Just Dip It In Chocolate: St. Patrick's

3/4/13

Lunes de Chocolate-Chocolate Mondays

Hola Amigos! Happy Monday! The first Monday of the month of March. Can't wait to see what this month is going to bring us all...hopefully flowers blooming...one or two showers and warmer weather. Let's start this brand new week we've been blessed with on a sweet note.
With St. Patrick's approaching soon...maybe a little bit of green Leprechaun magic is in order, so how about some green M&M's quick coconut squares. Here is the recipe:

Green M&M's Quick Coconut Squares

2 Cups Chocolate Cookie Crumbs

6 Tablespoons Butter

1 Can Condensed Milk

2 Cups Shredded Coconut

1 1/2 Cup M&M's (mine plain chocolate and green)

Butterscotch Chips (optional)

Grease a 13x9 baking pan and heat the oven at 350 degrees. In a bowl mix the cookie crumbs with the butter, Press this mix onto the baking pan firmly until you have an even crust. Pour the condensed milk and spread with a spatula. Mix the M&M's with the coconut (and butterscotch chips) and spread this mix on top of the condensed milk. Put in the oven for 25 to 30 minutes. Let it cool and cut it in squares.

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These cook so quickly you can make a batch in no time and enjoy some crunchy sweet coconut with a hint of chocolate!

I think they taste like the Almond Joy candies...but no Almonds...just Joy!

Hope you all have a healthy and productive week, keeping in mind that everything tastes better with a Pinch Of Love!

Besitos,

Lizy

Bringing Wishes of Good Luck this week at these Fabulous Parties:
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Clippie Dips
Pint Sized Baker
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Do Small Things With Love
Nap-time Creations
Kathe with an E
Sugar Bee Crafts
Cedar Hill Ranch
Memories by the Mile
The Style Sisters
No Minimalist Here
The Shabby Creek Cottage
The Mandatory Mooch
Embracing Change
The 36th Avenue
The Taylor House
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Designed Decor
Fireflies and Jellybeans
Food Done Light
The Real Thing with The Coake Family
French Country Cottage
Rattlebridge Farm
Jennifer Rizzo
The Best Blog Recipe
Shaken Together
Diana Rambles
Spatulas on Parade
My Turn (for Us)
Mom on Time Out
Call Me PMc
Pamela's Heavenly Treats
Sew-Licious Home Decor
Life on Lakeshore Drive
The Shaffer Sisters

2/20/13

Kiss Me DIY Gumball Machine

Besame, Besame Mucho= I'm not Irish but Kiss Me Anyway

Hola Amigos! Happy Wednesday to all. Today I worked on a very quick project, Pinterest inspired and perfect for the coming St/ Patrick's Day Celebration!. It literally takes longer to watch the paint dry than to assemble it and have it ready for candy to be displayed in style and whimsy!

For this DIY Gumball machine, you would need: 1 4 inch terracotta pot, 2 4 inch terracotta saucers, 1 2 inch terracotta saucer, adhesive good enough for terracotta and glass, 1 glass bowl (mine from the dollar store), ribbon, your favorite green paint, decorative hat (or wooden knob) acrylic letters and favorite candy.

The day before paint your saucers and pot and let dry overnight.
Once it's dry...start assembling, first the pot, opening upside down, top it with one of the saucers by adding glue to the bottom of your terracotta pot and placing one of the saucers right side up as to hold the glass bowl.

Put some adhesive on the bottom of the glass bowl and glue it to the saucer previously attached to the pot. You are half way there! Glue the wooden knob on the upside down bottom of your second saucer...in my case I used a Leprechaun's hat!...

Decorate with ribbon, and your favorite Irish Phrase, fill it up with candy and you are done!...1-2-3- super easy

The extra little saucer I glued in the inside of the "lid saucer" to avoid the moving all over the place of the lid as shown here

Just a few steps, a cheap project, all together for about 7 dollars...I believe the candy was more than the pot, saucer and bowl all together...but that's usually the case with candy.