Saturday, December 17, 2011

Christmas yummies

We had a holiday treat theme pot luck at work the other day and I decided to use a few of the ideas I'd found on Pinterest and hope they turned out like they promised.  Of course I waited until 9:00 pm the night before to make them, but since they were both no-bake recipes it was okay after all.

I made "Lumps of Coal" using a recipe from Sweet Peas Kitchen and they were SO easy.  Crushed Oreos, marshmallows and butter.  That's it.  It made a 9x9 pan of them and I cut them into pieces that were about an inch square.  They were a huge hit.

photo courtesy of Sweet Peas Kitchen

I also made "Reindeer Feed" using a recipe from Betty Crocker.  Chex cereal, white almond bark and crushed candy canes.  Talk about a win-win.  

photo courtesy of Utah Deal Diva

I recommend both recipes.  They were easy and didn't take much time at all.  Start to finish probably an hour, but that was because of the 20 minute dry time.

-Kara



Sunday, December 4, 2011

Oreo turkeys

Ezra's class at daycare had a "Fall Feast" on the Wednesday before Thanksgiving.  I signed up to bring a dessert, because bringing something like buns is really boring.

I searched through my Pinterest to see what I had for good ideas for desserts.  I wanted to make sure there weren't any nuts in it (the neighboring room has a child with a peanut allergy) and I wanted something the kids would eat.

Here's what I made...


They're Double Stuf Oreos with candy corn feathers.  The heads are halves of Tootsie Roll Midgies.  I used orange chunks of candy corn for the beaks and a little string of Twizzlers Pull-n-Peel as the dangly red hangy-down-thing.  The white frosting was used to "glue" the heads on and make eyes and I used brown sprinkles for the eyes.  They aren't as cute as the picture I adapted them from, but that lady was a semi-professional baker, so I don't feel so bad.

The kids loved them!


They got progressively "less cute" the more I made... Probably because it was almost 10pm and I was losing steam.  But the kids didn't seem to notice or care.

I consider this a win.

-Kara