Marshmallow Flower Cupcakes

What You'll Need

• frosted cupcakes 
• 1 bag of mini-marshmallows
• scissors
• colored sugar sprinkles 
• sandwich baggie
• & patience!

Instructions

1.  Fill first baggie with desired colored sugar sprinkles. 
2. Cut mini-marshmallows in half diagonally and place into bag. [you can also cut them into thirds, that is how I did the ones above, but it's much less frustrating to do halves.]
3. Shake the baggie until the sticky marshmallow side[s] are covered in the sugar.
4. Carefully [I suggest starting from the inside] place marshmallows in a circle 'spiralling' outwards.

NOTE: if you do multi-colored [like pictured], I suggest doing a large amount of petals [marshmallows] before hand so you don't have to keep making different colors. I also recommend doing a few of one color first, it's much easier to do and less time consuming. [also I personally like the look of the single colored ones better to be honest.]

Cake Bites

Normally I'd post a recipe; but I found theresahelmer's Cake Poppers on deviantART and decided I should just direct you to those instructions because they are soooo much easier. 

Watermelon Cupcakes

Watermelon Cupcakes

Ingredients

1 pkg. regular white cake mix

1 pkg. cherry kool-aid

1/2 c. mini-chocolate chips

1 c. white frosting [store bought or home made]

red & green food coloring

Directions

1. Mix cake mix as directed. Add in cherry kool-aid and a few drops of red food coloring as desired. Gently add in mini-chocolate chips.

2. Put into cupcake tins, filling about 3/4 of the way to the top

3. Bake as directed by the cake mix

4. Allow to cool. Meanwhile, take mix green food dye into frosting until desired shade[s] of green.

5. Frost cupcakes when cooled.

6. [optional] Sprinkle extra mini-chocolate chips on top after frosted OR mix in when mixing frosting

***this is NOT an original recipe***

Jello Cookies

Jello Cookies

Ingredients 

3.5 c. flour

1 tsp. baking powder

1.5 c. salted butter, softened

1 c. sugar

1 egg

1 tsp. vanilla

4 (3 oz.) pkg. jello (any flavors)

food coloring

Directions

1. beat butter in large bowl with mixer until creamy. add sugar and beat until light and fluffy. blend in egg and vanilla.

2. in separate bowl mix flour and baking powder. gradually beat flour mixture into butter mix.

3.  divide dough into 4 sections. sprinkle 2 tbsp. of jello into each section. knead together. add a few drops of food coloring to make dough more vibrant

4. shape dough into 1 inch balls. roll in extra jello from the packets. place, 2 inches apart on baking sheets. flatten with bottom of bowl.

5. bake 8-10 minutes at 350 on lines baking sheets. cool on backing sheets 2 minutes then remove to wire racks to cool completely.

***this is NOT an original recipe, it can be found on numerous sites online***