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    My goal here at Hungry Happenings is to share tutorials for fun food projects that you can replicate at home. I am always excited to see how I have inspired you to get into the kitchen to make something fun for a holiday, party, or snack.

    readers' gallery fun food craft images collage.

    If you recreate one of my original recipes, be sure to snap a picture and send it to me at beth@hungryhappenings.com and I will share it in the Readers' Gallery below.

    If you share one of my food craft recipes or ideas online please let your readers know that I originally created the recipe and link back to the original recipe blog post.

    If you share a picture on social media, use #hungryhappenings.

    Below you will find pictures sent by my readers. The first picture of every grouping is my original photograph of the recipe. Those that follow are pictures sent by my readers. Enjoy!

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    Conversation Heart Cheesecakes

    Conversation heart cheesecakes on a white plate with a puple background

    These Conversation Heart Cheesecakes are one of my most popular recipes. The pastel-colored heart-shaped cheesecakes are baked in small heart-shaped silicone molds and are decorated to look like Conversation Hearts candies.

    conversation heart cheesecakes on two white oval platters.

    Linda wrote, "These were easy and adorable. Thanks!" I'm happy to hear that she found these easy to make. Her cakes look great. I like all of her personal messages.

    brightly colored conversation heart cheeseckaes.

    Sara's Conversation Heart Cheesecakes turned out great, they are so bright and colorful. I love the phrases she chose especially "Love Bug" and "Hello Sweetie."

    conversation heart cheesecakes on a baking tray.

    Mary did a great job adding special messages to the top of her Conversation Heart Cheesecakes. I particularly like "Luv Bug." That's cute.

    small conversation heart cheesecakes on white dessert plates.

    Sue from the Jo and Sue blog simplified this recipe by using a no-bake cheesecake.

    conversation heart cheesecakes on a round white plate.

    Linda made Conversation Heart Cheesecakes featuring Italian sayings like Ti Adora (I adore you,) Dolce Amore (sweet love) and Pazza di te (Crazy for you.)

    colorful conversation heart cheesecakes on a tray.

    Dorothy swapped out the graham cracker crust for a chocolate crust in her Conversation Heart Cheesecakes which she brought to work. Her co-workers loved them.

    conversation heart cheesecakes in bowls with plastic forks.

    Tina personalized her conversation heart cheesecakes with her co-workers' names. I bet she was very popular on Valentine's Day.

    pink heart-shaped cheesecakes decorated with "I Love You".

    Becca chose only shades of pink for her cheesecake hearts. She piped icing onto her hearts which she said looked great for a short while, but bled into the cake soon afterward. So food coloring is a better option.

    conversation heart cheesecakes and chocolate cake balls.

    Jen Rug was quite busy in her kitchen for Valentine's Day. She made Conversation Heart Cheesecakes and Chocolate Cherry Bombs.

    conversation heart cheesecakes on a Valentine's Day dinner table with candles and flowers.

    Savannah and her friends made some Naturally Colored Cheesecakes to serve at their Valentine's Day diner. They set the mood for the night's festivities.

    three conversation heart cheesecakes in small springform pans.

    Emily made three medium-sized cheesecakes in heart-shaped springform pans. I hadn't seen these smaller pans, but she said she found them at Target

    conversation heart cheesecakes on a paper towel.

    Natasha said she made 18 Conversation Heart Cheesecakes and they were all gone within 5 minutes! It's so good to hear they were gobbled up so quickly.

    Crescent Dough Carrots

    orange-colored crescent roll carrots filled with egg salad and sprigs of fresh dill.

    My orange-colored Crescent Dough Carrots recipe was really a huge hit. I filled my carrots-shape crescent rolls with egg salad or ham salad and used fresh dill as the carrot greens. So many readers wrote to tell me they were making these for Easter.

    crescent roll carrots arrange on a white round plate.

    Jenn served up this bushel of carrots at her Easter celebration and said they were a huge hit!

    I love how she arranged them on a round white serving platter.

    crescent roll carrots served on a white plate set in front of a pretty basket.

    I just love this image of the carrots created by Ilina from Culinary Colours of My World. She used pizza dough to create her carrots, filled them with a traditional Bulgarian salad, and added sprigs of lettuce for the greens.

    orange carrot-shaped crescent rolls.

    Dina served these for Easter to her family in Hungary. She used puff pastry which worked out great. To make her orange coloring, she added red coloring to an egg yolk - brilliant!

    basket filled with crescent roll carrots and Easter eggs.

    Linda shared this big basket full of Crescent Roll Carrots with her co-workers at an office Easter party. I love how she served them in an Easter basket.

    crescent roll carrots arranged in a ring.

    Kelsey made sweet crescent roll carrots filled with a pineapple cream cheese filling. She sprinkled some sugar on the outside of her carrots and used real carrot tops for her greens.

    crescent roll carrots in a green bowl.

    Domi from Domi in the Kitchen (“Domi w kuchni”) is simply stunning. I love all the colors she used and the way she arranged her crescent carrots which are made with homemade dough. This could be a magazine cover shot.

    Easter party set up with a platter of crescent roll carrots.

    Mary made Crescent Roll Carrots for her Mad Hatter Tea party and served them alongside other festive food featuring bright colors. Looks like a great party.

    farm party table featuring crescent roll carrots.

    Katie hosted a farm party for her son's birthday and created an amazing table filled with goodies including salmon and cream cheese-filled crescent roll carrots.

    carrot crescent rolls served on a green plate.

    Jeanne made her crescent roll carrots for a Hobbit-themed birthday party. I love to hear how people use my recipes in clever ways. It's fun to know that these carrots aren't just for Easter.

    bright orange crescent roll carrots with lettuce leaf greens.

    Risa from Restless Risa used frozen bread dough instead of crescents and lettuce in place of the dill.

    Her bread dough carrots turned out great. She brushed them with orange food coloring to make them vibrantly orange.

    making carrot crescent rolls using orange spray mist.

    Martha from Seaside Simplicity made her carrots by spraying Duff's Orange Cake Graffiti Spray on the dough and I think they look fantastic. Martha didn't have cream horn forms so she wrapped her dough around a sugar cone as I had suggested in the comments section of the blog post.

    a bunch of crecent roll carrots on a big round platter.

    Mandy was sure busy in the kitchen creating this amazing platter full of chicken salad-filled carrot crescents topped with curly parsley.

    Easter breakfast crescent roll carrots filled with scrambled eggs and sausage.

    Sylvia stuffed her carrots with scrambled eggs and sausage. Her family was thrilled to find these on the table at Easter breakfast.

    crescent roll carrots served over lettuce leaves on a square white plate.

    Shannon from Living My Life on Purpose did a fantastic job re-creating these carrots using Pillsbury Crescent Rolls which she pinched together at the seams before cutting into strips.

    a pile of crescent roll carrots on a white platter.

    Rady from Byby's Kingdom made these really fun-looking carrots. I like how they have a striped look. She filled her carrots with egg salad.

    chicken salad-filled carrot-shaped crescent rolls.

    Joyce from What Happens at Grandma's hosted a "Bunny Village Workshop" for her daughters and grandkids and served these chicken salad stuffed crescent carrots with parsley greens.

    Easter carrot crescent rolls filled with egg salad and parsley.

    Mary used Pillsbury Crescent Rolls which she just wrapped around the cream horn form before coloring orange. It's a bit simpler than cutting dough strips and has a smoother look to the carrots.

    one big flakey crescent roll carrot.

    Andrea made a really quick and easy version of the carrots. She used the big flaky crescents, rolled them just a bit straighter, baked them, and then cut them in half to fill them with the salad.

    Easter crescent roll carrots filled with ham salad and parsley.

    Trish said, "I whipped these up so easily from store-bought crescent rolls and homemade yummy ham salad..they will be a hit! CUTE."

    making crescent roll carrots using tin foil cones.

    Jo and Sue created cones out of tin foil to make their carrots which they filled with salmon that their dad had smoked, and mixed with cream cheese.

    making crescent roll carrots with tin foil stuffed inside the dough.

    Laura used tin foil instead of cream horn forms to make her carrots too. She filled her carrots with chicken salad and used parsley for the greens. Her family loved them.

    carrot crescent rolls served o a white dinner plate.

    Alyssa created this beautiful plate filled with crescent roll carrots for Easter. She used parsley for her greens and filled her carrots with chicken salad.

    Cream horn carrots made with crescent rolls are filled with fresh whipped cream and mint leaves.

    Jen made a sweet version of these crescent roll carrots for her family's Easter brunch. Her cream horn carrots were made from puff pastry and were filled with fresh whipped cream and had mint leaves for the carrot greens.

    baskets filled with crescent roll carrots and a dinner roll bunny.

    I am in awe of this gorgeous display that Ekaterina of My Candy Kitchen from Bulgaria created with her carrot crescents. It is so beautiful.

    She used pizza dough to make her carrots and covered her cream horn forms with parchment paper for easy removal.

    puff pastry carrots.

    Cinzia from Italy shared her version of the carrots on her blog, Mammarum. She used Puff Pastry to make her carrots, filled them with cream cheese, and used chives for the greens.

    Warm Fuzzy Cake Balls

    Valentine's Day cake ball warm fuzzies

    I love warm fuzzies and thought it would be fun to make a sweet version of them. I chose to make cake balls covered in colored coconut. They have white chocolate feet and antennae.

    blue and pink warm fuzzy cake balls.

    Ekaterina from My Candy Kitchen made her warm fuzzy cake balls with homemade white chocolate and mini chocolate chip eyes. She said in Bulgaria, the coconut is shaved finer so her fuzzies are a little less fuzzy.

    warm fuzzies on a cake platter with conversation hearts.

    Diana made 80 of these fuzzy little guys for Valentine's Day. I absolutely love all the bright colors she used and think the nonpareils on the antenna add a nice touch.

    warm fuzzy cupcakes.

    Melissa made warm fuzzy cupcakes and used the printable wrappers to finish them off nicely. I love her antennae made with purple and pink candy coating. So cute!

    chocolate warm fuzzy cake balls.

    Meagan and her daughter had fun making this tray filled with warm fuzzies using chocolate cake balls and chocolate feet and antennae.

    warm fuzzy cake balls covered in Valentine's Day sprinkles.

    JJCakes rolled her cake balls in sprinkles that included mini hearts. What a fun idea. The open heart-shaped sprinkles she used for the antenna are great. I need to buy some of those.

    red cake ball warm fuzzies.

    Jacquelyn made a whole big family of warm fuzzies for Valentine's Day. I love seeing them all snuggled up together in the plastic container - all their eyes peeking out are so cute.

    St. Patrick's day cake ball warm fuzzy with shamrock antennae.

    How about a St. Patrick's Day warm fuzzy? Deb from Just Short of Crazy coated her cake ball in green coconut and added shamrock-shaped antennae. What a great idea!

    Cheese Ball Face Mask - Spa Party Appetizer

    Spa party appetizer - cheese ball face covered in a mozzarella cheese wrap, a guacamole face mask, cucumbers on the eyes, and red pepper lips. Served with crackers.

    I have been shocked at how popular this Cheese Ball Face Mask recipe has been with my readers. When I created this spa party appetizer, I thought it was hilarious and so did my friends. Plus the taco-flavored cheese ball topped with guacamole tastes great.

    face mask cheese ball topped with green sour cream, cucumbers, and red pepper lips.

    Jo and Sue needed to make their face-shaped cheese ball a day ahead of their party, so they chose to top it with green sour cream. I love this idea! Guacamole will turn brownish after a few hours of exposure to air.

    Medusa cheese ball.

    Jo and Sue used the face-shaped cheese ball for a Halloween party and cleverly turned it into a Medusa Cheese Ball with snakes made out of pizza dough. This is my favorite adaptation of any recipe of mine that I've ever seen.

    cheesecake face.

    Jo and Sue were inspired once again but this time chose to create their face out of cheesecake and added cherry pie filling to create the effect of bloody eyes. Creepy, huh?

    serving platter with a spa party appetizer cheese ball face mask and crackers.

    Tiffany made her cheese ball and topped it with Wholly Guacamole, which apparently does not brown as it sits at room temperature. Such a great tip to know! She used thin strips of mozzarella cheese to make her head wrap.

    woman facial cheese ball with cucumbers over the eyes and red pepper lips.

    Kristin made this for a Tea party and said it was a big hit. She couldn't find the roll of mozzarella so she used Provolone Cheese slices to create the head wrap. That is a great simple solution. Three slices of cheese look like they fit perfectly.

    cheese ball face surrounded by blue corn tortilla chips.

    It is really amazing to see how everyone is using this recipe idea. Jeanne hosted a surprise 80th birthday party for her mom and the theme was "Forever Young." What a great party theme. The cheese ball face was a perfect fit for her party.

    a cheese ball face mask served with flip flop sandwiches.

    Crosby from Venezuela made this face mask cheese ball for a spa-themed bridal shower for her sister. She used cabbage instead of cheese for the head wrap and it looks great. The addition of flip-flop sandwiches made with peppers as the straps really adds to the plate.

    guacamole covered face-shaped cheese ball with orange carrot hair.

    Don't you just love the curly hair made from carrot peels?
    Donna created this cheese ball for her spa-themed bunco party.

    cheese ball decorated with green sour cream, cucumbers, cheese, and red peppers to look like a woman getting a facial.

    If you can't find white cheese to use for the head wrap, why not use a soft tortilla as Elise did when she made this cheese ball face mask? I thought that was such a clever substitution.

    face-shaped cheese ball.

    Cheryl of Liddy B. and Me created this spa party cheese ball without the help of a mask. She molded her cheese ball by hand then scooped some out to create indentations for the eyes and used that cheese to mold a nose. It looks great. I particularly like her nose. In order to get her cheese ball to look pink, she added salsa. It added the right color and a flavor twist.

    Cheese Ball Face Mask

    Avery kept her cheese ball face mask simple by just adding cucumbers and red pepper lips. She decided to skip the head wrap.

    She served it at an Arbonne Party and it was a big hit!

    spa facial cheese ball appetizer served with crackers.

    Sandy from Pure Abundance had the perfect occasion to use this cheese ball. Her aunt graduated from esthetician's school and her cousin created this cheese ball face mask for the party. She used sour cream tinted green instead of guacamole. It turned out great and the party guests all loved it.

    spa party cheese ball held by the party hostess.

    Sharon hosted a Diva party and made a cheese ball face which impressed all of her party guests. She used wax lips for her mouth - I love that idea!


    She also created her hair out of cheddar cheese and used the ends of lime for the eyes.

    Rainbow Unicorn Cake

    white and pink unicorn cake with a rainbow mane and tail, gold horn, and black eyelashes.

    I used a 9X13 inch sheet cake to make this cute and easy Rainbow Unicorn Cake. The inside of the cake is rainbow and so is the candy clay tail and mane. It's simple to frost using a star tip in a pastry bag. The unicorn looks furry and so adorably cute.

    easy unicorn cake with rainbow mane and tail

    Karen did a fantastic job recreating this easy unicorn cake for her best friend’s daughter. She made her own homemade candy clay and it turned out perfectly. Her cake is colorful inside and out and was a huge hit at the birthday party.

    Chocolate Caramel Fudge Smiling Poo Emoji

    Turn a simple 2-ingredient recipe into one of the most popular emoji on the planet. These Chocolate Caramel Fudge Smiling Poo Emoji look real but taste like rich and creamy chocolate caramel fudge.

    Shockingly these sweet little poop emoji became my most popular Valentine's Day post for 2017. I was so happily surprised that so many of my readers loved these so much that they shared them with friends and family.

    Chocolate smiling poo emoji cupcakes.

    Patsy made her smiling poo emoji a bit smaller so she could use them to top Valentine's Day cupcakes which she sent to school to share with her child's classmates.

    Chocolate fudge poop emoji treats

    Lareen used two different pastry tips to make her chocolate fudge emoji. She preferred the open hole tip over the star tip but they both made cute emoji. She even added homemade royal icing eyes.

    Chocolate Caramel Fudge Smiling Poop Emoji make fun treats for Valentine's Day.

    Ashley, Renee, Beth, Cathy, Liz, Holly, and Kristy all shared their pictures of their chocolate caramel fudge-smiling poo emoji with me on my Hungry Happenings Facebook page.

    Snowflake filled Snowman Cookies

    snowman cookies with a candy glass belly with snowflakes inside.

    These sweet snowmen have candy glass bellies and are filled with snowflake sprinkles. Then they are decorated with white chocolate and candies.

    Snowflake sprinkle filled snowman cookies. Each snowman has a see through candy belly filled with snowflakes.

    Eva did a great job making her snowman cookies. She couldn't find the crystal clear mint candies so she made homemade hard candy instead.

    Skillet Dip Snowman

    Christmas appetizer decorated like a cute snowman

    Warm up this winter with a creamy chicken dip decorated like a snowman. This is a fun and easy appetizer for Christmas.

    Snowman dip made in a skillet.

    Sue made her Snowman Skillet Dip for a Christmas party and her guests loved it!

    She used a stainless steel skillet and it worked great.

    Jack Skellington Chocolate Bowls

    Jack Skellington Chocolate Bowls filled with Cookies 'n Cream Cheesecake Mousse

    These handmade chocolate bowls decorated to look like Jack Skellginton are filled with cookies 'n cream cheesecake mousse and are perfect for Halloween or Nightmare Before Christmas parties.

    Jack Skellington Chocolate Bowls filled with Cookies 'n Cream Cheesecake Mousse.

    Lynn had her  3 nephews staying with her for a week and she made them some of these edible bowls. The boys and Lynn's mom thought they were so cool.

    Popcorn Monsters

    popcorn monsters.

    These cute Halloween treats could not be much easier to make. Just scoop out orange candy-coated popcorn into blobs and add eyes. That's it!

    Popcorn monsters with green and yellow candy eyes.

    Joyce from What Happens at Grandmas hosts the most amazing parties for her grandkids and she made these monsters for her Crazy Bones Cafe. Be sure to stop by her blog and check it out.

    Finding Dory Sea Otter Cupcakes

    Reese's cup sea otter cupcakes holding candy shells sitting in blue wave cupcake wrappers

    I turned Reese's Cups into cute Sea Otters to celebrate the Finding Dory Movie. These decadent treats are decorated using modeling chocolate and were as much fun to make as they were to eat.

    Top chocolate cupcakes with Reese's Cups decorated like Sea Otters.

    Terri's Sea Otter Cupcakes are so darn cute! I love how each of the otters is holding a perfectly shaped starfish, seashell, or fish. She created them using a Sculpey Sea Life Push Mold.

    Cute Sea Otter cupcakes made using Reese's Cups.

    Julie and her 5-year-old son Collin made this adorable batch of Sea Otter Cupcakes. They entered them into their county fair along with some other sweet treats. I am always so thrilled to see kids working together with their moms in the kitchen and this pair did an amazing job recreating these cute cupcakes.

    Valentine's Day Surprise Cake

    surprise inside Valentine's Day cake with I love you inside.

    If you want to really make a statement, create one of these Raspberry Lemon “I ❤ You” Valentine’s Day Reveal Cakes. You can personalize the inside for your special occasion.

    Bridal Shower Reveal Cake. Cut into this cake to reveal the surprise hiding inside.

    Susan created this amazing cake for her stepdaughter's bridal shower. I love how she topped the cake with Miss to Mrs. That's so clever. The inside reveals that Kristen loves Tyler and Tyler loves Kristen with K❤T❤K. So cute!

    Reese's Cup Monkey Cupcakes

    monkey cupcakes topped with a Reese's Cup monkey holding a candy banana.

    These adorable cupcakes are my favorite of all the cupcakes I've ever made. I just love the cute Reese's Cup Monkeys.

    Monkey Cupcakes topped with Reese's Cups and Banana Fruit Runts.

    Angie's Reese's Cup Monkeys turned out so cute.

    I love seeing them all together in the cupcake box. It looks like a big family of monkeys.

    Bunny Butt Pretzels

    Peanut Butter Bunny Butt Pretzels.

    These sweet little peanut butter treats could not be much cuter. Each little bunny bum has a fluffy marshmallow tail and tiny candy paws.

    Bunny Butt Pretzels

    Cathy made a batch of Bunny Butt pretzels for her grandkids this Easter. She swapped out round pink confetti sprinkles for the pink heart sprinkles and they turned out so cute.

    Ravenous Rabbit Cupcake

    bunny butt cupcake with carrots.

    I used modeling chocolate to create a cute little bunny who dove headfirst into a pile of carrots.
    This cute Easter treat has been one of the most popular projects for my readers to recreate. I love seeing all the variations.

    Adorably cute Bunny Butt Cake topped with modeling chocolate carrots.

    Mary, from Perth Australia, was inspired to create this sweet Easter cake topped with a modeling chocolate bunny butt. She made lots of modeling chocolate carrots and used green spearmint candies to create the greens.

    bunny butt cupcakes with modeling chocolate bunnies, carrots, and Easter egg.

    Deborah did a fantastic job sculpting her bunny bums and carrots for these beautiful cupcakes
    which she made to serve to her friend's children. I love Deborah's bunny on the polka-dot egg too.
    Piping on grass and then using only a few carrots is a great time saver and looks wonderful.

    bunny butt cupcakes with edible Easter grass and candy carrots.

    Jo and Sue used fondant to create their cute little bunny tushies. They topped their cupcakes with frosting and edible Easter grass and used jelly beans for carrots on some and candy flowers on others. You can see all of the festive goodies they created this Easter on their blog.

    bunny butt cupcakes with big fluffy tails, floppy feet, and candy carrots.

    Tisa from Blessing from my Kitchen did a fantastic job recreating the bunnies and carrots for her cupcakes. She created her boy and girl bunnies (wearing the pink skirt) out of marshmallow fondant and shares her recipe in her post.

    bunny butt cake with bunny surrounded by candy carrots.

    Nadine from Chocolat a tous les Etages made this wonderful bunny butt cake covered with marzipan. She pressed the marzipan through a garlic press to create the furry tale and the grass under the carrots and hand sculpted the feet and carrots out of marzipan too.

    bunny butt cake with chocolate cookie crumb dirt and fondant carrots.

    Here's another wonderful Easter cake using the bunny borrowing in the carrot patch. Stacy created this for her son's second Easter and he just loved it, as did the rest of her family. She used green paste food coloring as paint and created the grass and the message on the cake. I just love her design.

    cute bunny butt cupcakes with a fondant bunny digging in dirt for fondant carrots.

    Novie's Ravenous Rabbit Cupcakes turned out so great. I love the detail in her carrot leaves. They really look fantastic.

    Easter Egg Veggie Pizza

    Veggie Pizza Easter Egg.

    This bright and colorful veggie pizza really was a fun way to serve vegetables for Easter. It's topped with peppers, celery, carrots, and purple cauliflower.

    Veggie Pizza Easter Egg

    Norma used carrots, peppers, tomatoes, broccoli, and artichokes to make her Veggie Pizza Easter Egg to serve at Easter brunch.

    Rice Krispie Treat Fuzzy Chicks

    Rice Krispie Treat Chick Pops

    I turned store-bought Rice Krispies Treats into these fuzzy baby chicks using yellow candy melts and yellow-colored coconut. They look so cute in an Easter basket with bright green grass.

    Rice Krispies Treat Chicks on popsicle sticks.

    Jackie made a whole clutch of baby chicks for Easter. She used homemade rice krispie treats then dipped them in candy melts and coated them in coconut.

    Chocolate Snowman Pretzel Craft

    snowman pretzels made with pretzel sticks and candy melts.

    These Chocolate Snowman Pretzel Crafts were my first viral post. They quickly became popular. I saw so many pictures shared on social media. I wish I would have saved them. I'm happy a few people emailed their pictures so I could share them here in this gallery.

    Snowman Pretzels

    Rhonda made her snowman pretzels to serve on Christmas Eve in honor of her mom who collects snowmen. Everyone thought they were so cute that they didn't want to eat them but eventually, they couldn't resist.

    White chocolate dipped pretzels look so cute decorated like Westies for the holidays.

    Beth W. is highly committed to rescuing Westies and she was inspired by my snowmen to create this adorable Chocolate Pretzel Westie. I love how she used a dipped mini pretzel twist to make the snout then added a pink tongue. It's just so darn cute.

    Rainbow Tie-Dye Surprise Cake

    rainbow tie-dye surprise inside birthday cake.

    If you want a birthday cake that will really impress party guests, make a surprise cake. You cut into the cake to reveal a surprise inside.

    Celebrate a birthday with a surprise inside.

    Donna created this colorful cake for Ginger. The #5 inside looks great and that dog on top is absolutely adorable.

    Rice Krispie Treat Tree

    Rice Krispie Treat Tree.

    This entire tree is edible.
    It's one big rice krispie treat. The trunk and branches are made of chocolate-covered cereal treats to give the tree structure.

    Rice Krispie Treat tree on an apple cake.

    Sylvia describes her dad as strong and resilient, supporting the entire family, much like a big tree, so she topped a cake with an edible tree to celebrate Father's Day. She used cornflakes for her leaves which is a clever alternative.

    Daisy Cakes

    daisy cakes flower bouquet.

    These pretty little cakes are made by painting silicone molds with colored cake batter.

    brightly colored daisy cakes.

    Jeane used my technique to create these brightly colored daisy cakes for
    Mother's Day.

    I love all the colors she used. The flowers look really pretty on the plate.

    Hatching Hard-Boiled Eggs

    hard-boiled egg hatching chicks.

    Crack up your family by serving these silly hard-boiled egg hatchlings.

    These fun snacks are great for Easter brunch or any farm-themed party.

    deviled eggs and hard-boiled egg hatching chicks.

    Ashley hand-carved the feet and legs of her hard-boiled egg hatchlings and served them with her favorite deviled eggs for Easter.

    Deviled Egg Bunny Feet

    Easter deviled egg bunny feet.

    It's so fun creating bunny feet out of Deviled Eggs for Easter.

    deviled eggs decorated like bunny feet.

    Mary and her son had a great time decorating their Deviled Egg Bunny Feet for Easter.

    Daisy Cheesecake

    Daisy cheesecake with a pretty pink, smiley face daisy painted on top

    Adding a handpainted design to a cheesecake is no more challenging than decorating a cake or cookie and it really makes an impressive-looking dessert.

    decorated cheesecake with a smiley face sunshine on top.

    Marie-Christine added a whimsical smiley face sunshine to her cheesecake. It's so fun!

    pretty cheesecake decorated with a blue flower.

    I love how you can see in these before and after pictures that once baked the colors painted onto the cheesecake become quite vibrant.
    Sharaden created this beauty for Easter.

    You can see how detailed you can get in your drawings. She even used a shading technique.

    cheesecake decorated with a blue and green dinosaur.

    Jane got quite creative decorating her cheesecake with a brightly colored dinosaur for her son's 2nd birthday.

    White Chocolate Popcorn Trees

    chocolate popcorn trees

    I created these white chocolate popcorn trees with red candy apples to celebrate Earth Day.

    Each tree is made with a milk chocolate trunk and branches, green-colored white chocolate popcorn leaves, and red candy apples.

    smiling boy holding a popcorn tree.

    Patry and her nephew added lollipop sticks to their white chocolate popcorn trees. I love this idea. It makes the trees easier to carry.

    Baby Chick Cheese Balls

    baby chick cheese ball

    Making and decorating cheese balls is so much fun and these tiny little Baby Chick Cheese Balls are some of my favorite savory treats for a holiday.

    mini chick cheese balls.

    Joyce surprised her grandkids with this plate of Baby Chick Cheese Balls for Easter.

    Giant Homemade Marshmallow Peep

    giant marshmallow peep.

    You can see just how huge this homemade marshmallow Peep is in comparison to a regular Peep. It was really easy to make using a Wilton Peep Cake Pan.

    giant homemade marshmallow Peep.

    Julie made this Peep for her nephew for Easter who is a huge fan of the sweet Easter treats.

    Down the Bunny Hole Push-up Pops

    bunny butt push-up pops.

    These adorable Easter treats are made using modeling chocolate bunnies, colored coconut grass, and brownie dirt. Using push-up pop containers to display each dessert, allows you to see the bunny going down the rabbit hole.

    down the bunny hole push-up pops.

    Lillie used edible Easter grass instead of coconut. I like how the grass really looks like grass and the bunny butts look so cute.

    coconut candy hearts colored bright pink, medium pink, and light pink

    These heart-shaped candies are so easy to make using only 3 ingredients. I colored and layered the coconut candy to make pretty hearts for Valentine's Day.

    chocolate covered coconut candy hearts and pops.

    Barbara went a step farther and dipped her coconut hearts into chocolate.

    She did a great job decorating all her candies which she made for a birthday celebration.

    Countdown Cheesecake Clock

    no-bake cheesecake countdown clock for New Year's Eve.

    No-bake cookies and cream cheesecake decorated to look like a clock make a great dessert to celebrate the coming of the New Year.

    countdown clock cheesecake.

    Tracy did an amazing job making her Cheesecake Clock really festive. She sprinkled black edible glitter around the edge, added silver dragees, and some disco dust to the clock hands. I love how it sparkles!

    Nutter Butter Penguins

    chocolate Nutter Butter penguins on powdered sugar snow with a blue background

    Nutter Butter Cookies dipped in chocolate and decorated with Tootsie Rolls, marshmallows, and Circus Peanuts.

    Winter cake with Nutter Butter penguins and an igloo.

    This is one of the cutest winter cakes, I've ever seen. Jen and Margie added some Nutter Butter Penguins to the Winter ONEderland birthday cake they made for Colin's first birthday.

    penguin Nutter Butters.

    These little penguins are trying to stay warm. Kenda added scarves and ear muffs to her cute treats.

    a pile of Nutter Butter Penguins.

    Ashley made a batch of adorable penguins for the holidays.

    Starfish S'mores

    homemade chocolate-dipped marshmallow starfish s'mores topped with graham cracker crumbs with candy eyes are arranged on brown and white sugar sand.

    Starfish-shaped homemade Marshmallows dipped in dark chocolate and coated in graham crackers.

    Starfish Sugar Cookies are coated in crushed graham cracker crumbs and served in cute little beach pails filled with spice cake.

    Joyce displayed her starfish in tiny little beach pails filled with crumbled cake.

    Easy Starfish S'mores

    Iva from Croatia, made a big batch of these cute starfish treats using hazelnut cookies filled with Nutella instead of s'mores. Yum!

    inside of a hazelnut filled with Nutella.

    This is the inside of Iva's hazelnut cookies. You can see the nuts in the cookie layer and a thin layer of Nutella in the middle.

    cute starfish s'mores with candy eyes served on an under-the-sea serving platter

    Jen made a platter full of adorable starfish s'mores. She enjoyed making the homemade marshmallows to create her sweet summertime treats. She found the perfect platter to serve her treats on for her party. So cute!

    Chocolate Pilgrim Hats

    chocolate pilgrim hats

    Dark chocolate hats decorated with modeling chocolate. Each hat can be filled with candy, nuts, or even chocolate mousse.

    chocolate pilgrim hats filled with M&Ms

    Liberty, the tween daughter of Michelle from Cute Everything made these for Thanksgiving. She even made her own modeling chocolate for the hat bands. She used yellow Tootsie Rolls to make the buckle. I love the picture she took with the candy inside.

    Mini Monster Cheese Balls

    Mini monster cheese balls.

    Tiny cheese balls decorated with shredded cheese fur and googly cheese eyes are a fun snack to serve on Halloween, at a monster-themed party, or just for an afternoon snack.

    cheese ball monsters.

    These cheese ball monsters are so cute. I like the pretzel mouths. That's a simple, clever idea.

    monster cheese balls.

    Jo and Sue got totally creative and made an entire monster cheese ball family including a big momma and an evil child!

    I love the eyes and fangs on the big cheese ball monster and the bloody clever is a funny touch.

    monster cheese ball with olive eyes.

    Lynette made her cheese ball monsters for her kids' lunch and used yellow and white cheese
    which gives the monsters a fun furry look.

    Spider Infested Chocolate Chip Cookies

    Spider chocolate chip cookies infested with chocolate spiders.

    Take an amazing chocolate chip cookie and add some creepy spiders to it and even the worst arachnophobe will eat them.

    spider cookies.

    River from Wing it Vegan made a batch of gluten-free chocolate chip cookies and infested them with lots of chocolate spiders.

    chocolate chip cookies decorated with chocolate spiders.

    Jo and Sue made some spider-infested chocolate chip cookies and used chocolate sprinkles for the legs.

    a plate filled with chocolate chip spider cookies.

    Hannah added eyes to her spiders, which made them look adorably cute instead of creepy. I love these spider cookies. They are wonderful!

    spider chocolate chip cookies on a cooling rack.

    Lillian made up a batch of these creepy spider-infested cookies for her family.

    Cookies and Cream Rat

    Chocolate cheese ball rat covered in crushed OREO Cookies and decorated with pink cream cheese frosting.

    This creepy-looking rat is just as sweet as can be. It's made from Oreo Cookies blended with cream cheese.

    cookies and cream rat-shaped cheese ball.

    Suzanne brought this Cookies and Cream rat to a Halloween party. Her friends thought it was hi

    Cookies and Cream Fudge Tombstones

    candy tombstones imprinted with funny epitaphs.

    Soft fudge is pliable enough to stamp into with letter stamps. Each fudge tombstone is cut using cookie cutters and then stamped with creative epitaphs.

    graveyard desserts with fudge tombstones.

    Carrie from What an Awesome Cake! used small Cookies and Cream Fudge tombstones to top some cool zombie cupcakes. I love the eerie quality of these little cakes.

    Caramel Apple Cauldrons

    caramel apple cauldron

    A caramel apple dipped in chocolate and decorated to look like a creepy cauldron.

    chocolate caramel apple cauldrons.

    Toni recreated these cauldrons for her Halloween party and said her kids adored them!

    Homemade Marshmallows

    Marshmallow recipe featured image.

    If you've never eaten a homemade marshmallow, you should! They are so much better than store-bought, plus you can cut them and pipe them into fun shapes.

    marshmallow ghosts.

    Alison used my recipe and tutorial as a guide to make these cute and easy little marshmallow ghosts for Halloween.

    She just piped them out and added little faces. So cute!

    Bumble Bee Corn Dogs

    corn dog bumble bee with tortilla chip wings, black food coloring stripes, and potato stick antennae

    These cute savory snacks were the very first thing I posted here on Hungry Happenings. I had created them for our Creepy Crawler Carnival and they were a huge hit. I made them look sweet and cute for a Bee Mine Treat for Valentine's Day.

    corn dogs decorated like bumble bees.

    Katie created her bumble bee corn dogs for a party she hosted to welcome a new family member to their hive.

    I love that idea!

    Ocean Cupcakes

    ocean cupcakes.

    I used modeling chocolate to create waves to wrap around these ocean cupcakes and dolphins, sharks, and whales.

    ocean cupcakes topped with dolphins.

    Lilou 25 used almond paste to make her edible cupcake wrapper waves.

    She hand sculpted dolphins to put in her mascarpone frosting ocean and they look so real.

    Handpainted Lollipops

    hand-painted Easter lollipops

    I have been painting lollipops since I was 13 years old and love teaching others to make them too. I share a detailed tutorial on how to make lollipops and am thrilled to hear when someone finds it useful.

    duck lollipops.

    Melanie made her first batch of candy lollipops and they turned out great.


    Her duckies are perfectly adorable.

    Cheese Slice Owl

    cheese slice owl.

    Transform ordinary cheese slices into an owl. This is a quick and simple edible craft that is sure to impress your party guests.

    cheese owl platter.

    Dee created her cheese slice owl and served it alongside chips and crackers. She swapped out carrot slices for the mozzarella cheese eyes which added some dimension.

    Cookie Dogs

    cookie dogs Nutter Butter puppies with white chocolate eyes, milk chocolate noses, and caramel ears.

    Simply decorated Nutter Butter Cookie Puppies have caramel ears, white chocolate chip eyes, and a milk chocolate chip nose.

    Nutter Butter Puppies.

    Jenny's Nutter Butter Puppies turned out great and she said they were "easy and cute."

    Celebrate your new puppy by making some of these cute Nutter Butter Puppy Cookies.

    Diane made a batch of Nutter Butter Puppies to celebrate the new addition to her son's family. Isn't the puppy adorable?

    Nutter Butter Lamb Pops

    chocolate lambs made with chocolate-dipped Nutter Butter Cookies and white chocolate wool.

    Nutter Butter Cookies are dipped in dark chocolate and added to a fluffy white chocolate body to make these cute Easter lambs.

    Lamb lollipops with green and blue polka dot bows.

    Melissa made her lamb lollipops for Easter and added cute polka dot bow ties to them. I like that she used larger craft sticks. These pops are rather top-heavy large sticks that will help make these a bit more sturdy.

    Mozzarella Filled Heart Shaped Pastries

    mozzarella cheese filled pie crust hearts served with roasted red pepper dip

    Store-bought pie dough and mozzarella cheese slices are cut into hearts, sandwiched together, and baked until golden brown. Serve with homemade roasted red pepper pesto or marina sauce.

    Mozzarella cheese filled pie crust hearts.

    9-year-old Aidyn created these toasty hearts served in a nice heart-shaped bowl over sauce. It looks like a restaurant-quality appetizer for Valentine's Day. I love her addition of parsley on the hearts.

    Chocolate Pastry Hearts

    Chocolate Pastry Hearts served with a drizzle of raspberry sauce and fresh raspberries.

    I made these small heart-shaped pastries filled with a Dove chocolate heart and served them with raspberry sauce for Valentine's Day.

    chocolate pastry hearts served with raspberry sauce and raspberries.

    Another spectacularly plated creation made by 9-year-old Aidyn. I wish I would have been invited over to her house for Valentine's Day!

    Caramel Chocolate Pumpkins

    chocolate caramel pumpkins

    2 ingredients, Dulce de Leches and Milk Chocolate blended together make the centers and stems of these pumpkins which are dipped in orange-colored candy coating.

    fudge pumpkins on a white plate.

    Jessica made these to share in goody bags for friends and family. She lives in Canada and couldn't find cans of Dulce de Leche, so she caramelized sweetened condensed milk instead.

    Chocolate Heart Boxes

    dark chocolate heart box filled with chocolate truffles.
    chocolate box with a heart on top.

    Panda Bear Pastries

    panda bear pastries filled with chocolate hazelnut spread on a red background

    Nutella is sandwiched in between two pie crusts cut using a panda bear cutter. Simple and sweet.

    panda, frog, and cat pastries.

    Eyeness used all the animal cutters from the CuteZCute set to create an entire zoo of Nutella-filled pastries. What a fun treat to serve kids.

    Cake Ball Brains Oozing Cherry Blood

    cake ball brains with oozing raspberry blood.

    White candy-coated cake ball brains filled with cherry blood have been one of my most popular Halloween recipes and are even in my top 10 most popular blog posts.

    cake ball brain with a candy knife and drips of raspberry sauce blood.

    I absolutely love that Carla added a candy knife and dripping cherry blood to her cake ball brains. They look totally creepy, as a bloody brain should for Halloween!

    white chocolate cake ball brain with oozing raspberry sauce blood.

    Celle's cake ball brains have the perfect amount of oozing cherry blood. She shared them when she went camping. What a great scary treat for a night spent in the woods.

    white and red cake ball brains on a platter.

    Lupita created some of her cake balls with oozing raspberry blood and some without. To tell them apart, she made them different colors. They were such a hit at her boyfriend's sister's party that the party host was hiding them in her bedroom because they were disappearing so quickly.

    white chocolate cake ball brains on a tray.

    Trish made 105 cake ball brains for her husband's coworker, as well as her local fire station and police station. That's a lot of brains!

    white chocolate brains on a witch plate.

    Patricia used Wilton's Color Burst Candy Melts to make her cake ball brains. The colorful candy melts added a burst of blue and pink color to the brains.

    bloody cake ball brains.

    Eww, gross, is I'm sure the reaction when people saw the green worms coming out of these cake ball brains. I love them! Icky is always great for Halloween. RealLife11 found my recipe for these on Instructables.com and recreated them for Halloween.

    Halloween Spinach Artichoke Dip

    Frankenstein spinach artichoke dip

    A stencil of Frankenstein's Monster is used to create this creepy Halloween dip. A layer of artichoke dip is topped with a layer of spinach dip that has been piped into the shape of the monster. The stencil is set over the dip and crushed-up blue corn chips are sprinkled over top.

    Turn a spinach and artichoke dip into Frankenstein's Monster for your Halloween party. Your friends will freak out!

    Lacey did a fantastic job recreation this dip. Her monster looks great. She served it at a party and her guests were blown away!

    spinach artichoke dip decorated with Frankenstein surrounded by crackers and blue corn tortilla chips.

    Darcy recreated the Portrait of a Monster Dip to take to a potluck and it was a huge hit. Her monster looks perfect, or as perfect as a man-made monster can be!

    Almond Nougatine Spoons

    almond nougatine spoons topped with a swirl of chocolate ganche

    Almond nougatine (like brittle)  is cut into spoon shapes and topped with chocolate ganache.

    almond nougatine dessert box.

    Barbara was inspired by my recipe and created pecan nougatine boxes for dessert. What a great way to end a meal for a special occasion or just any day.

    Polar Bear Cookies

    polar bear cookies with 3-D polar bear floating in a blue ocean.

    Sugar cookies are topped with modeling chocolate water and polar bear parts to create these polar bear cookies.

    platter of polar bear cookies.

    Deb created an entire ocean filled with polar bears. I love how each bear looks a bit different and has its own personality. Great job!

    "Dad Rocks"  - Fudge Rocks

    fudge rocks cookies and cream candy stones with a printed "dad rocks" sign.

    White chocolate fudge filled with cookie crumbs is shaped into rocks.
    These fudge rocks are definitely one of my most recreated recipes. I love seeing all the creative uses for the edible rocks.

    Use cookies and cream fudge rocks to decorate a dinosaur cake.

    The fudge rocks have been one of my most popular recipes because it is so versatile. Can you even believe all the work that went into this incredible cake? I love how Tina used the fudge rocks in this design. They incorporated the fondant dinosaurs perfectly. There are so many amazing details on this cake. The volcano even lights up. So cool!

    Edible fudge rocks and geodes add an earthy feel to this chocolate cake.

    Heidi not only added fudge rocks to her cake, but she also added geodes.
    She hollowed out two large fudge rocks brushed them with some candy melts and sprinkled on colored sugar. That is so cool!

    beach pail filled with cookies and cream fudge rocks

    Sarah made these very realistic-looking rocks to give her daughter's teacher because Teachers Rock!

    I love that she filled a beach pail with her candy rocks.

    daddy rocks candy rocks.

    Kelly made these for her husband for Father's Day and she said, "They were yummy!" She did a great job creating lots of nice variety of colored fudge rocks.

    rock climbing party treats fudge rocks.

    How fun is this? Carla and her rock-climbing daughter, Aidyn, made a huge pile of fudge rocks, then they creatively packaged the candy rocks in cellophane bags and attached a clever card topper to the bag for Valentine's Day.

    rock climbing cupcakes

    Rock climbing has become so popular and Shang did an amazing job creating these cupcakes for a rock climbing birthday party for her coworker's son. She created custom-designed cupcake wrappers and flags for each fudge rock-topped cake.

    fudge rocks on a cake with an edible hammer.

    Holly created this cake for a young lady graduating from Missouri Science and Technology with a degree in geological engineering. MS&T’s mascot is Joe Miner, he’s holding the sign congratulating the graduate. The hammer is sculpted out of fondant, and it along with the rocks looks so real.

    fudge rocks on a cake with flowing water.

    Marie added some fudge rocks to this fun prehistoric cake for her grandson's 4th birthday. The candy rocks make a great border around the entire cake.

    superhero cake decorated with fudge rocks.

    Heather created this cool cake for her daughter's 6th birthday. She wanted superheroes and a person needing to be rescued from a lake, in her words "like in all the superhero cartoons". She used fudge rocks to line the lake and around the paths near her cake mountain.

    bags of candy rocks.

    Barbara W. used her fudge rocks for her Sunday School Class. She packaged up the rocks in zip-top bags for each child to take home So they could make their own altar of rocks like the Israelites did after crossing Jordan.

    cake covered in cookies and cream rocks.

    Nadine covered her entire cake with fudge rocks to celebrate her son's 11th birthday.

    She created a layer cake and pressed the candy rocks to the frosting. If you plan to do this be sure your frosting is thick.

    dump truck cake with candy rocks.

    Julianne used the fudge rocks to make this hilarious birthday cake.
    Check out the details in this cake including the skid marks in the sand.

    Tiffany's fudge rock cake with a 4 wheeler.

    Tiffany added fudge rocks to her off-road birthday cake. I love the tire tracks up the side of the cake.

    cars birthday cake decorated with cookies and cream fudge rocks.

    Janell decorated this fun Cars Birthday cake for her friend's son's second birthday. She stacked the piles of rocks as she made them so that they would stick together. Then, she added them to the cake once it was frosted with OREO frosting. The kids loved it!

    Edible Garden Stone

    cookies and cream fudge garden stone for Mother's Day.

    Cookies 'n Cream Fudge can easily be transformed into a garden stone for Mother's Day or any special occasion.

    fudge garden stone with a hand print.

    Danielle created this fudge garden stone for Mother's Day. I really like how she added the candy confetti and put a heart in between each. The pastel colors are really nice too.

    Sweet Serenity Stones

    cookies and cream fudge serenity stones.

    Cookies 'n Cream fudge is shaped into colorful rocks and imprinted using garden stone stamps.

    beach-themed cake with edible stones and seashells.

    Two very lucky girls celebrated their sweet 16 at the beach on the rocky Oregon coast. Angela created this amazing cake filled with candy shells and starfish, as well as, the cookies 'n cream fudge rocks. What a wonderful way to celebrate a sweet birthday.

    chocolate runes.

    Athina who says she is a bit of a history geek used this idea to make her own Anglo-Saxon runes. Her runes have great texture and color and look so real.

    candy rocks stamped with sweet sayings.

    Jane created some very realistic-looking rocks. The variety of sizes, colors, and shapes is really impressive.

    fudge stones imprinted with words like "live," "love," "Laugh."

    Donna created stones to serve at a spa-themed bunco party. She said she misspelled a few of the words, as did I when I created mine. I accidentally placed a few letters backward. If this happens to you, just knead the stone and re-shape it then press the letter in it again fixing your errors. Donna's party guests loved them.

    fudge blarney stone.

    Aidyn created these fun Blarney Stones to try to trap the leprechauns that cause such a ruckus at her house every St. Patrick's Day. So fun!

    Fruit Pizza Butterfly

    fruit pizza butterfly.

    A butterfly-shaped cookie is topped with flavored cream cheese and fruit for a spring or summer treat.

    You can top your butterfly with your favorite fruit. I used pineapple, strawberries, peaches, grapes, bananas, and kiwi.

    butterfly fruit pizza with pineapple, blueberries, kiwi, and more.

    Janeen used the fresh fruits of summer to make her beautiful butterfly fruit pizza.

    She kept the design the same but swapped out blueberries for the green grapes and used the blueberries for the pupils of the butterfly's eyes. It looks so bright and colorful served on the blue platter.

    fruit platter butterfly with cantaloupe, strawberries, and apples.

    Amanda eliminated the cookie together and made a wonderfully healthy Butterfly Fruit Platter. I love fruit and would be so excited to see this at a party. She served it at a Cute Bugs Birthday Party. Be sure to check out all her fun ideas here.

    Maya's fruit pizza butterfly with pineapple, strawberries, grapes, mango, and kiwi.

    Maya challenged her coworkers to come up with a fun and creative way to serve fruit. She shared this Fruit Pizza Butterfly and won second place out of 18 entries. Congrats!!!

    Chocolate Bunny Silhouettes

    chocolate bunny cookies made with chocolate-dipped vanilla wafers and mini marshmallow tails all sitting in green coconut grass.

    These adorable bunny silhouettes are made by piping a chocolate head with two ears, then adding a chocolate-dipped vanilla wafer body and a tiny marshmallow tail.

    chocolate bunny silhouette cookies a yellow bowl.

    Jacquelyn filled buckets with marshmallow Peeps and her chocolate bunny silhouettes.

    What a great way to display the sweet little chocolates.

    Wedding Cake Cheese Ball

    cheese ball wedding cake.

    I molded a cheese ball into round layers which I stacked, then I piped on some plain cream cheese to make the cheese ball look like a wedding cake. It is a perfect appetizer to serve at a bridal shower or wedding.

    3-tier wedding cake cheese ball with fresh dill.

    Angela created this wedding cake cheese ball for her sister's bridal shower. She didn't have the cookie cutters needed for the project, so she used bowls to mold her cake layers. I love how she used dill to decorate the side of the cake.

    wedding cake cheese ball decorated with pink cream cheese.

    Doris used to decorate cakes which is evident by the lovely piping on her cheese ball wedding cake. She served her cake to guests at a wedding reception and they were in awe of her creation.

    wedding cake cheese ball decorated with a white rose.

    Cindy used her cake decorating skills to pipe a beautiful white cream cheese rose on top of her wedding cake cheese ball.

    Rice Krispies Treat Easter Chick Pops

    hatching chick rice krispie treats

    Rice Krispies Treats are shaped into eggs, dipped in yellow candy coating then decorated with modeling chocolate egg shells and beaks.

    egg-shaped Rice Krispie Treat chicks in a pink and purple Easter basket.

    Jean created this colorful basket filled with rice krispies treats eggs and chicks. She used modeling chocolate for the first time and really enjoyed working with it.

    hatching chick Rice Krispie Treats in an Easter basket.

    Elena made an entire family of hatching chicks out of rice krispies treats for her Easter celebration. I love how the one in the center looks like it's welcoming you to the basket of goodies. So cute.

    Easter Egg Breakfast Pastries

    Easter egg breakfast pastries homemade pop tarts.

    Little Easter Egg breakfast pastries for Easter decorated with colorful sugars are filled with Nutella, Lemon Curd, or fruit preserves.

    pretty Easter egg pop tarts.

    Jenn made an entire tray of Easter Egg pastries; some were filled with Nutella, others with cherry pie filling, almond pastry filling, and lemon curd. She kept them simple and decorated most with colorful sugars. They were a big hit at her Easter celebration.

    Easter Bunny Pop Tarts

    Nancy was inspired when she saw the egg-shaped breakfast pastries on Pinterest. She made the cutest bunny-shaped breakfast pastries for Easter.

    Carrot Shaped Veggie Pizzas

    veggie pizza carrot topped with chopped carrots and broccoli.

    Crescent rolls create the carrot-shaped base of these veggie pizzas which are topped with carrots and broccoli for Easter.

    carrot shaped veggie pizzas.

    Diana made her carrots using finely shredded carrots and spinach and served them to her daughter's preschool class. I love how vibrantly colored her carrot pizzas turned out.

    crescent roll veggie pizza shaped like carrots.

    Kathy wrote to tell me her son and his friends loved these carrots when she served them at her Easter potluck. It's always good to hear when kids like something with vegetables on top!

    carrot veggie pizzs.

    Tara cut her crescent rolls into smaller triangles to make mini carrot veggie pizzas and topped them with low-fat veggie cream cheese to keep them a bit healthier for her family.

    Irish Soda Bread Shamrock

    shamrock-shaped Irish soda bread served with butter

    This simple four-ingredient Irish Soda Bread can be made in a round loaf or in a shamrock shape for St. Patrick's Day.

    soda bread shaped like a shamrock.

    Sally baked her Irish Soda Bread Shamrock on a Silpat which is a great idea. She said the recipe was "easy-peasy." I like to hear that.

    green-colored Irish Soda Bread Shamrock

    Jeanne added some green food coloring to her Irish Soda Bread Shamrock to really make it festive.

    Pink Fuzzy Slipper Cookies

    Nutter Butter Pink Fuzzy Slipper Cookies featured image

    Nutter Butter Cookies are separated, topped with peanut butter fudge,
    dipped in white chocolate, and decorated with shaved pink candy coating.

    baby shower pink fuzzy slipper cookies.

    Angela created an amazing table full of fun pajama party treats including a tray full of Pink Fuzzy Slipper Cookies. Wow, what fun that party must have been.

    Chocolate Penguin Rice Krispies Treat Pops

    chocolate penguin rice krispie pops

    I cut rice krispies into an egg shape, dipped them in chocolate, and decorated them to look like penguins using modeling chocolate.

    penguin Rice Krispie Treat pops displayed in a clear box.

    Lindsi hosted a winter wonderland party for her little boy's first birthday. and gave Penguin Krispie Pops as party favors.

    Teddy Bear Taco Tart

    teddy bear-shaped taco tart with a puff pastry crust and taco fillings.

    Puff pastry is cut in the shape of a teddy bear and topped with taco meat, cheese, black olives, and a red pepper heart.

    taco tart teddy bears

    Jo and Sue made not one but two teddy bear taco tarts. A sweet pair for Valentine's Day. I actually squealed when I saw these - they are so precious. I just love the addition of the bow on the girl and the tie on the boy. Sweet!

    Chocolate Raspberry Mousse Cake

    triple layer chocolate raspberry mousse cake.

    Three layers of deliciousness: a flourless chocolate cake, chocolate mousse, and raspberry mousse.

    I baked this triple-layer cake in a heart-shaped springform pan for Valentine's Day.

    Chocolate Raspberry Mousse Cake

    Ани made her cake round and added a pretty heart of fresh raspberries as decoration. It is picture-perfect.

    Valentine's Day mousse cake topped with araspberry heart.

    Isn't this cake gorgeous? I love how Radmila decorated her version of the triple-layer mousse cake. The addition of ladyfingers and whipped cream is quite lovely. I think it elevates the look of the cake, don't you?

    Heart shaped chocolate raspberry mousse cake makes a great dessert for Valentine's Day.

    Felicia did a wonderful job making this beautiful Valentine's Day dessert. When she shared her picture, she wrote, "It definitely was a 'not for the weak of heart' sort of recipe, but worth every step. We ate it for breakfast since we couldn't wait another minute." That is so fun!

    Chicken Parmesan Hearts

    chicken parmesan hearts served with fresh mozzarella cheese and marinara sauce

    I breaded and baked my heart-shaped chicken then topped it with heart-shaped mozzarella cheese and marinara sauce.

    chicken parmensan shaped like a heart.

    Sasha's boyfriend was the lucky recipient of her homemade Chicken Parmesan Hearts. Her plate looks so festive for Valentine's Day.

    Snowball Fight Cupcakes

    snowball cupcake

    These snowball cupcakes can be topped with modeling chocolate or frosting snowballs.

    snowball cupcake wrapped in a snowball fight cupcake wrapper.

    Kathie Kunz and her granddaughters had fun making cupcakes together. They dipped Whoppers in white chocolate to create their snowballs. I love that idea!

    Spider Cake

    spider cake with chocolate legs.

    This Spider Cake could be creepy looking or cute, you decide how you want to make it. Each cake has big chocolate legs and modeling chocolate eyes.

    scared Julee with her spider cake.

    Julee from D.I.Y. Louisville hosted a Creepy Halloween Spider Party for her daughter and served a chocolate spider cake. I love the picture of her being frightened by the spider.

    Spider cookie cake.

    Emilia Stanescu and her nephew created their version of this spider using pretzels for legs, Skittles for eyes, and chocolate sprinkles for fur. If you want a more realistic spider for your celebration this is it! Wow, it looks a lot like the big spiders that live in my basement.

    spider cake with chocolate legs.

    Mika created her giant spider cake for her son's birthday. She covered her spider with chocolate frosting and got a nice furry effect. She also used white and chocolate frosting to create the eyes. She covered her table in a spider web tablecloth and served up her giant arachnid to party guests.

    Chocolate Cherry Bombs

    Marry a chocolate cake ball with a chocolate dipped maraschino cherry to get these amazing Chocolate Cherry Bombs.

    These Chocolate Cherry Bombs were my first attempt at making cake balls - a combination of crumbled-up baked cake and frosting, smashed together and formed into a ball then dipped in chocolate. I added a maraschino cherry to the center of each cake ball and think they made a really sweet Valentine's Day treat.

    chocolate cherry bombs with maraschino cherries.

    Ekaterina from My Candy Kitchen in Bulgaria made up a batch of these to serve at her son's name day celebration.

    Her cherry bombs look amazing as does her picture.

    chocolate cherry bombs drizzled with red and blue chocolate.

    Celebrate Flag Day, 4th of July, Memorial Day or any patriotic occasion with Kathy's cherry bombs. She drizzled some red and blue chocolate over her cake balls to make them pop!

    a tray of chocolate cherry bomb cake balls.

    Lynette sent a big tray of homemade Chocolate Cherry Bombs to her church group's "Chocolate Covered Net" night party.

    Deviled Egg Daisy

    deviled egg daisy.

    I created these three-ingredient Deviled Egg Daisies to give my readers a super quick, yet really pretty way to serve "make your own" deviled eggs.

    You cut hard-boiled eggs in half and arrange them around a bowl of deviled egg filling.

    two deviled egg daisies on a square white platter.

    I was thrilled when I found out that Roxanne Chan, a legend in the cooking contest circuit, liked my idea. She decided to fill her eggs and she really pumped up the ingredients by adding butternut squash to the yolks. She also dressed up the daisy display by adding frilly dill and a pretty flower.

    Chocolate Chalkboards

    chocolate chalkboards teachers gifts.

    I created these chocolate chalkboards that can be written on using white chocolate chalk. They make great teacher's gifts.

    chocolate chalkboard with "thanks" written with white chocolate chalk.

    This chalkboard was featured on Cute As a Fox. She created several different boards to use as teachers' gifts.

    Marshmallow Sea Creatures

    giant marshmallow goldfish.

    I found a creative use for those plastic molds that are used at the beach to make sand castles and shapes. I melted some store-bought marshmallows and poured them into the molds to create a big goldfish and an octopus. This is a super easy project to do.

    cakes topped with a giant marshmallow turtle and crab.

    Cari at Car(ing) Mommy used this idea to make marshmallow sea creatures to add to birthday cakes. I love this simple way to decorate a great-looking cake.

    Sand molds come in lots of shapes and sizes and any of them can be used to make these fun animal-shaped marshmallows.

    Koala Cake

    You can make an adorably cute Koala Cake using three round cakes. This cake is so easy to make and decorate using a cake mix or a from-scratch cake and homemade or store-bought frosting. It's perfect for a birthday party or baby shower.

    easy koala cake served on a silver cake board

    Laura from France made this sweet Koala cake for her daughter's 11th birthday. She filled the large round cake with milk chocolate ganache and the smaller cakes with passion fruit and whipped red fruit ganache. She covered the cake with mascarpone whipped cream.

    Seal Cake

    Seal Cake Recipe Image

    I created this cute harp seal cake by cutting a 9x13-inch sheet cake using a template. The design is simple and the cake is easy to decorate.

    My seal cake is set on a cake board that I covered in white "snow". The white seal shows up great in person but is harder to see in photographs.

    cute harp seal birthday cake

    Janet went the extra mile by creating a wonderful ocean scene on a second cake. She created fondant icebergs on top of a blue-frosted cake.

    I LOVE how she made this cute seal cake even better! Her daughter, Ashlyn, loved her sweet birthday cake.

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    Hi, I'm Beth Klosterboer, a professional chocolatier & baker, cookbook author, and event planner. I love sharing recipes for happy occasions here on Hungry Happenings. I also create easy fudge recipes to share at HowToMakeEasyFudge.com, rice krispie treat recipes at HowToMakeCerealTreats.com, and easy cookie recipes at HowToMakeEasyCookies.com
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    1. Sam says

      January 13, 2022 at 8:45 pm

      What a fun craft day. Such great content here

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