No-Bake Rocky Road Bars

My daughters are already on their 3rd week of summer vacation, and they are really loving it so far! Aside from swimming, going to the library, playing video games and watching Korean telenovelas, they have been helping out in the kitchen a lot. During the past two weeks, making homemade shakes and ice cream or baking cookies with me have been part of their daily routine, and last Friday, they made these...

 

They said they wanted to make something for their dad (Aren't they the sweetest???)...and because they know how much Ryan loves rocky road, they wanted to make another rocky road treat for him. They remembered that Ryan really enjoyed the No-Bake Rocky Road Bars that I made before, and since I just made Rocky Road Ice Cream last week, all the ingredients they needed were available in the pantry. With no second thoughts, they said they will make rocky road bars for their dad on their own...and guess what? They did it! All I did was prepare all the ingredients and take pictures. They did the rest, and I must say that they did a good job! Clarise and Cherlin's No-Bake Rocky Road Bars came out perfect and Ryan loved them!

I know that this is just a very easy and simple recipe, but I really find it so amazing for kids like my girls to take the effort in making something special for their parent/s. I am truly proud of how thoughtful and sweet they are, so I want to share this with you! :) 

These are yummy treats that you can make with your kids. I'm pretty sure that you will have fun making and eating these!

Ghostly Treats and A Happy Halloween

It's Halloween today!

For kids, it's that one super sweet day of the year that they love! For me and my family, it means bonding time --- doing trick or treating, going to the pumpkin patch and carving pumpkins. We usually visit the pumpkin patch and make jack-o'-lanterns a day or two before Halloween, then on the day itself, Ryan & I go with the girls around the neighborhood for trick or treat.

Though Ryan and I didn't grow up with Halloween celebration, we don't want to deprive the girls of Halloween fun. Though there are some limitations to what they can do and what costumes they could wear (no evil or scary costumes for them), we see to it that every Halloween is enjoyable and memorable for them. We let them dress up as someone cute or funny, we let them do trick or treating (as long as they do it with us), and we let them enjoy candies and my homemade sweet treats. Not too much though. Just enough to satisfy their sweet tooth!

Today, I'm sharing with you two ghostly treats that I made for Halloween, one that I can say is healthy, and another one that is...too sweet! Clarise prefers the healthy one made with strawberries and cool whip...but for Cherlin, the sweeter treat made with marshmallows and white chocolate wins!

How about you, which one do you go for - strawberry ghost or marshmallow ghost??? Let me know! ;)