Support the Cause Brownies

M&M'S® has given us one more reason to eat chocolate! The maker of M&M'S® candies have teamed up with the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation to raise funds through the sale of their new “pink &white” M&M'S® candies. Each time you buy one of the specially marked bags of candies, M&M'S® will make a donation to the foundation. So be sure to pick up an extra bag for a friend! Click here for more information about this worthy cause.

Susan G. Komen Brownies

Support the cause with these delicious brownies! Great for a bake sale or afternoon tea.
Prep time: 20 min.
Baking time: 35 min.
Decoration time: 20 min.
Difficulty: Easy

What you'll need:

1 bag M&M'S® Brand Milk Chocolate Candies Help Fight Breast Cancer
1 bag SNICKERS® Brand FUN SIZE® Candies
1 box (19.9-oz.) dark chocolate fudge brownie mix
1 can (16-oz.) chocolate frosting
9 x 13-inch baking pan
Foil
Spatula
3 1/2-inch circular cookie cutter

What to do:

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line the bottom of the baking pan with foil. Unwrap and chop the SNICKERS® Brand FUN SIZE® Candies. Set aside. Prepare fudge brownie mix according to the package directions. Fold the chopped SNICKERS® Candies into the batter, before spreading the mixture into the prepared baking pan. Bake until just set, about 30-35 minutes. Transfer to a wire rack and cool completely.

Invert pan and remove brownie. Remove foil and invert again, so that the nice side is facing up. Press 8 circles out the brownies. Cover both the top and sides of each circle with the chocolate frosting.

Using the photo as your guide, make the signature ribbon on top of each brownie with M&M’S® Brand Milk Chocolate Candies Help Fight Breast Cancer. Make a continuous ring of M&M’S® Brand Milk Chocolate Candies Help Fight Breast Cancer around the bottom of the brownies

Makes 8 brownies.

Click here for more great recipes and ideas from M&M’S®.

Listerine Agent Cool Blue Recall

Heads up parents! Johnson & Johnson has issued a recall on 4 million bottles of Listerine Agent Cool Blue plaque-detecting rinse; including the Glacier Mint and Bubble Blast flavors. You can read the article at Yahoo News for complete details.

Of course this is the same product my son is using - occasionally, under extreme duress. For once I am glad that he doesn't use it as often as he should. I have a hard enough time getting him to brush his teeth. You would think I was pulling them out or something the way he carries on. All I have to say is, "Go brush your teeth," for him to immediately start wailing and jerking his body in repulsion before stomping off to the bathroom.

Now I'll have to find a new product to torture him with . . . any suggestions?

The Obedient Wife

A friend sent me the following funny in an email and since it brought me a chuckle, I thought I would share it:

THE OBEDIENT WIFE

There was a man who had worked all of his life, had saved all of his money, and was a real miser when it came to his money. Just before he died, he said to his wife, "When I die, I want you to take ALL my money and put it in the casket so I can take it into the afterlife with me." And so he got his wife to promise him with all of her heart that when he died, she would put all of the money in the casket with him.

Well, he died. He was stretched out in the casket, his wife was sitting there in black, and her friend was sitting next to her. When they finished the ceremony, just before the undertakers got ready to close the casket, the wife said, "Wait just a minute!" Carrying a box, she came over and put it in the casket. Then the undertakers locked the casket down, and they rolled it away.

Her dear friend turned to her and said, "Girl, I know you weren't fool enough to put all that money in there with your husband?"

The obedient wife replied, "Listen, I'm a good Christian and I can't go back on my word. I promised him that I was going to put that money in that casket with him."

"You mean to tell me you put ALL that money in the casket with him!!!!?"

"I sure did," answered the wife. "I got it all together, put it into my account and wrote him a check. If he can cash it, he can spend it."

--Source Unknown

Busy Moms Recipes April Newsletter

This month's newsletter features great recipes for planning an Easter menu, as well as fun and interactive sites for creating Easter eggs. You can see it at: http://www.busymomsrecipes.com/0407.htm.

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Happy Easter!

Charlene