Makes 1½ cups For a super-special treat, we like to use this as a fudge sauce for our Chocolate Nut Butter Ripple Ice Cream or as a filling in our Lava Fudge Cupcakes. When this sauce is cold, its texture is thick like a pudding, which makes it great for dipping...

Makes 1 cup This versatile sauce is amazingly fun to make (science in action!) and useful on quite a few recipes. We use it to make Candied Nuts, our Samoa Cake Balls, and inside our homemade chocolate candies. It’s delicious to drizzle it on special treats like ice...

Makes ½ cup Go to any party and you’ll usually find a veggie plate with carrots, celery, and broccoli, with a tub of ranch dressing in the middle. Instead of that dip, give this fun orange-colored one a try. You’ll find an interesting and exotic flavor that will get...

Makes ½ cup Deep in the jungles of the elephant head–shaped country of Thailand there is a secret. For centuries the culinary geniuses who invented Thai cuisine have magicked together the spicy curries of India with the tropical flavors of the Pacific and a dash of...

Makes about 2 cups of sauce The most exciting part of this dip is the part where you get to set a pepper on fire! We’re not even kidding: to roast the pepper, we use our stovetop burner and roast it like a marshmallow. If you’re not able to do that, it can also be...

Makes 1½ cups of dressing If you use your imagination to think about interesting ingredients and unusual dressings, salads can be fun and delicious. Most days, we like our salads to have fruit, and this dressing is a perfect compliment. It’s made with raspberries and...

Makes 4 cups Barbecued meat is always better with barbecue sauce. This is our favorite–a sweet version that tastes great on almost any meat. You may not know this, but different states have different barbecue sauces. While this one is like the sauces they make in...

Makes 4 cups, enough to refill a squeeze bottle We love ketchup, and we’re willing to bet that you do too. But, do you know what the number two ingredient in most brands of ketchup is? SUGAR! Turns out, the companies that make ketchup don’t remove the seeds, since it...

Makes a cup of mayonnaise If you’re the type of person that is always whipping out the Miracle Whip or heaping on the Hellmann’s, this is for you. Rather than buying sugary mayonnaise made with unhealthy oils, why not make your own? It’s pretty easy to do and, once...

Serves 4 One of our favorite restaurants serves food from a country called Vietnam. If you’ve never tried this kind of food, you should give it a shot! Most Vietnamese restaurants are full of healthy choices for you, and their herbs and spices taste so fresh! Just...