Archive for autumn

OWL COOKIES

How cute are these owl cookies from the Handmade Detroit blog?
Amy from Make Out Goods created them, and they are great for little hands to help with!
You can check out the recipe for these adorable owl cookies HERE.

What a hoot!

{{ THANK YOU AMY FOR THE ADORABLE COOKIES!! }}

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~ Bon Ap[petite] ~

Another kind of sugar skull for your Dia de los Muertos (November 1st) celebration.

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Sugar Skull Flour Tortilla Chips

~ Flour Tortillas ~ Sugar ~ Cooking Spray ~

These don’t look like traditional colorfully decorated sugar skulls,
but they sure are sweet, thanks to a sprinkling of white sugar.

What to do:

Snip tortillas into the shape of skulls using scissors (much easier than using a knife!).
tart by cutting your tortilla into rectangles, then follow the diagram below, cutting on the red lines.

Spray the skulls with cooking spray, sprinkle a bit of white sugar on them,
and then toast in the toaster oven or broil in the oven for a minute or until sugar is melted.
(Keep your eye on them to make sure they don’t burn).

Serve these crispy sweet tortilla treats anytime, cut into your favorite shapes.
Scissors make cutting tortillas a breeze! It would be a fun activity for older kids, too.

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~ Bon Ap[petite] ~

This is a fun and simple harvest snack!

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Popcorn Pumpkin Balls

~ Popcorn ~ Butter ~ Marshmallows ~ Kool Aid ~ Pretzel ~

Melt 1 tablespoon butter in the microwave. Add 1 cup miniature marshmallows and stir.
Microwave in 30 second increments, stirring each time, until melted.

Blend a bit of Kool aid powder into mixture until desired color is reached (but be aware that the flavor is really strong! Supplement with food coloring if you want a vivid color).

Pour over 4 cups popped popcorn and stir until coated. Mix well with buttered hands and form into balls. Push short lengths of pretzel into popcorn balls for pumpkin stems (we used thicker “rod” pretzels).

This is an easy process that takes only a few minutes for this super cute snack!
Spray bowls, utensils and hands with cooking spray to minimize stickiness.

Substitutions: Use food coloring and add a little vanilla extract instead of Kool Aid.
You can also use Jello powder in place of the Kool Aid.

Poof! You’re done. It’s magic!

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~ Bon Ap[petite] ~

My friend Jen, over at Lipstick and Laundry, came up with a sweet acorn treat.

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Acorn Love

~ Hershey Kisses ~ Mini Nilla Wafers ~ Frosting ~

Put a small amount of frosting on the bottom of the Nilla Wafer, place the bottom of the Hershey Kiss to the frosting and add a dab of frosting to the top.

Super easy and adorable!!

{ Thanks Jen for letting me post this!! }

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~ Bon Ap[petite] ~

It’s that wonderful time of year when the weather gets cooler, leaves start changing color, and these little guys are all over the ground.  Acorns usually don’t have smiles on their faces, but when I make them, they do!!!

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ACORNS

~ Bread ~ Peanut Butter ~ Raisins ~ Cereal ~ Graham Craker ~

Cut a heart out of a piece of bread or a sandwich.  Spread peanut butter on top of the heart shape.  Use chocolate cereal for the top of the acorn.  I really wanted to use Apple Butter for the top of the acorn, to go along with the fall theme, but didn’t have any.  Oh well.  Use raisins for the eyes and mouth.  Break a small piece off of a graham cracker and use for the stem.

These cute acorns won’t last very long on the ground!!

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~ Bon Ap[petite] ~