THIS IS MY 100TH BLOG POST!!!! 😀 So cool! In honor of this momentous occasion, I will be having a giveaway! See the end of this post for info on that 😉
For day 4 of this series I am sharing how to make something prettty delicious and easy- as usual. I call em “mockaroons” beacuse they kind of look like french macaroons, but they are really just cookie sandwiches that are made with icing.
I just need to start off by acknowledging that I am aware that most of my snacktivities are really not too fancy. This isn’t any Martha Stewart Christmas Baking blog… maybe next year when I’m not juggling autism and morning sickness i’ll tackle that one- HA! These sugary sweets use the quickest ingredients and involve a lot of cheater supplies. And I’m okay with that- because I want to keep this fun and simple and quick, so these little activities are perfecto to do with the kids! And I also know they are full of sugar and processed crap. If you are looking for something a bit healthier, you can check out my vegan recipes section, OR this great article on Kale.
Okay that was my disclaimer… Let’s just say Day 4 involves some store-bought icing…
…and some other store-bought things! Nilla wafers, and some decorations- like chocolate sprinkles, and candy canes.
This is really easy and fun for the kids- probably the one that they had the most fun with, because all you do, is sandwich some icing between two cookies like so:
WOW.
Of course you can get a bit fancier than that…
Get out your trusty piping bag with the magical 1M tip!
You can make a star or a swirl… but in the end…
…you wont be able to tell what you did if you roll it in a pile of sprinkles!
Get creative with the decorations…
My kid’s fave thing to do was use these terrible silver balls. Who invented these things?!?!
MY favorite thing to do was to crush some candy canes like so:
And then dip my perfect mockaroons into their pepperminty treatment.
I’d say that’s actually pretty nice lookin!
I suppose the swirled icing looked pretty good without extra decorating too!
Now HERE is a modified version of these that I have to admit- is pretty… embarrassingly simple… it might border on unnecessary to share hahaha. But let me tell you, it satisfied all kinds of cravings!
Nilla wafer, meet Hershey’s peppermint kiss.
Holy, get a room. I said ‘kiss’.
So…they got a room… in the microwave in 20 second intervals, until the chocolate was just squishable.
And two became one. Well I don’t know where that analogy came from. Sometimes my mind pulls out the strangest things at midnight!
Look at these mockaroons hanging out in the background of another sneak peek of some more Christmas snacktivities!!!
Once again, If you want to keep track of the next EIGHT days of snacktivity ideas, feel free to subscribe to my posts (on the right hand side of the page). And here is a link to my handy table of contents:
SO! Back to the fact that this happens to be my 100th blog post!!! (Wow I wasn’t expecting that to creep up so soon- I guess I like doing this!)
I want to give something away to my awesome readers- so I just posted a new pile of nifty and purdy earrings over at my Etsy Shop and I want to share my bounty! Check out my Facebook album of my Stocking Stuffer Sale and comment on the pic of your favorite pair of earrings- I will choose at least 3 lucky people who I will send their faves to! (I’ll even throw in free shipping in Canada and the U.S.) Just click this picture and it will send you to the album- and while yer at it- Like my Facebook Page– give me a confidence boost for Christmas hehehe 😉 Okay- Here is the link to the album:
So get liking, and let me know which pair is your fave, and it might just wind up in your mail box shortly 😉
Thanks for reading fellas ❤ And above all,
Happy Mockarooning 😉
~Dot
Cinnamon Sugar Vanilla Pretzels! These are kind of a joke to make… as in they are easy… like all my snacktivities are 😉
This really is as easy as opening up a bag of pretzels and coating it with a few magical ingredients. I used the same ratios as the original recipe, but I melted some butter (vegan margarine) instead of using oil, and I added some vanilla to make them extra special.
Step 1: Mix everything together in a bowl.
Step 2: Spread on a single layer on a baking sheet.
Step 3: Bake at 300 degrees for around 20 minutes. Stir em around every 7 mins.
Step 4: Let cool and enjoy! They are so delicious. I want to eat them all. These would make a pretty cute little food gift- they’re kinnnda gourmet if you ask me!
Just stick a handful in a clear bag, add a candy cane and bow, take a cruddy picture and there you go!
Need I say more? I guess I should probably explain how to make em! As usuallll, these are easssy quick and fun! Get the kiddos and get started!
I’ve only made Rice Krispie Squares once before- crazy, I know, but it’s for a reason- I love them too much. I would take one of these vanilla-y, buttery squares over any sort of baked good any day. If I make them, I eat them. All. All of them! So when I made these, I made sure they had a destination. And that, readers, is how I don’t weigh 300 pounds. If I ever make any sort of treat, I make sure that most of them have a destination (that doesn’t involve a pitt-stop in my belly.)
I love the crazy marshmallow spider webs that form when you stir this goodness!
Step 2: Form the Rice Krispies into a (GREASED!) cookie sheet, let set, then remove onto a cutting board. 
Step 3: Cut the squares into… triangles! Any old triangle will do, but at least try to make a tree- looking shape 😉 Oh, and eat every single little imperfect scrap. Mmmm.
That made a lot of triangles. And a lot of scraps…which are not pictured here, as they took the pitt-stop at my belly.
Step 4: Shove a popsicle stick into the bottom of your tree as far as you can!
Step 5: After you stab the whole forest, melt some chocolate (I used dairy-free chocolate chips, but you can use any kind of chocolate chip or melting wafer) in 20 second increments in the microwave, and get ready to dip!
Step 6: Dip the forest and lay them on a parchment paper-lined tray.
Step 7: They are too nekked. Decorate:
Well don’t these look cute on a tray filled with some other Christmas snacktivities?!?!?! I can’t wait to share the rest with you! Sneak Peek!
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