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June 2, 2017

Free Printable Mini Donut Boxes

It is finally National Donut Day! All week long we have been participating in the funnest party blog hop that Dawn of Revel and Glitter created with 10 of her favorite and oh-so-talented party and lifestyle bloggers! Today is the last day and the day that we share our contribution – super fun and colorful mini donut boxes! We have 7 fun designs and they each fit each fold to hold 4 of those mini donuts you can buy at any store in the baked goods aisle!

If you are not familiar with these extremely talented women, head on over and check them out, you won’t be disappointed!

We also have an awesomely sweet pin board Always Time For Doughnuts, full of our favorite doughnut inspired ideas! Eventually, all of our projects will be there so be sure to follow it for lots of sweet inspiration.

Alas, all good things must come to an end (check out day 1 with our giveaway, day 2, day 3, and day 4 projects and we are bringing you our free mini donut box printables plus one more recipe and party decoration DIY!

Don’t you just love those mini donuts?! Hostess Donettes or the Little Debbie version. Whatever you like (my fave are the powdered sugar!), these little boxes fit 4 of them perfectly. Best of all, they are super easy to fold up and they print out on one normal sized copy paper!

We created a TON of design options for you all too so you have boxes that will match any type of donut party your heart desires.

Free mini donut box printable (linked below) //
Glue stick //
Card stock paper //
Scissors

Instructions

Download and print out any of the below designs. There are 7 designs for you to choose from!
Cut out around box.
Fold along the lines. Usually it is easiest if you score the lines first but that is not necessary.
Fold the triangle edges in and secure with your glue stick to the other sides.
Fill the boxes with mini doughnuts and give them out as favors or gifts!

Donut Box Printables

These boxes are just perfect for little hands and I can tell you my little Stella was thrilled to get hers on one :P

Check out today’s other two posts! First off, Giant DIY Tassels from Lemon Thistle!

DIY tassels for a donut party with Lemon Thistle.

Pink giant donut Bundt cake with Lulu the Baker.

Thank you for partying with us this week and don’t forget to enter our giveaway worth $200, it ends tonight at midnight, PT!

May 11, 2017

Cereal Milk Coffee and Hot Chocolate Creamers & Cereal Milk Latte Recipe

I have always said that cereal milk should be a thing you can buy, amiright?! How amazing are those sips straight from the bowl at the end?!! I would pay for fruity pebbles flavored milk, I honestly would. And I know its not just me, so for all of my fellow cereal milk lovers out there–this recipe will make your dreams come true!

Coffee creamers really take hot cocoa and coffee to the next level and now you can take yours to the next next level–what??! Haha, if you’re a fan of cereal milk, I definitely recommend making some of your own! You can use any variety of milk and its delicious! And hey, I won’t even judge you for drinking it straight (after all, I already admitted that I would buy the stuff to do just that).

Then, go ahead and whip up some Cap’n Crunch Berries lattes, mmmm! I tried five different cereals and they were all so SO good. My favorite as a latte was probably the Reese’s creamer but in hot cocoa, Cinnamon Toast Crunch was just perfection. What’s your favorite cereal that you’d love to try this with? Grab it and click below to follow the recipe and make your own!

April 10, 2017

Pistachio Easter Candy Popcorn

As is the norm with our recipes, this popcorn recipe is super easy and perfect for your next celebration. Which for a lot of us will be Easter but this could just as easily be used for any spring gathering. As I was making it this weekend I was so happy because I finally feel like it is truly spring. I start to get a lot more active at this time of year it’s like my body is waking up from hibernation a bit and I am ready to double down on all of my fitness goals. This also means that I feel less guilty in indulging in all of the incredible Easter candy out there. Now you name me one holiday that has better candy than Easter. Blanking? That is because there is no holiday that beats Easter when it comes to the candy game. None. Cadbury eggs (mini and large), Reese’s eggs, Peeps (where the cuteness makes up for taste), Butterfinger eggs, Oreo eggs (they’re a thing!), peanut butter eggs, egg M&Ms, etc. It is just the best.

Now I am really wishing I had a stash of this candy right now.

Well it also turns out, to no surprise, that this candy is the perfect addition to popcorn. And this popcorn is possibly the best popcorn I have ever had. And I buy popcorn every time I am at the store. Machelle had this genius idea to add pudding mix to popcorn and this one uses my favorite flavor of all time – pistachio. As you will see you can also experiment with other flavors – caramel, vanilla, butterscotch, chocolate, and banana cream would all be delicious as well.

This recipe could work for any occasion with other candy or no candy at all. But I decided to add my favorite Easter candy given that Easter is only six days away. So if you’re heading to a nice family dinner or an egg hunt this upcoming weekend make sure to bring this simple popcorn with you!

February 3, 2017

Salty N’ Sweet Grammy Snack Mix with SkinnyPop + Grammy Party Inspiration (and Free Printables!)

The Grammy Awards are coming up next weekend and, since we’ll take any excuse for a party, we decided to put together some inspiration for a Grammy watching fete!

My personal favorite part of watching the awards is the dresses. The pretty ones and the what were they thinking? ones are all so fun to see! But my favorite part about the watching party has got to be the snacks and treats, duh! You can’t gawk and poke fun at the stars without some yummy food. Well you can but I don’t think you should! Especially when we’ve got a delicious snack mix right here for you to whip up and go crazy over!

This mix is seriously so yummy. I’m a huge fan of sweet and salty treats and I thought it was the perfect metaphor for Grammy awards night, what with the aforementioned hit-or-miss fashion, the performances that are bound to range on the spectrum from great to shocking, and even the mix of sweet and not-so-sweet starlets who’ll be gracing the screen. Plus, don’t the bugles kind of look like a gramophone!? :D

The base of this mix is SkinnyPop so a whole lot of it doesn’t have to mean a whole lot of calories. With that, don’t you think this mix deserves its own award!? We do!

AND this post also contains an awesome printable ballot for guessing the winners and tons of easy party ideas! We’re loving the idea of a black and white party, accented with gold of course (and maybe a little purple!) and we can’t wait to host our own little Grammy get-together! If you’re feeling the awards vibe, or you just want a handful of this stellar sweet and salty chocolate caramel popcorn mix, then click the read more button below!

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September 15, 2016

Pretty DIY Geode Cupcakes

Use your favorite cupcake recipe as the base for these fancy-but-easy cakes. Then top with simple rock candy to create edible faux geodes, reminiscent of one of the prettiest rocks out there!

In the geode dinner party post I shared at the beginning of this month, I mentioned the inspiration for the whole thing was an idea I had for geode cupcakes. These are those cupcakes. :D

Umm have you seen geode wedding cakes?? Gah! Go look on Pinterest! They are like. A word beyond amazing whatever that is. They are so pretty. I stumbled upon them a couple of months ago and was just so smitten! I know there is no way I could even begin to hope of making something like that. I did take some beginner cake decorating classes years ago but I never went beyond that. I definitely never perfected buttercream or fondant. And you know what? I actually don’t like baking very much. Cupcakes (from a box mix) are basically the extent that I’m willing to go.

So because of that, I will leave the amazing wedding cakes to the pros! But I wanted a geode dessert in my life. So I immediately thought that cupcakes would be the perfect opportunity for me. They are small and hard to mess up. And bonus! They are little and round on top which is exactly like a geode! So I knew they’d be perfect for making some fancy geode-inspired treats and I knew I couldn’t even mess them up.

The glitzy topping is none other than simple rock candy. Doesn’t it look pretty all crushed up and sprinkled on a little cake? You could go a little more in depth and even make your own rock candy! That way you can get custom colors and probably save some money. But I just used store-bought candy I found in the bins at Zurcher’s Party Store. Its pretty easy to find those rock candy suckers so if you don’t have a Zurcher’s don’t fret! Or, hop online and order some from a variety of retailers!

Even though these look pretty fancy, they’re not only easy, they are perfect for children as well. Kids just love all that sugar crushed topping :) So grab a cupcake pan and head right here for the instructions!

Free Printable Mini Donut Boxes

Instructions

Cereal Milk Coffee and Hot Chocolate Creamers & Cereal Milk Latte Recipe

Pistachio Easter Candy Popcorn

Salty N’ Sweet Grammy Snack Mix with SkinnyPop + Grammy Party Inspiration (and Free Printables!)

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