{nests}

These nests are an annual Easter treat
for our family and friends.

Fancy Nancy's Rice Krispie Recipe

1 large pkg. (16 oz.) miniature marshmallows

1 cube of butter (1/2 cup)

10 cups name brand Rice Krispies

OR

12 cups generic brand rice cereal

(trust me, there's a difference)

Food coloring - optional

Jelly beans (I like the tiny ones)

Peeps

Place your marshmallows and butter in a large pan.

Turn your burner to the lowest heat possible.

Wait patiently and stir occasionally as the butter and marshmallows melt.  If you rush this part, your Rice Krispie treats will turn out tough instead of soft and delicious.  

When the butter and marshmallows are completely melted, stir in your food coloring (optional).

Add your Rice Krispies and stir thoroughly.

  

Spray two 12 cupcake pans with Pam or rub butter lightly.  Spray a 1 cup measuring cup with Pam.  Loosely scoop up a 'cup' of Rice Krispie treat and empty it in to one of the cupcake spots.  How many nests you make will depend on how big you make them.  You can easily get 20 to 24 nests out of a batch if you're careful.  Butter your fingertips lightly and use them to lightly compress the treats and make a nest indentation. Add jelly bean 'eggs' and Peeps to complete your nest.  Once the nests set for an hour or two they will easily hold their shape when taken out of the pan.

{witches hats}

For one witch hat you'll need:
  
1 Keebler Fudge Stripe cookie with stripes facing down
1 Hershey Kiss, unwrapped
1 piece of shoestring licorice
Frosting, Karo syrup or honey to act as glue

Glue your Kiss on the center of the cookie.  
Tie your licorice in a bow and place it 
where the Kiss meets the cookie.  
You could even embellish with colored frosting.

{candy corn pudding}

A fun variation of 'Ghost Pudding'.

The bottom layer is Jello Instant Vanilla Pudding.

The middle layer is Vanilla Pudding 

with orange food coloring.

The top layer is Cool Whip.

{ghosts}

Inspired by Martha . . . Ghost Pudding

Melt a few chocolate chips in a glass bowl.

 With your fingertip, make ghostly faces

on the INSIDE of your clear plastic/glass cup. 

Fill the cup with vanilla pudding or ice cream.

Top off with whipped cream.

* You could use orange plastic cups and 

make jack-o-lantern faces.

{scones}

It wouldn't be our Orange Dinner without Aunt Kathy's Scones!  I add orange food coloring to the mix before I add the flour when I make it for the Orange Dinner.

{are you my mummy?}

1. Glue two wiggly eyes to a glass.  I used a low temp glue gun and different sized eyes.

2. Tear a 1 1/2 inch mummy colored piece of fabric the width of the fabric (approximately 42").  Put a dot of glue on the back of the glass at about the same height as the eyes.  Stick one end of the strip to the glue.  Wrap the strip so that it falls above and below the eyes.  Secure the end with a dot of glue.

3. After the party, pull off the fabric and pry the eyes off with your fingernail.  If they won't come off easily, fill your glass up with hot tap water to soften the glue.

I think he's my favorite.

Bezzant Boo Juice

1 pkg Cherry Koolaid

1 c sugar

1 lg can frozen orange juice concentrate

2 quarts of water

Mix until the Koolaid, orange juice and sugar are dissolved.

Right before serving, mix equal parts of punch base

and Sprite together in a pitcher.

Allow a little extra space in you pitcher

because the punch will foam a little

when you first mix it with Sprite.