Mini Pumpkin Cheesecake with Gingersnap Crust

If you couldn't tell already, we at Neatorama love pumpkin-flavored stuff and other holiday flavors. These mini pumpkin cheesecakes with a gingersnap crust are no exception -after all, pumpkin cheesecake is great and pretty popular this time of year, but there's no excuse to stop the holiday flavors with just pumpkin and its spices. Nor should you limit your crust options to simply graham crackers. Crushed gingersnaps blended with melted butter are a much better, more flavorful option.

Essentially, this Cooking on the Front Burner recipe is like getting to enjoy gingerbread cookies and pumpkin pie all in one heavenly cheesecake-y bite.


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Sriracha Flavored Vodka

You can get vodka flavored with peppermint, fruit, even chocolate and marshmallows …but if you don't want anything that reminds you of sweetness, here's one that might be right up your alley. UV Vodka introduces their UV Sriracha Vodka. Recommended for inclusion in a Bloody Mary or in one of their other recipes. Prepare your digestive system! -via Laughing Squid


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The Breaking Bad Gingerbread House

Let's cook. No, not meth. Just gingerbread, but then let's go ahead and frost it and cover it with blue rock candy so it looks like it has two drug dealers and their product. 

Walt and Jesse look pretty adorable in this ginerbread house by Sugar Plum Cake Shop, but I love the DEA snowman the most (and the cotton candy fumes from the motorhome). He's so adorably unthreatening. While this cake was almost certainly made to be a promotion for the company, there's nothing wrong with that when it's this delightfully sweet.


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Rice Krispie Treat Burgers and Watermelon

The food and coupon blog My Kansas City Mommy made these sweet-looking summer treats back in 2011 in order to promote a giveaway contest. There’s not much information about the burgers, but you can find a full recipe for the watermelon here.

It’s a lot more than just Rice Krispie treats with food coloring. To make your own, you’ll need strawberry-flavored marshmallows, watermelon/cherry drink mix and lime drink mix. The seeds can be either chocolate chips or raisins.

-via Cutest Food


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Knit Pie Crust

Ravelry member KnitsForLife made this unique crust for her Thanksgiving apple pie. She took a semi-frozen Trader Joe’s pie crust, sliced it into strips and then knitted a lattice structure for the pie top. If this becomes a popular dish, then craft supply stores should start stocking pie crusts!

-via Makin’ology


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Tastes Like Success: The Beef Jerky Business Cards

Why give someone an ordinary old paper business card when you can give them a beef jerky one? Sure most people won't want to hold beef jerky in their wallet and even fewer people will find it useful as actual food, but it sure sends an interesting message -one that says "I really wish you'd eat my contact information rather than actually using it to contact me."

Of course, it's important to remember Meat Cards are only edible for up to one year, so if you haven't given them all out about 11 months after you ordered them, you probably better enjoy a delicious feast of business cards.

Via That's Nerdalicious


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Pumpkin Tres Leches Cake

Did you buy a little more pumpkin than you needed this Thanksgiving? Then try using it for something else -like this delicious pumpkin tres leches cake from Willow Bird Baking. For those unfamiliar with tres leches cake, it's translated into "three milks cake," meaning it's soaked in condensed milk, evaporated milk and heavy cream, making it rich, gooey and delicious. Now, just imagine adding pumpkin and a whipped icing into the mix and you can imagine just how heavenly this cake just might be -sort of like a pumpkin pie a la mode.


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Lord of the Cake Pops

I'll be honest, I was a little hesitant to write about these Lord of the Rings cake pops at first because I'm a little over the whole cake pop thing. That is, until I saw that the bakers, Let Them Eat Cake Pops, made this amazing Bormir meme of their own pop. It is hard not to laugh at something this delightfully silly, even if you want to eat it at the same time.

All of these fantastic cake pops do look super realistic though, as do their wonderful Walking Dead pops that feature not only the living characters but also a few walkers.

Via Geeks Are Sexy


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Panda-monium Invades Thanksgiving!

Neatoramanaut Chela Tu was inspired by the post A Pack of Pandas Invade Curry. So she and Carter Hubbard : Visual Linguist made some pandas of their own -just in time for Thanksgiving!

At family gatherings I am the undisputed head chef and I typically steer away from what is considered traditional for the occasion and let my culinary imagination run wild. I'm not always successful but my mom, brother, and sister are always happy to help/eat.

And then grandma moved in.

I love grandma and as the matriarch grandma gets what grandma wants. Even if it means a traditional Thanksgiving meal.

To satisfy my need to be different and in charge I made pink mashed potatoes and invited a pack of pandas to join the party. Here is our Panda Thanksgiving in pictures.

Photographs by Jan Tu. See even more pictures in the Panda Thanksgiving Flickr set.

Now I want pandas at my next family feast.


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Finally You Can Go Eat Yourself

Have you ever wished you could eat a picture of your wife, kids, pets, family or even yourself? Well, now you can thanks to Boomf, the company that allows you to print any picture of your choice on marshmallows. Just upload your Instagram pics to the site and bam -you can put any picture inside your delicious hot chocolate. Right now you can only get things shipped to the UK, but you can sign up to have the company email you when they start shipping to other companies.

Via That's Nerdalicious


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How to Make Pumpkin Pie Lasagna

Becky McKay, the internet’s Cereal Baker, is forever mashing up foods that less sophisticated people might think don’t belong together. In the past, we’ve seen her Cheetos Rice Krispie treats, Spam and peanut butter cookies, donut-stuffed cronuts and pizza roll-stuffed cupcakes. Now, for the Thanksgiving season, she’s offering the classic pumpkin pie in the form of lasagna.

It’s made with all of the standard ingredients: lasagna noodles, ricotta cheese, evaporated milk, eggs and canned pumpkin. It’s covered with caramel topping and whipped cream.

Ricotta and caramel? Those are two flavors that are made for each other!

-via Craft


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Popcorn Turkey Bag and 9 Other Last-Minute Thanksgiving Centerpiece Ideas

Thanksgiving dinner is in a few hours, but don't panic! You've still got time to craft that Thanksgiving centerpiece that will wow your dinner guests. Our new home design blog Homes & Hues has the list of 10 Easy Last-Minute Thanksgiving Centerpiece Ideas that can serve as a last-minute inspiration.

Like this one, the Popcorn Turkey Bag by One Charming Party. All you need are a large brown grocery bag, two small brown lunch bags, paper for the frills, and popcorn.

Photo: Nicole Gerulat, Tutorial: Sara Westbrook

View the rest over at Homes & Hues: 10 Easy Last-Minute Thanksgiving Centerpiece Ideas


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Delicious Thanksgiving-Themed Jell-O Shots

Cranberry sauce, French silk pie and pecan pie make for a fantastic Thanksgiving dinner, they're all so filling. Fortunately, there's always room for Jell-O, especially when it is filled with boozy goodness. Best of all, they can all be topped with whipped cream, just like real slices of pie so you get the full flavor and fulfilment of dessert all while drinking at the same time. Tablespoon has all the directions you need to make these a reality for your Thanksgiving meal -just make sure you make them early enough to give the Jell-O time to set.


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Great Pics of The Week: Thanksgiving Edition

Ready to celebrate Thanksgiving? Then you're ready for this week's great pics. We've got all the food, celebrations and family jokes you can handle, so relax, take the day off and enjoy a laugh.

Dry Those Onion Tears

When you're prepping your stuffing, chopping onions, remember to keep their feelings in mind too.

Via Humor Train

Everybody's Looking for Stilton

Having a cheese plate? Here's a perfect theme song for it.

Via Facebook

Stick a Fork in Him

Don't forget to wear sunscreen...if you're a bald turkey that is.

Via Share Like Me

A Turkey Buffet

Ever wonder how they fatten up those turkey salt and pepper shakers? With candy corn of course! This great pic came from Miss C, whose mother is a big collector of turkey salt and pepper shakers.

Beware the Wrath of the Turkey God

Especially if you burn a turkey, making his sacrifice an empty gesture.

Via Cheezburger

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The Perfect Breakfast for Christmas Morning

Cinnamon rolls are always are great breakfast option, especially during the winter. But if you want something really seasonal, try tweaking the recipe a touch like Crazy For Crust did with this great gingerbread spice cinnamon rolls with a maple frosting. Of course, if you're like most of us Neatorama writers, then you probably wouldn't mind making one change to the recipe -working a little bacon in there whether crumbled on top or baked in the middle of the roll itself. Especially because maple and bacon are so good together.


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