Quick! Move fast if you want to make these for tonight. The icing needs time to dry before adding the face with the edible writer. Find the how-tos HERE at my blog.
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Wintery Fondant Cut-Out Cookies, Snowmen Cookies, and New Year’s Cookie Tutorials
Yes, all those things I mentioned, plus they are completely adorable and absolutely perfect (just look at that snowman!), plus there are video how-tos as well. Isn’t Marian of Sweetopia fabulous? Find them all HERE.
… Read More ...Cocktails for the Decades
Celebrate the ’60s, ’70s all the way up through the…’aughts? Find a cocktail recipe for each of the past five decades, including a Pink Squirrel from the ’60s and a totally tubular Blue Kamikazee shot from the ’80s HERE at Rock UR Party.
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Food Trends of 2011 and Food Predictions for 2012
It’s that time of year again when everyone rounds up what happened in the past twelve months and predicts what may happen in the next. Food trends are a particularly hot topic. Example:
The top 10 Food Trends from 2011 from Time, including culinary counterculture (think foodie sit-ins), empowered vegetarians,really retro cocktails (as in, pre-Prohibition), going local and table … Read More ...
Leap Year Frog Cookies
Is it Leap Year again already? It seems like we have leap years way more than every 4 years. Or maybe I’m just getting old faster. Make these adorable, super easy frogs from store-bought cookies HERE at the Celebration Shoppe blog.
… Read More ...Edible New Year’s Eve Party Horns
Edible New Year’s perfection: Make sparkly, colorful party horn treats from chocolate, ice cream cones and sprinkles HERE at Hungry Happenings.
… Read More ...Super Cool Champagne JellO Shots
Remember this champagne JellO ? Forget those (with no offense to Family Fun, of course, but because I’m not even sure that JellO is still available anymore). Here’s something way, way better: Champagne JellO shots with real champagne, the year in JellO inside the glass, bubbles made from blowing through a straw (how cool), and a gold dusted rim. … Read More ...
Rainbow “Jewel” JellO Cake
Made for St. Basil’s feast day on January 2, check out this cake full of “jewels.” A yummy rainbow of gorgeousness for the rest of year, too! Find the how-tos HERE at Catholic Icing.
Hosting a Rainbow party? Check out these Rainbow party articles over on our Party Ideas Blog and these Rainbow party decorations we found on Amazon … Read More ...
New Year’s Quesadillas
Letting kids celebrate the late hour at lunchtime… make clock quesadillas HERE at Kitchen Fun with My 3 Sons.
… Read More ...Mix-and-Match Rocky Road
Who says you have to be limited by what’s supposed to be in rocky road? Make your own. Love the pink in these, very neapolitanesque. Find the recipe HERE at One Handed Cooks.
… Read More ...Winter Treats Ideas
I’m still looking out my window wistfully every day awaiting snow, and nary a flake here in DC. Sigh. Find a spread of kid-friendly ideas for decorating treats HERE at babble, including these snow-covered tree cupcakes and penguin cupcakes.
Looking for more Penguin party ideas? Check out these Penguin Party Decorations and these Penguin chocolate molds.
… Read More ...The Turducken-Style Cheese Ball
Cheese stuffed with cheese stuffed with cheese. Now that is an impressive appetizer, as is the animated photographing showing the cross-section of the construction. See how it’s made HERE at Chow, and find the recipe HERE.
… Read More ...Blow-Pop Martinis
Bringing rainbows and lollipops to the martini glass, find the recipe for Blow-Pop Martinis HERE at Tablespoon.
… Read More ...Carrot Castle
In the kingdom of carrot, there sits a castle of fruit and veggies. Find the how-tos to make a carrot castle HERE at Ziggity Zoom, spotted on Pinterest.
… Read More ...Happy Lab Candy Stores
What a wonderful place this Happy Lab must be for the science-minded sweet tooths, what with the jars and beakers filled with colorful candies. The shop is found at various locations in Australia, but I anxiously await its arrival elsewhere. Spotted on Eat Drink Chic.
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