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Back To School Ghostly Snacks #BTSSpirit #ad #CollectiveBias

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Back To School Ghostly Snacks #BTSSpirit #ad #CollectiveBias

Back to school is around the corner, and we can’t wait to start a new and exciting year. My girls are almost ready, they just need a few last-minute items to help with a successful first day of school. This year I’m super inspired by the Ghostbusters movie and making all snacks a little more ghostly, with the help of specially marked Ghostbusters branded bottles of M&M’s® and MARS treats, I’m sure we would have a perfect back to school.

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Me on the other hand, I have my day full with lots of shopping and prepping to have everything we need on hand. This is one of the reasons I love to go to Walmart because I can find all the items I need to make this year snacks. And to keep it even more exciting I came up with the idea of incorporating some ghostly theme to our snacks.

#BTSSpirit MARS candy

So, with the help of MARS treats I made some very delicious combinations to help with this year all around snacks. Not only for school but also to have on hand for those after school programs. And let me tell the minis are perfect to keep in my purse for a boost of energy, not only for the kids but for me too, you know we all need it every day, and thanks to the minis I can have one or two. Ok let be honest, I love to have a bag of SNICKERS® Mixed Mini Bags on hand, because is my absolutely favorite.

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Is very simple all you need is:

Mixed Mini Variety Bag
M&M’s® Milk 42 oz
M&M’s® Milk Chocolate Bottle
6 oz transparent container
Labels
Pen
Peanuts
Pirate Booties
Sour Gummies
Mini Graham Crackers

It is very simple, I like to make different combinations and place them in the container, for example:

M&M’s® Milk and Cookies

mm's milk chocolate and cookies #BTSSpirit

M&M’s® Milk and peanuts

mm's milk chocolate and peanuts #BTSSpirit

M&M’s® Milk and sour gummies

mm's milk and sour gummies #BTSSpirit

M&M’s® Milk and pirate booties

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You can also use the M&M’s® Peanut Bottle or peanut to place some of pretzels or cookies for them to take to school.

mm's peanut bottle and cookies #BTSSpirit

Or just mix them all and you will have a great tray of flavors.

trail mix #BTSSpirit

Place them on the container that is especially white for my ghostly theme, label with the name or just the day to make sure they grab the right one. Remember to keep and eye for in-store coupon to save $0.75 of 1 M&M’s® Bottle through September 30.

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And of course, you can definitely take some to the movies to enjoy the Ghostbuster movie, in theaters now.

The #BOOitForward DIY Halloween Package #ad #CollectiveBias

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I’m so exited my favorite time of the year is almost here, and this year my family and I are making a very fun and different way to celebrate with our families and friends. And todays idea is perfect to give to your neighbors, because nothing say Happy Halloween like a personal and fun craft.

So let me walk you in this super easy process, the first step is to go to your nearest Walmart and buy all the materials needed. I personally recommend the MARS® chocolates, and the soda brand 7UP® and Sunkist®, then you can shop around by the decoration for Halloween section, where you will find these products and beautiful bags or boxes for this project.

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I found in this section, these cute boxes with bags, which seemed perfect because they where the perfect size for my super cute monster can and some chocolates, of course don’t forget about the Printable “We’ve Been BOO’D”, you can find this fun and easy to follow printable here at BOO CENTER, where you can print your own is super easy just follow the instructions. Save $1.00 on TWO (2) 2L or 6pk 8oz cans of any flavor Sunkist® Soda, 7UP®, Canada Dry®, A&W®, Squirt®, or Sun Drop®

  • Cut out this “We’ve been BOO’d” sign.
  • Fold the “You’ve been BOO’d” greeting card (page 2) and tape openings together.
  • Include the card and sign when gifting BOO bundles.

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For your craft, well I used the pumpkin boxes, and I add one monster can, some candy and the We’ve been Boo’d card and my daughters and I went to my friend’s house Dulce and left the goodies, at this point I don’t think she know who left the “You’ve been BOO’d” card but I’m sure they enjoy all the candy and sodas we place in there from door. I just hope they had fun just like we did.

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Be sure to check out other great BOO Kit ideas. I’d love to hear about who you are BOO’ing this year to celebrate Halloween!

You can also enter the #BOOItForward Sweepstakes, just click below and add your information.

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Chocolate Bundt With Marshmallow Graham Filling #BundtBakers

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Chocolate Bundt With Marshmallow Graham Filling #BundtBakers

So this is the story behind this delicious bundt, of course our theme this month is S’mores inspired bundt and in my house chocolate cake is not something that I bake frequently. I need it to come with a great idea in order to make a delicious cake, and because we are moving, and moving is so tired and hard, this was the perfect excuse for me to make a delicious, chocolate, yummy cake.

So I check out my pantry to see what I have and we found a box of chocolate german cake mix, and bingo, I put my thinking cap and I was ready to make a delicious chocolate bundt.

As you already can see, this is a very simply but yet super delicious bundt, and am sure you will love the flavors and the filling, did I mention the the filling is marshmallows and graham crackers? No? Ups! well here you have my very own version of a simple chocolate bundt cake with marshmallow and graham cracker filling.

If you like this recipe don’t forget to share, print, save and comment.

Enjoy.

This is a delicious bundt that you can make and enjoy at any time of the day. Bring some joy to your friends table and why not, now that the kids are in school you can surprise your teacher with something so delicious as this bundt cake.

#BundtBakers is a group of Bundt loving bakers who get together once a month to bake Bundts with a common ingredient or theme. You can see all our of lovely Bundts by following our Pinterest board. We take turns hosting each month and choosing the theme/ingredient.
Updated links for all of our past events and more information about BundtBakers, can be found on our home page.

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Chocolate Bundt With Marshmallow Graham Filling #BundtBakers

Delicious chocolate bundt with marshmallows and graham cracker filling.

  • 1 box chocolate cake mix (your prefer brand)
  • 1 1/4 cup half and half
  • 1/2 cup vegetable oil
  • 1 cup graham crackers crumbs
  • 2 cups mini marshmallows
  1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
    Prepare a bundt cake mold with enough cooking spray, to prevent it from sticking.
  2. Mix eggs, vegetable oil, half and half and the chocolate cake mix, until well combine.
  3. Place half of the cake mixture in the pan and add some of the marshmallows and graham crackers crumbs. Cover with the rest of the cake mixture and bake for 40 minutes or until the cake is completely cook on the center.
    Place in a cooling rack immediately to cool completely before cutting.
    I added the rest of the graham crumbs and somer marshmallows for decoration.

Sticky Mini Bars #BakeInTheFun #ad #CollectiveBias

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Can you believe is almost Fall season? I love this time of the year. All the change in the air, stores decorate windows with beautiful illustrations of turkeys, pumpkins and more; and the best part is all the delicious bake goods you can make.

I have to share with you today one of the most easy, delicious, simple recipe, inspired by all the fall flavors you can find. This is a recipe I created with few ingredients because my little one loves to bake and my oldest daughter want me to create a recipe she can make with her sister and it did not require a lot of ingredients.

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So we start storming with ideas and one of my daughter mention lets make something with M&M’s® and that is how this recipe began to take shape. First we went to Walmart for a few ingredients all of them where pick by my girls because this are there favorites. We buy Mott’s® Apple Juice, Mott’s® Apple Sauce Original, Pillsbury™ Moist Supreme® Cake Mix and Pillsbury™ Creamy Supreme® Cream Cheese Icing, on the side I bought for me some Snapple® Apple Single you know to keep me cool during this process.

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I was so impress with my girls that we adventure and decide to buy the M&M’s® Pecan Pie 9.9oz, this pecan pie flavor is the perfect combination to our experiment. I want to mention also that this sticky bars are made with only this ingredients so you will be surprise how delicious this recipe is, and is perfect to make for all the upcoming school events and parties you are going to be attending.

I love how we can connect making treats, this is my favorite part of fall, making memories with my daughter and also creating recipes that will be a great way for then to share with there kids some days.

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Oh I can’t  forget, we have a Coupon for you; So go to Walmart and buy as many as you want M&M’s® Pecan Pie 9.9oz make the recipe and let me know how you like it.

INGREDIENTS

  • 1 box cake mix Pillsbury™ Moist Supreme® Cake Mix
  • 16 oz apple sauce Mott’s® Apple Sauce Original
  • 1/4 cup Cold apple juice Mott’s® Apple Juice
  • 1 1/2 bags of M&M’s® Pecan Pie 9.9oz

DIRECTIONS

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
Grease and flour a 13×9 baking dish.

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In a bowl place the cake mix and add the apple sauce and the apple juice, mix until well combine. Place the mixture in the baking dish and spread evenly.

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Grap a bag of M&M’s® Pecan Pie 9.9oz and sprinkle over the cake, then place the other 1/2 bag in a bag and brake with the help of a roller, this little pieces will give the cake a nutty flavor.

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Bake for 28 minutes. Once ready immaterially place in a cooling rack to cool completely. Cut in little bars, place in a container and you can perfectly store them in the fridge.

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Enjoy with a cold glass of apple juice.
This recipe makes 1 13×9 baking dish.

Preparation time: 15 minutes
Cooking time: 28 minutes
Level of the recipe: Easy

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Chocolate Cherry Nut Brownies #TheLeftoversClub

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Chocolate Cherry Nut Brownies #TheLeftoversClub

I’m so happy to sharing with all of you this simple but super delicious recipe; brownies are a favorite in my house specially because we can add a bunch of different ingredients and at the end we will have a delicious concoction of pure flavor in our mouth.

For today #TheLeftoversClub recipe I decide the these are the perfect thing to send to my friend Joanne Bruno from Eats Well With Others and I know she is going to love this recipe and of course the brownies I send to her.

Super easy recipe, perfect to take on a trip, a delicious party favor or a simple snack, you can do wherever you want with this brownies. Just remember love is the key ingredient so don’t forget to add a ton of it.

If you want to join The Leftovers Club just click and make sure to read all the rules or just send me an email and I will send the info to you.

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INGREDIENTS

  • 1 box of fudge brownies (you can use any brand)
  • 1 cup dark chocolate morsels with cherry filing
  • 1/2 cup chopped mix nuts

DIRECTIONS

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.

Make the brownie mix according to box directions, line a baking sheet with foil and spray some cooking spray, mix in the chocolate morsels.

Chocolate Cherry Nut Brownies
Place the mixture on the baking sheet and sprinkle the nuts on top, don’t mix them in, this will give the brownies a nice nutty flavor.

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Bake for 35 minutes, let it cool and cut in pieces.

This recipe makes a 13×9 baking sheet.

Preparation time: 15 minutes
Cooking time: 35 minutes
Level of the recipe: Easy


Chocolate Chunks Cookies with Vanilla Ice Cream #CreativeCookieExchange

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chocolate chunks cookies with vanilla ice cream

We all love cookies and ice cream, specially when you can combine them and make a delicious sandwich.
This month the #CreativeCookieExchange, is bringing all the temptations together, yes we have all kinds of cookies and ice cream. Your eyes will be melted by the end of this post, am sure.
And just to make it even more decadent, I made for you a delicious, chocolate chunks cookies, a simple cookie with some dark chocolate squares that make this combination jus perfect.
I did not made the ice cream but is just to show you that you can combine this delicious cookies with any kind of ice cream flavor; my favorite has always been vanilla and is the one I made very often.
I want to here what you think of my cookies, and with what flavor of ice cream you would like to combine them.
Enjoy.

INGREDIENTS

  • 1 cup sugar
  • 1 stick butter
  • 1 cup flour
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1 egg
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 1/2 cup dark chocolate chunks
  • pinch of salt
  • Your favorte ice cream

DIRECTIONS

Preheat the oven to 325 degrees.

Cream sugar ans butter for 5 minutes, add the egg and vanilla extract and mix for 2 minutes on medium low speed.

chocolate chunk cookies
Mix in a bowl flour, salt and baking powder and add to the above mixture, mix in by hand the dark chocolate chunks.
Prepare the baking sheet, I use this super cute waffle cookie sheet, I found it on sale and you know it was hard to resist the temptation.

chocolate cookies
Place 2 tablespoons of the mixture and bake for 15 minutes. Place the cookies in a rack to cool completely before making the sandwich.

This recipe makes 12 cookies.

Preparation time: 15 minutes
Cooking time: 15 minutes
Level of the recipe: Easy

The theme this month is Ice Cream Cookies–any kind of cookie that works well with ice cream in any form–could be an ice cream sandwich, could be the perfect cookie garnish! If you are dying to beat the heat with a fun ice cream creation involving cookies, we’ve got you covered! If you are a blogger and want to join in the fun, contact Laura at thespicedlife AT gmail DOT com and she will get you added to our Facebook group, where we discuss our cookies and share links. Please be patient though, as this month Laura is off to Italy and will not be checking email quite as often!

You can also just use us as a great resource for cookie recipes–be sure to check out our Pinterest Board and our monthly posts (you can find all of them at The Spiced Life). You will be able to find them the first Tuesday after the 15th of each month! Also, if you are looking for inspiration to get in the kitchen and start baking, check out what all of the hosting bloggers have made:

 

Brownie Style Rocky Road Bundt Cake #BundtBakers

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Brownie Style Rocky Road Bundt Cake

This month was a little challenging for me because rocky road is not something we eat on a daily basics, but I’m always up for a good challenge and I made this one a very personal one.
First I want it to make a different bundt cake this month for #BundtBakers and a brownie kind sound delicious in my head, and because chocolate is one key ingredient in brownies only need it to add the rest marshmallows and graham crackers.
At the end my bundt is not perfect but let me tell you that it is super delicious, it has lots of melted marshmallows and little bits of cookies, pack in chocolate flavor and super easy to make.

INGREDIENTS

  • 1 box of brownie mix.
  • 2 eggs
  • 2 tablespoons milk
  • 1/3 cup vegetable oil
  • 1 1/2 cup mini marshmallows
  • 1/2 cup graham cookie crumbs.

DIRECTIONS

  1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
  2. Make the brownie mixture, follow add eggs, milk and oil, mix until well combine, then add marshmallows and cookies, mix well and place the mixture in a mini bundt cake mold, grease and flour the mold for a no sticky mess.
  3. Bake for 34 minutes.
  4. Let it rest for 10 minutes once bake and place on a rack to cool completely or you can eat it warm with a cool glass of milk.
  5. This recipe makes 1 bundt cake.
Preparation time: 10 minutes
Cooking time: 34 minutes
Level of the recipe: Easy

 

BundtBakers

#BundtBakers is a group of Bundt loving bakers who get together once a month to bake Bundts with a common ingredient or theme.

Follow our Pinterest board right here. Links are also updated each month on the BundtBakers home page.

Crispy Bars #CrispyComeback #CollectiveBias #ad

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This is the most exciting we ever had in a long time, the M&M’s® Crispy are back to the market due to consumers request, and we are ready to share a lot of delicious ways to enjoy them.
Delicious milk chocolate with a crispy rice center, so good, they’re back and only 180 calories per serving.
Finally, you can taste what you’ve been missing M&M’s® Crispy is back and just as delicious as before bite size crispy delicious chocolate and rice in one.

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You can follow all the adventures that only M&M’s® Crispy can bring to you and also share and tasted the different recipes and ideas we are bringing today.

To make sure the my family and me can enjoy the crispness and flavors of the product, I created this delicious and easy recipe, using the least possible ingredients to make the flavors of M&M’s® Crispy speak for them self; and let me tell you while I was making this bars, we could not resist snacking and some or maybe most of the them.
That is why is very convenient to have both presentations, one for just snacking in a well deserved me time and the other for recipes and sharing.

If you haven’t try them let me tell you that you can find M&M’s® Crispy in your local CVS Pharmacy in both presentations, and of course I invite you to share with your family and friends the recipe and the delicious momentus the only M&M’s® Crispy are bringing back to you.

Click on the link below to get a $1 coupon available for M&M’s® Crispy at CVS http://www.cvssavingscentral.com/Programs/MAF/04_MAF_74025_Mars2015Flt2

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Enjoy!

INGREDIENTS

  • 1 3/4 cup flour
  • 1/2 cup sugar
  • 1/4 instant oats
  • 1 stick cold butter
  • 1 egg
  • 1 can condensed milk
  • 1 cup mini chocolate chips
  • 1 cup chopped almonds
  • 1 cup M&M’s® Crispy

DIRECTIONS

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees fahrenheit.
In the bowl of a stand mixer add sugar, oats, flour and mix, add the cold butter (cut the butter in pieces first) and mix until crumbs are form, by hand add the egg and reserve 1 cup of this mixture.

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In microwave safe bowl add the condense milk and heat it in the microwave for 1 minute then add the chocolate chips and mix until completely melted.
Know in a 9×13 pan well grease, add the first flour mixture and spread well, then add the condensed milk mixture on top, to the remaining flour mixture mix almonds and M&M’s® Crispy and spread it on the top.

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Bake for 35 minutes, let it cool completely before cutting.

This recipe makes 30 mini bars.

Preparation time: 25 minutes
Cooking time: 35 minutes
Level of the recipe: Easy

 

Chocolate and Almonds Bundt Cake #BundtBakers

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Chocolate and Almond Bundt Cake

What a delicious and perfect ingredient we have this month here at the #BundtBakers group, definitely chocolate is the most amazing and versatile ingredient to cook, from cakes, brownies, bundt, cupcakes, cookies, anyway the list is to long to name it all.
And what I love the most about chocolate is the you can make it super sweet, dense, spice and why not a little sinful is you ask me.
And this month I make the most perfect bundt cake ever, it is a combination of brownie, lava cake, and cake all in one.
It have bits of almonds for some crunchiness and the not so secret ingredient, coffee, yes it is an all in one bundt the am sure you are going to love it.
Not super sweet, but perfect to share with the children, all the you love in chocolate is here in this bundt cake, soft, chewy, crunchy and decadent.
Enjoy.

INGREDIENTS

  • 2 sticks room temperature butter
  • 1 cup super fine sugar
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 4 eggs
  • 1/2 cup morning coffee
  • 1 cup half and half
  • 3 cups AP Flour
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder
  • pinch salt
  • 1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa
  • 1/2 cup powder milk
  • 1 1/2 cup toasted, chopped almonds

DIRECTIONS

  1. Preheat the oven to 350°F, spray a bundt pan with non stick spray and set aside.
    In the bowl of a stand mixer cream sugar and butter for 5 minutes, the add the eggs one by one, vanilla extract and mix for 3 more minutes.
  2. In a bowl sift flour, cocoa, powder milk, baking soda, and salt.
  3. Add the dry ingredients in 3 additions alternating with the coffee and the half and half, then add te almonds by hand and combine well.
  4. Pour the batter in the pan and bake for 1 hour to 1 hour 10 minutes, or until a toothpick comes out clean.
  5. Let it cool in the pan for 10 minutes then place the cake to a cooling rack and let it cool completely.
  6. This recipe makes 1 bundt cake.
Preparation time: 25 minutes
Cooking time: 1 hour to 1 hour 10 minutes
Level of the recipe: Easy
BundtBakers

#BundtBakers is a group of Bundt loving bakers who get together once a month to bake Bundts with a common ingredient or theme.  Follow our Pinterest board right here. Links are also updated each month on the BundtBakers home page.

We take turns hosting each month and choosing the theme/ingredient.

If you are a food blogger and would like to join us, just send Stacy an email with your blog URL to foodlustpeoplelove@gmail.com.

Here are February’s Chocolate themed Bundt Bakers:

Nutella Baileys Cookies #CreativeCookieExchange

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Nutella Baileys Cookies

I’m so happy to be back and share one more recipes with you in this amazing group of talented bakers.
This month we have for you a delicious and different way to eat your cookies, yes we are adding some booze and making this a very unique and really delicious guilty pleasure; because with all the boom right know with 50 Shades of Gray, you never know when a cookie with a kick is needed.
And I put together 2 of my favorite ingredients, Nutella and Baileys, those are the perfect combination to make it all good specially on a busy Tuesday.
This are super easy to make and better make a lot because they are addictive, and you know me cero complications, simple and easy ingredients and ad the end a delicious recipe to share with your friends.
Enjoy.

INGREDIENTS

  • 1 cup Nutella
  • 3 tablespoons Baileys
  • 1 1/2 cup flour
  • 1 stick of butter
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder
  • pinch of salt
  • 1 cup sugar

DIRECTIONS

  1. Preheat the oven to 350°F.
    In the bowl of a stand mixer, cream sugar and butter for 5 minutes, add nutella, vanilla extract, baileys, and beat for 3 minutes, then add flour mix with salt and baking powder, mix until it forms a ball.
  2. In a cookie sheet, place tablespoons of the dough, form a ball with it, and bake for 8 to 12 minutes.

This recipe makes 24 cookies.

Preparation time: 15 minutes
Cooking time: 8-12 minutes
Level of the recipe: Easy

And for more delicious inspirations check out this recipes.

The theme this month is Drunken Cookies! Cookies made with booze and/or inspired by booze, we have them all! If you are a blogger and want to join in the fun, contact Laura at thespicedlife AT gmail DOT com and she will get you added to our Facebook group, where we discuss our cookies and share links.

You can also just use us as a great resource for cookie recipes–be sure to check out our Pinterest Board and our monthly posts (you can find all of them here at The Spiced Life). You will be able to find them the first Tuesday after the 15th of each month! Also, if you are looking for inspiration to get in the kitchen and start baking, check out what all of the hosting bloggers have made: