Some sweet news: Melissa Joan Hart (as in Sabrina the Teenage Witch) and her mom, Paula, have opened up a frozen yogurt, gelato, baked goods and candy shop that I can only imagine is a cute as it looks on the site. Find information on “Sweet Harts” at their site here. The store is located in Sherman Oaks, … Read More ...
Gorgeous Layered Jell-O (Again)
I don’t think I’ve actually made Jell-O in about 25 years (that puts me at childhood), and yet I am clearly fascinated by the stuff because I post on it all the time. I suppose it’s just the beautiful possibilities of the oddly textured, colorful, dare I say ethereal, sweet. And all those qualities of beauty are represented by this … Read More ...
Frozen Treat Slideshow
Parents.com has a slideshow of 7 frozen goodies on sticks here. It’s tough to choose my faves, but I like the banana split on a stick, the white grape pops,and definitely these dipped ice cream pops.
Pretty Peppermint Creams
So simple and pretty is this rainbow of sweet, peppermint treats. Find the recipe for creating these peppermint creams here at Domestic Goddess in Training.… Read More ...
Spoiler Alert: Don’t Read if You Don’t Want to Know How Much Sugar You Consume
Why, oh why, do I, she of cookies, feel the need to post on the site Sugar Stacks? Visual interest. What a clever idea to show how much sugar we consume by stacking an equivalent amount of sugar cubes in front of the food item…a simple method of comparison that is so easy for the brain to interpret. Besides, … Read More ...
Easy Treats for the Grad
Find the how-tos these easy treats made from chocolate peanut butter cups and chocolate squares grad caps HERE at No Fuss Fabulous.… Read More ...
Homemade Snack Cake Lookalikes
See the snack cake double take slide show at Parents.com to make your own versions of these store-bought treats. For example: cream filled cupcakes, vanilla sponge cakes and these coconut rounds.
The Incredible Edible Non-Egg (inside out AND vegan)
April Fool’s came early at the blog, Herbivoracious, when readers truly believed the blogger found an inside-out egg at the farmer’s market! But he also kindly provides the recipe for this dessert here, made with mango and coconut cream molded in a plastic easter egg. (And it’s vegetarian, vegan and gluten-free.)… Read More ...
Flowery Desserts
Woman’s Day has a whole bunch of flower-themed desserts (forgive the pun). See all 8 here. Shown here: pansy cupcakes, stained glass tulip cookies, and the sunflower pond cake.
Broken Glass Jello
This broken glass Jello I found on the blog, The Food Librarian, struck me immediately. Find the link and how-tos here, as well as the gorgeous photography on this site. Look how perfectly crafted and perfectly photographed this layered Jello is. 
The original recipe for the layered Jello came from the JustJenn recipes blog, part of JustJenn Designs, … Read More ...
You Have the Power to Decide…Your Dessert Topping
Voting is a powerful gift. And Smuckers agrees. You can go to their website and vote on a limited edition ice cream topping. Choose Black Cherry, Apple Cinnamon, or Magic Shell Cupcake Topping. Hmmm, tough choice, and I’m not trying to sway you, but I am partial to the latter two. In case you were taking a poll.
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