It’s National Picnic Day, and what better way to celebrate than with a chocolate cake that doesn’t need to be kept cold and travels easily?
Chocolate Picnic Cake
1 (5 ounce) package non-instant chocolate pudding mix
1 (18.25 ounce) package chocolate cake mix
1 cup mini chocolate chips
1 1/2 cups chopped walnuts
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Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour a 9×13 inch pan.
In a large saucepan, prepare the pudding according to the instructions on the box. Remove from heat. Mix cake mix into the hot pudding and stir until blended.
Pour batter into prepared pan, and sprinkle with the chocolate chips …read more

This month, the Lifestyles channel decided to have a little fun with one of summer’s favorite pastimes – a picnic!
Let’s start with dessert first!
Strawberry Rhubarb Crunch by Robust Cooking
Watermelon Raspberry Lemonade at All Holiday Cafe
Rice Krispie Treats at Keeping the Castle
Homemade Oreo Ice Cream at Chocolate Bytes
Cool Summer Snacking at Inside Motherhood
Baking Delights is bringing enough chocolate for everyone to catch a chocobuzz with her favorite brownies
Nothing like sweet tea on a hot, summer day…Wait..I taste lime..mint…is that a non-alcoholic Mojito?  Kettle and Cup has the answer.
Blogfabulous is serving up a super easy, keep your butt out of the hot …read more

What better way to end a summer picnic than with a nice big batch of homemade ice cream? A mix-in of chopped and crushed Oreo cookies makes it extra special. Keep it tucked inside the cooler with a lot of ice or ice packs and it should be just about right for dessert!

I use about six cookies total for a 1.5 quart batch of ice cream. I like to quarter about three of the cookies for some nice chunks, and then crush the rest with a mallet to make sure there are cookies throughout all the ice cream! Hot pink …read more

This is a fast and easy treat to make for a Fourth of July picnic or barbecue. An added bonus is that you can get the kids to do it and keep them occupied while you finish preparing the rest of the meal!
All you need are some cleaned, fresh strawberries, blueberries and white chocolate (or substitute vanilla chips if you don’t like white chocolate). Melt the white chocolate in the microwave in one minute increments. Make sure the strawberries are completely dry and lay them on wax or parchment paper.
Either dip the strawberries halfway into the white chocolate (you …read more