Personalized Lollipops Favors Materials for lollipops favors: Lollipops Stock card Paper in Gold Stock card paper in beige Square punch cut out Scissors Ribbon Tiny pearls Directions for lollipops favors: Print on the beige paper your personal message, cut it with a plain scissors. Using a square punch, cut out squares with the gold paper. Glue the beige paper on top of the gold square, make sure you are centered. Glue the gold paper on the lollipop. Make a bow and tie it to the...

Event Credits: Birthday Party by Monica Cuvardic Minnie Mouse Themed Birthday Party Birthday Party Hosting Essence once again has the pleasure to share with our friends another great design by Monica Cuvardic. A party designer from Brazil that never seize to impress us with her creations. This Minnie Mouse party was created by Monica Cuvardic a very talented event designer. Here once again she succeeded with excellence. All of the personalized items are simple adorable. You see those tubes...

Banana Cookies Recipe Recipe Recipe Ingredients: 1/2 cup of unsalted butter, room temperature 1 cup of sugar 1 egg, room temperature 1 cup of mashed bananas (about 2 ½ large bananas) 1 teaspoon of baking soda 2 cups of flour pinch of salt 1/2 teaspoon of ground cinnamon 1/2 teaspoon of ground mace or nutmeg 1/2 teaspoon of ground cloves 1 cup of pecans (walnuts and chocolate chips are fine alternatives) Recipe Directions: Preheat the oven to 350°F. Cream the butter and sugar together...

Cookie Dough Truffles  Recipe Recipe Ingredients: 1/2 cup butter, softened 3/4 cup packed brown sugar 1 teaspoon vanilla extract 2 cups all-purpose flour 1 can (14 ounces) sweetened condensed milk 1/2 cup miniature semisweet chocolate chips 1/2 cup chopped walnuts 1-1/2 pounds dark chocolate candy coating, coarsely chopped Directions: In a large bowl, cream the butter and brown sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in vanilla. Gradually add flour, alternately with...

Champagne Truffles Recipe Recipe  Recipe Ingredients: 6 ounces semisweet chocolate, coarsely chopped                                                                                                                                                 ¼ cup butter, cut into small pieces (no substitutes) 3 tablespoons whipping cream 1 beaten egg yolk 3...

Pomegranate Citrus Juice Recipe Recipe Ingredients: 2 small grapefruits 2 juice oranges 2 tangerines or mineola tangelos ½ lime 2 pomegranates Directions: Use a citrus press or juicer to juice the grapefruits, oranges, tangerines, and lime. Juice the pomegranate 2/3 cup juiced in a separate bowl. Divide citrus juice among 3 glasses. Top with pomegranate juice. Which will settle to the bottom, and serve Recipe by Martha Stewart Recipe You can find truffle wrappers for your next event in...

Fruit Pops Recipe Recipe Ingredients: Any fruit or water melon and melons of your choice. When using a water melon avoid the extreme ripe one,because they will break apart easily when cutting it with a cookie cutter. Directions: Using cookie cutters cut the fruit to the desired shape and insert it in to a lollipop sticks. Here is a great recipe for kids, what a fun way to enjoy fruit.  It is perfect for a birthday party a picnic or a summer day outing. You can find truffle wrappers for...

Chocolate Mousse Recipe Recipe Recipe Ingredients: Vegetable oil cooking spray 2/3 cup all-purpose flour 1/3 cup unsweetened Dutch-process cocoa powder 1/3 cup sugar ½ teaspoon baking soda ¾ teaspoon baking powder ¼ teaspoon salt 1 egg ¼ cup whole milk 3 table spoons vegetable oil ½ teaspoon vanilla extract 2 ounces solid semisweet chocolate Recipe Directions: Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Place eight 6- ounces (3 1/2 – inch diameter) ramekins on a rimmed baking sheet, and coat...

Heavenly Amaretto Cookies Recipe Recipe Recipe Ingredients: ½ lb, blanched almonds 4 drops bitter almond oil. ½ cup of sugar 2 egg whites 1 T. confectioners sugar  Recipe Directions: Finely grind the blanched almonds in batches, using hand grinder, blender or food processor. Combine almonds with almond oil, sugar, and lightly beaten egg whites. Knead in mixture into firm dough. With moistened hands, form dough into calls about 1 inch diameter. You should have about 45 balls. Place...

Apple Pie Recipe Recipe Recipe Ingredients: Crust 1 box Pillsbury® refrigerated pie crusts, softened as directed on box  Filling 6 cups thinly sliced, peeled apples (6 medium) 3/4 cup sugar 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour 3/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon 1/4 teaspoon salt 1/8 teaspoon ground nutmeg 1 tablespoon lemon juice  Recipe Directions: Preheat oven to 425°F. Place 1 pie crust in a un-greased 9-inch glass pie plate. Press firmly against side and bottom. In large bowl, gently...