No-Bake Spice Cake Pumpkin Truffles

No-Bake Pumpkin Spice Cake Truffles Recipe (via thepigandquill.com) #halloweentruffles #pumpkinspicetruffles #caketruffles #pumpkintruffles

No-Bake Spice Cake Pumpkin Truffles — These festive pumpkin spice truffles couldn’t be simpler. Pairing tender Signature SELECT Seasons Pumpkin Spice Madelines with Open Nature Buttercream Frosting Mix, white or dark chocolate and optionally spooky features, these Halloween truffles are the perfect bite (and simple enough for kiddos to help with, too!). This post has been sponsored by Safeway. All thoughts and opinions are my own. I think it goes without saying that this Halloween is going to look a little (ok, a lot) different than years’ past. And since this is the first year Lana is old enough to … Read More

Vegan Coconut Truffles Two Ways (gluten-free)

Vegan Coconut Truffles two ways! The easiest Vegan Rose Truffles and Vegan Pistachio Truffles made with just a handful of natural, easy to find ingredients, dipped in white (non-vegan option) or dark chocolate. A perfect sweet treat or homemade gift. I’m helping host my dear friend’s baby shower in Colorado this weekend (where the low is currently -24 degrees!!!), but you didn’t think I’d jet off without gifting you something sweet for next week’s holiday, did you? Whether you’re staying in with pals, going out with a partner, staying in with a partner, going out with pals, or spending time … Read More

White Chocolate Pistachio Cookie Crisps (Gluten-Free/Egg-Free)

White Chocolate Pistachio Cookie Crisps recipe - egg-free, gluten-free white chocolate cookies studded with salty pistachios. Positively addictive! (via thepigandquill.com) #sweets #dessert #baking

White Chocolate Pistachio Cookie Crisps – these gluten-free white chocolate cookies are thin and impossibly crunchy, studded with tiny caramel bits and lots of salty pistachios. They’re positively addictive (and conveniently egg-free). Hey guys – Quick housekeeping note! If you’ve been missing my emailed posts, they’re soon to be back and better than ever. Not yet signed up to receive The Pig & Quill emails? Subscribe here and receive fresh, seasonal recipe ideas — and more of those notorious salty scribblings — every week(ish)! Happy new year, friends! I can’t believe it’s taken me this long to post something new in … Read More

Rose Milk Popsicles

White Chocolate Dipped Rose Milk Popsicles recipe (via thepigandquill.com) #summer #dessert #pistachios

Hello from the land of Still Avoiding the Ice Cream Truck. Is summer over yet? JK. Sorta. Lana is down to her last two weeks of preschool before a monthlong break, so in a sense, summer in our house is just about to get started. I’ve been not-so-subtly hinting to Chris that we should use this time to get outta dodge — preferably somewhere with both an on-site spa and swimming pool — while simultaneously reminding myself that we live smack in the midst of a vacation destination and the simpler (ahem, more affordable) thing to do would be to stay … Read More

Honey Hibiscus Tea Popsicles

Honey Hibiscus Tea Popsicles recipe (via thepigandquill.com) #icepop #summer #dessert #refinedsugarfree

Last week, Chris took the car-with-the-carseat to the shop for routine maintenance. Sans vehicle, Lana and I were determined to make the most of our new neighborhood, which is close to all that this little seaside town offers: coffee shops galore, our favorite lunch spot (the hen of the woods sandwich, my worddd), the library, playgrounds big and small, the bourgeois grocery store, the decidedly un-bourgeois grocery store — and my personal fave: THE BEACH. If you follow me on Instagram, you know how this day went. It was, let’s say, challenging. Remember when I published that lovely post last … Read More