Yum...... Mums!

My inspiration for these sweet little cookies came from all the colorful mums I've been seeing on everyone's front porches. So bright. So happy. So perfectly fall. Dontcha think?

You won't believe how easy they are to make too. No baking necessary. Assembly only. The hardest part is stopping yourself from eating all of the chocolate-covered sunflower seeds. I love those crazy things... yum.

For a complete list of ingredients and my simple tutorial, head over to Handmade Charlotte. (This is my first edible art project for them and I'm super-excited about becoming one of their regular contributors!) 

Stay tuned. There's more food fun to share.

Candy Corn Crepes

I love candy corn. I'm like Buddy the Elf. "We elves try to stick to the four main food groups: candy, candy canes, candy corns and syrup."

And who doesn't love crêpes? Warm, soft, delicate, deliciously-filled, heaven-in-your-hands pancakes. I can still remember eating my first, real crêpe in France when I was 18 years old. "Une crêpe au chocolat, s'il vous plaît." I think I said that phrase about 20 times in three weeks.

So why not combine two of my food loves and make candy corn crepes? I used a box of crêpe mix for mine, but a homemade recipe would probably be even better if you have one.

And now that I've made these, I'm thinking it would be pretty easy to make Christmas tree crepes. Or Easter bunny crepes. Or..... watermelon? Hummm. Might have to break out my griddle and keep crêping. Crêping? Is that a verb? Probably not.

Anyway, you can find my complete candy corn crepe tutorial on SheKnows. (Say that three times fast.) 

Indian Corn Cookies

I have the perfect dessert for this Indian summer we're having - Indian Corn Cookies.

Holy smokes, it's been hot around here. The last two weeks have been in the 100's. Feels like fall weather will never arrive. At least, not soon enough. Luckily, these cookies are of the no-bake variety, so you won't have to heat up your kitchen to make them. Just a few simple ingredients: Kix/Reese's/Cocoa Puff cereal, corn syrup, brown sugar and peanut butter. You could probably make them with marshmallows and butter too (like a Rice Krispy treat) but the corn syrup and peanut butter felt more like fall to me. Believe it or not, the most difficult part of this recipe was finding green fruit rollups for the corn husks. I looked EVERYWHERE. I ended up using a blue & yellow fruit rollup, layering the colors over each other to make green. Worked like a charm!

Take these treats to school and the kids will be grinning from from ear to ear. Really easy, and really yummy. I promise. Check out my complete tutorial on SheKnows.