Lil Treat

10/05/2026

The latest Lil Treat creation: a fluffernutter inspired cookie pie (It's not a traditional pie slice shape because I choose to make a small one in a square pan.)

Chocolate chip cookie "crust" with a layered filling made up of homemade granola butter (because I can no longer have peanut butter 😭), scratch made vanilla marshmallow fluff, Chips Deluxe cookies with Nestlé Crunch, and scratch made dark chocolate ganache.

This is Naughty Brownies's cookie cousin, and it's SO good! Looking forward to creating new varieties to add to the Lil Treat menu.

09/21/2026

Working on expanding Lil Treat offerings.

09/01/2026

While I was gearing up for the marshmallow flight drop, I had a batch of Red Velvet marshmallows that did not go according to plan. I miscalculated some things (I'm a baker, not a mathematician!) and ended up with something more like nougat than marshmallow.


So I did what I do - said, "Plot twist!" and found a way to repurpose those not-quite-marshmallows.


I thought about the Taiwanese sweet called Snowflake Crisp, and hit up Uncle Google to learn more about it. With luck, I found a recipe that uses marshmallows instead of making the nougat from scratch.


I set to work making the nougat base...and then realized I didn't have any evaporated milk. Or cream. Or even half-and-half. What I did have was some Cinnamon Coffee Cake oatmilk creamer.


So...Red Velvet marshmallows with a little cinnamon from the creamer hosting broken up Club crackers, pieces of Dark Chocolate Oreo Thins, and some cream cheese flavored baking chips.


The result? Way better than it had any right to be!


Y'all, this stuff was TASTY. Best the day it's made, before the crackers and Oreos soften up (but I know a trick that may prevent that in the future!)


Sometimes, you really can turn a loss into a win, folks.


Hang in there. And reward yourself for your tenacity with a Lil Treat. You've earned it.



https://www.saltnpepperhere.com/blog/marshmallow-nougat-crisp

08/13/2026

07/23/2026

I didn't think to take photos of the full lineup, but here are some mini cupcakes I made for a tabletop gaming event earlier this month.

I had a lot of fun coming up with flavor combinations to represent the various classes.

07/10/2026

This is why I won't have an unattended stand on my porch.

12/04/2025

Who remembers Purplesaurus Rex Kool-Aid?

While it's grape-lemonade goodness no longer roams supermarket aisles, I did manage to recreate the flavor in marshmallow form. Surprisingly addictive!

11/01/2025

This edition of this cookbook was printed in 1983. I was 8 years old.

I remember going to a favorite store, Beard's (which, if I remember correctly was kind of like Ollie's or Big Lots), with my dad. I was allowed to pick out something, and I chose this book.

This isn't exactly where it all started - the actual beginning was "helping" my mom bake - but it was my first cookbook and my first real step into experimenting with cookies.

10/15/2025

Ever have one of those days where you just need… a Lil Treat? 🍪

That’s what this whole bakery gig is about — a love of baking and small joys that make life a little sweeter.

I’m still setting up shop and testing flavors, but the goal’s simple: to create the kinds of little pick-me-ups that got my younger sister and me through some tough times - and share them with you.

Come hang out and follow along as we build this sweet little adventure from the ground up!

10/03/2025

I'd just like to take a moment to be grateful for Little Treats, as a concept 💖