The Blog — snacks

Do you need a little something extra to add to your Thanksgiving snack table?  You can never go wrong with chocolate!  And these cute little printable circles make them festive and fun with the Pilgrim and Native American images!  Plus they're super easy to throw together - printing them on sticker paper works best, because then you don't have to worry about adhering them, just cut, peel, and stick!  And these work for other things besides Hershey's Kisses.  You can put them on Rolos, or bite sized peanut butter cups, or use them as decoration elsewhere.  They print at 3/4" size,...

Looking for a quick and easy last minute Halloween dessert?  This cookie pizza is fun and fast!  Plus it's sugarliscious! This is what you'll need: 1 Tube Pillsbury Sugar Cookie Dough (or make your own) 1 Can Vanilla Frosting Food Coloring—Green, Purple, Orange Halloween Sprinkles Reese’s Pieces Candy Skittles Berry Candy . Preheat oven to 350 degrees.  Press the cookie dough onto a round pizza pan and bake for 8-10 minutes.  Remove the cookie pizza from the oven and cool completely. Put about half the can of frosting in a bowl and mix in the green food coloring. Divide the...

I don't think it's any secret that we have some zombie fans at our house.  Which make these cute zombie graves a super fun treat for Halloween!  They're really easy to put together and end up looking amazing! This is what you'll need: 1 pkg. Rice Krispy Treats (or you can make your own instead) 1 can Vanilla Frosting 1 pkg. Chocolate Graham Crackers 2—Hershey’s Cookies N Crème Candy Bars Wilton Candy Melts, Orange Green Candy Shreds Black Food Coloring 1 pkg. Gummy Monsters Color the frosting with a few drops of black food coloring so it is a dark...

These monster cupcakes are awesome.  AWESOME.  They are perfect for class parties, birthday parties, family parties, Halloween parties, the kind of party where you just want to eat a cupcake for no reason (that totally counts as a party).  They're not too hard to put together and they'll impress anyone who sees them - because they're awesome (did I mention that before?) This is what you'll need: Prepared Chocolate Cupcakes, unfrosted 1 Can Vanilla Frosting Food Coloring—orange, purple, green Toothpicks Tacky Glue Googly Eyes, multi-colored Plastic Vampire Teeth Make some cupcakes (using a cake mix is easiest) and let them...

Halloween treats have never been so easy!  These cute Frankenstein wafer cookies aren't only adorable, they can be whipped up in a matter of minutes.  They are perfect for class parties (they use only store bought ingredients, so if your school has a "no homemade" rule these still apply).  They are also lots of fun for parties at home, or just when you want to have some Halloween snacks on hand! Here's what you'll need: 1 pkg. Chocolate Wafer Cookies 1 can Vanilla Frosting ½ cup Candy Corn, with chocolate ends Decorating Gel—black and red Green Food Coloring Black Sugar...