Patriotic Marshmallow Pops for the 4th of July!

HAPPY 4th of JULY!

I feel so thankful to have been born in the USA!

We will be celebrating the 4th with family, food, fireworks and a boatload of gratitude for all the blessings that God has poured out upon us.

I pray everyone has a safe and happy holiday as we celebrate our country's independence.

GOD BLESS AMERICA! 

 To make 10 pops I used:

Two bags Ghirardelli white melts

Twenty pieces red candy melts

Royal blue gel color

One bag marshmallows

Star sprinkles

Red lollipop sticks

Place two marshmallows on lollipop stick.

Melt one bag of white candy melts and add blue gel color. (I could not find blue candy melts anywhere so I just made my own.)

Dip marshmallow pop in melted candy.

Place pops on parchment paper, add star sprinkles and let set to harden.

Now we get to make the red and white stripes!

Place about twenty each of the red and white candy melts in a decorator bag and melt in microwave at 30 second intervals on 50% power stopping to knead the bags each time.

With scissors, snip off just the small tip of each bag and pipe alternating colors to form stripes.

Woohoo, it's beginning to look a lot like the 4th of July and I needed a little sparkle for my flags, so I sprinkled on just a tidge of white luster dust.

"Oh, say does that star spangled banner yet wave

O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave? 🎜🎝🎜🎝🎝

Now let's go celebrate BIG! 

That's all folks!

"til we sweet again, Karen💗

White Chocolate Covered Marshmallow Daisy Bouquet

One Daisy For You

One Daisy For Me

One Daisy For Mom

She's As Sweet As Can Be!

These Daisy Pops with their bright, sunshiny yellow color and sweet tiny bluebirds make my heart happy and my face smile! 

I hope they will for you too!

I'm sharing these with all the sweet Moms in my life.

They're so simple to make and the kids can really have some fun helping you with these! 

"Where Flowers Bloom, So Does Hope."

 For your daisy pops you will need:

Daisy icing decorations

White chocolate (or vanilla) candy melts

Marshmallows

Yellow food color

Green foodwriter pen

Lollipop sticks

Bluebird sprinkles (optional)

Melt candy melts at 50% power at 30 second intervals stirring each time until melted smooth.

Mix in a couple of drops of yellow food coloring stirring to combine well.

Pop two marshmallows onto each lollipop stick and dip in melted candy. Place daisy onto dipped marshmallow and place on parchment paper to completely harden. Draw stems onto set candy.

 I found these adorable tiny bluebird sprinkles and had to add them to my daisies!

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I would like to wish you all

a very Happy Mother's Day!

'til we sweet again, Karen💗

Marshmallow Bunnies

Happy Spring!

Easter Sunday is almost here. And although this one will look nothing like Easters past, we plan on celebrating big! We will dress up in our new holiday finery and worship our Risen Saviour as millions of others will. Online with our church!

John 3:16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. 

I am thankful for the Hope we have in our Lord and Saviour, Jesus Christ!😃

Other festivities such as our annual Easter family picnics and egg hunts will merely be postponed. And oh how joyous we will be when we are reunited with all our family and friends!

I pray everyone is staying safe and healthy amid this dreadful COVID-19 virus and that it will disappear as quickly as it came.

And while we're all hunkered down and sheltering in place, here are some sweet and fun marshmallow bunnies to make with your kiddos!

I used: regular size marshmallows, white candy melts, pink Sixlets, candy eyes, Shimmies sprinkles, and Wilton Easter bunny feet candies. I also used colored lollipop sticks.

To make the bunny ears, I cut the marshmallows on an angle..

 and then simply pressed the sticky cut side into the sprinkles. 

 They're already looking adorable! We've melted a few candy melts, attached two marshmallows on the stick and dotted some melted candy to place the eyes and nose.

Eeek! This sweet little bunny just needs a little help! 

Let us attach his feet and ears with more melted candy. And Boom! He is finished!

Well hi there little buddy!

 Wishing you all a very Happy Easter!

My heart truly goes out to you all and I will be praying for you and your families!

We will get through this!

'til we sweet again, Karen 💗

Stacked Marshmallow Pumpkins On A Stick

Stacked Marshmallow Pumpkins On A Stick!

Don't you just love pumpkins? I sure do, just as long as they don't taste like pumpkin!

And I know I'm the odd one out here, cause it's Fall, y'all, and all I gotta do is walk down the baking aisle at Wally World to find all things Pumpkin!

But just in case there are other non-pumpkin flavored lovers out there, I'm making these sweet little candy coated marshmallow pops all decorated up for the season!

All you need are:marshmallows, candy eyes, green icing, orange candy melts, green sprinkles (leaves), pretzel dipping sticks (not pictured), and colored lollipop sticks.

The marshmallows will hang on to the lollipop stick a little better if you dip the end of the stick in water first. Stack three marshmallows onto each stick.

   I spotted these adorable little green leaves in the cake decorating aisle at Michael's! They have all kinds of different and cute tiny sprinkles in little $1 bags!

Melt candy melts in microwave on 50% power in 30 second increments stirring each time.

The pumpkin stems made from dipping pretzel sticks just so happens to be the perfect topper for these orange colored gourds. Cut just the tip ends off for the right size.

After the melts are..melted, coat the stacked marshmallows, add candy eyes, leaves and stems.

Let set and then with green icing, pipe on those oh so cute, curly tendrils. eek..so cute!

🎜🎝"Oh pumpkin stack, Oh pumpkin stack, How lovely are thy candy eyeballs."😁

We little pumpkins wish you a very Happy Fall!

Have a sweet day, Karen 

Airplane Marshmallow Pops

Summertime-Vacation Time-Play Time!

Any way you say it, it's just plain fun time!

And speaking of planes, here's a fun edible craft to get you all ready for take-off!

I used regular and mini marshmallows, blue candy melts, gray fondant, silver pearl dust, blue lollipop sticks and an airplane cookie cutter.

Pop three marshmallows on each lollipop.

Melt candy melts according to directions on package and dip each pop into melted candy. 

I just💗this blue!!

Lay marshmallow pops on parchment paper till set.

Roll out fondant, coat cookie cutter in powdered sugar and press into fondant.

I tried to find a smaller airplane cutter, but alas I got stuck with my big bird..hahaha!

In the end, I decided to trim a little off the nose and wings and while still too large for my liking, I just rolled with it.

 To achieve that slight curve to my planes, I let them rest on a flower former. You could use an empty paper towel roll just as well.

Oops! Let's dust those planes with some pearl dust first.

There! That's better. All shined up and ready to fly! 

Hmm...then I thought my plane was too plain😉, so I added a nose piece. And a heart, cause I 💖 hearts!

Now for those fluffy clouds which I made by flattening the mini marshmallows. Sweet little puffs of soft candy!

I hope you all have a great summer and enjoy your vacation time!

My awesome hubby and I will be celebrating our 26th anniversary in a few days with a trip to Italy.

I am beyond excited and hope to share some of my photos with you all when we return!

Have a sweet day, Karen 😊

Football Marshmallow Pops

Let me just say, it is getting pretty exciting down in our neck of the woods!

The Falcons are going to the SUPER BOWL!!

#RiseUp #FlyFalcons #Woohoo

If you've got room for one more football treat in your game day grub fest, I think my football pops are a great way to kick off the night!

Our Sunday evening church service begins at 6 o'clock so we have our DVR set to record. I'm hoping to avoid anyone with a smart phone who (so kindly) wants to share the score! So if anyone sees me sticking my fingers in my ears and leaving out by the side door, you'll know why! Haha! 😜  

I used:
S'moreMallows
10 ounce bag Ghirardelli chocolate wafers
white gel food color tube
two-inch oval cutter
no-stick cooking spray
lollipop sticks
parchment paper
small cup of water

You will first have to look through your marshmallow bag to find ones that are large enough to fit the cutter. They are not all the same size!

Lightly spray your cutter, wipe off excess and press into the marshmallow cutting through.

Dip end of lollipop stick into water, shake off excess and insert into end of marshmallow. 

Melt chocolate according to package instructions or in a small saucepan over low heat.

Dip football pop in chocolate and place on parchment paper to set.

#OhYeah!

It was kinda hard not to sample as I dipped.

*Correction. I sampled as I dipped.😋

If I make these again, I think I would use regular white icing as opposed to gel. It would have made for cleaner lines..but these still turned out cute!

Don't drop the ball..make your football treats today!!

Here's to a great game with the Falcons and the Patriots!

Let's Go Falcons!

Have a sweet day, Karen