This collection of food bloggers have raised the bar on your average apple pie with a touch of cinnamon or nutmeg and a shortbread crust. They’ve taken those flavors to a new level via slow cookers, french toast, doughnuts, muffins, ice cream – yes, ice cream – and more!

 Which of these apple pie-inspired recipes will you be digging into first? 

Apple Pie-inspired Recipes

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Mini Apple Pies In Muffin Tin by Chocolate Covered Katie

Get the recipe: Salted Caramel Apple Pie by Sally’s Baking Addiction

Get the recipe: Gluten-Free Apple Pie Shortbread Bars by Zesty Olive

Get the recipe: Rustic Skillet Spiral Apple Pie by Seasons And Suppers

Get the recipe: Apple Cream Cheese Hand Pies by A Side Of Sweet

Get the recipe: Apple Pie Lasagna by Beyond Frosting

Get the recipe: Healthy Slow Cooker Crustless Apple Pie à la Mode by Amy’s Healthy Baking

Get the recipe: Apple Pie Overnight Stuffed French Toast by Wine and Glue

Get the recipe: Cheesecake Apple Pie by Inside Bru Crew Life

Get the recipe: Apple Pie Cupcakes by Spend With Pennies

Get the recipe: Spiced Bourbon Apple Pie by A Beautiful Mess

Get the recipe: Apple Pie Filled Doughnuts by Chocolate Moosey

Get the recipe: Apple Rose Tart by Natasha’s Kitchen

Get the recipe: Dutch Apple Pie Cookies by Lovely Little Kitchen

Get the recipe: Apple Gouda Hand Pies by Live Eat Learn

Get the recipe: Caramel Apple Pie Bars by Life Made Sweeter

Get the recipe: Sour Cream Apple Pie by Taste And Tell

Get the recipe: Apple Pie Muffins by Life Made Simple Bakes

Get the recipe: Apple Pie Ice Cream by Brown Eyed Baker

Get the recipe: Caramel Apple Streusel Pie by Handle The Heat

Ok, we just can’t help ourselves! We have to share this one with you, too.

Get the recipe: Browned Butter Apple Bread by BonBon Break

More Fall Inspiration:

A collection of  cupcakes that bring a pop of  Fall into your home – see the collection

A collection of slow cooker recipes that will fill your bellies and ease up the amount of time spent cooking – see the collection

Easy recipes that you must add to your Fall Bucket list – see the collection

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Great for patriotic celebrations, potlucks with friends or a backyard BBQ, this berry trifle is gorgeous and simple to prepare. You start the Berry Trifle recipe with Paige’s homemade Almond Pound Cake and then layer on whipped cream and your favorite summer berries. Paige recommends assembling this recipe in one large trifle bowl for large gatherings or in individual dishes for smaller dinner parties.

Paige says this about her Summer Berry Trifle, “It’s one of those recipes that you can make up in just a few minutes, and it’s always such a hit at patriotic holiday celebrations.”

We love that you can modify the recipe with homemade or store-bought items to simplify the assembly! This beautiful dessert will certainly be the star at your next summer gathering!

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These Almond Joy Energy Bites are made with oatmeal, dates, almonds, coconut and dark chocolate. Using these key ingredients helps keep your blood sugar level and keep your mind focused.

Emily says this about her Almond Joy Energy Bites, “These tasty treats are so healthy that you can enjoy them for dessert – or even breakfast or a snack!”

We love that these Almond Joy Energy Bites keeps our energy flowing and mind focused! These healthy bonbons are our new favorite dessert!

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For these S’mores Cookies, sweet honey graham crackers are topped with a marshmallow chocolate chip cookie dough and then pressed with chocolate squares.

Christy says this about these S’mores cookies, “These S’mores Cookies are a perfect hello to summer.”

We think we will skip the bonfire and get these S’mores cookies in our oven and say hello and yum to summer!

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The Mini Leche Flan recipe is made with seven simple ingredients. You start the Mini Leche Flan recipe with a slow cooked caramel that you pour into muffin tins.

This Mini Leche Flan recipe creates a creamy flan with notes of orange and lime and a caramel top. The ingredients are simple and easy-to-find and is a perfect recipe for when you really want a decadent dessert that you can make at home. This Mini Leche Flan would be perfect to garnish with fresh berries or slices of lime or orange. It also would be great paired with an after dinner cocktail with flavors of orange or lime, like our Key Lime Cooler Cocktail.

Jovita says this about the recipe, “Just close your eyes and imagine how the soft creamy texture combines with sweet caramel topping and creates a paradise in your mouth.”

Serve this Mini Leche Flan recipe at a summer dinner party or bring it to a neighborhood potluck!

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Light, buttery, lemony and just a hint of lavender.  Not too sweet almost buttery savory, this cookie is just what I need when winter has no end in sight.

Do you know what I’m talking about?

Spring. Maybe you’ve heard of it?

In Minnesota, we bounce from one glorious warm spring day to the next day with snow dusting the ground.

My daughter asked me the other day how long winter is in Minnesota. “Well let’s see,” I told her.  “November, December, January, February, March, April and sometimes it has snowed the first week of May.”

Wait. How many months was that?

Seven. You counted seven too, right?

Okay back to spring. Yes, let’s dream of spring and Lemon Lavender Cookies.

These Lemon Lavender Cookies are buttery, light and delicate.  Great for holiday exchanging, but also excellent for baby and bridal showers and perfect for a summer garden party or a tea party with your kids inside while you patiently wait for spring.

Get your lavender buds online here.

Lemon Lavender Cookies

Ingredients:

2 ½ Cups Flour
½ tsp Baking Powder
2 sticksLand O’Lakes Butter-Salted
½ Cup Sugar, plus 1/4 cup for rolling cookies
1 tsp Vanilla
2 lemons
1 Egg (room temperature)
1 TB Lavender buds (see purchase information below), plus additional for garnish (1 tsp)
½ cup Powdered Sugar

Directions:

Preheat oven to 350.
Mix flour and baking powder together and set aside.
Cream butter, 1/2 cup sugar, vanilla, zest from 2 lemons and 2 tsp lemon juice. Add egg and mix. Gradually add in flour mixture and mix until combined. Add in 1 TB lavender buds and mix.
Form dough into two long rolls and slice into 36 total pieces. Roll each piece into a ball and roll in sugar. Press ball down.

Line a cookie sheet with parchment paper and arrange a dozen cookies on the pan.

Bake for 14 minutes.

For glaze, mix 2 TB lemon juice and powdered sugar. Drizzle on cooled cookies and garnish with additional lavender buds.

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Whether you love the Oscars for the red carpet glamour, the talent line up of presenters and performers, or simply for the thrill of the awards ceremony itself, it’s time to gear up for this much-anticipated annual event.

If you’re thinking about hosting an Oscars party this year, this collection of tips and tricks from food bloggers should help you host an award-winning evening for your friends and family.

Sharon of The Honour System suggests creating a score card with “all the categories and nominations printed on it so your guests can pick and choose their winners.” If you want to go all out, come up with a prize for the guest with the best score. Mini Oscar statues, anyone?

“We all know the Academy Awards is a long night,” says Sharon, “so find some fun Oscar/movie/actor trivia online and quiz guests during the boring parts of the award ceremonies or the commercials to keep everyone awake and entertained. Oh, and brew some coffee.”

If you’re trying to plan a family-friendly event, consider asking parents to have kids bring pajamas and sleeping bags. Once the show gets going, kids can start their pajama party with an age-appropriate movie so adults can relax and enjoy the show.

To keep the adult portion of your evening lively, Stefany of Making it with Stefany has some great cocktail tips for you: “Come up with a signature drink for your party, but have some beer or basic spirits around in case your guests has specific tastes.” Hint: Stefany’s Mad Max-inspired Ruby Red Grapefruitcello Liqueur is a winner for your Oscars party this year.

Stephany also notes that, “Adding fresh squeezed fruit always makes any standard cocktail a million times more delicious. And if you have a traditional go-to drink recipe, find a way to spice it up or put a twist on it by using a new, local liquor.”

Alice of Dining with Alice also recommends creating a signature cocktail for your party: “It’s a good way to save money; instead of buying multiple bottles of liquor you just buy the ingredients for one signature drink.” Alice then adds this genius twist: “Set up all the ingredients with recipe information (you can print out the recipe and put in a frame next to bar supplies) and have guests make their own cocktails. This becomes a special activity for guests and gives you more time to enjoy the party.”

Alice offers another party suggestion: “Crock-Pot Slow Cookers are great for cooking easy meals, and I love preparing a potluck dish for an event and using the warm function to keep food hot during the party. I also will put appetizers that I baked, like my Baked Ham Sandwiches  inside the slow cooker to keep warm. I just layer tin foil on the bottom and put the sandwiches inside and the hot and buttery ham sandwiches are always ready to grab.” Be sure to check out Alice’s Revenant-inspired  Crock Pot Ribs for this year’s Oscars party.

For those of us with a sweet tooth, a party just doesn’t feel like a party without that happy ending known as dessert. Jessica of Femme Fraîche suggests serving something that’s quick and easy to throw together. “The last thing you want to do toward the end of a party is slave over ganache or assemble cake layers. Desserts I serve at parties have to pass my whipped cream litmus test! If their assembly, or any other last minute needs, requires more time than it would to whip up some cream, then it isn’t a dessert I’d want to make for guests who are waiting on me in the other room.”  Hint for your party this year: Jessica’s Brooklyn-inspired Chocolate Stout Cannoli passes this test with flying colors.

But why wait for people to offer to bring something? Haley of Cheap Recipes Blog suggests a perfect idea for throwing a fabulous party without breaking the bank. “Looking to throw an Oscars party on a budget? Make it a potluck! Have each of your guests bring a dish or drink to share. It’s a win-win for everyone: you will have less to cook, you’ll pay less – and everyone will get to try a variety of dishes.”

Last but not least, serve drinks, appetizers, and desserts inspired by this year’s best picture nominations. Use the creative recipes below or come up with your own. If you plan to have a potluck, challenge your guests to bring food or drink inspired by this year’s movie nominations. If you’re feeling kind, share these ready-to-go ideas your guests.

Roll out the red carpet for these…

Best Picture-Inspired Recipes

The Big Short

Jenga Veggie Tower by Flour Arrangements 

Bridge of Spies

Bitesize “TV Dinner” Meatloaf Appetizer by Pickles Travel Blog 

Brooklyn

Chocolate Stout Cannoli by Femme Fraîche

Mad Max: Fury Road

Ruby Red Grapefruitcello Liqueur by Making it with Stefany 

The Martian

Homemade Cheddar & Chive Tater Tots by The Honour System 

The Revenant

Crock Pot Ribs by Dining with Alice

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Warm and comforting, this recipe for Apple Dumplings with Cider Sauce produces a dessert that would serve as a perfect ending for anything from a cozy family dinner to an elegant dinner party. Lauren of The Food Jew shares her remarkable recipe remake.

Lauren says, “The original recipe calls for apple slices wrapped in canned crescent rolls topped with a butter-sugar mixture and drenched in Mountain Dew before baking. While I love the idea of a quick and easy apple dumpling recipe, the thought of baking with Mountain Dew left me feeling a little queasy. So I spent a week remaking this dorm-style recipe into an amazing dessert.”

Lauren’s replacements — puff pastry for crescent rolls and sparkling apple cider for the Mountain Dew — sound so much more appetizing. Lauren adds, “Apple dumplings are rich and delicious on their own, but if you want to guild the lily — as I always do — serve them in a bowl with a liberal pour of heavy cream.”

Why not? Enjoy! 

ADDITIONAL APPLE RECIPES:

• Apple Cider Mimosas
• Apple Roses
• Chocolate Peanut Butter Apple Slices

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Love is in the air and this no bake balsamic strawberry tiramisu is the perfect sweet treat to make for your honey this Valentine’s Day. The Seaside Baker describes Jackie perfectly since she is the queen of simple and delectable desserts. This tiramisu in particular is one of my favorite things she’s made because

“..not only is it light and refreshing, but it is a NO BAKE dessert”.

That is what I am talking about! It doesn’t get any better than that. We all lead frantic lives, but it’s important to take a little time to do something nice for those we love. Special doesn’t have to mean complicated. Sometimes special means no bake. You’ll definitely make your whole family feel special with a big pan of this gorgeous strawberry balsamic tiramisu. Don’t worry about the kids not loving the balsamic, Jackie explains:

“Balsamic vinegar brings out this amazing sweetness from the strawberries, leaving no residual balsamic flavor.”

Like I said, a treat for the whole family!

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• 20 Minute Brown Butter Chunky Basil Pesto Pasta
• Sweetheart Valentine Mix
• Creamy Avocado Zoodle Pasta with Chicken and Asparagus

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Hello kitchen fans! I’m so thrilled to be here at BonBon Break and I can’t wait to share all my favorite recipes from around the internet with you. I’m kicking things off with one of my fall favorites, crock pot carrot cake. Yes, it may take longer than cooking in the oven, but with the holidays upon us, I find that my oven real estate fills up pretty quickly with the likes of stuffing, casseroles and turkey. Baking dessert in a crock pot is a great way to maximize your oven space.

Alternately, if you’re like me and live in Southern California or another warm weather climate, you’re probably still dealing with the lingering summer heat and have no desire to turn on your oven, but a girl still needs some dessert am I right? Crock Pot Carrot cake is a great way to get your sweet fix without heating up your entire house.

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 ABOUT BETSY: I’m a sunshine worshipper, dog lover, and all around creative spirit. My mission is to make each year more enjoyable than the last by prioritizing the things I love in life, and making a conscious effort to make each day fun. I work as a freelance food stylist, which means making food look pretty for advertising. To me, cooking is a way to make art each and every day. Ingredients are my medium. Besides being in the kitchen, I love living a southern California active lifestyle with my husband and two Labradors. Through my blog, I hope to inspire others to carve out their own little peaceful place in this wild world and create the life they crave.

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Raspberry Sunrise Smoothies

With back to school just around the corner, I am starting to think of healthy ways for myself and my family to start off the day. Raspberry Sunrise Smoothies by Damn Delicious would have children loving the gorgeous colors in this breakfast beverage. I know my daughter would be excited having this presented to her in the morning!! ~Tara

Now the raspberry portion doesn’t have a sweetener, but once you swirl in that sweet mango goodness, the balance of sweetness is absolute perfection. It’s not overly sweet but just enough to get your morning going. And if you’re not into smoothies for breakfast, these go perfectly as a post-workout drink or midnight snack. Midnight smoothies sound a bit unconventional but at least you’re cutting down on those midnight brownies and cookies. Or is that just me?

ABOUT CHUNG-AH: Chung-Ah Rhee is a New York native who transplanted herself to sunny California a decade ago for school and hasn’t left. She shares her love of cooking with her readers on her food blog, Damn Delicious  where she takes simple, fresh ingredients and transforms them into sophisticated and elegant meals. When she’s not cooking or taking food photography, she enjoys spending her time running by the beach and scoping out the best restaurants in each city that she visits.

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Easter Egg Cookie Dough Truffles | Beautiful on the outside and irresistibly yummy on the inside! Raise your hand if you are as obsessed with cookie dough as I am!  When I was pregnant with Gavin, I made cookies all the time (like at least a batch a week) just for the excuse to sneak a nibble or two of cookie dough! So I’m super obsessed with these Easter Egg Cookie Dough Truffles!

ABOUT LISA: Lisa, from Wine & Glue, prides herself on being a wannabe of every kind. Chief on her wannabe lists are chef, baker, seamstress, party planner, and photographer. Well, maybe not a wannabe of every kind. She is a very real mom to two crazy and wonderful little monkeys. Check out her wild wannabe adventures at Wine & Glue or follow along on Facebook, Twitter or Pinterest.

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