Mint Chocolate Chip Cupcakes! ( Creme de'menthe cupcakes)

These are awesome, I came up with the recipe after taking ideas from others. These came out so great & I got such rave reviews.

 Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

Grease & flour 2 - 10" round pans or makes 24 cupcakes so just use cupcake liners in a muffin tin.

1 box Duncan Hines Devils Food Cake Mix
1 pkg. instant chocolate or vanilla pudding
4 eggs
1/4 C oil
3/4 C water
1 C sour cream
6 oz. Andes creme de menthe baking chips (this is what the bag looks like... http://www.amazon.com/Andes-Cr%C3%A8me-Menthe-Baking-10-Ounce/dp/B000V8ZFTM/ref=sr_1_11?ie=UTF8&qid=1331238613&sr=8-11

Mix all ingredients (except sour cream & mint pieces)
Then fold in sour cream & pieces.
MIX WELL.

Bake 40 min or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean, cool.


Creme De'Menth Icing!


Ingredients:
•1/2 cup solid vegetable shortening
•1/2 cup (1 stick) butter or margarine softened
• Creme de'menthe  Liquor **See Not below**•4 cups sifted confectioners' sugar (approximately 1 lb.)
Makes: About 3 cups of icing.
** The strength of the mint (creme de'menthe flavor) depends on you. I wanted a real minty taste so I added a tablespoon at a time & kept tasting it. I used about 8 tablespoons of creme de'menthe liquor. I think had I used more it would have gotten runny, they i would have to have added more sugar. So definitely keep tasting your icing to make sure you get the flavor strength you like**
Directions:In large bowl, cream shortening and butter with electric mixer. Gradually add sugar, one cup at a time, beating well on medium speed. Scrape sides and bottom of bowl often. When all sugar has been mixed in, icing will appear dry. Start adding creme de'menthe a tablespoon at a time until desired flavor and consistency.

this icing can be stored 2 weeks. Re whip before using.

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Decorate with pieces of creme de'menthe candies or Andes chocolate mints

Whole Roaster In the Cooker!





Dry Ingredients:
4 tsp salt
1 tsp onion powder ( I use onion onion by Tastefully simple)
1 tsp thyme
1/2 tsp garlic powder ( I use Garlic Garlic by Tastefully simple)
1/2 tsp black pepper

Other Ingredients:
1 oven stuffer roaster (6-8 lbs)
1/2 bag of baby carrots
4 stems of celery cut into chunks
1 large onion in large chunks

Directions:
1) Take  Oven Stuffer Roaster & remove giblets, neck etc.. from inside cavity.
Wash off chicken with cold water & sit inside of slow cooker on low.
2) mix up dry ingredients & sprinkle onto chicken.
3) add vegis
4) put lid on slow cooker  & cook on low for 6-8 hours

While cooking the vegis & chickens juices will collect to make a gravy. I served this with mashed potatoes.

Pepperoni & Cheese roll ups!

I made these for Super Bowl sunday & OMG they were awesome!

1 (8 ounce) package refrigerated crescent roll dough
4 Mozerella Cheese Sticks, halved
1 (3.5 ounce) package sliced pepperoni (beef or Turkey works well)

Directions:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

Take each triangle of crencent roll dough and place about 6 pepperoni on the bottom of the triangle. Place half of a cheese stick on top and roll up. Place seam side down on a cookie sheet and bake for 10-14 minutes or until golden brown.