EATS :: Monster Brownie Bites

Happy Halloween! 

It's almost that time of year! Time to think about and prepare a fun treat for those Halloween parties, kids classroom parties or just a treat for your co-workers . . . regardless of the who, I have the what for you today. The best part is, they are quick. They are easy. They are NO bake and they only require FOUR ingredients! Tada . . . I give you Monster Brownie Bites!

I mean seriously how CUTE are these plus they are fun to make AND a great way to let your kids get involved in the creating process as well, if you'd like. 

Something I love doing (and I am seeing myself do more and more of the older I get and the less time that I have), is to look for ways to cut my time spent on a project and get the same cute results in less amount of time. Anyone else? Feel free to yell AMEN to that! ;)
 

Soooooo enter my latest idea. One that is super simple and like I mentioned, takes only four ingredients you can buy at the store and then assemble them and you will look like you spent all afternoon making them when we know you really only spent about 15 minutes, but that will be our little secret! ;)

How to make Monster Brownie Bites
 
You will need a container of brownie bites- already made (I get mine in my grocery's bakery), a can of pre-made frosting, sprinkles and some edible candy eyeballs.

To create these guys, simply cut the brownie bites in half (carefully) and then spread a gallop of icing in the middle of the two brownie bite halves. You can choose to add food color to your frosting beforehand, if you like (I made mine purple). After you put your brownie bite back together, with the frosting between the two halves, you should end up with something that resembles a brownie-looking macaroon! (at least I thought so). You will then want to roll the sides of the brownie bite through your sprinkles so it sticks to the frosting. Then to add the eyeballs, place a tiny drop of frosting to the back of the edible eyeballs (it acts like 'glue') so they stick to your brownie and you are done! 

If you are looking for even more quick and easy ideas, then check out this easy Halloween treats post.  Hope you enjoyed these quick and easy Halloween treat idea! Have you ever made something like this? Have another great idea? Please let me know below . . .

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EATS :: Emoji OREO Pops

Hello there! 
I am back and bringing you some more EMOJI FUN, as promised! First I shared my daughter's epic EMOJI party with all the cute details about everything we did, then I showed you how to make those adorable EMOJI PILLOWS at home or for the craft during the party and now today I am sharing how to make your own EMOJI OREO POPS! 

Is there plenty of willing people in bakeries and online that could make these chocolate covered emoji Oreo pops? Why yes, sure . . . absolutely and I would definitely recommend ordering from them if you are not wanting to try this, need them to look super professional or are pressed for time. BUT if you would like to save a few bucks and try them out yourself and don't care about them looking 'perfect' then you should definitely try making these as to be honest, they were NOT hard to make, just a little time consuming. 

I loved tackling this project with my daughter as we had fun trying to figure out what emoji faces to 'try' and recreate! We know they didn't turn out perfect but we made some memories, had some fun doing it and let me fill you in on a little secret . . . they tasted just as good as if someone else did them! Ssshhhhh ;)

 
So let's give this a try, shall we?  Let's make some EMOJI OREO POPS!

1. gather all of your supplies . . . you will need:  
Oreos, lollipop sticks, 1 bag of Wilton's yellow candy melts and then various colored tubes of icing you can write or draw with - colors depends on which emoji faces you are making. Below you will see what I used. I suggest having some wax paper, a cookie cooling rack and also a foam brick (in photo below).

2.  Prepare the yellow candy melts according to the directions on the package and melt in a dish deep enough that you will be able to 'dunk' or dip the Oreo pops into.

3. Separate each Oreo (carefully), take a lollipop stick and dip the tip into the melted chocolate, place in between the two Oreo halves. This will ensure that when you dip the Oreos, in a moment, that it stays together. 
**TIP - I always find when making these that you have to press firmly into the Oreo filling to ensure that the halves of the Oreo can come back together with the stick in the middle of them.

4. Let them dry for a few minutes and then dip the entire Oreo into the melted yellow candy melts until completely covered, then place into the foam brick covered in wax paper (like in photo below) as this will allow them to dry and not touch each other. 
**TIP - full disclosure - I usually have to dip my Oreo pops twice to get them fully covered but it's all good, just know that going in. ;) 

5. Once completely dry, I transfer them to a cooling rack simply for decorating purposes.

6. Have your emoji faces handy on your phone or a print out that you want to 'copy' and go to town decorating all of your fave emoji faces! The different colors of icing tubes I used were perfect for the ones we created. I loved using the sparkle blue gel for the laughing emoji tears and the food writers worked well for blushing cheeks. The red icing I DID have to kind of form my shapes that I wanted by using toothpicks. Yup LOTS of toothpicks and lots of patience! But you can do these, I promise!

The finished emoji Oreo pop! She loved them and they were such a hit at her party!! Plus I loved hearing her tell everyone that we made them. Heart=full!

 

Now how much fun do these look to make? The best part is we made them ourselves and this is something that you can make anytime for any occasion! A birthday party, graduation, a co-worker's party or just simply because!

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EATS :: Poo Emoji Brownie Bites

Hello emoji fans! 

As you may have heard, I threw TWO parties for my daughter that had to do with emojis so I have been sharing some of the ideas and fun things we did! The girl had an emoji sleepover AND a family party and when we were planning she wanted to do something with the 'poo emoji' (of course) who wouldn't as I would bet that it's one of the most used emojis when texting! ;)

After searching for ideas, knowing my daughter's insane love for brownies, the fact that I didn't want to make a ton of treats AND wanting to keep the food 'black and white'-ish, I decided on these:



POO EMOJI BROWNIE BITES!

I mean, just let me state the obvious, this is by no means a 'recipe' but more of an IDEA that I wanted to share as so many times we 'think' cute party food has to be real involved or made from scratch. Awwww heck no! Who's got time for all that? So here ya go, super quick, fairly easy and definitely a treat that brings the WOW factor and ends up being the most popular treat on the table! (true story)

AND one other thing, please do NOT get hung up on making perfect looking treats for your kids or friends as if they know you made them . . . they will love them. As you will see, these little guys are far from perfect but they were the first to go, tasted great and did their job = success! ;)

Here we go . . . 

1. I grabbed a container of pre-made brownie bites from the store. (Sam's Club to be exact as it gave me enough for BOTH parties)

2. make your favorite chocolate icing recipe OR do what I did, buy some already made in those convenient little frosting containers you can find at any store. ;)

3. place frosting in your dessert decorator (a.k.a. my frosting gun!) OR if you don't have one, just place in ziploc and snip the corner to pipe onto brownies.

4. pipe enough frosting onto brownie bites to form that perfect swirl like an ice cream cone dispenser. On mine I decided to cut back a little bit on the frosting (and not make it soooo tall) since I wanted to keep the 'brownie bites' at the perfect brownie to frosting ratio, ya know . . . #goals! ;) We DID try it both ways and ended up liking a little less frosting on them so that's what we went with, even though MORE frosting looks more legit . . . but hey, we like our poo emoji brownie bites just the way they are! lol 
See the difference? . . .it's all in the height of the frosting swirl. ;)

5. and of course finish off your creation by drawing a little mouth with a white icing tube small enough to form the mouth and top them off with a couple of edible eyeballs and DONE!
 

I will be sharing another fun treat I tackled soon and also some various crafts that made their way to the parties, plus the full party reveal with all of the details. Stay tuned - especially if you are planning or even thinking that you would love to have any type of emoji party! 

Don't forget you can get a full emoji party printable package in my shop and I have two designs for an invite as well.

Which emoji is your fave? Have you ever tackled a fun treat like this?
  

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TOP POSTS :: Best of December

Hello and would you look at that! Can you believe we are a couple days into the NEW YEAR already? Crazy right but I was soooooo ready to say goodbye to 2015 as it was not the nicest to me nor my family so we are all hoping this is a waaaaay better year and staying POSITIVE with this new year! ;)

Before we move on though, let's take a look back to see what you all were reading in December & loving the most, before this year gets going too much. As always, I would also like to say THANK YOU to all who stop by to read, comment from time to time & send me emails. I SEE IT ALL! So thanks again. xoxo

:: TOP POSTS for December 2015 ::

RECIPE :: No Bake Chocolate & Peanut Butter Squares

RECIPE :: Coca-Cola Cake + Snowman Bottle Craft

LETTERING :: DIY Party Photo Props

RECIPE :: Oreo Cookie Balls Snowman + FREE signs

RECIPE :: mini Minions Donuts

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