superbowl treats!

Hey there.  It's been a long time.  But who am I kidding...it's not like I post here daily or something.  Anyway, the reason for my absence is a good one.  I've been enjoying my yummy little one that I just adore!  I mean really, I don't think I could love anything more than I do this little guy.  Because I have a serious phobia of putting pictures up of him where just anyone could see them, I'll let you enjoy a picture of his little totsies :)

The rest of him is just as amazingly cute :)

The SuperBowl is in like 2 weeks or something!  You would think I would know this since my husband is a diehard football fan, but I don't.  Who are you wanting to see in the epic matchup?  Over here we are rooting for the Broncos to smash the Patriots this weekend.  You have to love Peyton Manning, he is pretty much amazing.  I hope he can pull out one of his awesome games!  

What do you cook for the SuperBowl?  We always have lots of delicious food and treats.  Last year, I decided I wanted to something delicious AND fun, and here is what I came up with:

And they were both so easy.

Let me 'splain:

For the rice crispie football: make your rice crispies as you usually would and then shape it into a football.  Once it is all cooled, melt some chocolate and put it into a gallon zip-lock bag (if you have frosting bags and tips then you can use those, I don't so I had to get creative).  Snip off one corner of the bag and "pipe" your football stitching on.  Snip off a bigger corner so the stitching looks big enough.  Here is a time saving tip: if you don't have time to let the rice crispie cool, just stick it in the freezer for a few minutes.

For the football cupcakes: make your favorite batch of chocolate cupcakes.  Melt white chocolate and put it in a zip-lock bag.  Snip a small corner off and pipe the stitching onto wax paper.  While they dry, frost your cupcakes with chocolate/brown frosting.  You don't want to frost them earlier because you don't want the frosting to dry out on top.  After you frost the cupcakes and the stitchings are all dried, pop them off and gently press them onto your cupcakes.  Another time saving tip: you can easily make the stitchings earlier and just set them in a cool room or the fridge until you need them.

Let me know what yummy things you will be cooking up!

-Megan