The very first guest post is a milestone for a blog. A guest post written by two guests is something I don’t think I’ve ever seen (well, in the 4 short months I’ve been blogging).
I asked my kids to write a post, I figured if I ever had a chance of them writing something for me Halloween would be the time. But then I should have known that I didn’t have a snowball’s chance in h*ll (heck). After begging, pleading, discussing, negotiating (you can each write a small piece and I’ll post them together) and manipulating, I can usually get Justin on board. Always have to keep going all the way to bribing to get Jason to agree to anything I want him to do. So here it is, a (very) few words. See if you can guess who wrote what:
Orange Eyed Mice
# 1 - My Mom is mean. I go to school every day, I do my homework, I study and get good grades. I go to the gym and I belong to a club and I have a job. Now just because she likes to blog, I have to write something for her. Something. There, I wrote something because I really have nothing to say about Halloween or mice. The End.
# 2 - I made a deal for seventy five words for my Mother’s blog. I didn’t want to write anything for her and she just would not take “no” for an answer. Usually I just say “OK” to get her to leave me alone but this time “OK” meant I was going to have to give her seventy five words about Halloween or mice. I did finally decide to do it when she agreed to give me
Yellow Eyed Mice
So there we go, hardly worth all the effort if I do say so myself. Can you guess who wrote what? Was the first one written by the interesting, impossible older son who is my biggest critic? Was it written by my introspective son who is almost as stubborn as he is smart? I bet you guessed wrong. Unless you’re new to Baking In A Tornado, you know that my boys don’t even read this blog. No way, no matter what I put on the table, would they write for it. They’d just scurry away and hide in a little hole in the wall. Anyone know where I can get a cat?
P.S. In defense of my reputation for honesty, if you re-read this from the top, I never actually said that the boys wrote anything, I just sort of implied it. I always say: “conclude at your own risk”. Well, I never say that but I will now.
Ingredients:
Maraschino cherries (24)
Chocolate bark (6 ounces)
Chocolate kiss candies (24)
Slivered Almonds (48)
Orange mini M&Ms (48)
Directions:
*Take 24 cherries out of the bottle and drain them on paper towels, dry them as well as you can so the chocolate will adhere.
*Unwrap the chocolate kisses
*Melt the chocolate bark according to the directions on the package.
*Holding each cherry by the stem, dip in the chocolate until the whole cherry but no the stem is covered. Place onto a piece of parchment paper or wax paper.
*Quickly, while the chocolate is still wet, push the flat end of the kiss candy up against the chocolate covered cherry. Stick 2 slivered almonds between the candy and the cherry on each to form ears.
*Dip each mini M&M into the melted chocolate and stick onto the candy kiss to form eyes. *Allow to set.
Ingredients:
1/2 cup semisweet chocolate chips, melted
4 oz cream cheese, softened
1 pkg dark chocolate fudge stripe cookies cookies (can use oreos)
Baking Cocoa
Mini M&Ms (can use Red Hots)
Sliced almonds
Chocolate jimmies (sprinkles)
Twizzlers – peel and eat, peeled (but not eaten)
Directions:
*Place cookies in food processor and process until the consistency of graham cracker crumbs.
*Mix cookie crumbs with melted chocolate and cream cheese until it forms a dough ball. Wrap in plastic wrap and refrigerate until firm, about 1 – 1 ½ hours.
*Put the baking cocoa into a bowl. Roll the cookie ovals in the baking cocoa. The best way is to stick a toothpick in the thicker end and use this to roll the mice.
*Take the toothpick out and use this hole to stick in a twizzler piece for the tail.
*Push M&Ms or Red Hots into the cookie in the pointed side to make the eyes. Stick sliced almonds in for the ears.
*Can sprinkle chocolate jimmies around the mice (gross)!
Maraschino cherries (24)
Chocolate bark (6 ounces)
Chocolate kiss candies (24)
Slivered Almonds (48)
Orange mini M&Ms (48)
Directions:
*Take 24 cherries out of the bottle and drain them on paper towels, dry them as well as you can so the chocolate will adhere.
*Unwrap the chocolate kisses
*Melt the chocolate bark according to the directions on the package.
*Holding each cherry by the stem, dip in the chocolate until the whole cherry but no the stem is covered. Place onto a piece of parchment paper or wax paper.
*Quickly, while the chocolate is still wet, push the flat end of the kiss candy up against the chocolate covered cherry. Stick 2 slivered almonds between the candy and the cherry on each to form ears.
*Dip each mini M&M into the melted chocolate and stick onto the candy kiss to form eyes. *Allow to set.
Yellow-Eyed Mice
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Ingredients:
1/2 cup semisweet chocolate chips, melted
4 oz cream cheese, softened
1 pkg dark chocolate fudge stripe cookies cookies (can use oreos)
Baking Cocoa
Mini M&Ms (can use Red Hots)
Sliced almonds
Chocolate jimmies (sprinkles)
Twizzlers – peel and eat, peeled (but not eaten)
Directions:
*Place cookies in food processor and process until the consistency of graham cracker crumbs.
*Mix cookie crumbs with melted chocolate and cream cheese until it forms a dough ball. Wrap in plastic wrap and refrigerate until firm, about 1 – 1 ½ hours.
*Put the baking cocoa into a bowl. Roll the cookie ovals in the baking cocoa. The best way is to stick a toothpick in the thicker end and use this to roll the mice.
*Take the toothpick out and use this hole to stick in a twizzler piece for the tail.
*Push M&Ms or Red Hots into the cookie in the pointed side to make the eyes. Stick sliced almonds in for the ears.
*Can sprinkle chocolate jimmies around the mice (gross)!
