Spiked! Lemon Liquor Recipe Submissions {Submit 'Em If You Got 'Em!}

If you signed up for this month's Spiked Lemon Liquor Recipe Challenge, it is time to link up and share your tasty creations with us....

Be sure to review all the rules on the Spiked! Recipe Challenge Page and make sure you have included the Spiked! button in your entry post. :)  Just copy and paste the image below into your recipe submission post!  If the Spiked! button is not in your post, your recipe will not be considered for judging. 

The linky is only open for 2 days! Once the linky closes, no more recipe submissions will be accepted.  Only ONE recipe submission per blogger, please.  Please check back on April 25th here and at This Gal Cooks for the announcement of the Spiked! Lemon Liquor Recipe Challenge winner.

April Spiked! Recipe Challenge Sign-Ups!

Hello all and welcome to the first week of April & spring (finally)!  

Spring time means sunshine, daffodils, & all things bright and cheerful to me.  So, it is no surprise that for this month's Spiked! Recipe Challenge myself and Julie from This Gal Cooks chose a boozy ingredient that we think best embodies spring...

February Spiked! Recipe Challenge Sign-Ups!

Hello all and welcome to February!  And to the very first Spiked! Recipe Challenge of 2014! :)

It is a new year so we decided it was time that Spiked! sported a spiffy new look.  How do you all like the new button?? My booze-baking partner in crime, Julie from This Gal Cooks designed the new one.  Yes, folks.  Not only can she cook and bake, but she can also create some awesome design graphics.  ;)

So who is excited for Spiked!? 

I know I am because this month's boozy ingredient is...

Spiked! Spiced Rum Recipe Challenge {Submit 'Em If You Got 'Em!}

Hello all!  Julie and I are so excited to see what awesome and delicious Spiced Rum recipes you have come up with for our last Spiked! Recipe Challenge of 2013! 

Be sure to review the all the rules on the Spiked! Recipe Challenge Page and make sure you have included the Spiked! button in your entry post. :)  Just copy and paste the image below into your recipe submission post!  If the Spiked! button is not in your post, your recipe will not be considered for judging. 

November Spiked! Recipe Challenge Sign-Ups!

It is no big secret that myself and my good foodie blogger friend, Julie from This Gal Cooks  love to cook and bake with alcohol.   Don't believe me?  Then make sure to check out my recipes for Butternut Squash Cheddar Ale Soup and Beer Cheese Risotto with Bacon.  Or Julie's Super Simple Crockpot Roast Beef and Pumpkin Ale Cupcakes.  

Julie & I have teamed up to bring you all a recipe challenge with a twist (of lime or lemon, if you please ;) )- your recipe must feature the alcoholic beverage being spotlighted that month! Every other month there will be a new Spiked! Recipe Challenge with a new featured boozy beverage.  

Announcing the Spiked! Tequila Recipe Challenge Winner!!

You all made this SO hard for Julie & I!  Again.  
We REALLY had to do some serious consideration and debate to pick this challenge's winner.  They were all so delicious and creative! :)

This month's Spiked! ingredient was Tequila.  Recipe submissions could be anything using tequila except for a cocktail or drink.

So, without further adieu here are the Spiked! Tequila Recipe Challenge runner-ups (in no particular order)...

Bananas Foster-rita Macarons from A Kitchen Hoor

Mango Shortcakes with Coconut Tequila Whipped Cream from Shake Bake and Party

Tequila Lime Bars with Chocolate Ganache from Your Girl For All Seasonings

And the winner of the Spiked! Te Recipe Challenge is... 
Deb from Cooking on the Front Burner with her Strawberry Margarita Shortcakes!

Congratulations Deb !!  What beautiful and tasty use of tequila!  Julie and I will be in touch with you shortly to get you hooked up with your June featured ad spot with me and your Starbucks gift card from Julie. :)

Julie and I would love to thank each and every one of you who entered this month's Spiked! Recipe Challenge.  We had 16 total Tequila laced entries for our third ever challenge.  I created a special Pinterest board for all of the Spiked! recipes, so please feel free to CLICK ON OVER and check them all out (and pin away while you are at it ;) ).  

Julie and I will be back again in July with an all new Spiked! Recipe Challenge!  We will announce that month's libation of choice on the first of the month.  (Psssttt... we may be feeling just a tad patriotic in July. ;) )

If you would like to see more information on the Spiked! Recipe Challenge, please click HERE to view the Spiked! page on my blog. 

Spiked! ~Champagne Recipe Challenge~

Happy New Year All & welcome to the very first ever Spiked! Recipe Challenge! 

It is no big secret that myself and my good foodie blogger friend, Julie from This Gal Cooks  love to cook and bake with alcohol.   Don't believe me?  Then make sure to check out my recipes for Slow Cooker Beer Braised Pot Roast and Framboise Raspberry Cupcakes with Dark Chocolate Buttercream.  Or Julie's Pumpkin Ale Cupcakes and Cheddar Beer Bread.  

Julie & I have teamed up to bring you all an all new recipe challenge with a twist (of lime or lemon, if you please ;) )- your recipe must feature the alcoholic beverage being spotlighted that month! Every two months there will be a new Spiked! Recipe Challenge with a new featured boozy beverage.  January's featured ingredient is....  Champagne!  It only seems appropriate.  ;)  The New Year is always heralded in with a flute of the bubbly, right?

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So, let's get to the rules...

Julie and I would like for you to follow us via one of our many social media outlets.  Your choice- GFC, Bloglovin, RSS feed, Twitter, Facebook, Pinterest... you get the idea.  Plus, following us both will keep you in the loop about upcoming dates for the challenges, announcements of winners, and so on.

You need to sign up by adding a link to your blog's home page in the linky at the end of this post.  Be sure to include your email address when adding your link- this is how we will email you all updates and reminders for the contest!

You must have the Spiked! button in your recipe post to be considered as an entrant.  It would also be SUPER awesome if you included the button on your sidebar, but it is not a requirement to win. ;)

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The recipe you submit MUST BE YOUR OWN.  You can be inspired by another's recipe (and please include a link back somewhere in your post to that original recipe), but you must make that recipe your own in some way.

The recipe must feature the beverage of choice.  This month's Spiked! ingredient is Champagne.  Your recipe can be anything BUT a drink recipe.  You must cook or bake with the Spiked! ingredient.  

You must link up your Champagne recipe when the linky goes live on January 15, 2013 to be considered for judging.  The linky will remain open for just two days.  No entries will be accepted past that date.

All recipes will be judged by myself and Julie from This Gal Cooks.  
The winner will be announced one week after the entry linky has closed and will be emailed as well as announced on each of our blogs.  

The winner of the Spiked! Challenge will receive bragging rights of course, but there are a few other perks...

A Frugal Foodie Friends ad spot (250 x 300) with Frugal Foodie Mama for 30 days (starting February 1st)- plus a spotlight post on Frugal Foodie Mama featuring the winner, their winning recipe, and their blog!

A Friends of This Gal Cooks ad spot (250 x 100) with This Gal Cooks for 30 days.

Important Dates to Remember:
January 1st- Sign-ups start
January 8th- Sign-ups end
January 15th- Linky opens to submit your recipe entries (You will have only the 15th and 16th to link up!)
January 22nd- The first ever Spiked! Champagne Recipe Challenge winner will be crowned!

Spread the word!  Send out a tweet about the contest... We have made it super easy with the nifty little button below:)

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