Melissa Placzek

valentine’s day chocolate dipped fortune cookies

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We’ve been busy as little bees in the kitchen this past week. Gramma and Mommy helped us make these yummy, fun, dipped fortune cookies for Valentine’s Day! Follow these easy instructions if you’d like to make some too! gather your ingredients: you’ll need: fortune cookies dark, semi- sweet or milk chocolate chips white chocolate chips…

grinch kabobs

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These little fruit kabobs, inspired by Dr. Seuss’s Grinch, are fun and easy to make! Your Cuties will have fun putting them together and eating this healthy treat! gather your ingredients: big, green grapes, washed and dried off banana slices ripe strawberries (tops cut off), washed and dried off mini marshmallows bamboo skewers first: carefully…

pilgrim hat cookies

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The Cuties, Maddie May & Chloe Rae, are back and they can’t wait to show you how to make these yummy, easy Pilgrim Hat Cookies! Just in time for Thanksgiving. They wanted to pose for a couple, pre-cooking photographs to show you they’re ready to get back in the kitchen! Gather your ingredients: fudge stripe…

love potion strawberry ice cream soda

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This is a fun and easy pink drink that you and your kiddos can make together and enjoy! Only three ingredients! Maddie May and Chloe Rae made these as one of their Valentine treats, but they’re awesome any time of year. gather your ingredients: your favorite strawberry ice cream Sprite or 7-Up fresh strawberries for…

cupid’s confetti vanilla popcorn

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The Cuties have been busy as little bees! Cooking up fun Valentine’s treats in their kitchen in preparation for their debut in print media 😉 Tomorrow (February 14, 2015) they will be featured in the national Rochester Post Bulletin newspaper! Our darling friend, and talented newspaper columnist, Sandy Erdman, wrote the article…annnnd, she’s also designed…

3 ingredient ice cream scones

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Today we made scones! They’re pink and strawberry and AWESOME with tea. Gramma and Mom helped, but we did most of the work. If you want to try making these yummy, 3-Ingredient scones, you’ll need… gather your ingredients: 3 cups self-rising flour + more for kneading and cutting out 2 and 1/2 cups ice cream,…

nutter butter snowman cookies

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The cuties certainly had a lot of fun making and eating these! This time their auntie Grace was in the kitchen with them. She made the the “noses” out of orange slices! 🙂 gather your ingredients: You’ll need: Nutter Butter sandwich cookies white chocolate or almond bark for coating mini chocolate chips for “eyes” orange…

fairy bread

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Fairy Bread is commonly served at children’s tea parties in Australia and New Zealand. It’s super cute and easy fare to prepare for a birthday or tea. It is thought to have been inspired by the poem, Fairy Bread, written in 1885 by Robert Louis Stevenson… gather your ingredients: white bread real, unsalted butter rainbow…

rubber ducky kiddie cocktail

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How adorable are these? Inspired by bubble baths and fun, fruity drinks! We give you… The Rubber Ducky Kiddie Cocktail! You saw it here first, folks! 🙂 gather your ingredients: blue Kool-Aid clear sparkling soda (such as 7-Up or Sprite) real whipped cream (we used Redi Whip) white “gem” sugar sprinkles (ones that look like…

ants on a log

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Mmmmm! Do you remember enjoying this classic, childhood snack? I sure do! It’s healthy and delicious! Maddie and Chloe just discovered them today and they love them! celery sticks, washed and cut into 3 inch pieces peanut butter or sun butter raisins Wash celery sticks and cut into pieces. Spread peanut butter, sun butter or…