Fall Fun!

Fall is one of my favorite times of the year; particularly Halloween.  We spent the past weekend celebrating the season with festivals, food, and most importantly, fun.

I like to cook and make snacks, and enjoy creating new recipes.  I had seen some pigs-in-a-blanket made to look like mummies in the H.E.B. magazine, but they didn't have a recipe, so I had to make one up.  I have to say, they turned out to be some yummy mummies!  You can get the recipe here.

Mummies in a Blanket

To me, caramel apples are the quintessential fall food.  Whether I am drinking a caramel apple spice from Starbucks, or eating caramel apple candy suckers, they all scream autumn to me.  Homemade caramel apples were the perfect easy snack after a night of carving pumpkins.  Pretty quick to make, but letting them sit in the fridge to cool and harden took a little longer.  If you haven't noticed by now, I am all about quick and easy food!  I dipped mine in Heath toffee bits, chocolate chips, and sprinkles.  I also left some plain.  The caramel cooled faster than I anticipated, so I was only able to get toppings on the bottom halves.  You can follow the recipe on the bag of caramel, or if you want a tutorial for how to make your own, you can find one here on my amazing friend's blog.

Caramel apples

You can't celebrate the season without pumpkins, so we went to the pumpkin patch at the Methodist church down the street, picked out some pumpkins and Sam and Mike carved 'em up into some real nice jack-o-lanterns!

My family at the pumpkin patch

Carving pumpkins

Michael's jack-o-lantern

Samantha's jack-o-lantern

I love fall!