hi all I am new but was wondering if anyone had an easy recipe for me to make. i am having a bbq this weekend and usually do a cool desert for everyone. but i would like something different that would knock there socks off. something easy to make. maybe even something individual so theres no need for cutting. and something cool since its so hot here. help. thanks
Check out kraftfoods.com. All of the recipes on there are super easy and very tasty. I did a quick look for you and these are some recipes that fit your criteria.
chips ahoy cheesecake sandwiches
easy grilled s'mores
fruity granita
s'mores dessert squares
frozen peach shortcake squares
BTW....Welcome to CC!!!!!
A super easy one (and people are impressed you can not tell it is so easy) is to stack ice cream sandwiches (oh and the hard part - don't forget to take off the wrapers) side to side (I usually go about six across) and then 'fillling' of cool whip and add another layer then 'frost ' entire 'cake' with cool whip - sprinkle crushed cookies or toffee/heath bars or MMs etc on top (and you can put them between the layers and sprinkle crushed candy/cookies too)
No-Bake Cheesecake
Ingredients:
Crust
4 oz. butter
1 1/2 cups graham cracker crumbs
3 oz. sugar
Filling
24 oz. Philadelphia cream cheese
2 1/2 cans Eagle brand sweetened condensed milk
6 oz. fresh lemon juice
2 tsp. vanilla extract
Preparation
Crust: Melt butter in saucepan. Place cracker crumbs and sugar in mixing bowl. Add melted butter. Mix well. Place crust mixture into 10-inch spring form pan. Spread evenly. Pack down firmly.
Filling: Whip cream cheese until soft and smooth, using electric mixer. Add condensed milk and blend until very smooth. With spatula, blend in lemon juice and vanilla extract until thoroughly mixed. Pour blended mixture into spring-form pan and smooth top with spatula.
Place in refrigerator (8 hours until firm).
Serve with fresh fruit topping (example: strawberries marinated in icing sugar and any liquer, such as Grand Marnier or Amaretto).
However, it's just great plain!
wow thanks for the ideas, i will have to try them all, I'm sure my fam would like that.
koolaid pie
1 16 oz container cool whip
1 pkg unsweetened kool-aid
1 premade graham craker pie crust
set aside 1/2 cup (4 oz) cool whip for granish)
add kool-aid to remaining cool whip (12 oz.)..and stir well
put in to pie crust and smooth
garnish w/ remaining cool whip
for more intense flavor use only 8oz of cool-whip instead of 12 oz to make the filling.
fun comes in flavors you use.
i've made both lemon and lime separately -- tho' in this case you may want to try a double batch for two lemon-lime pies.
I've also had strawberry flavored (yum!)
and I bet cherry would work too
remember though that some koolaid flavors are a different color when you mix them, my favorite koolaid is tropical punch and its blue as a powder, red as a drink. I dont know if some of the others do that, but I would hat for you to need a blue pie, and it turn out red
remember though that some koolaid flavors are a different color when you mix them, my favorite koolaid is tropical punch and its blue as a powder, red as a drink. I dont know if some of the others do that, but I would hat for you to need a blue pie, and it turn out red
this is beginning to sound like a mid-west lutheran church BBQ...jello molds in all the proper liturgical colors (arranged in proper church year order too!) and I can make fun of that having grown up lutheran in central illinois and made more than a few jello molds!)
hmmmm...
so we can do watermellon kool-aid
berry kool-aid
tropical punch kool-aid (ick--never liked that stuff)
what's the flavor of the "no-color" kool-aid...an all white pie?!
(the colors aren't all that intense when mixed w/ the cool whip -- very light pastel)
How about sparkling dump cake:
1 can pie filling
1 box cake mix
1 can lemon lime soda
In a greased cassorole dish, spread pie filling into the bottom. Sprinkle cake mix over top of pie filling. Pour soad over the cake mix (DO NOT MIX). And bake it until golden brown. Very yummy 
How about sparkling dump cake:
1 can pie filling
1 box cake mix
1 can lemon lime soda
In a greased cassorole dish, spread pie filling into the bottom. Sprinkle cake mix over top of pie filling. Pour soad over the cake mix (DO NOT MIX). And bake it until golden brown. Very yummy
my verison substitues one stick of butter in tiny pieces scattered on the cake for the lemon-lime soda...
equally yummy!
my verison substitues one stick of butter in tiny pieces scattered on the cake for the lemon-lime soda...
equally yummy!
Yeah, the traditional dump cake uses butter. The nice thing about using the soda is that it has a nice flavor to it without all the fat from the butter. Both are very good though, and it could be served warm with ice cream.
wow you people got busy while i was at work. thanks for all the ideas. we have a lot of bbq's over the summer. we seem to be the house that everone accumulates at. so i will be trying all of them i am sure. i love easy and the fact that they taste great is a huge plus.
I made this last night for a party tonight & its yummy & easy to make.
Chocolate Chip Cheese Ball
1 pkg. 8oz. cream cheese
1/2 cup butter
1/4 tsp. vanilla
2 Tbs. brown sugar
3/4 cup confectioners sugar
3/4 cup mini chocolate chips
3/4 cup finely chopped pecans
Chocolate Graham crackers
Beat softened cream cheese, butter, & vanilla until creamy. Slowly add sugars until blended. Stir in chocolate chips. Place mixture onto a piece of plastic wrap and form into a ball. Refrigerate for 1 hour. Roll ball in pecans. Serve with graham crackers or chocolate wafers.
how about 1 jar of marshmallow fluff mixed with 1- 8oz cream cheese
I use it as a fruit dip and I put it on graham crackers. I have also iced a cake with it!!!
It is yummy!
how about 1 jar of marshmallow fluff mixed with 1- 8oz cream cheese
I use it as a fruit dip and I put it on graham crackers. I have also iced a cake with it!!!
It is yummy!
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MAN THE HAIL DAMAGE (AKA- CELLULITE)IS BUILDING ALREADY. OH WELL, WE ONLY LIVE ONCE AND I LOVE FOOD.
LOL!! I have NEVER heard of Cellulite called Hail damage. That is SO very funny. I am gong to remember that one!
I lvoe food too!
i will prabaly have dabites. i love pasta, bread, and anything with sugar in it. i especially love fettuccini alfredo. very bad for the heart, but oh so good for the soul,
sometimes i think God put all the good food on earth so us poor people who can't go yachting can enjoy the good things in life. Good food, good friends, good drinks, what else can you ask for.
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