Chocolate Butterflies and YW Temple "Tea" Party

I saw this pinned on Pinterest  and thought it was genius.  So when my MiaMaids decided to have a little "tea" party up by the temple I thought it was a good opportunity to try it out.

My version is not as intricate, but I was able to do them quickly and they turned out really pretty.  The girls like them too.  I made little sandwiches with flower and butterfly cookie cutters and strawberry cream cheese.  We had fruit and cookies and pink lemonade. It was really fun.

I love these girls!  We chatted and planned and enjoyed the view of the temple.

And it was a great view for watching the sunset.

Halloween Oreo Truffle Pops

For a Halloween Party we were asked to bring a Halloween dessert so we made these ghost, pumpkin and monster oreo truffle pops.  They were a quite a bit of work, but so cute and so tasty.  You mix one package of cookies with one package of cream cheese and make them into balls and put a stick in them.  Then put them in the freezer for about 20-30 minutes. Then dip them.  For the pumpkins we dipped them in melted butterscotch chips, for the ghosts it was melted white chocolate chips and the monsters were double dipped, once in the milk chocolate and then once in melted mint chips.  Then put them in the fridge for 20-30 minutes and then use remaining melted chips to make faces, leaves, whatever.  We doubled the amount (so we did two packages of oreos worth) and got about 50 yield.

"Sushi"

My husband loves sushi.  However, it is about the last thing I would ever want to eat.  So for Father's Day my kids and I made him this dessert sushi. I found the idea on Pinterest, gotta love Pinterest!  It is made from rice krispy treats, swedish fish, and fruit by the foot.  Super easy, clever and yummy.

Graduation Cap Cupcakes

 Do you love my graduation cap cupcakes as much as I do?  I got to bring a dessert to my sons Preschool Graduation Party and this is what I came up with.

 Bake regular cupcakes and then cut off the tops.

 Flip them all over.

 You'll have a bunch of cupcake tops you can save for trifle later. :)

 Frost the side facing up.

 Place chocolate graham cracker squares on the frosting.

 Dab a dot of frosting on the center top of the graham crackers.

 Cut some small strings of pull apart licorice.

 Put M&Ms on the top of the dab of frosting and make a small line of frosting from the M&M to the side of the cracker.

 Put the licorice on the small line of frosting.

 Ta Da!

 Graduation hat cupcakes!