Already thinking of Fourth of July

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Since I spend most of my downtime stuck in the world of Pinterest I am already trying to figure out what I will bring to the 4th of July BBQ I will attend this year. Desserts are, of course, the most fun to play with. There are so many fun ideas and I want to eat them all. Now to decide what I can actually accomplish. Here are a few of my top choices:

Chocolate Covered Strawberries

Star Cookies

More Chocolate Covered Strawberries

Strawberry Kabobs - I think I could do these with the white and blue chocolate

Cake Pops

Chocolate Covered Pretzels

Brownie Fruit Pizza

Halloween Decorations - Entertaining using pumpkins

So this is kinda like decorating but I thought it deserved its own category since these show different ways to use pumpkins while you entertain. So fun and creative!

Pumpkin Dip - tablespoon.com

Veggie Tray - HERE

Pumpkin Soup - Pinned Here

Pumpkin punch bowl - Martha Stewart

Pumpkin Stew - tasteofhome.com

Halloween Decorations - Candy Corn!

I LOVE candy corn. Just another great thing about fall and Halloween. Check out how to use this delicious treat this season.

Woman's Day

Yum!! - Found Here

Pinned Here

Pinned Here

Candy Corn Vodka - Yes please! - Found Here

Candy Corn Bark - Found Here

Yum!!

I think I need to throw a party just so I can make this dessert. Apples, honey, peanut butter! It looks amazing and peanut butter is one of my basic food groups so I would thoroughly enjoy this. Take a look at the full recipe Here.

Cupcakes...mmmmm

I love cupcakes! (I also love the Homer Simpson reference in the title - did you catch it?) Anyway...Cupcakes are amazing and I wish I could sit at home all day and sew purses and bake cupcakes and of course...eat cupcakes! So I spent way too much time on this blog Cupcakes Take The Cake last night, very fun, great picture, and delicious ideas. I probably gained 10 pounds just thinking about all of the deliciousness. So after pages and pages of cupcakes I found THESE cupcakes from The Busty Baker.

Mint Filled Brownie Cupcakes, they are made with peppermint patties, I am not really sure if things get more amazing than this. Now I just have to find time to make them.

Cupcakes

So besides sewing another one of my favorite activities is making cupcakes. I don't cook, I wouldn't really even say I bake. But I love to make and decorate cupcakes. I have a few books with different recipes and flavors but for know I usually just use the cake mixes from a box (that's why I say that I don't really bake). I decided a few months ago that I needed something to be "my thing" that I can bring to potlucks or parties. So I decided on cupcakes.

One of my new favorite cupcake ideas is the cupcake cake. I know this is nothing new but I made one for a fourth of July party:

And I just made one for a potluck at work:

Cupcakes are just so much fun! I think I will need one of these next so I can make all sorts of fun cakes. I found these Pink Lemonade Cupcakes on this really cute blog and I may just have to try those next, they look delicious.

Only three days until market!