Easter Oreo Balls

I thought these Oreo Balls would make a cute and simple center piece for the table this Easter.  They are cute and the recipe is simple enough.  Turns out the hardest part was sticking the stinking balls into styrofoam.  Thats right...styrofoam nearly won this battle of wits and determination.  My first mistake was placing the sticks into the styrofoam before layering the easter grass over top.  I had to remove all the pops, arrange the grass, and replace the pops.  However, since the pops had already been in the styrofoam it was tricky trying to replace them.  The basket got a little one sided and it turned over, dumping a couple pops on the floor for the dog.  I recovered though and showed those pops whos boss. 

OREO Pops
1 pkg Oreos
1 8oz pkg Cream Cheese
1 bag chocolate chips, melted

Pulse Oreos in food processor until fine add cream cheese and continue to pulse until a ball forms.  Roll small balls.  Insert lollipop sticks and place in freezer for at least one hour.  Melt chocolate chips and dip balls in chocolate.

S'mores Cookie Bars

The kids have been asking me to bake chocolate chip cookies, but I've been wanting to try something different.  I just wasn't sure what.  Then I came across this recipe for S'mores cookie bars.  They are sorta like chocolate chip cookies, but with added goodies, such as marshmallows, Hershey's Bars, and graham crackers.  These bars could very well be the best thing since sliced bread.  Go ahead and make some for yourself, you won't be disappointed.

S'mores Cookie Bars

2/3 Cup butter
1 Cup brown sugar
1/2 sugar
2 eggs
1 tsp vanilla
1 tsp baking soda
1 tsp cinnamon
1/2 tsp salt
2 1/2 cups flour
1 bag chocolate chips
1 cup mini marshmallows
3 regular Hershey's Bars broken into pieces
2 pkgs. graham crackers

Preheat oven 375
Cream butter, sugar, eggs, vanilla.  Sift together flour, baking soda, cinnamon, salt.  Add dry ingredients to creamed sugar.  Mix well, stir in chocolate chips, and marshmallows.  Line cookie sheet with graham crackers.  Drop dollops of cookie dough on top of crackers.  Bake for 5 minutes, remove from oven and add Hershey's bar pieces.  Return to oven and bake an additional 5-7 minutes (mine ended up baking a total of 15 minutes)