An explosive way to do dessert
We will always be grateful to GeekMom for introducing us to the ridiculously easy, but super genius holiday treat that is fireworks ice cream. Sprinkle a few pop rocks over your ice cream and enjoy!
Photos by sea turtle, kasia/flickr and stintje via Flickr
Who could resist these seasonal treats?
For the most part, bunnies are adorable. When in chocolate form, they’re also delicious. But as our pal Frank up there can attest, bunnies can also be a little bit terrifying. And just as the Elf on a Shelf showed us that sometimes well-intentioned toys creep us right the eff out, some chocolate bunnies are just as creepy. It’s usually in the eyes. Here are some of the creepy bunnies we came across. Are they to be avoided at all costs, or consumed quickly so as to end their creepy presence?
Unexpected musculature.
Is that a natural reclining position for a bunny? We’d take a nibble off of its ears, but we’d worry it would bite back. Its creators were aiming for a Guinness Record.
A bunny fit for Mad Eye Moody?
Not your average sugar and salt switcheroo
April Fools’ Day food pranks date back to the Victorian Era, when a young lady named Edith Walrach got the early-morning surprise of her life. She was having breakfast at a friend’s house in Binghampton and she cracked into a hard boiled egg to have a mouse spring out! Her blithe host had stuck the critter in and then sealed the shell back up with plaster. We can imagine it shocked the tatted collar right off her. Our picks for April Fools’ Day food pranks are far from unsavoury- – your kids will get a pleasant surprise as they bite into a sweet treat disguised as something a little less exciting. They’re also fun and super easy to make.
FAKIN’ AND EGGS
What we’re reading today:
1. One mom’s story of her miracle baby.
2. Another mom’s dirty secret: bribing with candy.
3. Really classic fairy tales are pretty dark… are they for kids?
4. Rhode Island moms used to leave the hospitals with their new babies and some formula, now they just leave with the babies.
5. Oh trailer mash-ups! Wouldn’t you rather go see Alvin and the Chipmunks in Mission Impossible than actually have to sit through an Alvin and the Chipmunks movie? And Tom Cruise as Alvin? Awesome.
Photo by Coffeelatte via Flickr
What we’re reading today:
1. Parenting experts say that parents of teens need to stop talking when their kid is talking back.
2. Doctors say babies should give up soothers after they’re a year old. If you need a little help getting your kid to kick their pacifier habit, Elmo is more than ready to help out.
3. Facebook is only supposed to be available to people 13-years-old and up, but there’s a whole lot of preteens on the social networking site — why’d their parents allow it?
4. And don’t forget, this weekend Daylight Savings time ends — clocks go back on Sunday morning. Experts say this can really mess with your kids’ schedule.
5. And did anyone see Jimmy Kimmel’s challege to parents on Monday? He wanted parents to tell their kids that they ate all their candy… and videotape it and put it on Youtube.
Get creative and use up that Halloween candy!
If you bought enough mini chocolate bars and bags of chips to feed the entire neighbourhood but had a lackluster turn out on Halloween, never fear. Here are 15 creative ideas for utilizing your leftover treats when you can no longer pawn off them off on your co-workers.
1. Make Movember tootsie roll ‘stache pops!
2. Melt Peppermint patties or caramels into coffee for a quick mint / caramel mocha.
3. Chop up mini chocolate bars for an ice cream topper, addition to trail mix, or a decadent pancake filler.
4. Press peanut butter cups into sugar cookies or brownies or mix into Rice Krispie squares
5. Donate it to community centers in your area.
6. Make a mosaic. The bright colours and shapes of candy corn, nibs, and smarties make them great art supplies.
What we’re reading today:
1. What to do if you looooove Halloween but hate the Martha Stewartization of the holiday.
2. How haunted houses provide the right type of fear.
3. What’s the spookiest haunted school in Toronto?
4. Did you know there’s a candy hierarchy? We don’t totally agree with it, as while the top tier are in fact top tier, the gummies and rockets need to be higher for the sake of balance and seasonality.
5. We wish we made this adorable and spooky short film:
Hallows’ Eve and the Pumpkin Dream from Adam C Sager on Vimeo.
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