Will Blog For Comments - our blog linkup

Calling all bloggers!  Join us here at the Will Blog for Comments linkup, a family-friendly place where bloggers come together to share their posts.  

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Welcome to our Current LinkUp, 

Will Blog for Comments #73,  open November 17 - December 4 (extended due to Thanksgiving week).

ABOUT "WILL BLOG FOR COMMENTS"

• The "Will Blog for Comments" bi-weekly linkup will opens every other Monday at 8:00am Mountain Time and remain open for 10 days (longer over some holidays).  
• Each linkup will close 10 days after opening, on Thursday at 8:00pm MT, or when the linkup reaches 50 posts. 
• The most popular posts from the previous linkup will be featured in the spotlight during the next linkup.
• Please don't forget that the rule to participate in this linkup is that you must visit and comment on at least 2 other posts.  This is not a drop-a-link-and-run party.  It's an exchange.
• NOTE:  I visit and comment on each link shared, so if you don't see a comment from your host, it means there was a problem with your link and/or comment restrictions in place.

WHAT'S NEW AROUND HERE

As promised, I'm sharing what I put together for our Harry Potter watch party on Halloween.  My kids are all 20-somethings now, and we don't get many trick-or-treaters, so now we watch a movie and have a little family party on Halloween.  

This tradition started when we lived in upstate New York and didn't get trick-or-treaters AND had a basement for the first time ever, which became a giant game room and TV room. Now, those kiddos have work and their own apartments, so it's morphed only a little to become exclusively a Harry Potter watch party and dinner. 

At her post last week, Lisa from Drugstore Divas wrote, "If you invite me somewhere, I'm going to show up with a cute, themed treat."  And I felt that to the bottom of my soul.  😂.  I LOVE themed, adorable foods.  So, our Harry Potter Halloween party is full of them. 

We traditionally have British Banger's and Mash (a recipe I Googled somewhere) and Deathly Hallows (which I made up, wanting to included vegetables in the meal.)   

They're just triangle Triscuits with a little cream cheese, topped with a cucumber slice, a bit of a string cheese stick, salt, and dill.  (We love them!)

We always have Butterbeer as well (again, from a Googled recipe).  This year, I added some Butterbeer Biscuits (cookies) which I bought at the Harry Potter store in King's Cross station in London in October.  They were meh, but I'm definitely saving the tin!

The Felix Felicis is sugar-free caramel Torani syrup, and the Powdered Root of Butterbeer (which I know doesn't make any sense but I found extra funny because of it) is butterscotch pudding. 

For dessert, we have traditional British scones with clotted cream (Googled recipe), which are delicious!  This time I added a little legit British jam I brought home from the Cotswolds.

And it couldn't be a Harry Potter party without chocolate, in case of Dementor attack.  

I usually just do the wrapped Hershey Nuggets that I decorated with these stickers I made (below), but this year we also had peppermint toads I picked up from the Harry Potter store in London, along with these Hershey bars my daughter brought.  You open a bar, and it reveals your Hogwarts house!

That's typically all we have, but I added one more thing this year.  At a restaurant on the Isle of Wight, I had tomato chutney and cheese as part of my lunch.  I loved it!  So, I Googled a recipe and made it for our party.  It's a keeper.

And that's more than I even posted here about my entire England trip, so I'm sure you're ready now for the linkup!  Thanks for being here and sharing your lovely, inspiring posts.   

We start, of course, with the Featured Posts in the Spotlight!  If you missed them last time at Will Blog for Comments #72, check them out today by clicking the blue links.

MOST POPULAR POSTS FROM LAST TIME:  

• Charming Wooden Pumpkin Place Cards by Stephanie at Steph Creates Things
• How to Make Delicious Parmesan Roasties by Linda at Crafty Gardner
• Mulled Cider Spice Mix (easy gift idea!) with free printable by Jennifer's Kitchen at Easy Pantry Recipes 
• Pecan Slab Pie by Tracey at The Kitchen is My Playground

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AND THE ONE YOU MIGHT HAVE MISSED (Host's Choice):  

• Add a Sip of Fun to Thanksgiving with Cute Capri Sun Labels by DIY Party Mom

ABOUT FEATURED POSTS IN THE SPOTLIGHT

• All featured posts will be Pinned to one of my Pinterest boards for extra visibility.
• Featured posts in the Spotlight are based on popularity as chosen by readers.  These tend to be from those shared here in the first day or two of the linkup.  Many shared later on in the linkup only get seen by me, which is a shame, so I also feature one of my personal favorites that you might have missed as Host's Choice. 

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Will Blog for Comments #74, open December 8  - January 1 (extended for holidays).

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