No Bake Peanut Butter Chocolate Dessert

20 Oreo's, divided
2 T melted butter
1 8 oz. pkg cream cheese, softened
1/2 c. peanut butter
1 1/2 c. powdered sugar
1 carton frozen whipped topping, thawed
15 mini peanut butter cups, chopped
1 c. cold milk
1 pkg fudge pudding

Crush Oreo's in big baggie. Set aside some to top with and mix the rest with the melted butter. Push crushed Oreo's in bottom of 9 x 13 pan. Beat together cream cheese, peanut butter, and 1 c. powdered sugar. Fold in half of whipped topping. Spread peanut butter mixture over Oreo's.  Sprinkle peanut butter cups on top. In another bowl,  whisk together milk, pudding mix, and remaining powdered sugar in bowl until set, about 3-4 minutes. Fold in rest of whipped topping. Spread over peanut butter cups. Top with Oreo's.

Homemade Vanilla Ice Cream

8 c. heavy cream
6 c. half and half
8 T vanilla
2 cans sweetened condensed milk
ice
rock salt

1. Stir heavy cream, half and half, vanilla, and sweetened condensed milk in large pitcher. Chill in refridgerator until ready to use. Freeze ice cream container until ready to use.
2. Make in ice cream maker according to manufacturers directions. 
3. Either eat as soft-serve ice cream or freeze in shallow pan. 

Chicken and Rice

4-6 chicken breasts
1 lb. bacon
1 can dried beef
1 c. sour cream
1 can cream of mushroom
rice

I like to cook the bacon a little before wrapping it on the chicken. (It never gets done enough for me if I don't.) Lay dried beef on the bottom of a greased baking dish. In bowl, mix sour cream and cream of mushroom. Lay bacon wrapped chicken over dried beef. Pour sour cream/cream of mushroom mixture over chicken. Bake for about 45 minutes at 400 degrees. Serve with rice.

Melt in Your Mouth Chicken

2 chicken breasts
1/2 c. mayo
1/2 c. shredded mozzarella cheese
garlic powder, seasoning salt, parsley, pepper
salt

Butterfly chicken breasts. Sprinkle with salt. Mix mayo, cheese, and seasonings in small bowl. Smother all over chicken. Bake in greased dish on 400 degrees for about 30 minutes.

Rainbow Cake

Rainbow cake with a rainbow tutu

This isn't the best picture, but you get the idea. The colors turned out great!!

The cupcakes turned out super cute!!! The rainbow is some of those gummy rainbow candies.

2 boxes white cake mix
eggs, oil, and water according to directions on box
**6 colors of rainbow food coloring- get the good stuff- I used AmeriColor gel pastes from Hobby Lobby- do not use the cheap old food coloring- colors probably wouldn't be near as pretty and bright

Cream Cheese Frosting: This recipe is doubled due to a big cake and extra cupcakes!
2 blocks cream cheese, softened
2 sticks butter, softened
1/2 tsp vanilla extract
dash of salt
2 bags powdered sugar
heavy cream



Mix cake mix batter with eggs, oil, and water according to directions. Get out 6 bowls. Divide batter up. I think I used about 2/3 cup of batter in each bowl. Then color the batter in each bowl- red, orange, yellow, green, blue, and purple. In 8 inch round cake pans, I used non-stick spray and buttered them to make sure they did not even think about sticking! I only had 2 pans so I had to work in batches. Bake each cake for about 8-10 minutes on 350 degrees. Watch carefully since they are so thin! Once baked, cool each on cooling racks while baking others. When complete, use leftover batter to make cupcakes. I dyed my cupcake batter a sky blue. I also tinted the cake frosting a sky blue color and I left enough to do the cupcakes white. Frost in between each cake layer, then over cake. Pipe on the white frosting on the cupcakes then top with rainbow candies.

Rainbow Party:

Rainbow colored fruit and jellybeans

clear balls filled with tissue paper

Pretzel Bites

small twisty pretzels
1 c. creamy peanut butter
2 T softened butter
1/2 c. powdered sugar
3/4 c. brown sugar
1/4 tsp. vanilla extract
dash of salt
1 bag semi-sweet chocolate chips

Mix peanut butter and butter with electric mixer until blended. Add in sugars until well incorporated, then vanilla and salt. Roll peanut butter mixture into small balls. Place each ball in between 2 pretzels and push down slightly, not letting it come out of the holes. Place them on a cookie sheet.
When you have used all the peanut butter mixture you have and have made all of your little pretzel sandwiches, place them in freezer for about 30 minutes. Meanwhile, melt chocolate when your 30 minutes is almost over. You can either microwave them in about 30 second intervals, stirring in between or over a double- broiler. Pour melted chocolate into a deep glass so you can start dipping. Get pretzels out of freezer, then dip half of each into chocolate. Put on wax paper to harden. I liked to store mine in the freezer! So good!

FireCrackers!

4 sleeves saltine crackers
1 c. canola oil
3 T red pepper flakes
1 packet Ranch seasoning
1/2 tsp garlic powder

Mix oil, red pepper, garlic powder, and Ranch seasoning in small bowl. Put crackers in large ziplock baggie. Pour oil mixture over crackers and seal. Mix around. Lay bag on side for about 15 minutes, then flip for another 15 minutes. Continue flipping for about an hour. Pour out on wax paper and eat up!!