So yesterday I did it! I finally baked the cake that I had planned on having done on Wednesday. Not bad, just one day off schedule. Tonight I will decorate it so that it is all ready for tomorrow's party. I can't wait to see CJ's face when he sees everything pulled together into one nice package at his party.
Of course, I didn't stop at the cake though. In doing more research, I found some great ideas on various blogs using colored chocolate and marshmallows and rice cereal treats. I have to admit that I wasn't sure how this would all turn out but CJ LOVES both marshmallows and rice cereal treats so I had to at least give them a try. Having worked with chocolate a lot, I was still well within my comfort zone. I bought both orange and yellow chocolate to stay with the color scheme that I am doing for the construction party. I only worked with the orange chocolate last night because it got late. I will work with the yellow chocolate tonight. Here is what I did...
These are the chocolate dipped marshmallows. The idea is to thread two or three marshmallows on a skewer for snacking. The skewers will be put, marshmallow side up, in a cup holding about 1/2 dozen or so skewers for easy picking. These were easier to make than I had imagined but my creative juices must have been tired because I find them boring. Of course, they are not done yet so I guess I shouldn't complain. I think that I am going to use to marshmallows per skewer. I am thinking using the ones already done as the top one and then using one below it rolled in the colored sugar instead of the chocolate for a different look. I will have to see if I can make it work. I am not sure how I will get the sugar to stick yet so I might be biting off more than I can chew.
These are the chocolate covered rice cereal treats. They are rice cereal treats with a popsicle stick to make for easy grabbing and then dipped into chocolate. I added yellow sugar to them but the colors are so close that you can't see the sugar at all. I had hoped that it would show up and give a contrasting color. Oh well ! I will wrap them in clear wrap tonight and add a mis-match bow to finish them off. I can't wait to see these completely done and plated because I think these are going to be my favorite. I like them better than the chocolate covered pretzel rods that I make...can you imagine?!
Here is a closer shot and if you look really close, you can actually see the yellow sugar on the orange chocolate but it is really hard to see. Next time I will use sprinkles instead of sugar. I didn't really think it through all the way with this.
I had a lot of fun making these and although they are coming out great, I can't wait to change them up and try new and different things with them too. Now that I have the concept, I can allow my creative juices flow and have so much fun with these ideas for all my parties. And for those of you wondering...NO ! I did not make the rice cereal treats. I like to take the semi-homemade way to save time and these treats are really cheap at Aldi's anyways so it worked for me. Maybe one day I will venture off and see if I can make the rice cereal treats from scratch too. I am sure that it would be cheaper that way but not sure that I want the added work. My creativity is in the decorating, that is where I have my fun.
My boss, the biggest sweet tooth that I know, actually gave me a great idea. She claims to not have a creative bone in her body but sometimes she gives me ideas that I can really run with. I was telling her about the chocolate covered marshmallows and she told me that if I added a graham cracker to it, it would be a smore all wrapped into a bite. So I got to thinking for the future...I am going to try doing the marshmallows dipped in brown milk chocolate and then dipped in graham cracker crumbs. I think that they would be a great addition to a "milk and cookies party" or a "hot chocolate bar" or even just a nice winter treat. Can't wait to try them out! Thanks for the great idea Janet, you can be my tester for this when I make it...lol !
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