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Saturday Snacks: Let’s Make Colombian Buñuelos (Cheese Fritters) Inspired by Encanto!

Disney had me at CHEESE FRITTERS. When Disney dropped a recipe for Julieta Madrigal’s buñuelos, I immediately jumped on it for Saturday Snacks. If there are cheese fritters to be made, by golly we’re making ‘em! First things first: if you haven’t watched Encanto, please do so. It’s incredibly good, and, the more you ruminate Saturday Snacks: Let’s Make Colombian Buñuelos (Cheese Fritters) Inspired by Encanto!





Saturday Snacks: Let’s Make Pixar’s Gingersnap Cookies!

Is there anything more perfect on a chilly winter’s weekend than a gingersnap cookie and a cup of tea? Well, maybe TWO gingersnap cookies with that cup of tea. Just when we thought that perhaps we had made all of the Disney park, Disney-inspired, and Disney-adjacent cookie recipes, MaryLou Jaso, pastry chef at Play Pixar, Saturday Snacks: Let’s Make Pixar’s Gingersnap Cookies!





The Top Three Disney Cookie Recipes to Try this Christmas

Christmas and cookies go hand-in-hand, don’t they? From cookie exchanges to family recipes handed down from one generation to the next, cookies just seem to be a part of the holiday celebration fabric. And I for one am here for every single morsel of it. Over the last 22 months of Disney snack-making fun that The Top Three Disney Cookie Recipes to Try this Christmas





Saturday Snacks: Let’s Make D23’s Cheesy Pull-Apart Christmas Tree!

Do you have a dish that you make for which you’ve become known? On the staff team that I was on for years in Maryland, I became known for bringing Pampered Chef’s Taco Ring to the annual staff Christmas party. It’s a simple, sharable dish that was beloved by everyone. If I had ever showed Saturday Snacks: Let’s Make D23’s Cheesy Pull-Apart Christmas Tree!









Saturday Snacks: Let’s Whip Up Disneyland’s Peppermint Marshmallow Wands!

From time to time, I’ll come across a recipe that I squirrel away for just the right occasion. Today’s recipe is one of those special save-it-til-we-really-need-it types. We’re channeling a bit of Disneyland magic for Saturday Snacks today, and it’s not just Disneyland magic, it’s Disneyland during the holidays magic. The very best kind, right? Saturday Snacks: Let’s Whip Up Disneyland’s Peppermint Marshmallow Wands!





Five Great Recipes for Your Disney Hanukkah at Home

Light up your Hanukkah and infuse some Disney magic at home with these traditional recipes, Disney-style. Making these recipes will bring the magic of Disney and Hanukkah to your holiday home. Hanukkah will be celebrated this year beginning November 28th (evening) through December 6th. Yes, that would be Thanksgiving weekend as the eight-day start date! Five Great Recipes for Your Disney Hanukkah at Home





Saturday Snacks Challenge: Let’s Make Napa Rose’s Wild Berry Cobbler in a DVC Villa!

(Cue the suspense-filled first notes of the Mission: Impossible theme.) Dun dun dada, Dun dun dada, Dun dun dada… Friends, I was given an assignment and I chose to accept it. The mission was to show up at a Disney Vacation Club resort and create three Saturday Snacks recipes in one afternoon using the setup Saturday Snacks Challenge: Let’s Make Napa Rose’s Wild Berry Cobbler in a DVC Villa!





Saturday Snacks: Let’s Make Paradiso 37’s Traditional Mexican Guacamole!

Friends, I am channeling Rafiki at the beginning of The Lion King today. Except instead of holding up a small baby lion, I am holding up a not-so-small bowl of guacamole. Guacamole that I made with my OWN TWO HANDS. And I’m holding it high in the air for all to see. While the first Saturday Snacks: Let’s Make Paradiso 37’s Traditional Mexican Guacamole!