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Thirsty Thursday: Cupid’s Punch

February 24, 2011 By 11 Comments

drinks, wine, non-alcoholic, liquorOk, it’s back! I’m going to start featuring drinks on Thursday’s again. Some may be alcoholic and some may not. This week’s is not. This is a great kid-friendly drink that is good for parties or Valentine’s Day.

Cupid’s Punch

Ingredients:

  • 12-ounce can pink lemonade concentrate (or powdered mix if you can’t find the frozen, like me)
  • 1/2 pint raspberry sherbet
  • 2-12-ounce cans of lemon/lime soda

Directions:

  1. In a large punch bowl, mix the lemonade concentrate with the recommended amount of water.
  2. Add the soda.
  3. Add Sherbet in scoops, stir, and serve.

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Easy Valentine’s Day Petits Fours

February 10, 2011 By 13 Comments

Valentine's Day treat

Looking for something quick and easy to take to a Valentine’s Day party? How about some Petits Fours? Those little cakes always look like you spend hours on them. Mine are very simple and you can make them more elaborate by adding more decorations.

Ingredients:

  • 16 oz Pound Cake
  • Wilton Candy Melts
  • Frosting

Directions:

  1. Cut your pound cake in half lengthwise and then cut into 1″ cubes or use cookie cutter to cut shapes
  2. Melt your Wilton candy melts according to package directions.
  3. Place your cut pieces of cake on a cooling rack over a cookie sheet that is covered in wax paper. Pour your melted candy over the cake. Tap the pan to even it out.
  4. Let cakes harden
  5. Use your frosting to make a little rosette on top of the cake.
  6. I used a heart shaped candy mold to make the little hearts and stuck them in the frosting. Wilton also sells a heart shaped pick candy mold, which is what I wanted to buy, but they were out of them at the store. The pick would work better because my little hearts kept falling over.

Valentine's Day Petits Fours

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Valentine’s Day Treat Ideas

February 9, 2011 By 5 Comments

So I haven’t been as “on the ball” as I would like to bring you treats for Valentine’s Day, so I asked some bloggy friends if I could share some of their posts with you. I still plan to share a few more of my own treats with you, but I wanted to give you a lot of variety to choose from.

Valentine’s Day Cake Pops

Valentine's Day Cake PopsRachel over at Following in My Shoes has a variety of cake pops for V-day.

Valentine's Day Cake Pops HeartsCat from 3 Kids and Us got creative with hearts!

Valentine's Day Cake PopsEmilie from Oh My! Sugar High made Toasted Coconut & Cherry Surprise Cake Pops

Whoopie Pies

Valentine's Day Whoopie PiesCat at Oh My! Sugar High made Chocolate Covered Cherry Whoopie Pies

Valentine's DayCat also shared them over on 3 Kids and Us with some beautiful cupcakes

Cookie Cups

Valentine's Day CookiesCat’s wonderful talent again over at Oh My! Sugar High with M&Ms Cookie Cups

Chocolate Dipped Strawberries

Valentine's Day Chocolate StrawberriesOne last creation from Cat at 3 Kids and Us- Decorated Chocolate Dipped Strawberries

Valentine’s Pouches

Valentine's Day Candy PouchChristi at The Frugal Novice came up with this cute craft idea to hold Valentine’s Day candy or cards

As you can tell, I have quite talented Bloggy Friends from over at MomDot. I love Cat’s and Emilie’s Oh My! Sugar High blog! It’s what I’d like this blog to be when it grows up. :) Please visit them to see recipes or instructions on how to make all these wonderful creations! Happy Valentine’s Day!

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Brownie Bite Roses

February 5, 2011 By 17 Comments

valentine's day, roses, brownies, dipped candy, WiltonAre you looking for something sweet to make for your sweet for Valentine’s Day? How about candy dipped brownie bite roses? These are really easy if you have a Wilton Round Brownie Pop Mold and some Wilton candy melts.

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Ingredients

  • Brownie Mix (and needed ingredients to make the mix)
  • Wilton Brownie Pop Mold
  • non-stick cooking spray
  • Bamboo skewers or lollipop sticks
  • green food coloring
  • paper towel or cotton ball
  • rubber gloves
  • candy melts

Directions

  1. Make brownies according to box directions.
  2. Spray brownie pop pan with non-stick cooking spray
  3. Bake brownies according to box directions
  4. While brownies are baking, color your wooden skewers with the green food coloring. You may want to wear rubber gloves so you don’t end up with green fingers. Just pour a little food coloring into cotton ball or paper towel and swipe up and down the skewer until desired color is reached.
  5. Pop brownie pops out of pan and cool completely
  6. Melt your Wilton Candy Melts
  7. Dip the end of the skewer into the melt and then stick in the bottom of your popbrownie bites, Valentine's Day, wilton
  8. Let pops cool in refrigerator (or outside if you have 2-5 feet of snow on the ground like we do)
  9. Dip your pops in the melted candy and let harden in the cool air again
  10. Dip your pops a 2nd time, this time swirling the pop as you pull it out to give it the rose look. Let harden again
  11. Stick your pops in a vase with baby’s breath or mint leaves.

brownie bites, Valentine's Day, WiltonDisclosure: I was given the brownie pop mold from Wilton to try. All other products were mine and all opinions are my own. This was not a paid post.

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