Mini Vanilla Cream Eclairs

Mini Vanilla Cream Eclairs

If you’re looking for something special for your next tea party or midmorning brunch, give these Mini Vanilla Cream Eclairs a try. Filled with vanilla pastry cream and topped with sweet glaze sprinkled with pistachios. They are absolutely wonderful!

Sparkling Raspberry Mint Lemonade

Sparkling Raspberry Mint Lemonade

My daughters and I have been enjoying this recipe for Sparkling Raspberry Mint Lemonade for a few years now, tweaking it each time until it is now perfected! A sweet fizz of lemonade flavored with raspberries and mint. Try it and see what you think. 

Ham Salad Tea Sandwiches

Ham Salad Tea Sandwiches

When it comes to tea party savories, Ham Salad Tea Sandwiches are one of my favorites. Sort of like a deviled ham salad with onion, celery, and pimento. Serve on thin slices of wheat or rye bread or spread thick on snack crackers.

Easter Tea Party

Easter Tea Party

I love planning a tea party, and spring is a splendid time to host one, especially an Easter Tea Party! Everywhere you look, new life abounds – green grass, flowering buds on trees, and early spring flowers of crocus, daffodils, grape hyacinth, and tulips. And 

Chocolate-Covered Peanut Butter Eggs

Chocolate-Covered Peanut Butter Eggs

These Chocolate-Covered Peanut Butter Eggs are perfect for your Easter celebration. They are simple to make and similar in taste to a Reese’s Peanut Butter Cup. Kid’s of all ages love them, plus they can help make them at home!

Chocolate Irish Cream Truffles

Chocolate Irish Cream Truffles

I love chocolate candy, especially Dove dark chocolate and chocolate truffles. Last year I made my own truffles for the first time and was amazed at how easy they were to prepare. And so delicious! These Chocolate Irish Cream Truffles are right up there on 

French Chocolat Chaud

French Chocolat Chaud

I’ve seen recipes for this many years now and finally made French Chocolat Chaud this past month. If you love chocolate, I encourage you to give this one a try. Intense, rich, and quite heavenly.

Chocolate Caramel Pecan Clusters

Chocolate Caramel Pecan Clusters

I’ve been making Chocolate Caramel Pecan Clusters for many years now. It’s a holiday recipe for the Christmas season and also for Valentine’s Day. Our family loves them and they make great gifts. Clusters of chewy caramel and chopped pecans covered in a delectable chocolate 

Homemade Mincemeat Tarts

Homemade Mincemeat Tarts

This year I decided to make mincemeat with dried fruit and nuts (minus the traditional meat), and it turned out so good that it has earned a place in my Old World Christmas Recipes. With it, I made these Homemade Mincemeat Tarts, which were fabulous. 

Hosting a Christmas Tea Party

Hosting a Christmas Tea Party

My tea party adventures began at Christmas many years ago, when my mother-in-law invited our daughters and me to a Twelve Days of Christmas tea party. That was when I was 31 years old, and it was my first time to attend a formal tea.