Thin Mints Girl Scout Recipe With Cookies

Oh Thin Mints……


Recipe:
(adjust ingredients to your taste)

• 6-7 ice cubes (crush them first for a faster blend)
• Cover ice cubes with milk (about 3/4 cup-1 cup)
• Add 3 scoops vanilla (or chocolate) ice cream
• Add a layer of chocolate syrup
• Add a 1/8 cup of sugar (optional)
• Cover that with 3-4 Thin Mint Cookies
• Blend on high until smooth and creamy.

Yup. It’s awesome. Not too minty, not too chocolate-y.

I hope there are Thin Mints in Heaven.

Have any fun Girl Scout Cookie Recipes?

How Do You Get Creative With Crescent Rolls?

Remember last month I wrote about the incredibly yummy Raspberry Chipotle and Brie Cheese Wrapped in Crescent Rolls? Do you remember how I told you that if you voted for your favorite recipe, you would be entered to win $1000 in the form of a grocery gift card? Well, that contest is still going on and I would love for you to support me in voting. 

There are many other fabulous recipes. You can even print them out right from the Creative Crescents Website for your own cookbook. All of the recipes sound delicious. I even made a version of Shell's Sneaky Pizza Pockets, (I used goat cheese ....mmmm). They were super yummy.

Which had I thought about it a little more, I would have served them after dinner instead of before. My kids gobbled them up and weren't hungry for dinner!

I am kind of excited to share my raspberry chipotle and brie cheese bake recipe with you in an oh-my-gosh-you-have-to-try-this kind of way and I hope you try it and let me know what you think.Do you get creative with crescent rolls?

You can still vote for my Creative Crescent Recipe and you'll be entered to win a $1,000 grocery gift card! Can you say awesome?

Find more quick and easy Pillsbury recipes at www.CreativeCrescents.com.

This is a sponsored conversation written by me on behalf of Pillsbury. The opinions and text are all mine. Official Contest Rules.

Edible Book Festival at Playing By The Book

Playing By The Book is having an Edible Book Festival!!
Special thanks to Jo at A Bit of This and That for sharing about it. It looks like loads of fun and a great way to bring books and food together! It can be anything (although I think it has to be new) as long as it’s edible. There are several important details for entering, so be sure to head over to check it out!

For more details, visit Playing By The Book or click on the picture to take you there

Butterfly Kids Lunch

Simple and fun butterfly kids lunch as we patiently wait for the advent of Spring



Muffin cups from the Target “Dollar Spot.
Butterfly sandwich cut using The Lunch Punch Brand sandwich cutters We love them!
For more Muffin Tin Meals, visit MuffinTinMom.com

Muffin Tin Monday: Cute Creative Kids Food

Hi Muffin Tin’ers! Welcome to another super sweet edition of Muffin Tin Monday. In America we are celebrating Presidents' Day which means we honor the lives and contributions of past U.S. Presidents, traditionally Washington and Lincoln. However, I did appreciate this article in the Washington Post about Presidents' Day and the fun included trivia quiz.

Presidents' Day also means a long 4 day weekend with the kiddos. How about you? 

I’ve been tinkering with my iPhone, Instagram and snappping photos of 

the muffin tin meals I put together for the kids. What do you think?

I began using the planning page that Emily of Second Story Window shared with us last week. And I have to say I love it. And I hope you do too. Click on the photo to download your free copy of the planning page directly from Second Story Window.

Here's what we did this week:

In this Muffin Tin Meal: Deli ham slices on skewers, organic granola bars, blueberries, vanilla yogurt with sprinkles, mangoes, cucumbers

Last week, we also made a fun Folded paper Cupcake Liner Flower craft. Check it out!

Now it's your turn! What did you make for MTM?

Folded Cupcake Liner Flower

I am swimming in cupcake liners over here! Being the Muffin Tin Mom, I have a plethora of muffin and cupcake liners. I am always thinking up fun ways to use them “outside the tin”. Yesterday, Muffin Tin Girl performed in a "Reader's Theater" at school. Every young performer deserves flowers after a good performance. So, I made her a little Folded Muffin Cupcake Liner Flower.


After school when she came home, she wanted to make one of her very own folded cupcake liner flower. So, we did. I was very careful to explain how hot glue works. It was definitely a moment I will never forget as I remember the first time I used a hot glue gun with my mom. We worked together to create her flower, folding the muffin liners around a paper circle and adding a button.



Proud of her work.



I attached an alligator clip to the back using hot glue, so she could put it in her hair.




If there was a bonus, it would be that the pack of muffin liners was $1 at Dollar Tree. The clips were around $2.99 at Michaels (without a coupon), so with the items I had on hand, this project was around $2-4.


I cannot take credit for this idea. I was inspired by a several posts:

• I remember seeing the most adorable fabric pinwheel flowers from my friend Karissa at Triple Tasking.
• I also remember seeing how Amy of Living Locurto used muffin liners last year in her Valentine’s Family Craft Challenge.
• To make the leaves for the flowers, I cut them like the petals for my paper flower tutorial.

This paper pinwheel flower craft would make a great Girl Scouts group activity or Mother’s Day craft.

Red Velvet Cookies From Cake Mix

Red Velvet Cookies From Cake Mix......

So unbelievably amazingly delicious (if you like red velvet).

Smother them with some cream cheese frosting and sprinkles.

UPDATE: A few of you asked for the recipe directly in the post, so here it is. This recipe dates back to 2004 from my good friend Alicia. This recipe is also in the book 101 Things to Do with a Cake Mix


Ingredients:

• 1 box any variety, any flavor cake mix (I like Betty Crocker yellow cake, chocolate (pictured), or spice cake)
• 2 eggs
• 1/4 cup vegtable oil (canola works fine too)

Directions:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees
• Mix together in a bowl until dough forms
• Scoop spoonfuls into bowl of granulated sugar
• Place 1 inch apart on ungreased cookie sheet.
• Bake at 350 degrees for 10 minutes.
• Remove promptly and let stand for a few minutes
• Cover with cream cheese frosting and sprinkles (optional)

*Tips- I cover my baking sheet with foil or parchment paper to reduce clean up,
I role my my spoonfuls of dough in sugar, but that is an optional step (it makes them look pretty too!)
And I find that if I remove them from the oven right at the 10 minute mark, they are softer and more chewy.

Wickedly easy. No, seriously.

Enjoy in moderation. As in, you are forewarned. You will want to eat them all.

*This recipe was previously published on September 13, 2008 and Oct 23, 2010 on this blog and is reprinted with permission by me.

Muffin Tin Monday Valentines 4.0

Hi Muffin Tin Meal 'ers! It's Monday and around here, that means it's Muffin Tin Monday. This year will mark the 4th Valentine's Muffin Tin Monday Blog Link Up!. Wow!


From the first year....

this year.

This week's unofficial theme is VALENTINE'S DAY

I made 2 more Valentine's inspired MTM's over the last few weeks. 

As I was planning my muffin tin meal this week, I just sort of happened to make a leftovers muffin tin meal. I guess I should have used the Muffin Tin Meal Planner! Ha! 

So, I leave you with the muffin tin meal above from a week or so ago and this one, just for fun. I used paper cups from Marths Stewart (remember the preview?)

In this muffin tin meal: bananas, carrots, pesto chicken, red peppers, chex cereal, and cucumber slices.

This week, we also made super easy cupcake liner Valentines

Now it's your turn!

Easy Valentines Craft Paper Liner Hearts

We made simple paper cupcake liner Valentines for an easy Valentine's Day craft.  

You'll need paper muffin cups or cupcake liners. I chose these adorable ones from the Martha Stewart Collection at Michael's Arts and Crafts. To make a heart, simply fold your liner in half several times until you get a triangle and round the edge with scissors. Open it up and cut along the folds.

Cut a bunch of hearts out...

Gather paper, a pen, adhesive/glue, and your hearts.

Glue your heart on and write a message to a special someone for Valentine's Day or any day.

Super simple.

Then start crying when your daughter hands you this...

**These photos are the property of Muffin Tin Mom and any use or misuse of them without my permission is prohibited. It's perfectly fine to mention the craft on your blog or pinterest, but you must credit this blog if you do.

Muffin Tin Meal Sneak Peek

Here's a little sneak peek of what's to come on Monday. The adorable liners are from the Martha Stewart Collection at Michael's.  They come in a huge package. Love!

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