Creative food craft ideas
There is something wonderfully fun about party food that instantly makes kids stop and say, “Wait… can I eat that?” These Jurassic Park-inspired dinosaur cookies are exactly that kind of treat. With their bold black dinosaur footprints stamped onto smooth white icing, they look like tiny prehistoric fossils that wandered straight onto the dessert table.
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So the sweets side of edible crafting can be pretty darn confusing. You have your cookies, cupcakes, cakes, marshmallows, cake pops, fondant, royal icing, frosting, candy clay, candy melts, edible pens, sprinkles, and oh my. What goes with what? Can you top cupcakes with royal icing? Can you write on fondant? What about frosting? Making it less overwhelming (I … Read More ...
In the spirit of roundups, as I’ve embraced this week, I thought I’d share with you this roundup of Summer-themed sweet treat ideas I compiled from the archives over at my other blog. For links to all 15 how-tos, click HERE.… Read More ...
If it wasn’t enough that there are ridiculously talented cookie decorators out there, they have to go vertical on me, too. Here are a few crazy awesome 3D decorated cookies.
Clockwise:
Hilarious ode to a mixer (with how-tos) at 1 Fine Cookie.
Loving these dinosaur cookies from Haniela’s.
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These little, bite-size cookies are perfect for snacking or parties. I made them from leftover dough and icing to bring to a party. You can use any colors you like, all you need is a toothpick for swirling. Find the how-tos HERE at the decorated cookie.… Read More ...
So I’ve been really, really into this portrait cookie thing. I just love all the possibilities a blank canvas affords, and these are so easy to personalize for mom on Mother’s Day. Make family portrait cookies for mom HERE at the decorated cookie.… Read More ...
Holy moly, goodness gracious, Glory of Glorious Treats managed to make Hydrangea cookies that I believe are even prettier than actual hydrangeas. What sugar brilliance. Find the detailed tutorial to decorate hydrangea cookies, with the gradations of color and using the brush embroidery technique, HERE at Glorious Treats.… Read More ...
I’m more and more impressed every time I click and see the exquisitely (and cleverly) decorated cookies over at Semi Sweet Designs. For the tutorial to decorate these (somehow gorgeous? how can Jabba be gorgeous?) Jabba the Hutt cookies, click HERE.… Read More ...
I have a renewed interest in Star Wars light sabers of late. You know how when you are around kids (your own, babysitting, whatever) and you have to play their games? And they are usually pretty boring but you play them anyway for the sake of the kids? Well, my neighbor’s son is very into light saber duels. And I … Read More ...
Not just facebook post cookies, but my long-winded discussion of why I love facebook and what our posts say about us. Find facebook post cookies HERE at the decorated cookie.… Read More ...
The one detail that made me not only laugh, but appreciate the smarts of making Godzilla cookies, is that bite out of the building. Cookies. Of course. Godzilla would eat the building in his tour of destruction. Find the recipe and how-tos to make these HERE at Sweet Explorations.… Read More ...
Oh my goodness, I was AWESOME at Tetris on my Gameboy. Seriously awesome. And seriously addicted. I distinctly remember getting upwards of 300,000 some points (which is seriously awesome). But enough about me and my seriously awesome Tetris skills. How did I not come up with this seriously awesome idea to make Tetris cookies? Find the recipe and how-tos HERE … Read More ...
It’s the little touches like adding baker’s twine to a cookie that make me pause and appreciate the cleverness of others. Make adorable jam jar cookies HERE at Munchkin Munchies.… Read More ...
For my niece’s seventh birthday, I made her canvas cookies and gave her a bunch of food coloring pens. She loves to draw, just like I did as a kid. For her eighth birthday (wow, a year goes by fast), I made smaller versions of the canvas cookie, wrapped them in cello bags and attached one food pen to each. … Read More ...
I’ll admit it, I had to look up Minecraft. In my head, video games are Pac-Man and Space Invaders. For those way more hip to today’s happenings, find the how-tos to make these (oh so exact) Minecraft cookies HERE at Sugarkissed.net. By the way, I have played Angry Birds, so I’m totally behind. (Do people still play Angry Birds?)… Read More ...
