Cherry Coke Coconut Cream Zoku Pops

The outside shell:

- flat cherry coke

The inside cream (about 4 pops worth)

- 1/4 cup coconut milk

- 1/4 cup half and half

- about 2 tablespoons lemon juice

- about 2 teaspoons raw honey

Cherry Coke Chicken

*WARNING* this is untested. It is a crock pot experiment--but it's a variation of Crock Pot 365's Candy Chicken. THAT is a fabulous recipe.

Ingredients:
- about six pieces of chicken breast (my husband cut them, so I'm not sure how big they are. It looks like six breast halves)
- about 16 ounces leftover cherry coke from Target café
- about 3/4 cup brown sugar
- about 1/4 cup maraschino cherries with juice
- 2/3 cup Archer Farm strawberry basil balsamic vinegar
- 2-3 tablespoons Wegmans cherry raspberry vinaigrette dressing
- between 2 teaspoons and 1 tablespoon dried basil

Crock pot. Low. About 8 hours.

After 2 hours, something sweet had, well, congealed. I'm hoping it will melt as the heat increases over time. To help it, I added about eight ounces water and upon tasting it, I tossed in

- 1/2 cup apple cider vinegar

Because it was sickly sweet and a little slimy. Experiments can be risky.

At 12:30 I have deemed this a failure. Congealing got worse. Chicken VERY sweet. Removed to baking pan. Husband has said it's not so bad.

I'm glad I won't be home for dinner.

Rum and coke

Bear with me. I've worked a crazy shift at Target tonight and I'm drinking.

Husband and I are home alone and we debated what to do without dear daughter. We almost went to a movie, since eating out would break our pledge.

So, while I was at work, husband checked out the movies at Target and he picked 'Becoming Jane Austen' because it was on sale for $4.75 before discounts. We almost got cookies but Target doesn't seem to carry Petit Ecolier anymore... Oh where will I get my little French schoolboys to devour?

He also went to the liquor store and bought a bottle of Vouvray and a bottle of Goslings 80-proof black rum. Now we're watching the movie and drinking rum and cherry coke. The cost of the evening is less than $35.

Very cool.