(Baseball) Diamonds are a Girl's Best Friend

I created this dessert table for a baseball themed bachelorette party.  We started the night with food, drinks, and fun.  Followed by a night at a Minnesota Twins baseball game

This isn't quite dessert, but a baseball themed party can't be complete without hot dogs.



My all time favorite baseball treat, Malt Cups.



I love how these baseball player cake pops turned out!  I used a half of a chocolate wafer for the baseball hat and a pink Sixlet to look like bubble gum.





More fan favorites; licorice,

peanut butter filled pretzels,

and peanuts.

Congrats Maria!

Growing UP

Another year has come and gone.  Here is a Disney Pixar UP themed birthday dessert table that I created.

Grape Soda

Guests can drink a soda and make an Ellie badge with the bottle cap.

 Spirit of Adventure Bars

Fruit Loop bars which I made using the same recipe you would for Rice Krispie bars.

 Kevin's Chocolate Bars

 Dug's Gumballs

 Russell's Wilderness Explorer S'mores Mix

To make mix Golden Grahams Cereal with marshmallows and chocolate chips.

Carl's Jello Cloud Cups

Blue Jello with Cool Whip clouds.

UP Cake

Cake decorated with clouds and "balloon" cake pops.

For the Guests: Adventure books and passports.

Super Bowl

Super Bowl is my favorite day of the year and I love celebrating with family and friends.  Unfortunately for me (and the Patriots) the team I was cheering for lost, but we still had a great time. 

Here is the dessert/appetizer table from our Super Bowl Sunday celebration.

Marinated Tomatoes

These are so delicious, you must try them.  Recipe courtesy of The Pioneer Woman.

 Cucumber Rolls

Find the recipe at Good Life Eats.  (this was one of my finds on Pinterest, anyone else addicted to Pinterest?)

Walking Tacos

These are great for parties.  Buy small bags of chips, crush the chips, open the bag, and add the taco meat and toppings right to the bag.

 Oreo Football Truffles

These are always a party favorite.  For step by step instructions check out Bakerella's blog.

 Chocolate Cream Cheese Cupcakes

Another delicious treat.  I purchased the Football Cupcake Wrapper printout from Spaceships and Laserbeams.  Check them out, they have a ton of cute party decorations for boys.

 Lil' Smokies

A football party is not complete without these.

Chocolate Dipped Pretzels

Whoopie Pies

After the cupcake craze came macaroons and whoopie pies.  I found this Pillsbury mix for whoopie pies and decided to try them.  They turned out great and my girlfriends loved them.

Before mixing the whoopie pies, cut a piece of wax paper the size of your baking sheet.  Using a permanent marker, draw circles on the wax paper.

Mix according to directions on the package.

Put the mixture into a piping bag and pipe the whoopie pie mixture onto the baking sheet using the circles on the wax paper as a guide.  This will ensure all of the whoopie pies are the same size.

Bake the whoopie pies.

Mix the frosting and place a dollop onto the bottom half of the whoopie pie.

Place the top half of the whoopie pie onto the bottom.

Roll the edges of the whoopie pie into sprinkles

Enjoy!

ONE!

Happy Birthday to my sweet, baby boy!  I can't believe a whole year has already gone by.  It has been the most wonderful, exhilarating, and exhausting year of my life.  I wouldn't change one thing about it.  In honor of my baby's birthday we celebrated with a Peanuts themed dessert table. 

 Happy Birthday Charlie!

 Candy jars filled with  lemon drops, Hershey Kisses - Cookies n' Cream , and licorice.

Cake Push Pops  These push pops are simple to make and were a hit at the party.  Simply bake a cake, cut into small cubes, and alternate with layers of cool whip or frosting.  Top with a garnish.  I ordered my push pops from Sweet Lulu.  Sweet Lulu is a great place to order party supplies. 

Charlie Brown inspired sugar cookies.

 Lucy football truffles.  Remember in the Peanuts comics how Lucy always "holds" the ball for Charlie to kick?  These are so de-lish and easy to make.  You can find the "How To" from Bakerella. 

Beverages in the theme colors; red, blue, and yellow.  In addition, paper drinking straws from Sweet Lulu.

 And last, but not least the Snoopy Cake!  This took me hours to make but I was very happy with how it turned out.  The cake was alternating layers of white and chocolate cake filled with buttercream frosting.  Unfortunately, my little guy was not a fan of cake this year!

Another view of the cake.

Snoopy and Woodstock.

I love you Charlie!  Here's to another year of amazing memories.

Halloween Dessert Table

 Halloween is a week away!  Here are some fun ideas for a Halloween Dessert Table. 

 Rice Krispie Treats with Candy Corn and Peanuts.  A good sweet and salty mix.

 Graveyard Goodies.  Brownies with marshmallow ghosts.

 Spider Eggs (Sixlets) and Newt's Teeth (Watermelon Rock Candy) Treats

 Coffins filled with Dirt n' Bones.

 Monster Marshmallow Pops

 Spider and Spider Web Cupcakes

 Gooey Goblin Eyes

 And don't forget the Witch's Brew

Happy Haunting!