Fruit trays can be fun too! In 15 minutes, you can build this easy baby shower fruit tray featuring a fruit snowman made of Fuyu persimmons, blueberries, and green grapes. Check out that adorable hat! Keep reading to learn the easy way to construct this colorful fruit tray.
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Transform crunchy homemade Christmas rice krispie treats into a snowy house! It only takes 30 minutes to assemble and decorate with your favorite candies. Keep reading to find out what special tools I’m using so that you can build this house super fast! Now you don’t have to spend 2 days making a gingerbread house!
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Today I’m sharing tips on how to make gummy bears. This recipe tastes great with corn syrup or clover honey. Making homemade gummy bears is fun for kids and adults, especially with this easy recipe! It only takes 10 minutes to stir up the gummy candy mixture. Then the yummy gummy bear ingredients firm up in the gummy bear molds in the fridge. You can even give these gummy bears as edible gifts!
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Snowman Soup anyone? Don’t mind if I do. This holiday season; give your friends and family edible gifts that they’ll actually devour. Who can resist hot chocolate that looks like a wintery snowman? Not me, that’s for sure!
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Try making fun appetizers for your next gathering. This creative charcuterie board disguised as a tree even has a Dijon mustard sun! It only takes 30 minutes to make creative finger foods for party time!
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Ring in 2018 year of the dog with this adorable Chinese New Year dessert topped with a honeydew dog, lucky mandarin oranges, and sweet grapes. I decorated a vanilla cake to resemble a “hong bao,” also known as a red envelope or red pocket.
When we were kids, my parents always slipped a red envelope and mandarin orange under our pillows the night before Chinese New Year.
The red envelope was a gift to wish happiness and to bless our New Year. It also included a few dollars too! The red color is significant because it symbolizes good luck while the mandarin orange symbolizes prosperity.
Since it’s the year of the dog, I used a dog cookie cutter to easily cut out the dog-shaped honeydew slice for the top of the cake. Since I only need a few honeydew slices for decorating, I was able to save the rest of the honeydew for a yummy fruit salad.
WATCH MY RECIPE VIDEO BELOW to see how to celebrate the year of the dog with something sweet.
It’s super fast to build the red envelope cake, because I’m using a dog cookie cutter, Betty Crocker’s Super Moist French Vanilla Cake Mix, and Wilton’s red (no taste) concentrated paste.
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This Christmas tree made of stackable gummy LEGO candy might be one of the best food gifts, ever. Now you can play with your holiday gift and munch on it too!
WATCH THE RECIPE VIDEO BELOW to learn how to make this yummy gummy candy tree.
I love giving memorable gifts. A few years ago, I plastered a bunch of ceramic cups with cute family photos sprinkled with a few embarrassing baby photos. When my family received their photo cups, the results were unanimous– my husband and I had won Christmas 2015.
Then, last year I baked fun holiday cookies. As the kitchen filled with the sweet scent of chewy ginger cookies, I blasted Mariah Carey’s song, “All I Want For Christmas Is You.” Of course, I danced and sang along with the song and when it came to the “you” part I would stop and emphatically point at the cookies.
Dancing and singing, while baking cookies, was so much fun that I wanted to build on that feeling. So, this year I’m building unique food gifts that you can also play with. Welcome to my stackable LEGO candy Christmas tree recipe. If you seal these LEGO gummies in an airtight container, they’ll keep for up to two weeks in the fridge. This is great, because I’m planning on making these ahead of time and throwing them in the fridge until I’m ready to give them away.
Earlier this year, I built an entire pyramid using stackable gummy LEGO candy, which I coined as my “Party Pyramid.” Mostly because it’s gigantic and could probably feed 10 or more guests.
Like the gummy pyramid, this LEGO candy Christmas tree recipe uses corn syrup. But, if you want to substitute honey, then follow my American Flag Made of Gummy LEGO JELLO Candy recipe, which I built to celebrate July Fourth. Just keep in mind that the honey slightly overpowers the flavor of the JELL-O mix.
To make the gummy LEGO candy, I’m using this Candy Block Mold by The Modern Gummy. This candy mold has little divots, which allow the gummy LEGOs to stack up.
Although the mold comes with an eyedropper, instead I like using this plastic squeeze bottle. The bottle is much larger so it only takes a minute to fill the mold. To remove any bubbles on top, I do use the eyedropper. Make sure to watch my video to see how I do this.
Also, when your making these yummy LEGO gummies, remember that it needs to set in the fridge for at least one hour. Make sure to read the notes in my below recipe card to understand the quantity and time required.
1. Candy Block Mold by The Modern Gummy
2. Plastic Squeeze Bottles
3. Wilton 13×19 inch Cake Board, 6-pack
After making the LEGO candy, I assembled the tree on top of cake boards. I got a large cake board and cut them into 5″ x 3.5″ rectangles. These allow the tree to easily slide into the clear plastic bags and then I tied each bag with red and white twine. It’s so cute. I’m pretty sure these are the best food gifts I’ve ever given!
Tip 1: Spray vegetable oil on the mold before adding the gummy mixture; otherwise your gummies will be stuck in the mold.
Tip 2: You only have a few minutes to get the liquid mixture into the candy mold before it firms up. If the mixture hardens, just add it back to a pot and melt it on low heat.
Tip 3: When you put the lid on the mold, make sure “The Modern Gummy” mold on the base and lid line up first.
Tip 4: Press down on the mold to squeeze out any excess liquid. This will help form evenly shaped blocks.
Tip 5: If there’s extra gummy candy along the edges of the bricks, use a sharp knife to cut it off.
Instead of serving up a boring fruit salad this holiday season, why not build this 3-D fruit train made of watermelon, blackberries, honeydew and blueberries. It only takes a few minutes to assemble because I’m using this adorable train cookie cutter to shape the watermelon train and this small round cookie cutter to cut out the wheels.
Also, if you’re looking for fun snacks to make, try building a cheese and charcuterie tree. You can make it ahead of time or build it with your guests. Don’t just make your appetizers, build it!
I hope this answers all of your questions about how to make LEGO gummy candy. Leave a comment below if you want me to build a Chewable Structure that you can make at home. Remember to sign up for my newsletter and follow my social media channels. See you next week!
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To celebrate Fourth of July, I developed this fun gummy recipe to build a chewy American flag. You only need JELL-O, Knox gelatine, honey, water, coconut milk and vegetable oil to make this gummy recipe. Plus, this gummy recipe has no corn syrup. I replaced it with honey! Also, I’m using one of my favorite gummy molds because it makes stackable gummy bricks. So, if you’re hosting an Independence Day party, now your guests can play with their food!
WATCH THE STEP-BY-STEP RECIPE VIDEO BELOW Keep in mind that if you make the full-sized version of the American Flag (as seen in the video), you’ll need to follow the full recipe below.
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To celebrate Pride Month, I’m showing you how to build an easy rainbow recipe. These chocolate brownies shaped like a cloud topped with a chewy Airheads Rainbow are delicious. Plus, the chocolate brownie stands up. So cute and structurally sound!
WATCH THE RECIPE VIDEO BELOW to see how to make these adorable brownies.
I tested various recipes/methods/tools and I got the best results when I used a cloud cookie cutter with a flat base, Betty Crocker’s Fudge Brownie mix, and homemade buttercream icing. I’ll explain why I chose these tools and ingredients below.
Originally, I was going to shape the clouds freestyle by using a pairing knife. Luckily, I found an amazing cloud-shaped cookie cutter on Amazon. This specific cookie cutter is flat on the bottom with curvy edges on the top and sides. This flat base is necessary for the brownie to stand up vertically. Plus, it’s so much faster to use a cookie cutter than to carve every curve and edge. Time saver!
Since I want to spend more time celebrating Pride Month instead of in the kitchen, I searched for an easy yet delicious chocolate brownie. Using Betty Crocker’s Fudge Brownie mix was a perfect solution. These rich chocolate brownies are very dense, which helps maintain clean curves when I cut through it with the cloud cutter and it held its shape when I propped it up.
As for the buttercream icing, I tried using store bought but I needed a thicker consistency to secure the Airheads Rainbow in place. So, I decided to make it at home (recipe below). To mimic the sky, I used Wilton’s Sky Blue Icing Gel. I normally use liquid food coloring, but I didn’t want to thin out the buttercream consistency. Plus, I just love the soft blue hue- it really does look like the sky! I used a Wilton Featherweight 8-inch icing bag and No. 129 Wilton flower-icing tip. If you don’t have these, you can also use a plastic bag and snip off the tip. The piping won’t look as nice, but it’ll do the trick. Lastly, I added the chewy Airheads Rainbow Berry candy.
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Are you looking for a Mother’s Day Dessert Idea? This chocolate cake topped with strawberry roses is an edible garden. Since my mom loves gardening and eating new desserts, this chocolate garden cake is a great Mother’s Day gift idea. All you need is Betty Crocker’s cake mix and icing, crushed OREO’s, pretzel rods, strawberries, blueberries and grapes. It’s so much fun to build this chocolate garden cake and it’s kid friendly.
WATCH THE FUN RECIPE VIDEO BELOW to see how to build this creative Mother’s Day Dessert Idea.
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Family Guy is one of my favorite shows, so I couldn’t resist building the Family Guy house using caramel popcorn. That’s right, it’s a solid house of ooey gooey caramel popcorn. A helpful tip is that I used tissue boxes to create a mold to help shape the caramel popcorn so that it would look like a house.
Then, I used some of my favorite candies to decorate it, like square pretzels for the windows and green apple licorice for the shingles. This creamy and crunchy house will take a few hours to build, so buckle in and have fun creating food art with your kids, family and friends. In total, you’ll need to make around 30 cups of caramel popcorn. I know this seems like a lot, but you can always have a popcorn party and share it with friends.
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