Kim’s sweet treats

March 21, 2013 4 Comments

Easter bunny ear rice krispies bars

You’ve got to try my easy Easter Bunny Ear Rice Krispies Bars! The best part… I made them from the Kellogg’s Rice Krispies Treats snack packs so I didn’t even dirty a dish. {grin}

You’ll need:

Bunny cookie cutter
Coconut
Candy hearts
Kellogg’s Rice Krispies Treats Snack Bars
Icing (I use Pillsbury Cream Cheese Icing)
Wilton icing bottles (or resealable bag with an icing tip)
Lollipop sticks

Rice Krispies Bars

The easy steps for making your own Easter Bunny Ear Rice Krispies Bars:

Starting with a cooking cutter, cut your rice krispies bar. Depending on the depth of your cutter, trim off the excess with a knife
Insert lollipop sticks (don’t wait to do this or you could break your icing design once it dries).
Spoon icing into two icing bottles. Set one aside and heat one for eight seconds (reheat as needed, but 8 seconds will take it to a smooth liquid)
Outline the ears with one bottle and fill the ear shape with the other, pulling icing to the edges with a toothpick if needed. Toothpicks are also great to pop any bubbles if necessary.
Add a heart for the nose and a few sprigs of coconut for the whiskers. Allow to dry.

I displayed my Easter Bunny Ear Rice Krispies Bars in mini dessert jars filled with pink sixlets. Hope you like them! I know my kiddos did! {wink}

rice krispies bar

As always, I hope you’re inspired to craft, bake, create and celebrate!

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easy Easter carrot cake & cupcakes

If you’re hosting an Easter celebration this year, I’ve got an easy carrot cake and carrot cake cupcake idea for you!

I’m over at Red Barn this morning sharing all the details: cake + decorating and styling tips. Hop {grin} on over for all the details and tons more pictures! And if you want some fabulous carrot cake recipes, here are six of my favorites!

As always, I hope you’re inspired to craft, bake, create and celebrate!

Cupid’s Valentine rice krispies treats

I’m hosting a Valentine playdate this week for my Kindergartener and some of his friends. So this weekend I tested my idea for an easy Valentine snack, Cupid’s Arrow Rice Krispies Treats.

I think they turned out really well! And so did my boys. I caught them sneaking them just after I photographed them. I live with two comedians… {grin}

To make my heart Rice Krispies Treats with cupid arrow, you’ll need:

Rice Krispies treats prepared (still warm)
Heart cookie cutter
Butter (for your hands and the cookie cutter)
Lollipop sticks
Paper straws
Pink paper (triangle for tip and rectangle with triangle cut out of one end and fringed for feather)
Glue
Scissors
Wax paper

And here are the super easy steps for making shaped Rice Krispies:

Apply butter to your hands, your cookie cutter and a bit to your wax paper.
Mold your Rice Krispies into the cookie cutter and set aside each heart.
Once you’ve made all your hearts, pierce them with a lollipop stick.
Cut a paper straw and slip it on each end of the lollipop stick.
Cut paper as noted above, glue to straw ends

It’s that simple to make Cupid’s Arrow Rice Krispies Treats. Happy Monday and Valentine week everyone!

And as always I hope you’re inspired to craft, bake, create and celebrate!

easy football brownie finger food recipe

Hosting a party this Game Day?! Make these football brownies. They’re super easy, fun and you’ll look like a superstar. It’s a win – win… no matter who wins. {grin}

For this little finger food recipe, you’ll need:

Brownie box recipe (I use Duncan Hines Chewy Brownies so my little one with with dairy allergies can enjoy them too)
Cream cheese icing (I use Pillsbury Cream Cheese icing, again, no dairy)
Resealable bag, with a corner snipped off
Butter knife

And here are the easy steps:

Bake your brownies as directed.
Allow them to cool completely.
Cut out football shapes with a butter knife, keeping them fairly close together so that you can limit waste (like there would be waste!).
Place on your serving platter (TIP: Line platter with wax paper or food safe liner as shown so that your party finger foods come up easily)
Spoon icing into resealable bag, snip corner and pipe on four lines

For more party finger foods, visit my 8 Super Bowl party ideas for the Big Game! And download my free Game Day printables in 2013 Super Bowl colors. Enjoy!

And as always, I hope you’re inspired to craft, bake, create and celebrate!

decorating a Valentine heart cake

Does your Valentine love cake?! Silly question I know… everyone loves cake! Well, can you decorate a cake? Can you decorate a cake with hearts? With these cake decorations you can!

Make a super simple marshmallow heart Valentine cake! I made this one for my 16th wedding anniversary and it was a hit with both the hubby and the kids.

It looks like I put tons of work into it… but I didn’t. Come read how I decorated this heart Valentine cake in only minutes! {grin}

Want to see a few of my other easy cake decorating ideas:

Nautical baby shower cake,
Robot birthday cake,
Easter bunny cake (with free printables), and
Patriotic USA red, white and blue cake (with free printables).

And as always, I hope you’re inspired to craft, bake, create and celebrate!

DIY chocolate transfer Valentines

Ever wonder how people make such pretty and sometimes elaborate (not this one… but it easily could be) designs out of chocolate?! Well today I’m sharing how to make chocolate transfer hearts and script words, like LOVE, over on Gibbs Smith Books new blog, Red Barn.

Come join me at Red Barn for a step-by-step tutorial on how to make chocolate transfer Valentine heart cupcakes, including a how to video!

As always, I hope you’re inspired to craft, bake, create and celebrate!

bacon and chocolate popcorn

Yep… you read the title right. I’m making bacon and chocolate popcorn for our Super Bowl party this year and likely for every Game Day thereafter. And maybe for a few movie nights in between too. We like it that much!

And the best part, bacon and chocolate popcorn is super simple to make. You’ll need:

6 cups of air popped popcorn
1/2 cup dark chocolate melts (available at your local grocery or craft store with a baking section)
J&D’s Bacon Salt
Wax paper

And the simple steps for Chocolate Bacon Popcorn:

Spread your popcorn on the wax paper (you’ll likely need to do this in 2-3 batches)
Place your chocolate melts in a resealable plastic bag (snipped on one end) or in a small glass bowl and heat in the microwave in 8 second intervals, three times, or until melted
Drizzle chocolate over popcorn
Before chocolate cools, shake on J&D’s Bacon Salt to your desired taste.

If you’d like my free Game Day party printables, you can find them here. As always, I hope you’re inspired to craft, bake, create and celebrate!

chocolate dipped Valentine spoons

These chocolate dipped Valentine spoons took only a few minutes to make and will be perfect for stirring a bit of sweet into your sweet’s hot chocolate or coffee on Valentine’s day! {grin}

Here’s what you’ll need to make chocolate dipped Valentine spoons:

Wilton pink chocolate (available at your local craft store)
Wilton candy hearts
Spoons (I picked these up at Target)

And here are the super easy steps to making chocolate dipped Valentine spoons and stir sticks:

Melt 7-8 chocolate wafers in a glass bowl on 8 second intervals in the microwave, stirring with a toothpick.
Dip your spoon and level off chocolate with your toothpick.
Add candy heart embellishments.
Let dry on wax paper until set.

Tip: Don’t overheat or continue to reheat your chocolate. Heat just enough to melt and dip one spoon and set aside to set. If you overheat you’ll get a white film on your chocolate.

As always, I hope you’re inspired to craft, bake, create and celebrate!

s’more brownie bars

Over the holidays I attended a little New Year’s Eve soiree and took s’ more brownie bars as a sweet little treat. Super easy to make and completely kid and adult approved.

Channeling my best Sandra Lee, here’s the semi-homemade recipe:

Duncan Hines Dark Chocolate Brownie mix (I used this one because it’s dairy-free for my little guy) + ingredients on the box (egg, oil, water)
Graham crackers
Mini marshmallows
Chocolate chips (I used Trader Joes chocolate chips because again, dairy-free for my little guy)

Simple baking steps:

Prepare brownie mix as recommended on the box.
Line a shallow baking pan with graham crackers.
Spoon brownie mixture about 1/2 inch deep over entire cracker base, leaving a bit of a lip between the brownie and the edge of the pan. It will rise and fill that space.
Bake at 350 for 10 to 12 minutes, or until toothpick pulls out wet but lumpy. Don’t over-bake!
Add mini marshmallows to cover entire top of brownie and sprinkle with chocolate chips.
Bake for another 4-5 minutes at 350.
Allow to cool and cut into squares with a damp knife.

As always, I hope you’re inspired to craft, bake, create and celebrate!

chocolate dipped Halloween spoons

It’s already getting chilly here in Ohio and by Halloween night it will be downright cold! Each year our entire neighborhood sits outside to hand out candy… the reason… there are so many children coming through the neighborhood that there would be no time to open and close the door. It’s crazy! So we all make a party of it and accept that we’re all going to be popsicles for a few hours.

We pull out the firepit, make coffee and hot cocoa… and this year, we’ll also be making chocolate dipped Halloween spoons with spooky eyes and lime green chocolate (flavored vanilla) wafer melts from Wilton! I picked both up at JoAnn Fabric and Craft Stores and the orange and black spoons from Target.

The “how to” steps are super easy ~ melt the chocolates in a glass bowl (double boiler method, or 10 second intervals in the microwave, your call!), dip your spoons, add candy eyes, allow to cool on wax paper and finally wrap in cello bags if you like.

It’s that easy and now you can get your spook on!

As always, I hope you’re inspired to craft, bake, create and CELEBRATE!

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