Easy Mini Valentine’s Day Donuts

It has been crazy these past few months. We moved into our new home, I worked full time for the holiday season, and celebrated our youngest’s 2nd birthday. Now it’s time to get back to working on this little blog of mine.

We’re getting pretty excited for Valentine’s Day at our house. So yesterday, I decided to do something fun with my kids while dad was out of the house. These mini Valentine’s Day donuts are so easy to put together, my kids understood what to do pretty quickly, and they’re 5 (almost) and 2. The best part, you only need 3 ingredients!

Ingredients:

Package of Glazed (or plain) Mini Donuts – like Hostess or Little Debbie’s

Candy Melts – feel free to choose your favorite Valentine’s colors

Valentine’s Day Sprinkles

1. Dip your donut into a bowl of melted candy chocolate.

2. Let any extra candy melts drizzle off of your donut and set on a cooling rack.

3. Grab your favorite sprinkles (look how cute those hands are! I know this picture is pretty much unnecessary but it was too cute not to share).

4. Sprinkle your hearts desire on your donut.

5. Let your donuts sit and dry off for a little bit until the chocolate has hardened. And you’re all done!

Super easy and great to do with your kids. The only downside is the clean up. Like I predicted, the sprinkles got everywhere, but it was totally worth having them do something that didn’t involve sitting in front of the TV or iPad!

What a perfect gift to give away for Valentine’s Day too!

 

Friday Favorites: Easter Treats

I am loving all this Easter inspiration and food I’ve been seeing on Pinterest lately.   Today, I’m sharing my favorite Easter Treats, which was quite difficult to narrow down. I can’t wait to make some of these and enjoy some of my favorite Easter candy while they’re out!

Silly Cinnabunnies – Betty Crocker

Bunny Dirt Cups – A Zesty Bite

Easter Cadbury Cookies – Favorite Family Recipes

Sparkling SURPRISE Carrot Cupcakes – Hostess with the Mostess

Carrot Strawberry Pudding Cups – Lil’ Luna

Easter Egg Cookie Dough Truffles – Wine and Glue

Homemade Reese’s Eggs – Cincy Shopper

Easy Easter Cookies – Spaceships and Laser Beams

Easter Rice Krispee Treats – About.com

Friday Favorites: St. Patrick’s Day Treats

After looking through Pinterest and finding these amazing St. Patrick’s Day treats, I am actually looking forward to making as many as I can with my son. The two of us are huge fans of Lucky Charms, so I was pretty excited when I found these delicious recipes. What St. Patrick’s Day goodies will you be making?

Lucky Rainbow Chex Mix  – Tablespoon

Loaded Leprechaun Minty Mint Bark – Love Bakes Good Cakes

Green Candied Popcorn – Cupcake Diaries

Low Fat Green Mint Crinkle Cookies – Savy Naturalista

Green Velvet Cupcakes – Love From the Oven

Key Lime White Chocolate Cookies – Delicious By Dre

Leprechaun Hat S’mores – The Cake Blog

Lucky Leprechaun Parfait – Jessica Weible Blogs

Leprechaun Bark – Paint Chips & Frosting

St. Patrick’s Day Muddy Buddies – Frugal Mom Eh

Lucky Rainbow Jello – Glorious Treats

St. Patrick’s Day Mint Brookies – Two In The Kitchen

Thin Mint Truffles – The Recipe Critic

Friday Favorites: Valentine’s Day Treats

As I was coming up with my Friday Favorites for today, my 4 year old has been asking, “can we make this one?” to everything that he’s seen. I’m definitely going to be making a few of these this Valentine’s Day! These all look so good, it’s going to be hard to figure out which ones to make. What sweet treats are you going to be making this Valentine’s Day?

Chocolate Dipped Valentine’s Pretzels – Ms. Fox’s Sweets

Cupid Floats – Somewhat Simple

Hershey’s Kiss Cookies – Life is Sweets

Healthy Valentine’s Heart Fruit Kabobs Dessert – Best Friends for Frosting

Valentine’s Popcorn (White Chocolate Popcorn) – Gimme Some Oven

Teacher’s S’mores Mason Jar Valentines – A Night Owl

Sweetheart Buddies – The Recipe Critic

Chocolate Dipped Strawberry Pops – A Spicy Perspective

Stain Glass Sugar Cookies – The Oliverson Posse

Valentine’s Bark – Lil’ Luna

Heart Shaped Chocolate Strawberries – Made From Pinterest

Red Velvet Chocolate Swirled Brownie Bars – Averie Cooks

Valentine’s Day White Chocolate Bark Bites – No. 2 Pencil

Valentine’s Krispie Treats – Cookies and Cups

Raspberry and Cream Popsicles – Eat Good for Life

Strawberry Bliss – Make Bake Celebrate

“Smarties” Mini Parfaits – Bubbly Nature Creations

Printable Recipe Cards

My sister is currently getting her Masters at Cal State Long Beach and has a limited amount of time to cook for herself while she’s studying. For Christmas, I wanted to put together some recipe cards that included fast and somewhat healthy meals for her. I’ve created 5 different colored recipe cards. Pick your favorite color, or use all 5 for different types of recipes (breakfast, snacks, lunch, dinner & dessert).

Coral 4×6 Recipe Card – download here

Gray 4×6 Recipe Cards – download here

Mint/Blue 4×6 Recipe Cards – download here

Pink 4×6 Recipe Cards – download here

Turquoise 4×6 Recipe Card – download here

Friday Favorites: Thanksgiving Treats

My 3 year old keeps waiting for Christmas to be here any day now, so I’m constantly looking for things to keep him busy and remind him that Thanksgiving comes first. I can’t think of a better way to get him excited about Thanksgiving than through food! Today I’m sharing my favorite Thanksgiving treats. It’s the perfect activity to have fun with your kids and they’ll enjoy helping you, I know my 3 year old does! Have fun!

Teepee Cupcakes – Sties Thoughts

Sweet Acorns – Gracious Rain

Acorn Cookies – Girls and Their Meals

Ice Cream Cornucopias – Party Pinching

Fun Fall Cookies – Stylish Cuisine

Dessert on a Stick Cherry Pie Pops – Cooking With Sugar.com

Pilgram Hat Cookies – Handmade in the Heartland

Handprint Turkey Cookies – Somewhat Simple

Reese’s Turkeys – Mom On Timeout

Turkey Rice Krispie Treats – Shugary Sweets

Oreo Turkeys – Our Best Bites

Friday Favorites – Fun Halloween Food Ideas

I don’t know about your kids, but my 3 year old is the slowest eater known to mankind. It literally takes him an hour to finish a meal (usually dinner). So here are some Fun Halloween Foods I thought he would love, and hopefully not take so long to eat. I made sure to pick ones that didn’t gross me out too much (with the exception of the spider eggs and the vampire float). Be sure to follow me on Instagram as we take on a 13 Food Days of Halloween challenge starting October 19th!

Drinks

Candy Corn Milkshakes – Kara’s Party Ideas

Vampire Floats – Shaken Together

Fizzy Pumpkin Halloween Party Drinks – The House of Smiths

Breakfast

Jack O’ Lantern Waffles – Random Thoughts of a Supermom

Healthy Candy Corn Snack – Family Fresh Meals

Spiced Ghost Pancakes – Taste and Tell Blog

Spider Eggs – Family Fresh Meals

Snacks

Spider Crackers – La Jolla Mom

Apple Monster – Cute Food For Kids

Jack O’ Lantern Snack Plate – The Creative Mama

Chocolate, Hazelnut & Banana Crypt Keeper Crescents – Our Best Bites

Clementine Pumpkins & Banana Ghosts – One Little Project

Lunch

Jack O’ Lantern Sandwich Bites – Delish

Tombstone Sandwiches – Family Corner

Ghostly PB&J – BHG

Dinner

Hot Dog Mummies – Seakettle

Mummy Potatoes – Once Upon a Cutting Board

Halloween Spider Pizza – Kitchen Fun with my 3 Sons

Jack O’ Lantern Burgers – Sandra Lee

Desserts

Halloween No Bake Cheesecake – HoneyBear Lane

Frozen “Boo”-nana Pops – Skinny Taste

Ghoulishly Glowing Cupcakes – Recipe Snobs

Friday Favorites – Halloween Treats

Looking for something fun to do with your little ones, need fun treats for a Halloween party, or want to bring someone cute Halloween treats? Here are some of my favorites! Since I am not a culinary professional, I chose ones that I could easily do. If you follow me on Instagram, I made a Oreo Bat Truffle that did not turn out so well… Therefore, here are the ones I thought were fairly easy to do, and cute too! What are your favorite treats to make for Halloween?

Candy Corn “Corn” – Dessert Now Dinner Later

Frankenstein Brownies – Mama Grubbs Grub

Halloween Frankenstein Pudding Cup – A Turtle’s Life For Me

Monster Munch Candy Popcorn – A Pumpkin and a Princess

Frankenstein Cupcakes – Designs by Megan Turnidge

Not So Spooky Oreo Bats – Our Best Bites

Pumpkin Patch Cupcake Poppers – The Bearfoot Baker

Ritzy Halloween Spiders – Sprinkle With Flour

Strawberry Ghosts – A Taste of Home

Swirly Halloween Cookies – Make Bake Celebrate

Candy Corn – I Heart Naptime

Mummy Cookie Bites – The Recipe Critic

Easy Pumpkin Pretzels – Butter, with a Side of Bread

Pumpkin Rice Krispies Treats – Home Stories A to Z

Graveyard Pudding Cups – Party Pinching