A few weeks ago I was searching for something on the
intenets and stumbled up on this recipe
for Snickers Dip.
Yes, you read that right. A dip made with Snickers.
Immediately I emailed this to myself and the subject line
said, “MUST MAKE THIS.”
So when I found out that we had some guests in town and
Brady said “get some snacks,” I got some snacks…and snickers!
This dip was SUPER easy. You basically crumble 6 bars of
snickers in your food processer (this looked super gross, but was super fun)
and then mix the Snickers and other ingredients in your mixer. EASY, right?!
Here is the recipe for Snickers Dip adapted from Culinary
Cool.
Snickers Dip
·
6 Snickers Bars (one pack, full size)
·
8 oz of cream cheese
·
1 tub of Cool Whip (I used the Giant Eagle light
version)
·
¼ cup of brown sugar
·
Caramel Sauce
Mix the cream cheese, Cool Whip and brown sugar. Crumble the
Snickers in a food processer (note that this is also loud!). Then, mix the Snickers into the cream cheese
mixture.
Layer the dip mixer in a dish, then drizzle some caramel,
then repeat. Serve with pretzels. I picked up some chocolate pretzels, but I think
regular ones would be better.
Like the Cookie Dough Dip, this is better after is refrigerated
for a few hours.
Seriously. Make this.
All of these back to school ads have me thinking about
when I was younger and would go shopping for the new school year. Shot of Mom
and Dad would give me a budget of say $300 to buy new clothes for the school
year.
Shopping in August was tricky – a lot of summer stuff was
on sale and the fall stuff was full price. Oh and this girl had a penchant for
some Campain International EXPRESS. That’s totally spelled wrong and off, but for
those ‘90’s shoppers out there, you will remember Express had a series of names
before it became simply Express, but the internets wouldn’t help me out. But
you know what did – my 1994 leggings that I still wear. I call them “vintage.”
Anyways, I was thinking the other day – what if I had
$300 to go back-to-school shopping, but for clothes that I could wear now.
Knowing that I need some shoes, a new bag and some clothes, what would I buy?
Then I thought – this would be a good blog post!
So here’s my back-to-school shopping list!
1.
Purple
TopShop Dress ($24) – You can dress this up, down, wear it with tights into
the winter! It is also available in grey and orange!
2.
H&M Twill Pants
– in Jean & Black ($10 each, $20 total) – I mean…two pairs of pants for
$20!? Can’t pass this up!
3.
Forever
21 Polka Dot Dress ($13.80) – Another dress you can pair with tights, you
can also turn this polka dot number into a Halloween costume with some Minnie
Mouse ears.
4.
H&M Black Flats
($12.95) – Okay, this pick is going to take a little bit of work. I recommend
these flats and then heading to Michael’s and making some shoe clips with
vintage earrings or brooches and bows (I’ll tackle that at a later date)
5.
Kate
Spade Earrings ($21.99) – These earrings are versatile enough for everyday
wear…and on sale!
6.
Pink Sharpie ($1.00) – I only write with Sharpies.
7.
Old
Navy Chambray Shirt ($24.95, now 20% off at $19.96) – My chambray
shirt count is up to six – I wear these with black pants, colorful jeans,
skirts, under jumper dresses – these shirts work the hardest in my closet!
8.
Old
Navy Black Blazer ($34.94) – Heading into fall, I’d use this blazer as a
coat or paired with a tank as an outfit.
9.
Anthropologie
Necklace (29.95) – Randomly, my list is very black and white, so to
brighten things up, I’m going add in this yellow necklace. Added fall bonus –
yellow matches my high school and college alma maters and any Pittsburgh sports
team!
10. Carbon
Crusader Resolution Pencils ($8.00) – I love school supplies and I love the
different pencils from this Etsy vendor. Check out the “What Would Blair
Woldorf Do” and “Mean Girls” themed sets!
12. Lilly
Pulitzer Planner ($17) – I can’t start the new school…err..work year
without my trusty Lilly planner. I’ve wrote about it here before, but I love
that this planner has the full month and then week-by-week breakout (I typically
go with the medium planner)
13. Lululemon
Tank ($29.00) – Sometimes reader Trish got me hooked on Lululemon and I really
don’t want to talk about my obsession. A myth about the store is that they don’t
have sales…that’s false.
15. WVU
Pink Shirt ($19.50) – Gotta have some WVU gear if I’m going back to school…to
tailgate! I’m super excited about the WVU item that I purchased writing this
post ; )
As I reflect on this list, I’m rather shocked at how much
I was able to “get” for $300! I’m sure some of my readers could do better, but
regardless, this was a fun challenge! I'd use that remaining $8 for some more Sharpies and of course a binder!
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