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  1. 02-08-2012, 08:12 PM #1
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    Default potluck dessert ideas needed

    I'm on the hook for a potluck dessert for next weekend. It needs to be finger food and not messy. It's for a dance recital and we're all going to be standing around in gowns.

    It also needs to be cheap and easy. My energy levels are low right now and I'm not spending hours rolling out cookies. I have flour, brown and white sugar, numerous spices, a chocolate cake mix, peanut butter and two boxes of chopped dates. I'm open to buying ingredients as long as it's not costly.

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  2. 02-08-2012, 08:51 PM #2
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    Strawberry 2 Ingredient Fudge

    2 Good 2B True? [2 Ingredient Peanut Butter Fudge] | Vintage Sugarcube

    Chocolate Covered Strawberries Recipe - Allrecipes.com

    Chocolate Dipped Pretzel Hearts | Make and Takes

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    Sprinkled Rice Crispies | Make and Takes

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    "Whoever said you can't buy happiness forgot about little puppies." -- Gene Hill

    ‎"A woman's heart should be so hidden in God that a man has to seek Him just to find her."
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    ‎"God has the right, and does not require my permission, to rearrange my life to achieve His purposes."– Anonymous

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    Vanilla brownies - Yell if you want the recipe.
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  7. 02-09-2012, 12:49 AM #7
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    Cake balls

    You bake your chocolate cake as directed and let cool. After it has cooled you crumble it into a large bowl and mix in 3/4 tub of icing of your choice ( I last used cream cheese). Mix together well and scoop out and form into balls (Mine were about 2 bites each) It'll be a little messy, but that's the fun of it all. Freeze over night and after frozen dip them into melted chocolate bark. Place on waxed paper to harden.

    I made these for a Christmas party and was surprised how much everyone liked them. They are very rich, I could barely eat one.

    ... Sorry just remembered you said none time consuming. Though these are super easy, they do take some time.
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  9. 02-09-2012, 08:01 AM #9
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    Just cook a couple pans of brownies from the box, everyone loves brownies.
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    Icing between cinnamon graham crackers & plain graham crackers. I have never seen them not eaten.
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    choclate cake mix with peanut butter added to it.. cream cheese icing with peanut butter top with chopped recee cups easy cheap and every body like its.. looks like a million bucks if u spilt the layers then double the icing
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  12. 02-10-2012, 08:46 AM #12
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    make cookies out of the cake mixes. Super easy and cheap.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Stacia View Post
    Just cook a couple pans of brownies from the box, everyone loves brownies.
    And you can add some PButter to the mix (microwave it to soften) and it adds something more.........very good.
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