling this week, I want to make him something sweet to eat when he comes home on Monday. Since I have everything on hand, I'm making this and wanted to share the recipe again!* We usually watch FoodTV in the morning both Saturday and Sunday as we putz around getting the bedroom cleaned up and in the kitchen doing stuff ... sometimes I get a little inspiration and other times I get a complete recipe ;-) Another keeper that I picked up from  FoodTV's Trisha Yearwood show  ... most of her recipes are super simple to make and use everyday ingredients that you probably already have in stock!  That's what makes this one another winner! I'm trying really hard to NOT buy premade sweet stuff for the house as I have a HARD time saying no ... but if I have to mix up a bunch of ingredients and PREPARE the sweet treat, I'm ok with that ... at least I know exactly whats in there! This recipe is really simple, and chances are,  yo...

I hope everyone had a wonderful Valentine's Day? I was joking around with the kids and friends on Sunday morning as everyone had a Valentine's Day hangover from chocolate, wine and love ;-) ... thankfully that holiday only comes around once a year, right!! Any way. I had this recipe tagged in my cookbook since Christmas morning ... and then I got the weekly email update from Michelle and said, heck, I should try this ... so I rooted around in my chocolate stash and had exactly 6 1.2 ounce bars of bittersweet 72% cocoa bars ... score! That made everything I needed available in house which made me decide that I needed to make it right then and there!! The original recipe is in the cookbook ... and also on the website. And of course, as always, I modified to suit my needs and what we had on hand! It was a little time consuming in the beginning ... I stirred and stirred and stirred for 45 minutes til my sauce was thick ... uggg. I was worried about heating the mixtu...

We usually watch FoodTV in the morning both Saturday and Sunday as we putz around getting the bedroom cleaned up and in the kitchen doing stuff ... sometimes I get a little inspiration and other times I get a complete recipe ;-) Another keeper that I picked up from FoodTV's Trisha Yearwood show ... most of her recipes are super simple to make and use everyday ingredients that you probably already have in stock!  That's what makes this one another winner! I'm trying really hard to NOT buy premade sweet stuff for the house as I have a HARD time saying no ... but if I have to mix up a bunch of ingredients and PREPARE the sweet treat, I'm ok with that ... at least I know exactly whats in there! This recipe is really simple, and chances are,  you have everything to whip up a batch right this second 1 1/2 sticks of butter, melted 2 cups of pretzel sticks, crushed (um, I tossed mine in the Vitamix and gave it a quick whirl) 1 1/2 cups powdered sugar 1 cup plus ...