Learn how to make a fruit bouquet, the easy way! This vibrant dragon fruit recipe only takes 25 minutes to make using 5 ingredients: white-flesh dragon fruit, green grapes, strawberries, kale, and cabbage. Perfect for Valentine’s day, mother’s day or even as wedding centerpieces.
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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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This vegetarian Halloween pizza is topped with eerie witch fingers! The best part is that it only takes 15 minutes to prepare. All you need is a premade frozen cheese pizza, red pepper, green pepper, and black olives. For your next Halloween Potluck, try making your own Halloween party food.
Ok, It’s Time To Build!
WATCH MY RECIPE VIDEO BELOW to see how I’m building this spooky Halloween pizza topped with witch fingers.
Tip 1: Use A Cookie Cutter For The Red Pepper Fingertips
To make the witches’ fingertip, lay the red pepper flat on the cutting board. Then puncture the inside of the pepper with the oval cutter. Then, push the pepper up through the cutter. This will help create a clean edge. This is a bit hard to explain, so WATCH MY RECIPE VIDEO HERE, to get a better visual.
Tip 2: Use Chopsticks To Divide Your Pizza
Don’t you hate it when someone gets a bigger pizza slice than you? That’s why my pizza hack is to use chopsticks to divide the pizza into quarters. Then you can easily visualize where to place the eight witch fingers on the pizza. Now every person gets to taste a slice of a witches’ finger! Just remember to remove the chopsticks before your Halloween pizza hits the oven….
When it comes to Halloween, I always crave candy apples. That’s why I’m showing you how to make candy apples with creepy candy eyeballs stuck all over them! Plus, I’m using a candy apple kit, so you just need to add water and sugar to the candy mix.
WATCH MY VIDEO BELOW because I’m showing you a few tips on how to get that thin crispy candy layer.
Tip 1: Sprinkle sugar on the parchment paper.
That way the candy apple sticks to the sugar. And that means you can transfer your candy apples to another plate after they cool.
Tip 2: Don’t turn on the heat yet.
Before you turn on the heat, use a small whisk and stir the mixture until combined. It should look like this. Heat up the candy mixture on low to medium heat.
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It’s the second week of our Halloween Party Food series and I’m thrilled to show you how to make a peanut butter and jelly sandwich look like mini ghosts and tombstones! I’m sharing 4 helpful tips so that you can easily make these healthy Halloween treats for your next Halloween potluck!
WATCH MY RECIPE VIDEO BELOW to see how fun and easy it is to make these spooky treats.
Also, I’m posting two more scary recipe videos before Halloween, so make sure to SUBSCRIBE to my YouTube Channel so that you can see what spooky structure we’re building next week. Remember to turn on notifications!
Ok, it’s TIME TO BUILD!
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These skull-shaped Halloween rice krispie treats are so scary … scary good that is! It all starts with the perfect combination of a chewy, crunchy rice krispie treat that’s not too sweet. Today, I’m sharing 5 easy tips with you so that you can make Halloween treats for school or for your next party!
WATCH MY RECIPE VIDEO BELOW to see how to build this these scary Halloween Rice Krispie treats.
I’m excited that Halloween is next month. To celebrate, for the next four weeks, I’ll be building scary treats for my new Halloween Party Food series. And, today is the first of four new Halloween videos.
Tip 1: Put Butter On Everything!
And, by that I mean, spread a thin layer of butter on your parchment lined baking pan and a wooden spatula. This will help prevent the gooey, delicious marshmallow mixture from sticking to everything.
Tip 2: Slow And Steady With Low Heat
I know it’s tempting to blast the heat up so that you can start chomping down on these crunchy rice krispie treats sooner. Resist the temptation! It only takes a 2-3 minutes for the marshmallows to melt and slowly stirring it helps prevent burning.
Tip 3: Throw Away Your Spatula And Dig In!
It’s time to use the best tools that you have– your hands! Personally, I love crunchy rice krispie treats over super dense, chewy treats. If you’re like me, lightly flatten the rice krispie treats with your fingertips. If you want super dense Halloween rice krispie treats, then pack them in more. Just in keep mind, no one wants to bite into a hockey puck, so go easy.
Tip 4: Work Fast. It’s Time to Skull-It-Up!
While your rice krispie treats are slightly warm when you touch them, quickly cut 8 skull patterns. I’m using a 3.5-inch cookie cutter.
Tip 5: Let It Cool!
When the skull is cool to the touch, then add the 8” treat stick to the bottom of the skull. If you add the treat stick to a warm rice krispie treat, the stick will fall out.
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Are you looking for baby shower foods to wow your guests? Try building these creative baby shower cookies disguised as baby carriages. Curious about how these baby shower cookies are able to stand up? Watch my recipe video and read my expert tips below to find out the yummy secret ingredient.
Plus, I’m using Betty Crocker Sugar Cookie Mix, so you can make these easy sugar cookies at home. Forewarning, the hardest part of this recipe is waiting for the sugar cookie icing to dry at room temperature after each decorating step.
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To make sugar cookie icing, you just need Wilton Meringue powder, icing sugar and water. Since we’re using meringue powder, we can skip the messy step of separating egg whites. This time-saving step means that it only takes 15 minutes to whip up this homemade royal icing recipe.
WATCH MY RECIPE VIDEO BELOW to see how to make this royal icing recipe.
Tip 1: Make One Big Batch First
Make one large batch of sugar cookie icing for decorating (10-second icing) and pour it into two bowls. To make sugar cookie icing for flooding (4-second icing) water down the 10-second icing. (see recipe notes)
Tip 2: Best Way To Store Your Sugar Cookie Icing
Store the sugar cookie icing in an airtight container until you’re ready to use it, otherwise the surface will form a crust.
Tip 3: Work Fast!
Work fast when decorating or flooding your cookies because this sugar cookie icing dries quickly.
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These cucumber sandwiches filled with fluffy cream cheese, fresh dill, fresh chives, and delicate slices of cucumber will be a hit at your next potluck or afternoon tea party. In 15 minutes, you can wow your guests with these easy tea sandwiches.
WATCH MY RECIPE VIDEO BELOW to see how to make cucumber sandwiches in 15 minutes!
Tip 1: Remove The Cucumber Seeds
Don’t you hate it when you lift up a sandwich and the bread is a watery mess? Yeuck! To avoid soggy cucumber sandwiches, use a small spoon to remove the seeds and use paper towel to squeeze out excess moisture from each cucumber slice. I know it’s tempting to skip this step, but it’s worth this extra step.
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Today, I’m showing you how to make a strawberry banana smoothie topped with a strawberry rose. This thick smoothie is made of frozen strawberries, fresh banana, non-fat Greek yogurt, skim milk, ice cubes, honey and vanilla. It takes less than one minute to blend up using the Vitamix Blender A3500.
I’m excited to share this recipe with you, because I recently won a Vitamix Blender A3500 at the Everything Food Conference in May. And, I’ve been itching to blend up some creative recipes.
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Looking for fruit tray ideas? Check this out. I’m using a gigantic doll needle to sew together blueberries for the main cables of this watermelon Golden Gate Bridge. All you need are four ingredients: watermelon, blueberries, pineapple, and kiwi.
I love building fruit trays for parties. Whether it’s a watermelon fruit train or a watermelon camera with a flip out screen, I love wowing my friends with a creative fruit tray. I tend to incorporate watermelon for the main structure because it’s easy to carve it into fun shapes. I don’t know about you, but slicing through watermelon always makes my home smell like summer time! Plus, this is a fun Golden Gate project for kids and adults!
Although I include recipe instructions at the end of this post, it’s better to watch the below video first, because I walk you through each step of assembling this fun watermelon Golden Gate Bridge.
WATCH MY RECIPE VIDEO BELOW to see how to make a fruit tray of the Golden Gate Bridge.
I’m building an edible version of the Golden Gate Bridge because I had so much fun touring around the real bridge with my friend, Jefferson Graham. Make sure to check out Jeff’s website and his amazing YouTube channel, Jefferson Graham Photowalks. Also, watch his video of us looking for the best locations to photograph the bridge.
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Revamp your fruit tray this summer and build these 4-ingredient watermelon cameras equipped with flip out screens. To capture precise audio, there’s even a shotgun microphone made of blueberries and blackberries. And, for ultimate protection, I’m using removable honeydew lens covers! This isn’t your typical fruit tray.
You might be wondering of all the things to build, why an edible camera?
Let me explain.
I want you to meet Yuka Ohishi, a fellow creator and video camera fanatic. When we first met, we instantly bonded over our mutual love for camera flip out screens. After nerding out on our fave video accessories and YouTubers, it was clear that we needed to join creative forces to film and eat a video project together. Since summer is almost here, building a fruit tray of edible watermelon cameras was a perfect fit.
During our video shoot, and between all of my giggling, Yuka told me about her cool new initiative that she’s “trying to push out into the Universe.” It’s called the #weekendcreator. Yuka says that since she has a full-time job at Pinterest, she ends up creating and exploring on the weekends. And, although she’s not a designer or artist, she wants to inspire others to live a more creative life too.
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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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Are you looking for Halloween potluck ideas? I got you. This decadent chocolate brownie house topped with a shaved almond roof and a candy corn landscape is spooky and adorable. Happy Halloween! This fun and easy dessert recipe only takes a few minutes and will scare your friends with sweetness.
WATCH MY RECIPE VIDEO BELOW so that you can learn how to build a fun treat for your next Halloween Potluck.
As some of you may know, I love building houses. Earlier this year, I built the Family Guy House out of ooey gooey caramel popcorn. Now I can say that I ate a house!
In that build, I used green apple licorice for the house shingles, so I knew that I needed a new material to use for my scary haunted house design. Afterall, for a Halloween potluck, I need to bring my A game.
After a few structural tests and taste tests, I realized that shaved almonds would be the best option. Structurally, it’s thin and easy to layer on top of each other.
Check out how these delicate roof shingles turned out. I used shaved almonds to mimic the layered effect of real roof shingles. So adorable, super tasty and easy to make. I had some left over shaved almonds, so I used them to make the fence too!
For the house shape, I used a house cookie cutter then I cut off the chimney on top. You can leave the chimney on, but without it I think the roof looks better and it’s easier to add the almond roof shingles.
I’d love to know some of your favorite Halloween potluck ideas, so leave me a comment below. Happy Halloween and thanks for building with me today!
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Halloween haunted house made of chocolate brownies and shaved almonds.
As you may have noticed, I like to build things. And, I love fruit. So it’s only natural that I’m showing you how to make Eiffel Tower using fresh blueberries.
At first, learning how to build Eiffel Tower out of food seemed like a disaster. It’s tall and slender, so it was a bit of a structural nightmare… errr … I mean, a challenge.
WATCH THE RECIPE VIDEO BELOW to see how the challenge turned out.
But, I love fresh blueberries so much that I couldn’t resist. In fact, I even used blueberries to build the wheels of this watermelon fruit train. Choo-choo!
Initially, my friend jokingly asked me to construct Eiffel Tower out of chocolate covered-pretzels. I tried this. After it failed a few gravity tests, I ended up devouring a delicious pile of broken chocolate-covered pretzels. I guess not all was lost!
Then, I had a light bulb moment.
I remembered seeing Wilton Floral Wire, which included three gauges- 20, 22 and 26. The wire was perfect because it’s flexible yet strong. Here’s what I used (*Amazon affiliate link):
After a few revisions, I found the best method of how to make Eiffel Tower stand up and still look delicious.
I engineered the heck out of the main frame. For each leg, I twisted nine Wilton Floral Wires (gauge 26) together to give the tower height and strength. To help secure all the twisted wires together, I reinforced each leg with Wilton Floral Tape. Then, I slid the fresh blueberries on, and stabbed one end of the wire into a red potato. This sucker is pretty strong and could probably withstand a good fan test
Before assembling the structure, I highly recommend making each section first (foundation, frame, arches, platforms). Here’s what each section looks like:
Ok, that’s enough reading for now, because as I always love to say, it’s ….
If you’re looking for more structures to build and eat, remember to SUBSCRIBE to my YouTube channel. And, check out my gummy LEGO JELL-O pyramid.
I used the Candy Block Mold (*Amazon affiliate link), so the blocks are stackable!
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Aren’t you tired of making a boring fruit salad? Instead, build this adorable watermelon fruit train equipped with honeydew and blueberry wheels. The freight cars are even stable enough to lug around blackberry and honeydew skewers. Throw away your old fruit salad recipe and hop on the watermelon fruit train. It’s leaving the platform and you don’t want to miss out.
WATCH MY RECIPE VIDEO BELOW to see how easy it is to have fun with your next fruit salad.
Ok, it’s TIME TO BUILD.
Tip 1: Throw Away Your Boring Fruit Salad Recipe
It’s ok. The trash can is right there. You can do it.
Tip 2: Get The Best Fruits You Can
Since there’s no dressing on this fun fruit salad, that means the fruit needs to be fresh. Look below and you’ll see what I mean. Check out those plump blueberries and sweet honeydew slices. Yum! They’re so fresh that I wouldn’t dare drown them in artifical sweetners or oils.
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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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Thanks for building with me today. See you next week!
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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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