Eagle Treats

We made these treats for my son's Eagle Scout Court of Honor!  I was so excited when I found the idea, but they had used a cashew for the beak.  Since I am highly allergic to cashews I searched to find some other candy or something edible that would work.  I came up with caramels.  I cut them in thirds and formed them into a beak.  I thought they would stick to the melted chocolate that the marshmallows are covered in, but not so easy!  So, I made a slit in the marshmallow with a sharp knife and stuck it in there.  That worked great.  So, the rest is pretty self explanatory....Large marshmallow covered in melted white chocolate chips and then rolled in coconut.  Place on top of an oreo cookie (or any other cookie you like) and add beak.  Eyes are from black decorating gel.  Fun, and hopefully will add to the decorations at the court of honor!

Butterfly Cake

Butterflies, butterflies and more butterflies! I wanted to do butterflies all over this cake and make it very pretty for my teenage girl. It didnt' turn out too formal but she loved it--that's all that matters to me! And, her brothers enjoyed the candy, so it was great!

I used white chocolate covered pretzels for the wings and sour gummy worms for the body, slicing part way down and spreading apart to make the antennas. I frosted the whole layered cake white and added sprinkles for more color.

If I were to do it again (and have more time) I would add flowers and/or leaves and do a light pink frosting so the butterflies would show up better.

Chicken Little Cupcakes

Chicken Little is a cute story about a chicken who thinks the sky is falling because an acorn fell from a tree and hit his head. So, I made chicken cupcakes and acorn treats.

For the acorns, use a donut hole and dip one end in melted chocolate. You could actually use anything you like such as frosting, carmel topping or peanut butter because you are then going to dip that into toffee bits. And, again, you could even use finely chopped nuts. Then, add a small piece of pretzel for the stem. Cute, huh?! These were a big hit at the party!

For the chickens, I used my own cake recipe to make mini cupcakes. I didn't use wrappers because you will be frosting the entire cupcake. For the 'feet' I cut orange jelly candies in half. Honestly, they didn't work very well and if I make these again I would just use orange tic-tacs. I frosted the whole thing with white frosting and rolled it in yellow tinted coconut. Then, piped chocolate frosting eyes and added a peanut for the beak and cinnamon candies for the top.

Giraffe

This cake was for a general animal party! It is obviously a giraffe. I made a 10" x 10" x 2" square cake and cut according to these directions:

I used peanut M&Ms for the eyes and mouth and didn't have enough room for antlers so I didn't add those. I think it turned out okay without them. I used peach colored frosting covered with toasted coconut and more M&Ms to create the look of spots.

Dirt & Worms Pudding

Okay, so it's not cake. But, it made a fun treat for the fishing party! I just purchased the chocolate pudding cups and topped them with crushed chocolate Oreo's and gummy worms.

Dirt & Worms

This is always a popular cake for the boys! It is a chocolate cake covered in chocolate frosting and topped with crushed Oreo's (the chocolate ones) and gummy worms and bugs (fruit snacks).

Easter Cupcakes

This is part of our Easter tradition. My mom used to make the cupcakes with the green coconut 'grass' on top with the jelly bean 'eggs' on top. She even added chenille stems for handles but I never seem to remember that! A few years ago I found a cute idea for bunny cupcakes so we do them both now! To make the bunnies, just frost in white with white coconut. Add mini marshmallows for the nose, M&M's for the eyes and nose. Then, cut a large marshmallow in half and immediatley dip the cut part in colored sugar to form the ears! EASY and so cute for Spring!

Puppy Dog

This cake was fun! I made a 9"x13" cake and cut it like this: This was one of my favorite books as a kid and I really like the outcome! I didn't use coconut like it shows in the book, though. I used a grass tip and two different colors of frosting. I used a fruit roll up for the collar and a junior mint for the eye. It was a hit with my 2-yr-old!

Koala Cupcakes

Obviously for a 15th birthday celebration, my daughter is way into koalas. So, I came across an idea to make koala cupcakes. It is just frosting covered in gray-tinted coconut, mini oreos for the ears, chocolate covered almonds for the nose and chocolate chips for the eyes. SUPER EASY. If I were to do it again, though, I would tint the frosting gray and barely put coconut on, like these: Koala Cupcakes .