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Denecee
Member
09-05-2002
| Friday, February 04, 2011 - 3:47 pm 
Costa, on the Poke cake recipe, wouldn't the cake just dissolve when you poor the hot jello on it?
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Jmm
Moderator
08-15-2002
| Friday, February 04, 2011 - 3:58 pm
My ex-MIL always made a poke cake with pudding.
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Texannie
Member
07-15-2001
| Friday, February 04, 2011 - 6:11 pm
my poke cake recipe uses either sweetened condensed milk or hot fudge sauce.
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Serate
Member
08-21-2001
| Friday, February 04, 2011 - 7:27 pm
Denecee - I make Jello cake with just half the water, but use half boiling, stir until Jello is dissolved, then half cold water or ice. Then pour it over a cooled cake. Never have put actual frosting on it, but when I want to be fancy I reserve about 1/3 -1/2 cup of the Jello mixture and let it cool but not gel up, then mix it with whipped cream or Cool Whip and "frost" the cake. When it's just for us I usually just put whipped topping on the pieces as we eat them. FWIW it tastes pretty good made with No Sugar Added cake and SF Jello.
JMM - That's what we've always called Poke Cake, cake with pudding dumped over. Cake with Jello dumped over we called Jello Cake.
Texannie - never heard of that but OH MY GOODNESS I'M IN HEAVEN is what I'd call your version!
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Texannie
Member
07-15-2001
| Friday, February 04, 2011 - 7:50 pm
here's one that combines all the goodness!
Family Favorite Poke Cake
About This Recipe
"Needs only a handful of ingredients, including Milky Way candy bars and ice cream topping, for this yummy version of popular poke cake. It’s so easy, kids may want to whip it together themselves!"
Ingredients
1 (18 1/4 ounce) packages yellow cake mix
3 eggs ( or as called for by your cake mix)
1/3 cup oil ( or as called for by your cake mix)
1 1/3 cups water ( or as called for by your cake mix)
10 fun-size Milky Way bars, divided
1 (14 ounce) cans sweetened condensed milk
1 (12 ounce) jars milky way ice cream topping
1 (12 ounce) cartons frozen whipped topping, thawed
Directions
Prepare and bake cake according to package directions, using a greased 13-in. x 9-in. x 2-in. baking pan.
Chop six candy bars.
Remove cake from the oven; immediately sprinkle with chopped candy bars.
Cool on a wire rack for 10 minutes.
Using the end of a wooden spoon handle, poke 20 holes in warm cake.
Pour milk over cake; cool for 10 minutes.
Pour ice cream topping over cake; cool completely.
Spread whipped topping over cake.
Chop remaining candy bars; sprinkle over cake.
Cover and store in the refrigerator.
http://www.food.com/recipe/family-favorite-poke-cake-174184
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Pamy
Member
01-02-2002
| Friday, February 04, 2011 - 7:54 pm
aaahh ty Mame and Jmm...Im going to get some this wkend 
Cool Annie! I figure this is the good and EASY thread so I dont want to have to make hm made pico
another ??? on the poke cakes..how many holes and how big? toothpick pokes or finger pokes....I havent had sex since November and all this poking is making me frisky! LOL
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Serate
Member
08-21-2001
| Friday, February 04, 2011 - 8:05 pm
Lol Pamy. If you are using Jello then just use a regular fork and poke all over until you are tired of poking. The more you poke the more jello you get in the cake. I usually do rows that are about 1/4" apart. If you are using pudding then use the handle of a wooden spoon, or something equivilant. [I have no wooden spoons, but have plastic spoons shaped like wooden spoons.] I usually make my pokes about 1/4" apart, but my gramma used to make the holes bigger to hold more of the pudding, and made hers about 1/2" apart.
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Pamy
Member
01-02-2002
| Friday, February 04, 2011 - 10:00 pm
ahhhh very cool TY!!!! only 25 more days til my hubby comes home!
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Texannie
Member
07-15-2001
| Saturday, February 05, 2011 - 6:40 am
Cool Annie! I figure this is the good and EASY thread so I dont want to have to make hm made pico
does defeat the point of the thread, doesn't it?! LOL
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Holly
Member
07-21-2001
| Saturday, February 05, 2011 - 7:40 am
How HARD is it to make salsa?! LOL
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Texannie
Member
07-15-2001
| Saturday, February 05, 2011 - 8:05 am
well, chopping all the veggies does take more time than opening a can. 
not exactly sure how my recipe became a debate between rotel and salsa, use whatever you choose.
the original recipe never even called for either of it! LOL
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Teachmichigan
Member
07-22-2001
| Saturday, February 05, 2011 - 11:12 am
With my new immersion blender chopper it almost does NOT take longer. It is SOOOO cool!
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Happymom
Member
01-20-2003
| Saturday, February 05, 2011 - 11:29 am
This isn't a recipe, but is easy. I have not done this, but if you ever need to wash a lot of potatoes, you can put them on the top rack of your dishwasher and "wash" them w/o detergent on the rinse only cycle. I would not have any dishes in the dw if you're going to try it. (That is the weirdest thing I've read in awhile.)
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Pamy
Member
01-02-2002
| Saturday, February 05, 2011 - 11:53 am
Teach, but they ya have to clean the blender! which =more time LOL
LOL Happy, thats great idea if you need to wash lots of them!
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Teachmichigan
Member
07-22-2001
| Saturday, February 05, 2011 - 7:22 pm
I'd have to wash the can opener - so it's half a dozen of one, six of the other. I gotta' admit, I just can't eat the canned tomatoes (diced, spiced or otherwise) cold. I love 'em in soups and sauces, but my dips have to have fresh 'maters. Not sure why, but there ya' have it.
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Texannie
Member
07-15-2001
| Sunday, February 06, 2011 - 7:43 am
this IS a hot dip
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Teachmichigan
Member
07-22-2001
| Sunday, February 06, 2011 - 12:35 pm
Bwahahaha! With all the talk of rotel vs. pico, I totally got lost in the discussion. In that case - rotel it is!
Here's a good & easy way to get some canned tomatoes. Go to the Muir Glen organic site & sign up for their "tomato club." You can then get 4 cans shipped to you (free shipping) for $8. That's less than I pay in the store per can. I ordered two boxes!
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Costacat
Member
07-15-2000
| Monday, February 07, 2011 - 12:40 pm
For Jello poke cakes, I use a skewer. And poke lots of random holes all over. When you cut the cake, you can sort of see the color as marbled. (A regular fork won't make it all the way thru the cake.) Be sure to keep the cake in the pan in which it was baked until the Jello sets, too!
Annie, your recipe looks very close to the ubiquitous "Better Than Sex" cake!
I don't think twice about making salsa. I can whip up enough for a single serving in just a few minutes.
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Roxip
Member
01-29-2004
| Monday, February 07, 2011 - 1:01 pm
I use the back end of a spoon when I'm poking a cake...it makes big enough holes to make a difference. My favorite is the ubiqitous chocolate sheet cake (Texas sheet cake if made with pecans in the icing of course) - I always poke the top of the cake before pouring on the icing to let it seep into that rich chocolate cake...makes it danged close to brownie texture...YMMYY!
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Yesitsme
Member
08-24-2004
| Sunday, March 27, 2011 - 11:28 am
So, does anyone have some good sandwich ideas? Have friends coming for lunch next weekend and they have requested picnic food. (Not sure why.... think one of them have some sort of gift for me that must be picnic related.) I get stressed out having to fix food for other people, and haven't even seen one of these friends for years and don't know what she likes, so can't decide what to fix. Figured sandwiches are good, then can fix some cookies or brownies and some fruit salad and maybe some chips or something. Neither of them is fussy, but I am excited that they are coming, so want something they will enjoy.
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Teachmichigan
Member
07-22-2001
| Sunday, March 27, 2011 - 2:11 pm
I'd get hoagie buns, then make a platter up w/two or three types of meat and two-three types of cheese. Then have tomatoes, red onions, lettuce, and any other toppings people might like. They can build their own sandwiches and leftovers make easy lunches for the week!
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Serate
Member
08-21-2001
| Sunday, March 27, 2011 - 2:42 pm
Teach has a good idea. And if for some reason they do have a picnic in mind, it would be easy to pack that up and take it on a picnic.
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Serate
Member
08-21-2001
| Sunday, March 27, 2011 - 3:04 pm
You can make these unique cookies!
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Yesitsme
Member
08-24-2004
| Sunday, March 27, 2011 - 3:35 pm
ewwwww........I can't mix chocolate chip cookies and bacon! I remember reading about one place that was selling chocolate covered bacon. I couldn't eat it.
I had actually thought about doing BLTs. Which is actually another one of my issues. I am going through a meatless phase, but figure my friends will want meat. Which I am OK with....but don't know if I will be eating it then. Maybe the fix-your-own will work best.
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Countrydaze
Member
11-07-2003
| Sunday, April 17, 2011 - 10:54 pm
I just read about this online someplace and had to try it as it was easy and sounded different. Take pepperoni and place on a foil lined sheet. Bake in 350 oven for about 10 minutes. Drain on paper towels. All the grease comes out and they are like crunchy chips. So good!!!!
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