strawberry shortcake pops
Or, should I say "Star"berry shortcake pops. (Go ahead and grown.) Callye, of The Sweet Adventures of Sugarbelle, inspired my own starry dessert. You see, she's hosting a star-shaped extravaganza of ideas from bloggers around the web for the 4th.
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4th of July desserts definitely need some firecracker pow! And thus, Pop Rocks marshmallows are the perfect 4th of July dessert.
An easy, last minute treat for your 4th of July that will add a bit o' fireworks to your dessert table... Pop Rocks marshmallows!
Pop Rocks ...
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I couldn't help it. I just ate one of these chocolate chip cookie ice cream sandwiches. And now my keyboard is sticky(er). A couple of days ago I went back to the basics and made some good old chocolate chip cookies. I made said cookies with my poor, sad daughter. You see, three of her good friends ...
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Use food coloring to paint watercolor cookies on fondant or royal icing.
how to paint watercolor cookies
I love the look of these "watercolor" cookies. Or, painted cookies that look like they have been painted with watercolors, when really, it's just food coloring on ...
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cookie decorating with kids
cookie decorating with kids
Last week, I visited my daughter's school and led a fun food class (all veggies for this sweets-free school). Well, I went back with some cookies and icing in hand for a cookie decorating session with her class, ...
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Have you seen these new s'mores-friendly rectangle marshmallows in the supermarket? My mind raced with possibilities. Games popped in first. Even though I don't like the Memory game. (But I play a mean game of Gin. And Free Cell.) So I made marshmallow games for ...
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4th of July cookie ideas in sparkly red, white, and blue.
My favorite cookies to decorate: Bite-size circles with swirls and sprinkles. Easy, cute, and you can choose any color to match any event. Like, say, red, white and blue for 4th of July cookies.
And if things get busy in ...
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Need a great group activity for the little ones? Make fun healthy snacks for kids! Veggie faces and fruit pops.
healthy snacks for kids
Play with your food! You can decorate more than cookies and cupcakes. You can easily make healthy snacks for kids a fun activity! ...
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For cute and easy summer cupcake ideas, try these crab and fish cupcake toppers made from gum drops. These "Gone Fishing" cupcakes would also make a great Father's Day dessert idea.
summer cupcake ideas
Crab and fish cupcakes are the cutest beach-themed treats. Summer is definitely ...
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fun food for summer
It's summer! ... at least in my part of the world, though we've had our uncomfortably hot days already. Any big summer plans? We'll be digging into the lead-filled walls of our 1930s fixer-upper home this summer, so my daughter and I will be heading North to visit ...
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Crazy delicious glittering rainbow sprinkle cookies that melt-in-your-mouth, from Heather Baird's cookbook, Sprinkle Bakes.
Read on to fine a review of the Sprinkle Bakes cookbook and for the recipe for glittering sprinkle cookies.
Sprinkle Bakes: Dessert ...
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How to make strawberry truffles, from the Sweet Designs lifestyle book.
Read on for a review of Sweet Designs and the recipe for strawberry truffles.
I'm also feeling rather lame in my party ambitions after reading the fabulous list of themes you've all ...
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Thank you so much to all of you for submitting to Sweet Treats Friday!! I love these glimpses into other crafty types' kitchens. Check out everyone's submissions HERE.
And the winner is (chosen by random.org, by the way, since I could never pick a winner myself), Number 30, better ...
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Simple daisy flower cookie bites in a jar are a perfect Mother's Day gift or spring dessert.
Just to give you one more option for the bite-size, mason jar, I heart you mom cookies... also known as Mother's Day cookies in a jar.
You can also fill your jars with mini daisies. So ...
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Mother's Day cookies gift idea: All about mom decorated cookies with food coloring pens.
personalized mother's day cookies
Do you find it harder and harder to buy gifts for those in your life year after year? As we get older, we need less and less after years of ...
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Some of you may already know this, but every now and then my friend, Cheryl from Sew Can Do, and I like to switch things up a bit and swap posts. Cheryl is all fabric, I'm all sugar. But sometimes we even like to switch that up a bit, too (though I take baby steps into her world, since ...
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fairy woodland cupcake toppers
Like many, I have an affinity for fairy woodland gnome toadstool fawn forest type scenarios. Something about the combination is so very earthy and retro and magical. These fabric felt cupcake wrappers were inspired by the sculptable frosting figures created by ...
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UPDATE! Yay to Michelle, Sue, Pat, Cynthia and Jennifer! (aka. comment numbers 81, 69, 56, 1, and 60 that random.org chose) They won the cookie cutters!! More giveaways ahead, I guarantee. And I'm trying to keep things worldwide as much as I can. Bonus, there's a winner outside the US in ...
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How to make a cookie bouquet (cookie arrangement), step-by-step instructions to arrange decorated cookies in a container.
cookie bouquets
How do you make a cookie bouquet? Some of you may recognize these daisy cookie pops post all the way from, um, yesterday.
A common ...
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How to decorate daisy cookies with cute bumble bees, and a review of Amy Atlas's Sweet Designs.
Copyright Sweet Designs: Bake It, Craft It, Style It, Hyperion Books 2012
Photography by Johnny Miller.
You heard me mention Amy Atlas's book last week...
Well, today ...
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