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Tricks for Treats-Cute Halloween Cookies

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I got together with my sisters while the men were away at Priesthood session of General Conference and we made the cutest treats. Ghost, mummy, pumpkin and candy corn cookies made for quite the Halloween dessert fest.

We started making these cute ghosts last year…

Just dip Nutter Butters in white chocolate (I microwave a bag of chocolate ships with one tablespoon crisco to make it runnier and easier to work with) and add mini chocolate chip eyes.

And in a bit of late night inspiration, I thought to reinvent them in to mummies. I love them!! So cute in their little white chocolate wrappings.

Just dip a spoon in the white chocolate and drizzle away!

I got the idea for these adorable candy corn cookies from Once Upon A Party. They are still my nieces favorite! They are so simple, just dye your sugar cookie dough with food coloring and dip in white and brown chocolate (same thing with the bag of chocolate chips and tablespoon of Crisco)! Adorable!

The pumpkins, well the pumpkins are a standard right? The only difference with these is…the topping is not frosting, it’s chocolate. Hope you enjoyed these few tricks to make cute treats!

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Finger Painting Fall Handprint Tree

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I want to share a super simple little project to do with the kiddos that was inspired by those radiant fall colors, let’s call it Finger painting fall. I love a good alliteration. I love fall. It is my favorite season! The crisp air, the crunching leaves, the wardrobe change. I love the smells, the sounds, and the colors. Oh, the colors!!!

So here we go…

Supplies needed for you Kid’s fall handprint tree art project:

  • 12 x 12 cardstock (mine was a very light grey)
  • Craft paints (Red, Yellow, Orange, Brown, Green)
  • Foam brush
  • Disposable plastic plate
  • Hands (we all have a couple of those hanging around)

1. Start by squirting some brown paint on the plate and using the foam brush to paint the non-hairy side your little ones hand and arm brown. Then, place it with the hand spread wide in the middle of the page for form the trunk and the branches of your tree. Wipe arm and hand clean.

2. Choose your next color and squirt it directly over the brown. Mix it a little to give it a somewhat swirly look and paint just the hand this time. Stamp on two to three “leaves” pointing the fingers outward.

3. Repeat with remaining paint colors continuing to squirt and mix the paint and use the hands to stamp. We alternated hands and I wiped them off between each color to minimize the mess.

4. Once the tree has the fullness and coloring you like, dip just a fingertip in the paint to make leaves on the ground beneath the tree.

That’s it!! You’re done!

We loved ours so much that I framed it with a cheap wood frame I got from the craft store and painted black. Now our fall art project is proudly displayed in our kitchen for everyone to see.


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Fall Centerpiece

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I really wanted a fall centerpiece to dress up my table. I saw these beauties at Dollar Tree and knew they had to come home with me. Not sure what they were thinking with the pattern on those candle pedestals. Nothing a can of spray paint can’t fix!

A coat of heirloom white, a little raffia, and a hole punch for the leaves and I had myself a budget fall centerpiece. Now, if I could just find some toddler repellent to make it stay that way!

Fall Centerpiece Supplies:
  • Pumpkins $1 each
  • Leaves $1 for back of 90
  • Pedestals $1 each
  • Raffia-on hand
  • Plate-on hand

If only I could find the perfect table runner. Hmmm.

I’m linking up with Trash to Treasure on Reinvented and
on Between Naps on the Porch

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Make Your Own Gourmet Caramel Apples

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Every time we go to Park City we stop in The Village Candy Shoppe on Main Street to pick up a delicious caramel apple. Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory sells them too. Want to know how to make your own? Here we go! I mean what is fall without a delicious caramel apple?

I taught my YW how to make Gourmet Caramel Apples for an activity. I wanted to make things super simple so they could remember how to do it and make them for their families, but you could definitely amp up the recipe with homemade caramel as long as it is a recipe that will stiffen over time.

Caramel Apple Basic Ingredients:
10 medium green apples (edit: Gma G suggests having them cold so the caramel sets up faster)
2 bags caramel bits (Love these! I bought them thinking they were regular caramels, but then opened them to find I did not have to unwrap them all. They are smaller balls so they melt easier too.)
Water
1 bag milk chocolate chips
1 bag white chips
Crisco

Optional ingredients: (these will be used for an additional coating depending on what flavor you want)
Cinnamon Sugar (used with white chocolate to make the apple pie flavor, my fav!)
Oreos
Butterfinger
Reese’s Pieces
Heath Bar
Chopped peanuts
anything else that you might like to try!

  1. Begin by washing the cold apples and removing the stem. Then insert the stick where the stem was. (The sticks come with the caramels.)
  2. Spread a good amount of wax paper on the counter and spray it with cooking spray so the apples won’t stick.
  3. Melt the caramel according to package instructions. I believe ours said something like add 2 T. of water and microwave for 90 seconds, stir and then melt until smooth. You want it pretty runny.
  4. Dip your apples in the caramel by tipping the bowl, holding the stick, and spinning the apple in it. (sorry forgot to take pics of all this) Cover all but about a 1 1/2 inch circle on the top. Continue turning the apple while the caramel drips off so that you have an even coat all around. Let it drip for quite a while, until it looks like a thin layer, otherwise you will have a huge puddle under your apple. Reheat caramel for additional apples as necessary to keep it runny.
  5. Place the apples on the sprayed wax paper and put in the fridge for about 20 minutes until the caramel is solid (I had them on a cookie sheet to make it easy to move them all at once).
  6. Get out two medium bowls and put each flavor of chocolate chips in each bowl. Add a Tablespoon of Crisco to each bowl. This will make the chocolate more viscous. Microwave until smooth, stirring at least once per minute.
  7. Repeat dipping step 4, but with the chocolate. Sprinkle with your Optional ingredient (oreos, butterfinger, etc.) so they stick to the chocolate.
  8. Place on sprayed wax paper and put in the fridge for 30 minutes.
  9. If you want to get really fancy, put the leftover chocolate in a ziploc, cut a tiny hole in the corner and drizzle over the apples.
  10. Enjoy! MmmMMmm! I like to cut mine up so it is easier to eat.

My Beehives with their apples. They LOVED this activity!

My little guy thought this was the best bedtime snack ever!

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