Homemade 3 Musketeers Bars

Source: The Cottage Sisters

Homemade Three Musketeers

4        cups chocolate chips, divided
1        8 ounce tub frozen whipped topping, thawed
2        tablespoons vegetable oil

Line an 8 or 9-inch square pan with wax paper. 

In a medium bowl, melt 2 cups of chocolate chips in the microwave at fifty percent power, or use a double boiler.  Using an electric mixer on high speed, beat melted chocolate for about 30 seconds.  Add whipped topping to melted chocolate and beat until well combined and fluffy, 30-60 seconds more. 

Spread chocolate mixture evenly into prepared pan (if mixture is too stiff, press into pan with lightly dampened hands).

Place in freezer for 30 minutes.  Remove pan from freezer and turn chocolate mixture onto a cutting board; cut into one-inch squares. 

Return squares to freezer for another 15-20 minutes. 

Meanwhile, melt additional 2 cups chocolate chips with 2 tablespoons of vegetable oil and stir until well combined.  Dip frozen chocolate squares into melted chocolate to coat.  Place on wax paper to put back in the fridge to set.  Keep chocolates in an airtight container in the refrigerator.

Christmas Ribbon Decor

I saw this cute Christmas Decor item today while browsing and it looked so easy and so cute. Its made of styrofoam balls and ribbon... You could use bright fun colors or make it a little more elegant and classy too. An easy and cheap darling decor item!

Source: Couturier Mommy

Monster Bash Part 1

For those of you who follow my personal blog, you probable already saw most of this Monster stuff... But I thought I would do a little blip on here and maybe so a little more detail into some of the crafts I did to get ready for the party.  It was my little Monsters 1st Birthday party this last weekend, and it was quite the Monster Bash!

It was a lot of work getting ready for it, I had fun doing it but I dont know if I will ever do anything like it again...
And for any of you that want to have a Monster Bash of your own, I will try to post links and blogs where I got some of my ideas!

First, the Monster Balls

I found this original idea at Sweet Craft Cakes.

I took 4inch Styrofoam balls and painted them with acrylic paint.
Cut felt into triangles (cut into strips and then zigzag into triangles), start at the bottom and work around in layers. Hot glue the triangles on and then then hard part, coming up with the cute faces!

Kids Crafts

While scrimmaging around through some of my favorite blogs i can across a new one that made me super excited! It actually made my heart pitter patter a little bit!

One of my favorite blogs to follow is UCreate, but did you know there was a UCreate with Kids...

It has the cutest crafts!  I cant wait to do some with my little monster!

I hope you all will be as excited as I was and enjoy all the fun things they have to offer.

Reindeer Feed

Ingredients
6 cups Rice Chex® or Chocolate Chex® cereal
1 bag (12 oz) white vanilla baking chips (2 cups)
1/3 cup coarsely crushed peppermint candy canes (14 miniature, unwrapped)

Reindeer Feed

Directions
1. Line cookie sheet with foil or waxed paper. Place cereal in large bowl.

2. In microwavable bowl, microwave white vanilla baking chips uncovered on High about 1 minute 30 seconds, stirring every 30 seconds, until chips can be stirred smooth. Stir in half the crushed peppermint candy.

3. Pour over cereal; toss to evenly coat. Spread mixture in single layer on cookie sheet. Immediately sprinkle with remaining candy. Let stand until set, about 20 minutes. Gently break up coated cereal. Store in airtight container.

Tip: To make feed bag, cut two 6 1/2 x 5-inch rectangles from a piece of muslin-type fabric. Using a hot glue gun, run a bead of glue on edge of three sides of one rectangle. Top with other rectangle to form pocket. Turn pocket inside-out. Roll down top opened edge to create a cuff.

Check out more fun kid-friendly recipes at BettyCrocker.com