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The Hershey’s Fruit Pizza recipe is a beautiful and appropriate dessert for Valentine’s dinner. This is a recipe I have been making since I was 17 years old and is one that we never get tired of. It is a little time consuming but don’t let that scare you. I just didn’t want you to start it 1 hour before dinner. 🙂

Then press it into a pizza pan, mine is about 18″. The kids like to help with this part…

Bake at 300 degrees, 20 -25 min. until lightly browned.

Now you need your sauce, or vanilla filling. Did I mention this is really low calorie??? 🙂 Melt the vanilla chips with the whipping cream and beat in the cream cheese.

Spread onto the COOLED crust. I throw it into the fridge at this point while I do everything else. Yummmm, now I just have to keep the kids fingers out!

Cut up your favorite fruit (usually whats on sale!) Pineapple is a must, and so are strawberries!  Try to use as many different colors as possible. I also usually use a can of mandarine oranges. Than start spreading the fresh fruit out on the cold crust. This is the kids job!

Isn’t it pretty?! Throw it back in the fridge or put it somewhere safe so no one can snatch any fruit off the top.

Now it is time to make the glaze. You might be tempted to skip this part because it is so pretty already, but this will keep the fruit on the pizza, and keep anything from getting brown, like if you used banana’s. I also double this part. Combine in a small sauce pan until thick and pour over pizza.
I try and pour quick and then use a small spatula to spread it out thinly and evenly…

Here it is, I keep mine in the fridge. You will NOT have any leftovers I promise! People will think you bought it from a store, it is so pretty!

I know it is weird to get excited about seeing a coupon, but I actually did when I saw this Lloyd’s one! This is one of our favorite meals in the Ivanovsky household, a baked potato bar! Plus, I didn’t have anything planned for dinner and so this is what we are having!!

> $1.00 off 1 LLOYD’S tubs or BBQ < This is the coupon that you will want!

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A baked potato bar is not a new idea and I am sure you have done it many times… but recently we “rediscovered” this dinner idea and it continues to be a huge hit around here!

I like potato bar’s because they are easy and cheap. We usually can find many toppings in the fridge and I rarely have to pick anything up at the store for it, the only thing I have to do is get them in the oven in time 

I always butter and salt the potatoes with kosher salt and wrap them in foil, my husband tells me this is why he loves me! This is a good job for the kids. ** I think they turn out better when you don’t wrap them in foil, but it makes a mess of my oven and smokes even with a pan underneath…

A month or so ago I got a great deal on this BBQ. I usually make my own but it was so cheap I thought I would try it. I bought a bunch and threw them in the freezer. When we have baked potatoes we use 2 for my family. I toss them in the microwave and we top the potatoes with it.

This is a picture of my daughters plate, I forgot to take one of mine and my husbands, we had ours TOPPED with everything! It was prettier that way! We usually have sour cream, cheese, butter, green onions, pulled pork, and salt and pepper.

Here are some ideas of what you can put in your bar:

Baked Potato bars are really good to serve to big groups and company, Ellen’s Kitchen has methods on how to transport and arrange Potato Bars for large crowds.

At Walmart

Buy Lloyd’s BBQ $3.98
Use $1.00 off 1 LLOYD’S tubs or BBQ
Total: $2.98!!

What are you having for dinner tonight?