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Peacock Cupcakes for Your Bird-Themed Party

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published date: July 26, 2018
modified datt: March 29,2019

Birds of a feather flock together! We created the cutest and easy Peacock Cupcakes for your Bird-Themed Party. Your birthday party doesn’t’ have to be for the birds! Tweet, tweet!

Peacock Cupcakes for your Bird-Themed Party

Peacock Cupcakes for Your Bird-Themed Party

Birds of a feather flock together. We have an adorable and easy peacock recipe for your flock. These cupcakes feature candy eyes, colored cake cups, premade cupcakes, candy sugar, chocolate melts and more. They would make the cutest dessert for a bird-themed birthday party.  The kids will love putting these individual desserts together with you.

Peacock Cupcakes Ingredients

Supplies to Order Ahead:


Bird-Themed Party Dessert - Peacock Cupcakes

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Peacock Cupcakes for your Bird-Themed Party

  • Author: Ashley at Frugal Coupon Living
  • Yield: 6 1x
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Tweet, tweet. This birthday doesn’t have to be for the birds. Make these easy Peacock Cupcakes for your bird-themed party.

Ingredients

Scale
  • 6 Prepared Cupcakes, unfrosted
  • 1 Container White Frosting
  • 6 Blue Ice Cream Cake Cones
  • 12 Small Edible Eyes
  • Wilton Bubble Gum Sprinkles
  • 8 oz. Wilton Chocolate Melts, White
  • 8 oz. Wilton Chocolate Melts, Light Green
  • 8 oz. Wilton Chocolate Melts, Turquoise
  • Purple Sanding Sugar

Instructions

  1. Frost each cupcake with a layer of white frosting.
  2. Cut the top rim off each blue cone and discard the top rims. Set the cone parts with the opened end down on a tray so bottoms of the cones are faced up.
  3. Melt the white chocolate according to package directions and put it into a small plastic bag and snip the tip off. Put 2 dots of chocolate on each cone on the side near the top and press 2 eyeballs on. Put a dot of chocolate under the eyes and stick an orange tiny bubble gum sprinkle to those. Let the chocolate harden.
  4. Melt the other two colors of chocolate and put each of those colors in their own plastic bag and snip off an end.
  5. To make the peacock feathers, line a baking sheet with parchment paper. Pipe a feather shape of each color in a fan shape making sure the colors touch. Sprinkle the purple sugar on the white feathers. Put a little swirl of a different color chocolate on each feather to resemble the multi-color feathers of a peacock. My feather were about 3 inches long. Let these harden completely.
  6. Use the white chocolate to make 6 little “W” shapes on the parchment paper no more than an inch tall. Take each of the chocolate colors and put a dot on each end of the “W” shapes. Sprinkle some purple sugar on the little white dots. Let these harden completely. These will be the little feathers for the top of the peacock’s heads.
  7. On each cone on the opposite side of the eyes, put a dot of chocolate and stick a fan of the peacock feathers to it. It should look like the big fan of feathers is behind the cone body and the face.
  8. On top of each cone right above the eyes, put a dot of white chocolate, and stick the little feather “w” to it. Let all the chocolate harden.
  9. Put a peacock on each cupcake and press them into the frosting a little bit so they are secure.
  10. These cute cupcakes are great for any zoo or animal party!
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Peacock Cupcakes for a Bird Birthday Party

So we sort of love creative cupcakes. I mean… who doesn’t? Take a look at some of our previous cupcake recipes and tell us your favorite!

This cupcake is so fun and tastes like the real thing – look at this Cotton Candy Cupcake Recipe. Pin to Pinterest.

You will never guess what makes these chocolate chips! Enjoy this Watermelon Cupcake Recipe. Pin to Pinterest.

What’s that swimming in the water? We love these Giant Squid Cupcakes (or Octopus) for summer or a beach party. Pin to Pinterest.

Don’t let the crabs pinch. Make these yummy Crab Beach Cupcakes also for summer or your beach-themed party. Pin to Pinterest.



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Homemade Jolly Rancher Suckers

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published date: July 28, 2018
modified datt: March 29,2019

Homemade Jolly Rancher Suckers. This lollipop recipe is easy to make for the kids.

Homemade Jolly Rancher Suckers

Homemade Jolly Rancher Suckers

Did you watch Kids Baking Championship?  Ever since the birth of that show, my girls (ages 8 and 9) have wanted to get creative in the kitchen. Sometimes we get creative in the kitchen and I give them a boxed cookie recipe plus a secret ingredient and they must get crafty. Other times, though, we go for something simple and easy like these Homemade Jolly Rancher Suckers.  The recipe requires Jolly Rancher Candies, a lollipop mold and lollipop sticks. We had fun putting one of our favorite candy’s on a stick!

Enjoy!

Homemade Jolly Rancher Lollipops

Ingredients and Supplies:

We used a lollipop mold found here. You will also need lollipop sticks found here.


Homemade Jolly Rancher Suckers Ingredients

Directions:

  1. Unwrap four jolly rancher candies and place them in a coffee mug (or glass measuring cup).
  2. Lightly spray a non stick cooking spray in the sucker part of the mold and wipe out with a paper towel.
  3. Microwave for 30 seconds on 60% power and then microwave for another 15-30 seconds on 80% power (your mixture should be bubbling, caution it’s very hot).
  4. Carefully and quickly pour your melted Jolly Rancher into your sucker mold.
  5. Rinse your mug with hot water until the leftover candies have melted off (this takes a minute or so).
  6. Switch colors of Jolly Ranchers and repeat steps.
  7. Place in freezer for 15 minutes and your suckers will pop right out.
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Homemade Jolly Rancher Suckers

  • Author: Ashley at Frugal Coupon Living
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Ingredients

  • Jolly Rancher Candies
  • 4” Lollipop sticks
  • Coffee mug
  • Lollipop mold
  • Non-stick butter cooking spray

Instructions

  1. Unwrap 4 jolly rancher candies and place them in a coffee mug.
  2. Lightly spray a non stick cooking spray in the sucker part of the mold and wipe out with a paper towel.
  3. Microwave for 30 seconds on 60% power and then microwave for another 15-30 seconds on 80% power (your mixture should be bubbling, caution it’s very hot).
  4. Carefully and quickly pour your melted Jolly Rancher into your sucker mold.
  5. Rinse your mug with hot water until the leftover candies have melted off (this takes a minute or so).
  6. Switch colors of Jolly Ranchers and repeat steps.
  7. Place in freezer for 15 minutes and your suckers will pop right out.
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Take a look at our Cotton Candy Cupcakes! Pin to Pinterest.

This could go well with our Tasty Leftover Halloween Candy Recipes. Pin to Pinterest.



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Chocolate Covered Strawberry Popsicles

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by Filed Under: Facebook, Instagram, Pinterest, Recipe, Social Media, Summer

published date: July 14, 2018
modified datt: March 29,2019

Twist up this popular dessert into a tasty treat for summer, Chocolate Covered Strawberry Popsicles. This frozen dessert features yogurt, strawberries, and a hardening chocolate sauce!

Chocolate Covered Strawberry Popsicles

Chocolate Covered Strawberry Popsicles

We our family wants to go out for dessert, we often hit a bakery. This allows everyone to get what the desire… and living in a major city, we are fortunate to have about half a dozen dessert options within a 3 miles radius… is that fortunate, or trouble? When we hit these bakeries, one of my favorite items to get for myself are chocolate covered strawberries, but sometimes it feels like an arm and a leg to get just one. I mean, two dollars for that strawberry? I think not when I know I can get a small carton of strawberries for that price! Anyways, my sweet tooth always wins and the frugal in me always falls (insert sad face.) This summer, I wanted to create a treat for the kids and I that was a fraction of what it would cost for me to hit up the bakery – Chocolate Covered Strawberry Popsicles.

These Chocolate Covered Strawberry Popsicles had my kids in mind (thus the sprinkles and Magic Shell, but you could always adapt the recipe to your own taste buds – like how about melting some Ghirardelli Chocoalte Chips with no sprinkles – we think mom, aka me, would love that!

Enjoy!

Chocolate Covered Strawberry Popsicles Ingredients

Chocolate Covered Strawberry Popsicles

Ingredients:


Chocolate Covered Strawberry Popsicles Sprinkles

Directions:

  1. Place 2 cups of sliced strawberries into a blender.
  2. Mix in 1 cup of vanilla Greek yogurt.
  3. Add in ¼ cup of sugar.
  4. Blend the mixture until it is smooth and well combined.
  5. Pour the strawberry mixture into Popsicle molds until they are full.
  6. Place the lids on the Popsicle molds.
  7. Put the Popsicle in the freezer for no less than 5 hours.
  8. Fill a small wide-mouthed cup or jar with Magic Shell chocolate topping.
  9. Dip the frozen strawberry yogurt pops down into the chocolate. Let it sit for a second or two.
  10. Before the chocolate shell hardens, add some sprinkles so that they will stick.
  11. Place the Popsicle onto a plate or cookie sheet, and put them back in the freezer for 15 minutes.
  12. Remove the Popsicle from the freezer and serve!

Chocolate Covered Strawberry Popsicles

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Twist up this popular dessert into a tasty treat for summer, Chocolate Covered Strawberry Popsicles. This frozen dessert features yogurt, strawberries, and a hardening chocolate sauce!

Ingredients

Scale
  • 2 cup Sliced strawberries
  • 1 cup Vanilla Greek yogurt
  • ¼ cup Sugar
  • Magic shell chocolate
  • Sprinkles
  • Popsicle molds

Instructions

  1. Place 2 cups of sliced strawberries into a blender.
  2. Mix in 1 cup of vanilla Greek yogurt.
  3. Add in ¼ cup of sugar.
  4. Blend the mixture until it is smooth and well combined.
  5. Pour the strawberry mixture into Popsicle molds until they are full.
  6. Place the lids on the Popsicle molds.
  7. Put the Popsicle in the freezer for no less than 5 hours.
  8. Fill a small wide-mouthed cup or jar with Magic Shell chocolate topping.
  9. Dip the frozen strawberry yogurt pops down into the chocolate. Let it sit for a second or two.
  10. Before the chocolate shell hardens, add some sprinkles so that they will stick.
  11. Place the Popsicle onto a plate or cookie sheet, and put them back in the freezer for 15 minutes.
  12. Remove the Popsicle from the freezer and serve!
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Hey Popsicle lover! You will want to see the other Popsicle Ideas, Summertime Popsicle Recipes. Pin to Pinterest.

We also love these Milk and Cookies Popsicles. Pin to Pinterest.

Looking for other summer recipes? We love these Picnic Food Ideas – recipes that can be eaten outdoors. Pin to Pinterest.



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Giant Squid Cupcakes | A Beach Party Dessert Idea

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by Filed Under: Facebook, Instagram, Pinterest, Recipe, Social Media

published date: July 12, 2018
modified datt: March 29,2019

We have quick and easy giant squid cupcakes for your next beach party. Eight adorable legs, two giant eyes, and a fluffy head make this octopus dessert one easy food craft for the kids.

Giant Squid Cupcakes

Hosting a beach party? Our  Beach Inspired Party Ideas have gone so well we wanted to share with you some more food ideas for your celebration.  Recently we shared with you our Clam Cookies and Mermaid Party Ideas, so today we thought it would be fun to have another festive under the sea dessert.

Take a look at these adorable giant squid cupcakes.  If you are looking for cute cupcake liners, we are a pretty big fan of these blue cupcake liners but if these Wilton Blue Ombre Cupcake holders ever return, we suggest grabbing those.

This food craft was very easy and can be used for the kids. Our cupcakes were prebaked (do while the kids are in school if you want – you might just get to lick the bowl by yourself). You can also pick up unfrosted cupcakes at many local grocery stores. Just ask the bakery department.

The prep time and creative time is minimal and you can have this cupcake craft out in minutes. Our recipe yields 6 cupcakes, but obviously multiply as you need!

Giant Squid Cupcakes Ingredients

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Beach Party Dessert Idea

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Giant Squid Cupcakes | A Beach Party Dessert Idea

  • Author: Ashley at Frugal Coupon Living
  • Prep Time: 15
  • Total Time: 15 minutes
  • Yield: 6 1x
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Description

We have quick and easy giant squid cupcakes for your next beach party. Eight adorable legs, two giant eyes, and a fluffy head make this octopus dessert one easy food craft for the kids.

Ingredients

Scale
  • 6 Prepared Cupcakes, unfrosted
  • 1 Can Blue Frosting
  • 1 pkg. Twizzlers Pull N’ Peel Licorice in fruit punch flavor
  • 6 Large Marshmallows
  • 8 oz. Chocolate Melts, Purple or Red (we used purple)
  • 12 Edible Candy Eyes

Instructions

  1. In a small bowl, melt the purple chocolate per package directions.
  2. Poke a toothpick into a marshmallow and dip into the chocolate until fully covered. This will make your head.
  3. Set the marshmallow down on a parchment lined baking sheet and remove the toothpick. Repeat this for all the heads/marshmallows.
  4. Press two edible eyeballs on the front of each marshmallow before the chocolate hardens. Leave these set until the chocolate is hard and the eyes are set.
  5. Frost each cupcake with the blue frosting making sure to put extra in the middle so the frosting slopes downward a little. Take a butter knife, touch it all around the frosting, and gently pull up so the frosting will look like water waves.
  6. Take a rope of the licorice and cut into 4 pieces. Unwind the strings so you will have all the purple pieces separated. You will need 48 of these pieces for the squid legs.
  7. Lay 8 licorice legs over the top of each cupcake so they drape down over the frosting hanging off the edges a bit.
  8. Set an squid head on top of each cupcake right in the center over the tops of the legs. Press them down a bit so they stay on the cupcake and so it looks like the head is attached to the legs.
  9. These fun little cupcakes are easy to make and would be fun at any summer party!
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Octopus Cupcakes Tutorial

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Also get ideas from these these Beach Inspired Party Ideas. Pin to Pinterest on your Summer or Party Board.

If you are hosting an under the sea party, take a look at these fun Summer Crab Beach Cupcakes! Pin to Pinterest on your Summer, Party or Dessert Boards.

Also make these Mermaid Party Clam Cookies (take a look at our Mermaid Party Ideas in that same post!) Pin to Pinterest.



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Ridiculously Easy Chocolate Pudding Bowls Made with Balloons

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by Filed Under: Easter, Facebook, Instagram, Pinterest, Recipe, Social Media, Spring, Summer

published date: June 21, 2018
modified datt: March 29,2019

Ridiculously easy chocolate pudding bowls made with melting chocolate and the shape of balloons. You won’t believe how easy this ice cream balloon bowl tutorial is with a few simple steps and ingredients.

Chocolate Pudding Bowls Made with Balloons

Ridiculously Easy Chocolate Pudding Bowls Made with Balloons

Want a creative and cute dessert idea for the kids? Make the chocolate dipped balloon bowls. They are so easy, take a few simple ingredients and the kids will have a blast blowing up the balloon (okay, how are we kidding, you will be doing this) and dipping in in the chocolate.

Follow these simple steps. We served with vanilla pudding, but you could try other flavor puddings or even ice cream – I suggest serving on a plate or in a bowl as the chocolate will quick crack when you use a spoon to scoop out the yummy insides. Best of all, you get to eat you chocolate bowl!

Enjoy!

Chocolate Dipped Balloon Bowls

Ingredients:

  • 12 Small Round Balloons (water balloons work well)
  • 8 oz Melting/Dipping Chocolate Candy (your choice of color)
  • 1 box Pudding Mix
  • 2 cup Milk
  • Candy Decorations (optional)


Chocolate Balloon Bowls

Directions:

  1. Make pudding according to box directions and allow to cool.
  2. Line a cookie sheet with parchment or wax paper.
  3. Melt chocolate by microwaving 45 seconds, stirring and repeating until melted and smooth.
  4. Inflate each balloon just until slightly larger than an tennis ball and tie off.
  5. Dip and roll balloon in chocolate until covered about half way.
  6. Place on tray and set tray in freezer for 10 minutes until set.
  7. Dip and roll each balloon a second tip to thicken chocolate shell.
  8. Return to tray and return tray to freezer for 15 minutes.
  9. Snip top of each balloon to release air.
  10. Gently slide your finger and pull balloon away from shell working your way around the edge.
  11. If shell starts to soften, return to freezer for 10 minutes and continue after it firms.
  12. If there are in holes in bottom, carefully fill with melted chocolate to patch and freeze to set.
  13. Fill each egg with pudding and sprinkle with decorations if desired.
  14. Refrigerate until served.
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Ridiculously Easy Chocolate Pudding Bowls Made with Balloons

  • Author: Ashley at Frugal Coupon Living
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Ingredients

Scale
  • 12 Small Round Balloons (water balloons work well)
  • 8 oz Melting/Dipping Chocolate Candy (your choice of color)
  • 1 box Pudding Mix
  • 2 cup Milk
  • Candy Decorations (optional)

Instructions

  1. Make pudding according to box directions and allow to cool.
  2. Line a cookie sheet with parchment or wax paper.
  3. Melt chocolate by microwaving 45 seconds, stirring and repeating until melted and smooth.
  4. Inflate each balloon just until slightly larger than an tennis ball and tie off.
  5. Dip and roll balloon in chocolate until covered about half way.
  6. Place on tray and set tray in freezer for 10 minutes until set.
  7. Dip and roll each balloon a second tip to thicken chocolate shell.
  8. Return to tray and return tray to freezer for 15 minutes.
  9. Snip top of each balloon to release air.
  10. Gently slide your finger and pull balloon away from shell working your way around the edge.
  11. If shell starts to soften, return to freezer for 10 minutes and continue after it firms.
  12. If there are in holes in bottom, carefully fill with melted chocolate to patch and freeze to set.
  13. Fill each egg with pudding and sprinkle with decorations if desired.
  14. Refrigerate until served.
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Take a look at these other extra ordinary treats! Pop ’til You Drop Popcorn Recipes – Pin to Pinterest.

Also enjoy these Popsicle Recipes. Pin to Pinterest.

Finally think outside the box and inside the cup with these Individual Dessert Mug Recipes. Pin to Pinterest.



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Snow Cone Summer Cupcakes

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by Filed Under: Facebook, Instagram, Pinterest, Recipe, Social Media, Summer

published date: June 14, 2018
modified datt: March 29,2019

Enjoy the taste of summer with this dessert twist – Snow Cone Summer Cupcakes. Mimic everyone’s favorite shaved iced treat in the form of a tasty individual cake.

Snow Cone Summer Cupcakes

Snow Cone Summer Cupcakes

Summer, summer, summertime…

We found some of the cutest summer cupcakes for your little crew. Don’t let the look fool you. These aren’t your ordinary shaved iced. These are snow cone cupcakes eaten with a spoon! They also are very easy and your little ones will have a fun time feeling like they just walked off The Next Baking Championship program!

Enjoy!

Ingredients and Supplies:


Snow Cone Summer Cupcakes Ingredients

Directions:

  1. First, cut off a little more than half of the top of each cup. The bottoms will be used to hold the cupcakes so make sure the cupcakes fit inside with the cake tops being about even with the cup tops. Don’t put the cupcakes into the cups yet.
  2. Frost each cupcake with a thick layer of frosting and smooth it into a dome shape.
  3. Start with the blue sugar and sprinkle a thick coat on the left third of the frosting so it looks like a blue stripe. Use the yellow sugar next and sprinkle a thick coat on the middle of the cupcake to look like a yellow stripe. Use the red sugar last to sprinkle on a thick coat for a red stripe on the right third of the cupcake. It should resemble a snow cone.
  4. Set each cupcake down into a cup and dip a spoon down into the edge of the cake so it looks like a spoon inside a snow cone.
  5. Ready to serve.
  6. These are an easy, cute treat to make for any summer party. And they won’t melt!

Making Snow Cone Summer Cupcakes

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Snow Cone Summer Cupcakes

  • Author: Ashley at Frugal Coupon Living
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Ingredients

Scale
  • 6 Prepared Cupcakes, unfrosted
  • 1 Container White Frosting
  • Sanding Sugars—red, yellow, blue
  • 6 White Styrofoam Cups, 12 oz
  • 6 Plastic Spoons
  • Scissors

Instructions

  1. First, cut off a little more than half of the top of each cup. The bottoms will be used to hold the cupcakes so make sure the cupcakes fit inside with the cake tops being about even with the cup tops. Don’t put the cupcakes into the cups yet.
  2. Frost each cupcake with a thick layer of frosting and smooth it into a dome shape.
  3. Start with the blue sugar and sprinkle a thick coat on the left third of the frosting so it looks like a blue stripe. Use the yellow sugar next and sprinkle a thick coat on the middle of the cupcake to look like a yellow stripe. Use the red sugar last to sprinkle on a thick coat for a red stripe on the right third of the cupcake. It should resemble a snow cone.
  4. Set each cupcake down into a cup and dip a spoon down into the edge of the cake so it looks like a spoon inside a snow cone.
  5. Ready to serve.
  6. These are an easy, cute treat to make for any summer party. And they won’t melt!
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We have so many summer cupcakes, we didn’t know where to begin sharing… so here they are! Take a look at these other summer cupcakes – looks like you might need a long table to hold them all!

Watermelon Cupcakes (no seeds – wink!) Pin to Pinterest.

Catch these tasty treats – Gone Fishing Cupcakes. Pin to Pinterest.

Don’t forget the grill – these BBQ Grill Cupcakes are delish! Pin to Pinterest.

Watch your toes. We love these Crab Beach Cupcakes. Pin to Pinterest.

You can’t have snow cones without cotton candy. Save these tasty Cotton Candy Cupcakes. Pin to Pinterest.



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Homemade Easy Raspberry Tea

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published date: June 08, 2018
modified datt: March 29,2019

We love a tasty fruit iced tea recipe. This homemade easy raspberry tea has a few simple ingredients. Ice and serve as a summer drink!

Homemade Easy Raspberry Tea

Homemade Easy Raspberry Tea

Tea. We have transformed many teas into tasty summer drinks including our popular Peach Iced Tea and forever favorite Strawberry Sweet Tea. This week we have one more, our Easy Raspberry Tea. With a three simple ingredients, this raspberry iced tea is going to be a family favorite. Supervised by an adult, it’s so simple your kids can make it too!

Enjoy!

Ingredients:

  • 3 Black Tea Bags (like Lipton)
  • 8 cups Water divided
  • 1 cup Sugar
  • 12 oz Raspberries


boiling tea bags

Directions:

  1. Bring 4 cups water to a boil.
  2. Remove from heat.
  3. Add tea bags and allow to steep for 15 minutes.
  4. Add 4 cups water to medium pan.
  5. Add sugar and raspberries and bring to a boil over high.
  6. Reduce heat to medium and squish raspberries while continuing to cook for 10 minutes.
  7. Remove from heat and strain through cheesecloth or strainer, discarding berry pieces.
  8. Combine both in a large pitcher and serve over ice.

Raspberry Tea Ingredients

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Ingredients

Scale
  • 3 Black Tea Bags (like Lipton)
  • 8 cups Water divided
  • 1 cup Sugar
  • 12 oz Raspberries

Instructions

  1. Bring 4 cups water to a boil.
  2. Remove from heat.
  3. Add tea bags and allow to steep for 15 minutes.
  4. Add 4 cups water to medium pan.
  5. Add sugar and raspberries and bring to a boil over high.
  6. Reduce heat to medium and squish raspberries while continuing to cook for 10 minutes.
  7. Remove from heat and strain through cheesecloth or strainer, discarding berry pieces.
  8. Combine both in a large pitcher and serve over ice.
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One of our favorite recipes is this Simple & Southern Peach Iced Tea Recipe. Pin to Pinterest.

But the tea loving doesn’t have to stop there. Take a look at this Simple & Southern Strawberry Sweet Tea. Pin to Pinterest.

Also check out our Sweet and Southern Pink Lemonade. Pin to Pinterest.

Stay cool with this copycat Lemonade Recipe – Copycat Chick-fil-A Lemonade Recipe. Pin to Pinterest.

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Character Cake Tutorial – Easy Thomas the Train Cake

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published date: June 08, 2018
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The simplest Character Cake Tutorial. We made an easy Thomas the Train Cake for our train birthday party theme, but this cake can be done with your child’s favorite character including Elmo, Paw Patrol, Dora and more.

Character Cake Tutorial – Easy Thomas the Train Cake

Character Cake Tutorial - Easy Thomas the Train Cake

Have you ever seen a cake at a party and thought they must have spent a fortune, then to find out the hostess made the cake themselves. I am always impressed by people’s talents only to find out that some things just aren’t as impossible as I think. With the dawn of Pinterest, Instagram and more,  creative food crafts are much easier than one would think. We had fun with this Thomas the Train Character Cake*. Using a coloring sheet and some creativity, we made this cake look like a million bucks! Follow our steps with Thomas and make your own character cake to fit your party’s theme.

*In retrospect, I wish I would have done white on the outside instead of blue because it would have made Thomas stand out more!


Thomas the Train Cake Tutorial

Supplies:

Step by Step Character Cake Tutorial - Thomas the Train

Directions:

  1. First decide what size cake you want to make (see the cheat sheet below to help with sizing.)
  2. Find the image of the character you want (I just Googled ‘Thomas the Train coloring pages’), like I said, and go for simple and easy when choosing!
  3. Print out the image, then resize it according to the size cake you want to make.
  4. You can either do this with a home scanner, or you can go to your local office supply store where they have those capabilities (usually costs under $1.00)
  5. Be sure to have 2 images printed out. You will be cutting one up and using the other one as a reference guide.
  6. After you have baked your cake and its cooled and your frosting is prepared, divide up the frosting and add the food coloring according to your character’s colors.
  7. Place colored frosting in frosting bags with tips.
  8. Cut out your image around the border and place on the cake.
  9. Trace with a toothpick.
  10. Pick up image and cut along a different border in the image, working your way inwards, align to the traced edges you just did and trace a little more with the toothpick.
  11. Once you have all your lines traced, use your other image as a guide (because it can get a little confusing just looking at all the lines and trying to figure out what is what), and start filling in with colored frosting!
  12. I used the simple dot method to fill in and find this the easiest and most effective way.
  13. Slice and enjoy!
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Character Cake Tutorial - Easy Thomas the Train Cake


This Cake Sizing Chart from U Create is very helpful when deciding the size of your character cake!

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Also take a look at our Monster Snacks for Kids and Monster Party Ideas. Pin to Pinterest.

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Also enjoy one of our favorites, Cookie Monster Ice Cream. Pin to Pinterest.

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Character Cake Tutorial – Easy Thomas the Train Cake

  • Author: Ashley at Frugal Coupon Living
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Instructions

  1. First decide what size cake you want to make (see the cheat sheet below to help with sizing.)
  2. Find the image of the character you want (I just Googled ‘Thomas the Train coloring pages’), like I said, and go for simple and easy when choosing!
  3. Print out the image, then resize it according to the size cake you want to make.
  4. You can either do this with a home scanner, or you can go to your local office supply store where they have those capabilities (usually costs under $1.00)
  5. Be sure to have 2 images printed out. You will be cutting one up and using the other one as a reference guide.
  6. After you have baked your cake and its cooled and your frosting is prepared, divide up the frosting and add the food coloring according to your character’s colors.
  7. Place colored frosting in frosting bags with tips.
  8. Cut out your image around the border and place on the cake.
  9. Trace with a toothpick.
  10. Pick up image and cut along a different border in the image, working your way inwards, align to the traced edges you just did and trace a little more with the toothpick.
  11. Once you have all your lines traced, use your other image as a guide (because it can get a little confusing just looking at all the lines and trying to figure out what is what), and start filling in with colored frosting!
  12. I used the simple dot method to fill in and find this the easiest and most effective way.
  13. Slice and enjoy!
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