Glorious Cinnamon Popsicles

      I love this recipe SOO MUCH it has a sweet cinnamon aroma traveling throughout the house!!!This is also very easy to make and there is not a lot of cleanup! (...timesaver for less cleanup...) If you have ever tried any Latin food or drinks this one is well known. Its called horchata, this drink is made rice and cinnamon! But this popsicle tastes like horchata and I was VERY VERY excited that it tastes like it.

      I got this recipe from (link down below)*. This was my first time making these and I decided to add "Nina's Touch" to this by having another flavor to it. So instead of the water it called for, I used whole milk. 

     The top picture is actually Creamy Cinnamon Horchata Popsicles* thats what mine look like, the bottom picture is HORCHATA!!!

Cinnamon Popsicles #1

{Makes 5.2 ounces, six 2.5 ounce popsicles}

Ingredients:

• 1 cup granulated sugar
• 2 cinnamon sticks
• 4 cups water

Directions:

      In a small saucepan pour the sugar, cinnamon sticks, and water. Put saucepan over medium heat and stir until all of the sugar is dissolved. After sugar is dissolved let simmer on low heat for 45 minutes, and stir every 10 minutes. Once 45 minutes is up remove pan from heat and let chill for 30 minutes at the least. Remove cinnamon sticks and fill your popsicle tray. Let freeze for at least 8 hours or overnight.

Cinnamon Popsicles #2

{Makes 5.2 ounces, six 2.5 ounce popsicles}

Ingredients:

• 1 cup granulated sugar
• 2 cinnamon sticks
• 4 cups whole milk

Directions:

      In a small saucepan pour the sugar, cinnamon sticks, and milk. Put saucepan over medium heat and stir until all of the sugar is dissolved. After sugar is dissolved let simmer on low heat for 45 minutes, and stir every 10 minutes. Once 45 minutes is up remove pan from heat and let chill for 30 minutes at the least. Remove cinnamon sticks and fill your popsicle tray. Let freeze for at least 8 hours or overnight.

*original recipe    http://thefrugalchef.com/2013/07/homemade-popsicles/

*creamy cinnamon horchata popsicles recipe    http://www.thecandidappetite.com/2014/06/25/creamy-cinnamon-horchata/

Classy Fudge Sauce

         Fudge is actually made of 4 basic ingredients, chocolate, milk, butter, and sugar. It has a semisoft consistency to it. But this is fudge sauce, not the candy fudge. (Although thats very good too!!!)

        When making this recipe you want to cut the butter in to the same size pieces or else the butter will melt at different times and it may burn! Also, with cooking the fudge be sure that when the chocolate is melted that all the other ingredients are dissolved in with the chocolate.

        There are many different ways you can serve this sauce. So be creative about it in the way that you serve this!! But here are some ideas that I thought of...

• On top of ice cream that needs a little something more!!
• To be a little more classic with your ice cream you can have scoops of premium vanilla ice cream (or your choice of flavor), some delicious nutty chopped walnuts, and brownie bites, then some of the fudge sauce drizzled over and top it off a cherry!
• Cupcakes, Cakes
• Fondue
• Over fresh fruit
• Fudge dipped marshmallows

Ingredients:

• 1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips*
• 1/3 cup whole milk
• 1/4 cup unsalted butter
• 1/2 cup confectioners' sugar
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Directions:

First, cut the butter into pieces. Then, in a small saucepan, combine the chocolate, milk, butter, confectioners' sugar, and vanilla. Place over low heat and stir constantly with a whisk, and keep stirring until the chocolate is melted and the sauce is smooth. Remove from heat and cool for at least 15 minutes. Serve the way you would like!!

Serves around 2 to 3 cups

*You can also use semi-sweet chocolate chunks, instead of the chocolate chips