Happy Easter Peeps

Hello, Peeps!

Today we have a no bake, no fuss, no kidding, Peeps treat!

I was in Publix a couple of weeks ago when these beautiful, green, Hostess Sno Balls caught my eye!

They would be so adorable topped with Peeps-and so, I did!

I will tell you the only thing hard about making these was not being able to take a sample bite. And they smelled SO good! You see, I am kinda on a sweets fast. Yep. Day #16 of 60! I can do it!

But, if you're not on a sugar strike, (what was I thinking) lucky you, cause I'm pretty sure you're gonna think these taste amazing!

Pictured, are the items you'll need.

Now, let's make the green frosting for the grass. Just squeeze a few drops of food coloring in the frosting and stir.

Next time, I will use regular frosting instead of the marshmallow. It was a little too stringy for piping grass.

How sweet is this little Peeper?!

Attach candy eyes to the Peeps with tiny dabs of frosting. 

Insert toothpick and press into cupcake.

Pipe grass and place candies.

I think the kids are going to 💙 these!

Just hanging with my Peeps!

That's all folks!

Wishing you all a very Happy Easter!

Making life sweet, Karen 😊

Baa Baa "Back of Lamb" Cookies!

Lamb Cookies..with a twist..or should I say tail?!

I dunno if you're gonna think these are half as funny as I do..hahaha!

Last April, as I was in the planning stages of my baby girl's baby shower, I bought a little trio of baby shower cookie cutters. I found that same bib cutter here if you'd like to purchase one.
Anyways..baa baa back to my story. So when I got home and went through my haul, I got an upside down view of my bib cutter. Oh my word..the first thing that popped into my mind was the back of a lamb. (Maybe it has something to do with all those adorable little "Bunny Booty" treats!) I started laughing out loud. Glad nobody else was around to see me in my pantry giggling at a pack of cookie cutters. And so, here I am almost a year later sharing my silly cookies with you.

Hope they make you chuckle.   :o)

Prepare cookie dough.

 Roll out dough on a lightly floured surface. I rolled mine out to 1/4 inch thickness. Cut cookies and place on parchment lined baking pan. Chill pan in frig for 10-15 minutes. Bake cookies.

 Let cool.

 I wanted baby pink lambs so I used two colors of pre-made fondant. I mixed a small amount of pink with a larger amount of white. Roll out fondant.

 Place fondant onto the embossing mat and close to impress the design. I used this embossing folder..the best thing is, right now it's on sale!

 Using the bib cutter, cut out fondant pieces. 
Cutie, cutie lamb's booty!

 If you're having sticking issues, just use a little powdered sugar to dust your cutter and knife.

 Jelly Belly Jelly Beans aka Lamb's Tails.

Attach fondant to cookie and jelly beans to fondant with a small paintbrush and corn syrup.

 Awwww...

Sweet..

Cookie Recipe

(slight variation to Lila Loa's recipe)

1 cup salted butter softened

1 1/2 cups sugar

2 eggs

1 teaspoon vanilla

1/4 teaspoon baking powder

4 cups flour

Cream, butter and sugar. Add eggs and flavoring, mixing well. Add baking powder and mix again. Gradually add flour on low speed just till combined. I knead the dough a little to make sure the last little bits are flour are fully incorporated. Chill dough. Roll out on lightly floured surface and cut with cookie cutters dusted with flour. Place cookies on parchment paper lined baking sheet. Chill pan for 10 minutes in frig.
 Bake @ 375 for 7-9 minutes.

Happy Spring From Sugartown Sweets & Thanks For Stopping By!

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Bluebirds in Candy Nests

 Bluebirds in Candy Nests

Half of my family is nearly buried in the snow.

Tennessee, Virginia, Kentucky..

All we are getting here in our neck of the woods are promises of snow..sad. Our snow is a no-show. So..I'm just going ahead and getting ready for Spring!

Let me tell you, if you like the haystacks made with chow mein noodles and butterscotch chips, you're gonna love these even more!

This combo is definitely making its' way back to Sugartown Sweets!

 Aren't these little bluebirds the sweetest?

This edible craft is super easy to assemble.

 Get started by first making the candy nests.

I used almost half a bag of butterscotch chips to make 5 nests. I'd say the whole bag should make at least 10-11 nests.

Melt the chips at 30 second intervals in the microwave, stirring each time. Mine took one minute total.

Break pretzel sticks in half and gently stir into melted candy.

 Spoon nests onto a parchment or wax paper lined pan. 

Let set while assembling your baby birds.

 As you can see, these don't need to be perfect. The bluebirds will cute them up!

Roll out fondant and press in leaf cutter. Remove wing piece making two for each bird.

*After I made these, I found that Wilton has discontinued these particular cutters. The new ones have crimped edges. If you don't own the old ones but would like to purchase them, I'm including the link here.

 Melt blue candy melts in the microwave at 30 second intervals, stirring each time. Apply a small amount of melted candy to the malted egg. I used the tip of a lollipop stick to apply mine.

Let set a few seconds and place triangle sprinkles. Now using the black candy writer pen, draw on two tiny eyes.

 To attach wings, apply a small amount of melted candy to the side of candy egg. Let set a few seconds and then gently press on wing. That's it! You are done!

He looks to be saying, "hi there!"

"If happy little bluebirds fly beyond the rainbow, why oh why can't I."

Wishing You A Sweet Day From

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