NO-BAKE, TEACUP TREATS

Remember that scene in Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory where he drinks the tea and then eats the cup? Well, here's a step-by-step guide to making your own deliciously edible cup-and-saucers.

The best part of making these sweet teacup cookies? No baking required!

Ingredients:

• Vanilla sandwich cookie wafers
• Reese's Miniature Peanut Butter Cups
• Ice cream sugar cones (top 1-1/2 inch)
• Circle pretzels (found in Chex Mix Sweet 'n Salty Honey Nut mix)
• Chocolate frosting (chocolate pudding, chocolate ganache, etc.)
• Chocolate or vanilla candy melts

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Step one

Cut the sugar cones to 1-1/2 inches. To avoid breaking them, dip the bottoms in warm water for 20 seconds. Using a serrated knife, trim off where the wet area meets the dry. Allow these to dry completely before assembling.

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Step two

Separate the cookie wafers and clean off filling.

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Step three

Trim off one small piece of the circle pretzels to create two handle points.

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Step four

Melt two ounces of chocolate or vanilla candy melts in a zip-top bag in the microwave (twice for 30 seconds usually does the trick).

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Step five

Snip off the corner of the zip-top bag and dab a little candy melt in the center of the cookie wafers.

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Step six

Place unwrapped Reese's Miniature Peanut Butter Cups on top of the candy melt on the cookie wafers.

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Step seven

Place the cut ice cream cones on top of the Reese's cups.

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Step eight

Pipe more of the candy melt inside the ice cream cones, where the edge meets the Reese's cup.

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Step nine

Pipe frosting, pudding or ganache inside the ice cream cones.

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Step ten

Add a dab of candy melt to the cut off edges of the circle pretzels and attach them to the sides of the ice cream cones. You may need to hold them in place for a few seconds until the candy melt holds firmly and stays in place.

Helpful hints: Have everything unwrapped, cut, trimmed and ready to assemble. If your candy melt starts to harden, just microwave the zip-top bag for 20 to 30 seconds to soften.
Note: These are best served on the same day as preparation. The frosting, pudding or ganache filling tends to soften the sugar cone the longer it sits.

Colorful Caterpillar Cupcakes!!

I found this super cool colorful caterpillar cupcake recipe. Now if this isn't fun, then I don't know what else is.I hope you have as much fun with this recipe as I did.

1 package vanilla cake mix

11/4 cups water

3 eggs

1/3 cup vegetable oil

Food Coloring

Buttercream Frosting

Assorted candies, candy-coated chocolate pieces, red string licorice, lollipops, and gummy worms

Preheat oven to 350 and mix all ingredients, bake for 21 to 23 minutes and let cool.

Buttercream Frosting

1 cup butter

1 teaspoon vanilla

1/4 teaspoon salt

1 teaspoon meringue powder

1 tablespoon milk

1 package powdered sugar

Beat butter, vanilla, and salt, next add meringue powder and milk. Gradually add powdered sugar, beat at high speed until frosting is light and fluffy! Next you can stir in food coloring until you get your desired colors.

Frost cupcakes place one cupcake on its side towards the end of serving platter. Place second cupcake on its side next to first cupcake, arrange remaining cupcakes.

Frost 1 reserved cupcake decorate with assorted candies, licorice and lollipops to create face and antennae. place plain cupcake upright at front of cupcake row for head, top with face cupcake on its side. Cut gummy worms into small pieces, attach to caterpillar body with frosting to create legs.

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