Pots of Gold and Rainbows Cake Pops

With St. Patrick's Day just around the corner, I thought it would be an excellent idea to bring back this really fun and totally appropriately themed post that's perfect for kids and for those who aren't kids anymore but wish they were (aka me).  Aren't these Pots of Gold and Rainbows cake pops super adorable?  I love them!  It's been a while since I've looked at them closely, but I really think that these are one of my favorite treats that I've made to date.  They're so cute!

Normally, I don't do too many "decorated" desserts or treats, simply because I don't have the patience for it.  I'll typically start out a project feeling really enthusiastic about the sugar cookies I'm going to decorate or that gingerbread house I'm going to construct, but then after about an hour's work  when I realize that I'm nowhere close to being finished, I get restless and just have to stop.  I'm surprised I was able to make these cake pops from start to finish without any major moments of desperation!  I think I was able to stick to them because they're really not that involved, and they're just too cute.  One pot of gold with a rainbow coming out of it was not enough...I needed lots of them!  

Since these pops are definitely geared for kids and their St. Patrick's Day celebrations, make sure to stay tuned for tomorrow when I share a brand new St. Patrick's Day recipe that is definitely not for the kids, but is perfect for adults!  It's a pretty awesome recipe, so don't miss out!

Easy Halloween Cake Pops

These days, it's hard not to come across cake pops.  I love them! They're small, bite sized (maybe two-bite sized) little treats that are just too adorable to pass up.  They're also completely customizable, and can be made to fit any decorating scheme, holiday, or event.  The fact that they're also really easy to make only makes them even more convenient of a dessert to have up your sleeve.  If you show up anywhere with some really adorable cake pops...you win.

It's a Halloween Party!

It's October 7th today.  That means Halloween is only 24 days away.  That's three and a half weeks.  There's no time to lose, Halloween Party planing needs to start NOW…or soonish I guess.  There's really no reason to put it off because #1, Halloween is quickly approaching, and #2…these Halloween treats are too cute to put off any longer.  Halloween is one of my favorite holidays, so I couldn't put this post off any longer.

When I went home last weekend, I had it set in my mind that I would make a batch of really great Halloween-inspired spiderweb cupcakes.  Something cute and simple that anyone could make.  I honestly hadn't really thought of making too many other Halloween things, but I knew that my spiderweb cupcakes would be great.  I enlisted the help of my mother, who is fantastic when it comes to all these sort of decorative/ seasonal type of things, and she wasn't too keen on the spiderweb idea.  At least she wasn't too keen on making only spiderwebs.  That's right.  I was going to make ONLY spiderweb cupcakes? That just wouldn't do.  My mom had so many great ideas, and I really couldn't say no to any of them, they were just too good!  

Pop Tart Pops

I never really ate pop tarts as a kid.  My mom just never really bought them for us; I guess she thought they were unhealthy, or contained too much sugar to be part of a good breakfast.  She was probably right.  I only grew to really like pop tarts after getting to try them at friend's houses following a sleepover, and then once I got to college, pop tarts came back as an easy way to satisfy some late night cravings or as a way to keep myself going at 6 am during an all-nighter before a studio review...fun stuff...let's not think about that right now.


I still don't think of pop tarts as being a breakfast food...I mean come on, they're full of an obnoxiously sweet filling and are covered in frosting and sprinkles, to me that just doesn't feel like breakfast, but seems to be more of a snack, or something I'd like to treat myself to at the end of the day.  I decided mini pop tart treats were the way to go, and given the whole "let's put everything on a stick" craze that's been going on, I decided to give it a try.  Oh my goodness, were these things cute.