Whether you call them a pop tart or a hand pie, these are an irresistible snack full of apple cinnamon and brown sugar fall flavors.
mini caramel apple pop tarts with brown sugar glaze

I missed out on the part of childhood that involved eating artificial fruit covered in artificial pie crust and an artificially colored glaze for breakfast.

Woe.Is.Me.

The Pop Tart was persona non grata in our household, along with Fruity Pebbles, Cocoa Pebbles, and Cookie Crisp. Although Fruit Loops and Golden Grahams and Cinnamon Toast Crunch were, strangely, totally acceptable.

I will never understand parenting.

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bourbon-pumpkin caramel tartA buttery cornmeal crust with a pumpkin pie cheesecake filling and a bourbon salted caramel candied pepita topping.

If you find your eyes bugging out of your head at just the thought of such a thing, then head on over to Culinary Covers for my post and the recipe!

This is a Sponsored post written by me on behalf of McCormick & Company for SocialSpark. All opinions are 100% mine.

Turn lasagna into a weeknight meal with the cheesy delicious recipe! 
lasagna formaggio

Layers can be intimidating.

I know it, you know it.

The myriad of lopsided triple layer cakes that I’ve tried frantically to “fix” with excess buttercream and lots of sprinkles know it.

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Pumpkin crepes are topped with cinnamon and pumpkin beer-stewed apples and a milk chocolate drizzle!
pumpkin crepes with beer and cinnamon apples and a chocolate drizzle

When you decide to take on, oh, only your biggest cooking fear of all time.

Breaking open a beer at 11AM. Required.

In my defense, it was 5PM in Paris. The land of crepes. (And wine. And cheese. And croissants. And ALL THE DELICIOUSNESS. Where no one ever gets fat.) So there.

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A spicy vegan chili stuffed with white beans, hominy, and bold flavor served with sweet and spicy sweetpotato jalapeno corn muffins.
white bean and hominy chili

Disclosure – I received free samples of California sweetpotatoes mentioned in this post. By posting this recipe I am entering a recipe contest sponsored by the California Sweetpotato Council and am eligible to win prizes associated with the contest. I was not compensated for my time.

If tomato = tomahto.

And potato = potahto.

Then…

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