You can’t go wrong with the classics (or stuff on sticks). Find the recipe for making these cute Rice Krispie treat hearts on a stick HERE at What The Fruitcake?!
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Cherry Tomato Hearts
An idea for a Valentine’s appetizer: cherry tomato hearts pierced by Cupid’s arrow (ie. toothpick). Find the how-tos and a recipe for cocktail sauce HERE at Eye Candy.
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Better Food Photography
Quality photographs are vital for good blogs. When I choose edible crafts for this column, I’m immediately drawn to fabulous photos. I lack skills and struggle with my own food photography, so I certainly appreciate the wisdom of others, especially when such wisdom is concisely and brilliantly conveyed as in this slideshow from chow. CLICK HERE to see 10 … Read More ...
Kelly Ripa’s Cake Off for Cancer
I’ve been hearing tons about Kelly Ripa’s cake-off, mostly from my fellow bloggers and foodies, some of whom get to go to NYC and participate. Kelly Ripa joined Cake Boss’s Buddy Valastro and five teams of our fellow bloggers to decorate cakes for the Ovarian Cancer Research Fund. Vote for your favorite and for each vote, Electrolux donates $1 to … Read More ...
DIY Octopus Cake
Visit Ohdeedoh for instructions on making this oversized Octopus cake. With Rice Krispie treat and Fruit Loop tentacles, no less.
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Conversation Heart Cookies
CakeSpy beat me to it….I was juuuuust about to make my own conversation heart cookies over at my blog when lo and behold the always clever CakeSpy–via her gig at Serious Eats–created these lovelies. Find the how-tos HERE.
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LOST Cookies
More LOST for foodies! (“more” as in reference to my prior post on LOST Spam Musubi) Check out this broken plane cookie from My First Kitchen and find a recipe for brown sugar Dharma cookies at Lovin’ From the Oven.
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Chinese New Year Cookie Roundup
Just a sprinkling of ideas for Chinese New Year cookies…. As the New Year falls on Valentine’s Day this year, you’ll see a lot of cross over!
Find a recipe for Kuih Loyang cookies at A Table for Two.
i bake for you has a recipe for honey cookies topped with fondant hearts.
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Meringue Kisses
Awww, 2 cute! These li’l pink meringue kisses are perfect for conversation heart lingo, I think. Find the recipe and how-tos HERE at Pig Pig’s Corner.
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Hot Chocolate on-a-Spoon
I know I’ve already posted several times in the past on hot chocolate on a stick, but I couldn’t possibly pass over these super cute gems from cookies and cups. I mean really, here they are wrapped as favors. Find the detailed tutorial HERE.
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Edible Envelopes
Present your Valentine’s message in an edible envelope with this recipe from Parents.com. Find the how-tos HERE (note you do have to register at the site to view the recipe).
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Tutorial: Star Wars Lego Cookies
Visit CakeSpy to learn how to make these Star Wars Lego character cookies with THIS TUTORIAL from Sugar and Meringue (a super lovely, recently-relocated blog I adore).
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Heart Lollipops
Learn how to make these cinnamon heart lollipops HERE at Woman’s Day.
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SnoBall Penguin Party
Check out this “Penguin Party” at Hostess Cakes made with SnoBalls (hmmm, guess you can’t use the pink classics for this). Find the how-tos HERE. And see the history of the SnoBall HERE.
[tags]Hostess, cake, SnoBall, winter, penguin[/tags] Looking for more Penguin party ideas? Check out these Penguin Party Decorations
and these Penguin chocolate molds.
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Mini Pies
I do so love diminutive sweets…like these mini heart pies from Martha. Find the recipe HERE.
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