April's Caramel Apples

14 oz bag of caramels
2 Tbsp water
1 bag of Chocolate chips
2 Tbsp shortening
candy bars of choice
8 apples

Wash and dry apples; remove all stems. Stick Popsicle sticks in the center of core.
Melt caramel with the water in a small pot. Once melted twirl apples in the caramel and place on a cookie sheet with wax paper and is sprayed with cooking spray. Refrigerate 30 minutes.
While refrigerating chop your candy bars. Put on wax paper and cover with another sheet of wax paper. Roll over with rolling pin. Then melt chocolate with the shortening in microwave. Check every 45 seconds and stir. Once melted twirl the apples in the chocolate. Let drip and then roll in candy bar. Put back in fridge until the chocolate has hardened. Take out about 5 minutes before planning to eat! Enjoy!

Side note: I use Twix and Snickers

Peanut Butter & fudge swirl pie

Prep. 15 minutes; Total time: 4 hrs & 15 minutes

1 pkg cream cheese, softened
1/2 cup sugar
1/4 cup creamy peanut butter
2 cups thawed cool whip
1 Oreo pie crust
1/4 cup hot fudge ice cream topping

Beat cream cheese, suagr, and peanut butter until blended. Gently stir in cool whip until blended. Spoon into crust and drizzle with fudge topping. Swirl with knife. Refrigerate for 4 hours or until firm. Refrigerate leftovers.

Makes 8 servings.

Tuna Cakes

Prep. 10 min; Total time: 26 minutes (includes refrigerating)

2 cans (6 oz. each) light tuna in water, drained, flaked
1 pkg (6 oz.) Stove Top Stuffing mix for Chicken
1 cup mild cheddar cheese
1/2 cup shredded carrots
1/3 cup Mayonnaise
2 Tbsp Pickle relish (sweet or dill- which ever you prefer)
3/4 cup water

Mix all ingredients together in a bowl. Cover and refrigerate for 10 minutes. Heat your skillet with cooking spray on medium heat, Scoop tuna mixture, using about 1/3 cup for each cake, into skillet. An ice cream scoop works great for this. Flat cakes with spatula and cook for 3 minutes on each side or until golden brown.

Makes 6 servings, 2 cakes each.