Find a roundup of craft and recipe ideas for Hanukkah HERE at Parents, including decorated cookies from Prudent Baby and marshmallow Dreidels from The Shiksa in the Kitchen.
Owl Cookies
Oh owls, you are just the perfect creature. You make cookies look simultaneously cute and simple but clever and detailed. At least in the hands of Not Quite Nigella. Find the recipe HERE.… Read More ...
How to Make a Polka Dot Pie
I think polka dots have the same characteristics of lollipop sticks. Put something on a stick or give it polka dots, and it’s instantly more adorable. I’m now thinking of exceptions… like chicken pox. But please don’t think of chicken pox. Here, I’ll take your mind off of chicken pox with this super-cute pie. Learn how to make polka dot … Read More ...
Homemade Gingerbread House Kit
Whatta good idea… Spotted on Gordon Gossip, make homemade gingerbread house kits HERE at Sugar and Charm. Looking for Christmas themed Cookie Cutters, then check these out.
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A Christmas Story Leg Lamp Cake Pop… Just the Beginning
A new cake pop every day from Thanksgiving to Christmas? Can you even take such sweet cuteness and inspiration? That’s the promise from Every Day Should Pop!. My new favorite cake pop ever in the whole world? The leg lamp from A Christmas Story. Yes, that’s a cake pop. Find tips on making them HERE. Also crazy … Read More ...
Camera Cookies
Remember when I declared an edible camera trend, as evidenced by these camera cookie cutters? And I said I was getting a set to review? I got them and I made some. And I’m giving away a set. For how-tos to make camera cookies AND to enter the giveaway to win a set (and it’s a worldwide contest): CLICK … Read More ...
Easy Gingerbread House How-tos
This gingerbread house from Ladies Home Journal is labeled as “easy,” and given they start off with a stove-top gingerbread, I think perhaps they are on to something. Find the slideshow HERE.
Update: Broken links have been removed from this post. Looking for Christmas themed Cookie Cutters, then check these out.… Read More ...
A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving Cupcake… A Little Late
Why, oh why, did I not see these before Thanksgiving? I’m breaking protocol here and posting something Thanksgivingy after Thanksgiving, but perhaps to bookmark for next year cuz they are so awesome: Cupcakes that honor the great Charlie Brown (technically, they honor the Thanksgiving feast created by chefs Snoopy and Woodsotck). Find them HERE at JustJENN recipes.… Read More ...
Snowman Macaroons and Meringue Snowflakes
Hee hee, love the little plaid scarf. Make snowman macaroons HERE at Ladies Home Journal and meringue snowflakes HERE.
Christmas Gingerbread Lantern
What a lovely idea… I’m already picturing many, many grown-up versions at many, many a holiday party. Learn to make gingerbread lanterns HERE at Family Fun.
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Football Food Roundup
I’m loving this football food roundup over at 20 Going on 80, and I don’t even love football. (Side note, also love the blog name, 20 Going On 80, for all the reasons explained. Very good choice.) Football pizza, football juice boxes… Click HERE for the full roundup.… Read More ...
Corn Cookie Pops
And look, coincidentally a similar submission for corn cookie pops… one that uses store-bought cookies for the corn and crepe paper for the husk. Oh all you people out there are so crafty. Find the how-tos HERE at pharMa.… Read More ...
Decorate Corn Cookies with Gum
All along I thought myself so clever for using sprinkles and candy to decorate cookies and marshmallows and things, and I never thought of gum. Gum. Wrigley’s, to be precise. Find the how-tos to make corn husk cookies from candy and gum HERE at Sweet Designs: A Blog by Amy Atlas.… Read More ...
Packaging for Serving Pie
How about a new idea to serve pie in paper (hmmm, this would be great for a picnic or outdoor party, too… or maybe the “winter” weather here in DC is just too mild now so outdoor parties are in my mind again)… find the how-tos HERE at Prunille fait son show.… Read More ...
Camera Cookie Cutters
I hereby declare another trend (I do a lot of trend-declaring, though I’m pretty sure there’s someone out there more qualified declaring trends way before I declare trends)… edible cameras. Like these or these. And since I’m a cookie gal myself and always on the hunt for new and clever cutters, I’m especially curious about these camera cookie cutters … Read More ...