“This shop is part of a social shopper marketing insight campaign with Pollinate Media Group® Tyson and Wet-Nap®, but all my opinions are my own. #pmedia  #wingsandwipes http://my-disclosur.es/OBsstV”


Fall in my house means football. No, I'm not usually the one doing the football watching, but I am happily eating snacks! We recently hosted a get together and I decided to whip up a hot wings inspired array of goodies.

I headed to Walmart and picked up some Tyson Any'Tizers bone in chicken wings. I also grabbed some Wet-Nap wipes because you can't really eat messy wings without an easy way to wipe of those sticky fingers.

I decided to get creative and came up with 4 different recipes! The first is a warm and creamy buffalo chicken dip and the other 3 recipes are dipping sauces.  Everything was a huge hit!

Let's get started on the dip first. It's SO good, you guys. I will definitely be making it again! Here's what you will need (full recipes is at the end of this post):

I just shredded some chicken from the Tyson buffalo style hot wings. I loved that there was no cooking involved (since they are already cooked) and since they were already seasoned, they added a nice kick to the dip.

I just mixed it up with the cheeses, plain yogurt, ranch seasoning and a few dashes of hot sauce and then spread it into a casserole dish.

Bake it in the oven and then when it comes out it's warm and gooey. So good!

Serve with chips!

I decided we needed some straight up wing action as well. So, I made 3 different dipping sauces to go along with the honey barbecue flavor wings. (Stay tuned for recipes at the end of this post!)

The honey mustard ended up being my favorite and my husband liked the creamy onion the best. The blue cheese is just that classic sauce that is just perfect along side a big plate of wings.

At the last minute, I decided to dress up the Wet-Nap container with some white paper and washi tape.

I just wrapped the paper around and taped it along the seam. Cute and functional!

The wings are super delicious by themselves! But I think I liked that dip the best.

If you have a hankering to throw your own wings and wipes party, go print off a coupon for your Wet Naps! (The offer is fifty five cents ($.55) off of any Wet-Nap product at Walmart while supplies last.)

Now for those recipes:

Warm and Creamy Buffalo Chicken Dip 
(adapted from Gimme Some Oven)

4 oz. Cream Cheese
1 Cup Plain Greek Yogurt
1 Cup Mozzarella Cheese (shredded)
1/2 Cup Blue Cheese
1 Tbs Ranch Seasoning
3 Cups Shredded Chicken from Tyson Buffalo Wings  (or about 5 wings) 
A few dashes of hot sauce (optional)

Combine all the ingredients and spread into a greased casseroled dish. Bake at 350 for about 30 minutes or until golden brown and bubbling. 


(I halved all of the dipping sauce recipes since I was making all three and we still had leftovers, but these are the full recipes just in case you are only serving one.)
Honey Mustard Dipping Sauce 
1/2 Cup Mayo
2 Tbs Yellow Mustard
1 Tbs Dijon Mustard
2 Tbs Honey
1/2 Tbs Lemon
Mix together and let sit for a bit, then serve.

Creamy Onion Dipping Sauce 
1/2 Cup Green Onions
1/2 Cup Sour Cream
1/2 Cup Mayo
Mix together and serve.

Blue Cheese Dipping Sauce 
1 Cup Blue Cheese
3/4 Cup Mayo
1/2 Cup Sour Cream
1 tsp. Worcestershire
salt and pepper
Mix together and serve.

What kinds of snacks do you make for game day? Eating is definitely my favorite part of football-watching.

Follow along with Tyson and Wet-Nap and find out how other bloggers are serving up wings!
Tyson Facebook
Wet Nap Facebook
Tyson Twitter
Wet Nap Pinterest

Metallic Stone Thumbtacks + $25 Target Gift Card Giveaway!

**Click through to read this whole post to enter to win a $25 Target Gift Card!**
Since I'm not a very organized person, I need pretty things to motivate me to stay on track! When I teamed up with Target to create some organized finds for their wedding registry, I knew I had to come up with a pretty little DIY to go with it!






The dollar store strikes again for this little project. I found these bags of stones and gold thumbtacks and I had an idea! Spray paint them gold and make pretty metallic stone thumbtacks.

I kept some black and painted the rest. I love how the metallic paint highlights the texture of each stone. Then, I simply hot glued the thumbtacks and I was done!

I created a little mood board with some other black and gold organizational finds at Target to add to any wedding registry or personalized wedding gift!

1. Threshold Rustic Wire Magazine Holder
2. Nate Berkus Printed Woven Storage Bin
3. The Board Dudes Cork board Tiles
4. Nate Berkus Black and Gold Facet Lamp
5. DIY Metallic Stone Thumbtacks

And now, how would you like to win a $25 Gift Card to snag some of these items (or anything your heart desires) at Target?  Enter below!!


a Rafflecopter giveaway

 
Content and/or other value provided by our partner, Target. All opinions are my own. #targetWedding #sponsored

Chocolate Covered Frozen Fruit Bars

“This shop is part of a social shopper marketing insight campaign with Pollinate Media Group® and Fruttare, but all my opinions are my own. #itsallgood #pmedia  http://my-disclosur.es/OBsstV”

I have a super yummy, frozen treat to share with you today. It's pretty much amazing and absolutely the easiest thing to make...ever.  It would be such a fun activity for kids because you can make each one different. Here's how to make these amazing chocolate covered frozen fruit bars.

The best part about this "recipe" is that you can totally cheat by using store bought fruit bars. Of course you could make your own, but who has time for that? I stopped by Price Chopper and grabbed these Fruttare Bars (but they are available at most stores nationwide). I got Mango and the berry and milk variety.  Any fruity frozen bars will work, but these are so yummy. It's the first time I've tried them and they are so natural and fresh tasting.

You will also need chocolate chips (I got dark chocolate because that's how I roll) and toppings.  I chose sea salt, coconut, sprinkles and nuts. But you could go crazy with mini m & m's, crushed up cookies, white chocolate, really anything your heart desires.

First, you want to melt your chocolate chips. I just do mine in the microwave and stir every 30 seconds until melted.

Next, you will dip your fruit bars. I actually just kind of spooned the chocolate over the bars until evenly coated.

Once that is done, quickly sprinkle on your toppings. This is where little hands love to help.

sprinkles.

coconut.

sea salt.

and a little bit of everything.

Set your bars on a parchment paper lined cookie sheet and freeze until the chocolate is fully hardened. This will only take a few minutes. Any leftover bars can be stored in a ziplock baggie in the freezer.

They are so cheerful!

And once that chocolate hardens, it forms a nice shell to bite into. Yum.

Go make this yummy summer treat today!

To learn more about Fruttare, visit their Facebook page.

Easy Wedding Gift Wrap + Wedding Gift Guide

Wedding season is upon us! I don't know about you, but we are invited to five wedding this summer! Although, that doesn't even come close to the "summer of weddings" that we experienced the same summer we got married. I think we were invited to 12 just that summer. Even if you just have one wedding to attend, I have a quick little gift wrap idea for you PLUS some gift ideas from Target!

For my gift idea, I made a garland of map hearts and wrapped it around simple white gift wrap. First, I cut my hearts out of some old maps I already had on hand.

Then, I simply stitched them together on the sewing machine. Easy!

Wrap them around a gift and you are good to go. They can be hung as a sweet little garland later!

And now for my gift guide. This one is coffee-themed. I thought these elements would create a fun and personalized gift.

1. Nespresso Machine
2. Threshold Floral Tray
3. Ceramic Creamer
4. Ceramic Sugar Bowl
5. Chalkboard Canister
6. 13 Piece Espresso Set




Content and/or other value provided by our partner, Target. All opinions are my own. #TargetWedding #Sponsored

Kitchen Sink Organization

“This shop is part of a social shopper marketing insight campaign with Pollinate Media Group® and Rubbermaid, but all my opinions are my own. #pmedia #RMDishRack  http://my-disclosur.es/OBsstV”


I don't know about you, but I feel like my kitchen sink is always an ongoing battle.  Even when the dishwasher is fully loaded and running, there are still the pots and pans and other fragile dishware sitting in the sink. I'm usually too lazy to wash them right away, so they just sit there. It hit me the other day that I should just invest in a countertop dish rack and reorganize things to set me up for success. Duh! After doing this, I feel like the kitchen sink is now a happy place!

First, I headed to Target and used a 15% off Cartwheel coupon to score this heavy duty Rubbermaid Dish Rack to help with my sink clutter battle.

This was my sink. It deceivingly looks somewhat clean...

But the overspill of dishes that didn't fit in the dishwasher and fragile things are always lurking.

I had rigged up this cake stand to hold my soaps and sponges (they were living in the flower pot), but it just always seemed nasty and dingy.

The dish soap holder lost it's top and then just looked like this always. Yuck.

So, like any good DIY-er and thrifty girl, I headed to the thrift store to see if I could come up with an easy solution. I immediately spotted these office supply organizers and I knew they had potential.

I invisioned my empty nook right here....

And so after a little oil rubbed bronze spray paint,

That little nook was transformed into this:

The pencil/paper holder was the absolute perfect size for holding sponges!! And the small shelf fit a nice new shiny glass dish soap holder, a tiny dish for the scrubber and a new friendly succulent.

That pot with the nasty sponges also acquired a new friend for the kitchen

And now my pots and pans and too-big-for-the-dishwasher stuff can hang out in the Rubbermaid Dish Rack, which really does get the job done! (Why was I wasting my time with hand drying? Just stick those wet suckers on this rack and it does all the work.)

Yay! Just a few small changes makes this space fresh and happy!