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How to make hard candy jewels

How to make hard candy jewels
Jo and I have been doing lots of projects over the last month or so for Little Jo’s birthday party, and I want to show you one of the projects I did for part of the party decor. We found ourselves needing some round gems in just the right color of teal. If they could be edible, all the better. So I did some shopping and some research and came up with everything I needed to make hard candy jewels. By the way, there was a lot of trial and error as I figured out just the right techniques for making hard candy, and I’ll tell you about that at the end of this post. You’ll need to pick up a couple of custom supplies for making hard candy. Before we even think about turning that stove on, we’ve got lots of prep work to do. Fortunately, it’s very easy to calibrate your candy thermometer. I urge you to please not skip this calibration step, because it can save you so much frustration. Once your thermometer is set, then you need to spray the molds with the non-stick cooking spray.

what goes into making chocolate bowls Leave it up to me to mess up every recipe in the world... but on the flipside, by experiencing everything that goes wrong, I end up learning the most.I had seen these bowls from Stephanie's Kitchen, and decided it was a fantastic idea for my food independent study. ingredients: chocolate, and balloons! first, a giant bar of chocolate all the way from taiwan! (i actually tried to pipe pretty lacy chocolate bowls first, but uh, that completely failed so i moved on. plus i don't like that pink fake chocolate.) balloons! tip number 2, after you have melted your chocolate in a double broiler and poured it into a bowl for dipping, let it cool before you dip your balloons. because although you are really excited to dip them and set them down like this... five seconds later you shall hear a POP and you (as well as your kitchen) will be covered in chocolate because apparently latex doesn't like heat. edit: thanks to a lovely comment, there is a reason that makes more sense!

Free Online Whiteboard and Collaboration Tool - Scribblar.com saucy's sprinkles (bloggedy blog blog): happy thanksgiving More than a few readers suggested that Saucy try to make the infamous turkey cupcakes from What's Up, Cupcake for Thanksgiving. Remember, it's Thanksgiving in Canada this weekend. Saucy decided to give them a whirl. They are, after all, super cute. Super very cute. Seriously... tiny turkeys on top of a cupcake? Tip one: you can do lots of the prep work ahead of time. Because, super very cute takes a lot of work. Tip two: don't attempt to make more than a dozen of these unless you want to snap, or you have the patience of a Saint which Saucy does not. Tip three: decide how many cupcakes you want to make and do the turkey legs a day or so ahead of time. Tip four: the cookbook says to warm the caramel for five seconds to make it pliable, but in fact it took about twenty seconds in Saucy's microwave and the caramels were nice and fresh before she started, so again, you do the math based on the freshness of your caramels and the power of your microwave. ... like so!

Mario Piano Sheet Music - Original Quality Rainbow Jello Recipe June 22, 2010 When I was young, rainbow Jello would always be one of the offerings on the dessert table. I used to peel the layers of Jello apart and eat them one by one, my favourite being cherry. I don’t eat Jello much, but when I do, I prefer eating rainbows. It’s funny because people are still impressed by rainbow Jello! Rainbow Jello Recipe adapted from The Food Librarian5 small packages of Jello (I used cherry, grape, blueberry, lime and lemon) 4 1/2 tablespoons of unflavoured gelatin 1 can sweetened condensed milkMix the cherry Jello with 1/2 tablespoon of gelatin.

Crochet Companion Cube « Pumpkin Orange I spent the last week making this for my dad for fathers day. One crocheted companion cube. I took inspiration from a couple of other peoples takes on the companion cube: One here: A knitted one: And another crocheted: So I decided to come up with my own pattern for one.

Brownie Pops to Cheesecake Pops: Things on a Stick taste Better | Intimate Weddings - Small Wedding Blog Posted on September 14, 2010 by Christina Why do some things taste better when they’re on a stick? Maybe it’s the novelty that makes them fun – or the fact that you don’t have to get your fingers all sticky and buttery. I rounded up a few good things on sticks for you to drool over. All would be perfect for a wedding – especially if you’re still a kid at heart. Let’s start with Bakerella’s Poptarts on a stick. Brownie pops. Cookies on a stick from I am Mommy. Pie on a stick. Cheesecake on a stick.

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Chocolate Easter Surprise Eggs These dyed Easter are real eggshells that have been coated on the inside with chocolate and stuffed with candy and a small surprise. Everything I used to decorate the eggs is edible. I used jumbo sized eggs, though this wasn’t necessary. I was hoping to try to make my own version of the chocolate filled real eggshells that Martha Stewart created a few years back, but I wanted mine to be more like a Kinder Surprise egg with a toy or small item inside. I learned a lot through mistakes along the way (which I’ll go into obnoxious detail about in a later post), but here is what did work for me. dyeing the eggs The Martha Stewart instructions for preparing eggshells for filling with melted chocolate involve using a Dremel tool to neatly widen the hole. It’s meant to be used on soft boiled eggs with cooked whites, so it’s a bit treacherous using it on raw eggs. Gently squeeze the handles of the egg topper so the teeth are touching the eggshell. coating with chocolate (p.s. Painting the eggs

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