Valentines Day- Rolos

Use decorative paper to wrap the Rolos in. On the inside as the candy is unwrapped write I like the way you roll.

Valentines Day- Gum

I 'chews' you Valentine

Valentines Day- Sweedish Fish

Of all the fish in the sea, you're the only one for me

White Chocolate Covered Valentines Day Oreos

I found a mold at a local craft store and didn't realize it's purpose was to cover Oreos when I bought it. But who doesn't love a white chocolate covered Oreo? Of course there's not much to the 'recipe.'

My mom bought a Babycakes Chocolatier Mini Dipper at Kohl's.  We use it more to keep the chocolate warm than to actually melt the chocolate.

 We've had a lot of trial and error with melting chocolate but we've found that using Wilton's Candy melts and butter flavored Crisco make the smoothest, easiest to work with melted chocolate. 

We put about half the bag of chocolate pieces in a microwavable bowl, add about 2 tablespoons of the Crisco and microwave for about a minute, stir it up and continue to melt in 20 second intervals as needed.

Next we poured a little bit of chocolate in the mold, popped an Oreo in and the covered the top with more melted chocolate. Be sure to let the chocolate completely cool before removing for mold, they should just fall out, if you force then they'll crumble. Decorate however you'd like!

Painted Glasses

 

My mom always said she wanted to paint wine glasses or margarita glasses.  So for mother’s day last year I got her all the supplies to do it.  We just now got around to actually doing it.  The one pictured is mine.  I have to add everyone else’s once they’re complete.  It was definitely fun, but as you can tell, we need a bit more practice.

We used:

Americana Gloss Enamels- paint

Craft Smart glass enamel pens

Any glasses you’d like!

Strawberry/Brownie Cupcakes!

We had a few special visitors to help with my next project.  My friend Ney’Shawne and I had been talking about getting together and baking with her kids for the longest time.  We finally set a date and made these really yummy Valentine’s Day themed cupcakes.  They’re not as difficult to make as they may look.  The cupcake pictured is topped with white melting chocolate, I had left over from the Oreo cookie project.  However they’re yummy with regular vanilla icing.

 Ingredients

• 1 (19.5 ounce) package brownie mix
• 2 eggs
• 1/2 cup canola oil
• 1/4 cup water
• 1 (18.25 ounce) package strawberry cake mix
• 2 tablespoons canola oil
• 1 1/3 cups water
• 3 egg whites

Directions

1. Preheat an oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Line 48 muffin cups with paper liners.
2. Whisk together the brownie mix, 2 eggs, 1/2 cup canola oil, and 1/4 cup water in a bowl. Stir just until fully incorporated, about 50 strokes; set aside.
3. Mix the cake mix, 2 tablespoons canola oil, 1 1/3 cup water, and 3 egg whites in a large bowl with an electric mixer on low speed until combined. Mix on medium speed for 2 minutes.
4. Spoon the brownie batter into prepared muffin cups, filling each cup 1/3 full. Spoon the cake batter over the brownie batter, until muffin cups are each 2/3 full.
5. Bake in the preheated oven until golden and the tops spring back when lightly pressed, about 20 minutes.

Jello Shot Mini Cupcake

Ingredients

For jello shot cupcakes
1 pkg. white cake mix
1 cup boiling water
1 pkg. (3 oz.) Jello Gelatin, any red flavor (I used strawberry)
1 cup Malibu coconut rum

1 can of Cool Whip

Instructions

I used mini cupcake tins but you can also use little condiment cups.  

Make the white cake as instructed, then poke holes in the top of the cupcake with a fork.

Boil 1 cup of water, stir in jello until dissolved, add 1 cup of Malibu coconut rum then spoon generously over cupcakes and let cool.  Then top with cool whip and enjoy!

Peanut Butter Banana Smoothie

Wonderful smoothie for breakfast of before a workout.  Very yummy.

2 bananas sliced and frozen
1/4 cup oats
1/4 cup peanut butter
3/4 cup milk

Throw it all in a blender and mix it up!

Mexican Chicken Casserole

Ingredients

• 4 cups of cooked, chopped chicken (about 4 to 5 breasts halves)
• 2 cups of instant rice
• 1 can cream of chicken soup
• 1 cup sour cream
• 1/2 cup frozen diced onion
• 1 can Ro*Tel tomatoes
• 1/4 teaspoon cumin
• 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
• 1 1/2 cups chicken broth
• 8 oz shredded cheddar cheese, divided

Instructions

1. Combine all ingredients and half of cheddar cheese in a large bowl. Mix well.
2. Turn out into a greased casserole dish and top with remaining cheese.
3. Bake at 350 degrees F for 30 minutes, or until hot and bubbly.

Cake Batter Dip

This recipe is easy, quick and really yummy (if you ate cake batter as a child like I did!) 

 

3tbsp cake mix

2tbsp plain yogurt (feel free to use fat free if you so choose)

1 tbsp cool whip

 

Mix it together and enjoy with some animal crackers.  This is a single serving, double, triple or quadruple the recipe for more!