The Halloween Candy

This is just a simple way to display the office candy or treats. It is very easy to do and requires little to no extra purchases.

Here’s What you need:

• candy (your choice)
• vase or glass container (ideally you want it to be clear so everyone can what’s in it)
• decor (if you like, though not required)

Here’s What You Do:

• place the goodies in the container
• decorate with ribbon or other themed decorations
• enjoy!

I love ideas like this one because it’s not specifically tied to one holiday or time of the year. This works year-round and is very easy to do. Even the kiddos can help!

The Last Minute Valentine’s Day Idea

Happy Valentine’s Day to all! Here’s hoping this day you are surround by love and joy.

This post is a great idea for a quick last minute dessert or gift idea for the brownie lovers in your life. I choose to use a brownie mix because I hadn’t had any in a long time. You can use a cake mix, cookie mix, or whatever baked good you choose. The point is you are making something sweet for your sweetie(s)!

Here’s What You Need:

• brownie (cookie or cake) mixture and the ingredients listed on the box
• icing of your choice (I went with butter cream icing for the photos)
• sprinkles or small candy (something colorful)

Here’s What You Do:

• follow the directions on the mixture (make sure to let your baked good cool)
• add icing (be generous with the icing!)
• add toppings for decoration
• enjoy!

The 12 Days of Christmas: The Christmas Candy Flower Pot

The Christmas Candy Flower Pot

I am very excited to bring to you the second annual 12 Days of Christmas. This project began last year as a last-minute gift idea guide and because it was so successful it started this very blog you are reading now! I will feature 12 different holiday gift ideas and/or recipes with instructions. I hope you enjoy them and are inspired. Have a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year from Hannah and Harley.

This was a such a cute idea I decided to do it again for Christmas. You can find my original post here on The Halloween Candy Flower Pot. I did the exact same thing here except it’s Christmas themed. The Halloween Candy Flower Pot was such a success even my local UPS guy enjoyed a few Tootsie Pops. He’s welcome to these as well.

Here’s What You Need:

A flower pot, a bucket, vase (You choose. The bucket you see is the very same bucket from the Halloween post with wrapping around it. There’s no need to purchase anything new if you can help it.)

Candy (Suckers are much easier to use, but any individually wrapped candy will work. Think Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups. Trust me when I say Rolos are too small.) The suckers I used for this post are candy cane flavored Tootsie Pops and they taste much better than they sound.

Styrofoam  ball. (Make sure it will fit the base of your choosing.)

Here’s What You Do:

Place the Styrofoam ball in the base.

Start from either the top of the ball or the bottom (your choice) and work your way up or down placing the candy in the ball. (You could randomly place the candy in the ball, but you might end up with gaps.) I started from the bottom and made layers working my way up. I tried to make sure there were no gaps.

Enjoy!

PS: I took the photo using the night scene setting on my camera. I used an 18-70 mm (for tech folks it was a 3.5-5.6 aperture) lens with the camera’s pop up flash. As I pushed the shutter button I moved the lens in and out to create movement. The flash stops what’s still and gives you the idea of movement with everything else. You should take as many photos as possible to make sure you get the effect you want. I took at least 50 photos. Seriously.

The 12 Days of Christmas: The Cranberry Caramel Chex Mix

I am very excited to bring to you the second annual 12 Days of Christmas. This project began last year as a last-minute gift idea guide and because it was so successful it started this very blog you are reading now! I will feature 12 different holiday gift ideas and/or recipes with instructions. I hope you enjoy them and are inspired. Have a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year from Hannah and Harley.

This is one of those recipes that turned out better than expected! There are those recipes that look great, but for whatever reason don’t turn out so good. There are those easy recipes that look easy. And then there are those recipes that look great and taste better than they look. This is a simple and easy to make recipe for cranberry caramel Chex Mix.
Here’s What You Need:

• 3 cups Rice Chex
• 3 cups Corn Chex
• 1 1/2 cup honey roasted nuts
• 1 1/2 cups twisted pretzels
• 1 cup brown sugar
• 1 stick butter
• 1/4 cup light Karo syrup
• 1/4 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 1/2 cups craisins
• 1 1/2 cups M&Ms or chocolate chips

Here’s What You Do:

• Mix cereals, nuts and pretzels in a large bowl.
• In a 2 cup glass measuring cup, add brown sugar, butter and Karo syrup and microwave for 2 minutes until melted, stirring well after 1 minute.
• Add baking soda to the caramel sauce and mix well.
• Pour sauce over cereal mixture and mix gently until cereal is completely coated.
• Pour coated cereal mixture onto a jelly roll pan and bake at 250 degrees for 40-45 minutes, stirring every 15 minutes.
• Cool completely and add raisins and M&Ms

Enjoy.
You can find the original recipe here. It’s from myblessedlife.net.

The Halloween Candy Flower Pot

The Halloween candy flower pot? What?!? Huh? OK, it’s not really a flower pot. It just looks like a lot of bloomed flowers so I went with it. I hope you will too!

I’m not big on decorating for Halloween or most other holidays except Christmas, but I was inspired by Pinterest (of course) to try this little piece of decor. You can find my inspiration here. She used her “Lollipop Tree” for a birthday party. I changed it up to match the holiday of my choice and so can you.

It’s super easy to make. I found it so easy, I made two.

Here’s What You Need:

A flower pot, a bucket, vase (You choose.)

Candy (Suckers are much easier to use, but any individually wrapped candy will work. I used toothpicks to secure the Reese’s cup to the Styrofoam ball. Also make sure you have enough candy to cover the ball.)

Styrofoam  ball. (Make sure it will fit the base of your choosing.)

Here’s What You Do:

Place the Styrofoam ball in the base.

Start from either the top of the ball or the bottom (your choice) and work your way up or down placing the candy in the ball. (You could randomly place the candy in the ball, but you might end up with gaps.) I started from the bottom and made layers working my way up. I tried to make sure there were no gaps. It was easier to do with the suckers than the Reese’s.

Enjoy! 🙂