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4TH OF JULY RECIPES

red, white, and blue ice cream star

Red, White, and Blue Ice Cream Star

no bake cheesecake with a blue cookie crust and topped with raspberry gelee, whipped cream, and a raspberry

Patriotic Cheesecakes Topped with Raspberry Gelée and Fresh Berries

4th of July Dessert – Flag Cheesecake

Uncle Sam Hat Surprise Cake

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SUMMER FUN RECIPES

Copycat Choco Tacos

Copycat Choco Tacos

Windmill cookies filled with sweetened cream cheese and blueberry preserves.

Blueberry Cream Cheese Windmill Cookies

Starfish S'mores - Chocolate dipped homemade star shaped marshmallows coated in graham crackers crumbs.

STARFISH S’MORES – Fun Summer Treats

Galaxy Popsicles Berry Cheesecake Pops

Berry Cheesecake Galaxy Popsicles

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FIND A RECIPE BY HOLIDAY, OCCASION, OR TYPE

fun holiday recipe ideas from Hungry Happenings

WHAT’S NEW!

copycat Lion Bars Recipe image

Copycat Lion Bars

Pink and blue swirled cotton candy layer cake topped with drips of pink and blue ganache and fluffy cotton candy.

Cotton Candy Layer Cake

Easter cheese ball hatching chick decorated with cheese slices and served with crackers.

Easter Cheese Ball (Cute Hatching Chick)

Easter Bunny Cupcakes

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HOMEMADE CANDY RECIPES

homemade gummy worms, sharks, fish, elephant, dinosaurs, starfish, hippos, lions, giraffe, bears, and more

Gummies Recipe

homemade candy bars including dark chocolate bars, milk chocolate cashew bars, white chocolate cookies and cream candy bars, and more

The Best Step-by-Step Chocolate Bar Recipes

homemade cherry tootsie pop hearts arranged in a Valentine's day coffee mug

Homemade Cherry Tootsie Pop Hearts

2 large chocolate peanut butter cup hearts

Copycat Giant Reese’s Cup Heart

See more Homemade Candy Recipes →

Learn how to make handmade chocolates in my online video lessons from The Sugar Academy.

Online chocolate making courses from The Sugar Academy

WEDDING & BRIDAL SHOWER RECIPES

Roasted red pepper pesto tart flowers decorated with parsley leaves

Flower Crisps Appetizers – With Roasted Red Pepper Pesto

Chocolate Raspberry Mousse Cake with a layer of flourless chocolate cake topped with chocolate mousse and white chocolate raspberry mousse

Chocolate Raspberry Mousse Cake

Beautiful Bouquet of Fried Won Ton Roses

Cheese Ball Wedding Cakes – Elegant Appetizer

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GRADUATION RECIPES

Soft Pretzel Graduation Caps

Flourless Chocolate Cakes Graduation Caps Recipe

Flourless Chocolate Cake Graduation Caps

Grad cap cookies filled with mini M&M's.

Candy Filled Chocolate Graduation Cap Cookies

Pizza dip baked in a skillet surrounded by cheese-filled pizza crust topped with a sprinkling of parmesan cheese bread dip seasoning.

Pizza Dip

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FUN FOOD FOR KIDS

White Chocolate Popcorn Bowl (100% Edible)

Chocolate-dipped pretzel farm animals including a sheep, pig, cow, chicken, and a horse.

Farm Animal Pretzel Pops

Cereal and Milk Pancakes made with Fruity Pebbles are topped with milk glaze and whipped cream.

Cereal and Milk Pancakes

Bright yellow smiley face pretzels made using yellow candy melts or white chocolate.

Smiley Face Pretzels

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BIRTHDAY PARTY RECIPES

Chicken, Artichoke, and Three Cheese Bread Pudding

Turn Reese's Cups into adorably cute lions using caramel and heart sprinkles then use them to make Lion Cupcakes with

Lion Cupcakes with “You Make My Heart Roar” Cupcake Wrappers

Cookie Monster Rice Krispie Treats with candy eyes, Tootsie Roll mouths, and mini Nutter Butter Cookies

Cookie Monster Rice Krispies Treats

Nutter Butter Pink Fuzzy Slipper Cookies featured image

Pink Fuzzy Slipper Cookies

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EVERYDAY DESSERTS

Mini Butterfinger Cheesecakes Recipe Image

Mini Butterfinger Cheesecakes

American Hertitage Chocolate with Orange Tuile Cookies and a mug of hot cocoa.

Orange Tuile Cookies with Orange Chocolate Ganache

Apple Mousse Recipe image

Apple Mousse

Tiger Pie - no bake peanut butter pie layered and decorated with chocolate ganache and peanut butter cups.

Tiger Pie

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DECORATED CAKES

Leprechaun Hat Shamrock Reveal Cake

Koala Cake Image

Easy Koala Cake

Seal Cake Recipe Image

Seal Cake – Cute Harp Seal Pup Cut-Apart Cake

Christmas Present Cake with an Ornament Surprise Inside

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CHEESECAKES

Add a touch of whimsy to your baby shower dessert table by serving this adorable Peach Cobbler flavored Cheesecake Baby. Find the tutorial at Hungry Happenings.

Baby Shower Dessert – Cheesecake Baby

Rainbow Birthday Cheesecake

Birthday Cheesecake

clear dessert cup filled with black and white mousse - a swirl of chocolate mousse and cheesecake mousse topped with a maraschino cherry

Black and White Mousse (Chocolate Cheesecake Swirl)

Black Cat Cheesecake (A painted chocolate and pumpkin cheesecake)

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Everyday Meals

heart-shaped chicken enchiladas topped with cheese and chili sauce served with jalapenos and sour cream

Valentine’s Day Dinner – Chicken Enchilada Hearts

Chicken & Cheese Enchilada Bowls with Poblano Peppers and Corn

Chicken and Cheese Enchilada Bowls

Chicken Tender Butterflies with nacho cheese corn chip wings and chow mein noodle antennae.

Kids will love this chicken and chips butterfly for lunch!

Chicken breast plated next to diced tomatoes, feta cheese, and basil to form a heart shape are drizzled with a balsamic glaze.

Valentine’s Day Dinner – Balsamic Chicken & Tomato Hearts

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SCHOOL THEMED TREATS

Fruit Leather Edible School Books

Treat your favorite teacher to a chocolate chalkboard for teacher appreciation week. HungryHappenings.com

Edible Chalkboard

School Book Sandwiches

Inside Out Chocolate Caramel Apples make great teacher’s gifts.

See more School Themed Recipes →

FOOTBALL-THEMED FOOD

pulled pork-filled football-shaped pastry pockets

Football Appetizers – Pulled Pork Pastry Pockets

football party tablescape featuring a chocolate dip football, mini pretzel twists, chicken strips, and buffalo chicken nuggets

Chocolate Dip Football – Fun Game Day Snacks

Football Hot Chocolate Bombs filled with hot cocoa mix and tiny marshmallows

Football Hot Chocolate Bombs

Zucchini Fritter Footballs

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BASKETBALL THEMED RECIPES

March Madness Mini Cheeseburger Recipe

Basketball bean dip & tortilla chips

Basketball pinata cookies filled with Skittles are decorated with orange candy melts.

Basketball Piñata Cookies filled with Skittles

Roasted Vegetable Pizza recipe

Roasted Veggie Pizza with Homemade Crust

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HALLOWEEN RECIPES

Halloween appetizer - Jack Skellington Chicken Dip

Halloween Appetizer – Jack Skellington Dip

Mini skull-shaped waffles made in a mini skull waffle maker

Skull Waffles

Dark chocolate Halloween popcorn topped with Halloween M&M's and bone sprinkles.

Chocolate Halloween Popcorn

Hot Chocolate Bomb Brains

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THANKSGIVING RECIPES

Turkey hot chocolate bombs melting in a coffee mug.

Thanksgiving Hot Chocolate Bomb Turkeys

bacon ranch cheese ball decorated to look like a turkey is surrounded by cheese topped cracker feathers

Bacon Ranch Cheese Ball Turkey Platter

peanut butter and milk chocolate dipped pretzel sticks decorated with modeling chocolate to look like scarecrows

Thanksgiving Treats – Chocolate Pretzel Scarecrows

chocolate rice krispie treat turkeys

Chocolate Dipped Rice Krispie Treat Turkey Pops

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CHRISTMAS RECIPES

Reindeer Hot Cocoa Bombs with one melting in a mug of hot milk and three surrounding the mug.

Reindeer Hot Chocolate Bombs

Copycat IHOP Winter Wonderland Pancakes Recipe image

Copycat IHOP Winter Wonderland Pancakes

Snowman Hot Chocolate Bomb - white chocolate mug with a candy cane handle filled with chocolate ganache and a marshmallow snowman

Snowman Hot Chocolate Bombs

Homemade chocolate bark filled with caramel, almonds, peanuts, cashews, OREO Cookies, pretzels, toffee bits, and more packaged in a wooden box.

Chocolate Bark

Christmas Hot Chocolate Bombs - starlight mints filled with peppermint hot cocoa.

Christmas Hot Chocolate Bombs – Starlight Mints

Coconut Macaroon Wreaths

Melting Snowman Cheese Balls with olive eyes, carrot nose, and black cream cheese buttons.

Mini Melting Snowman Cheese Balls

Chocolate peanut butter fudge buckeyes candy recipe image.

Buckeyes Recipe – Chocolate Peanut Butter Fudge Candies

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NEW YEAR’S EVE RECIPES

Sugar Cone Party Horns

New Year's Eve Appetizers and Desserts including a savory cheesecake countdown clock and mini cheese balls

New Year’s Eve Party Food

Mediteranean Pinwheels shaped into 2014 for New Year's Eve

New Year’s Eve Mediterranean Pinwheels

New Year's Eve Appetizer Won Ton Clocks

New Year’s Eve Appetizers – Fried Won Ton Clocks

See more New Year's Eve Recipes →

VALENTINE’S DAY RECIPES

conversation heart white chocolate breakable hearts filled with Valentine's Day candy

Breakable Chocolate Conversation Hearts

Brownie brittle topped with mini chocolate chips and Valentine's Day sprinkles

Valentine’s Day Brownie Brittle

cranberry orange semi-freddo hearts with chocolate ganache dots

Cranberry Orange Semifreddo Hearts

pink ombre coconut candy hearts

Pink Ombre Creamy Coconut Hearts

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ST. PATRICK’S DAY RECIPES

White chocolate coated shamrock rice krispie treat pops with cute smiley faces.

Shamrock Rice Krispie Treat Pops

Irish Soda Bread Shamrock for St. Patrick's Day

Irish Soda Bread Shamrock Recipe

Shamrock Shaped Snack Crisps

Chocolate Pot of Gold Cookies Glazed with Chocolate Ganache with Gold Quin Sprinkles (coins).

Pot of Gold Cookies

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MARDI GRAS RECIPES

pastel-colored diamond-shaped beignets for Mardi Gras

Beignets for Mardi Gras

Muffaletta sandwich filled with lunch meat, olives, pimentos, and more decorated for Mardi Gras.

Muffuletta (Fun Mardi Gras Sandwich)

Gumbo with shrimp and sausage is topped with a pie crust crown for Mardi Gras dinner

Creole Sausage and Shrimp Gumbo

Break tradition and celebrate Mardi Gras by making this festive green, gold, and purple King Cake Roll.

King Cake Roll for Mardi Gras

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EASTER RECIPES

lemon cake chicks decorated with modeling chocolate or fondant eyes, beak, and feet

Lemon Cake Chicks

collage of 8 cute Easter desserts and appetizers including Carrot Thief Cupcakes, Crescent Roll Carrots, and Hatching Hard Boiled Eggs

100+ Cute Easter Desserts, Appetizers, and Meals

Chocolate Raspberry Eggs filled with a white chocolate raspberry ganache.

Chocolate Raspberry Eggs

Chocolate Eggs wrapped in Easter foil candy wrappers

Chocolate Eggs

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EARTH DAY RECIPES

Decorated Daisy Cheesecake

Easter breakfast pizza bunnies are filled with scrambled eggs, ham, and cheese and served with strawberry milk and hashbrowns.

Easter Breakfast Pizza Bunnies

Cheese Slice Owl – A Fun Halloween Appetizer

Butterfly fruit pizza topped with pineapple, grapes, strawberries,peaches, banana, and kiwi and decorated with chocolate chip eyes.

Butterfly Fruit Pizza

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MOTHER’S DAY RECIPES

spoon-shaped almond nougatine cookies topped with chocolate ganache and slivered almonds

Almond Nougatine Spoons filled with Chocolate Ganache

Mother’s Day breakfast in Bed

cheese ball shaped like a woman's face covered in a green guacamole mask, cucumber eyes, red pepper lips, and mozzarella head wrap

Spa Party Appetizer – A clever way to serve a cheese ball.

Sweet Serenity Stones – Cookies ‘n Cream Fudge Rocks with Inspirational Sayings

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CINCO DE MAYO RECIPES

Chicken & Cheese Enchilada Bowls with Poblano Peppers and Corn

Chicken and Cheese Enchilada Bowls

Break open one of these colorful Sombrero Cookies to reveal the surprise inside! These festive candy filled treats will be perfect for Cinco de Mayo or a Fiesta.

Sombrero Cookies filled with Candy

Scoop vanilla ice cream into a fried tortilla boat covered in cinnamon sugar then drizzle on some dulce de leche (caramel) sauce, add a swirl of whipped cream and some crunchy cinnamon sugar tortilla bits to make this dreamy Churro Sundae.

Churro Sundae – Fried Tortilla Boats with Vanilla Ice Cream & Dulce de Leche Sauce

25 Fun Fiesta Foods for Cinco de Mayo

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FATHER’S DAY RECIPES

football themed game day recipes including Chicken Italiano Subs, Chicken & Cheese Quesadilla Footballs, and Chicken Parmesan Nachos

Game Day Appetizers – chicken quesadilla footballs

giant chocolate chip cookie cake decorated with white marshmallow frosting and chocolate frosting with

Father’s Day Chocolate Chip Cookie Cake

Bacon topped cheeseburger dip is served in a football shaped bowl.

Cheeseburger Dip Football

Football shapes plates topped with Calzone Footballs are set on top of a football field tablecloth along with shot glasses filled with homemade marinara sauce and tiny foam fingers and football field napkins.

Calzone Footballs

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