Who is ready to up their hot chocolate game?

These homemade marshmallows are sure to boost your street cred and gain you some major points with Grandma this holiday season.

(apparently I talk like a gangster now)
If you have been looking for something fun to bring to Thanksgiving dinner but your sweet Mom/Aunt keeps telling you they’ve got it covered…these marshmallows are your ticket to getting out of dish duty!

Once the meal is over and it is time for dessert, you can bust out some hot chocolate, add some booze (of course) and then top it all off with a fluffy, giant, vanilla bean specked marshmallow.

Everyone will be impressed (and tipsy) which means extra hugs and kisses (which can be a good thing or bad thing depending on which distant relatives show up).

I made some homemade hot chocolate to try with these marshmallows and promise to share that recipe asap! It doesn’t matter if its homemade, or from a packet (sometimes nothing tastes better than a packet of Swiss Miss) or just straight Baileys…these marshmallows will be a welcome addition to the hot drink of your choice this Thanksgiving and Christmas.

You could also add some fun food coloring to these if you were feeling extra festive. Or omit the vanilla beans if you don’t have those on hand. You could also coat these in chocolate and add some fun decorations to them if you wanted to serve them as treats rather than put them into your drinks. No matter what you do, I hope you make them and share them with all your friends (or dip them in chocolate and share them with no one but your cat). 

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Ahoy Folks!

It’s Friday! And we finally had to turn on our heat. Boo. BUT, there are plus sides to winter weather, right? Like eating delicious and decadent cakes, cookies and sweets such as this gorgeous Fig Almond Tea Cake with Coconut Honey Glaze from the Hungry Rabbit. I’ve told myself I need to make this cake for Thanksgiving…but I’m not making any promises.

Another plus side to the chilly temps is that you can bust out (or buy) super cute winter clothes! I LOVE having four seasons (even though I complain about the cold a lot) and one of the main reasons is because I can shop for all kinds of different weather. I’m obviously obsessed with Alexa Chung and think she is perfect. So of course her collaboration with Tommy Hilfiger is phenomenal…and expensive.

Also, this hat.

And to keep you warm when you’re not running around in super stylish winter garb, how yummy does Coconut Chai sound?

And per usual, Buzzfeed does it again. This time with a list of things that every cat owner wants to buy…

This one is my favorite. And you may even have an extra one lying around…the keyboard “decoy” is a cat owner necessity. If you’re a cat owner you understand the struggle that it is to try and type or get anything done when your cat decides it’s nap-time on your keyboard.