civil war 2010

I went a little overboard with tailgating treats

but I had a good time doing it

the first on the list were bon bon cookies

bon bon cookies

1/2 c. butter, softened

3/4 c. confectioners sugar, sifted

1 tbsp vanilla extract

orange food coloring

1 1/2 c. flour

1/8 tsp salt

preheat the oven to 350 degrees and beat together butter, sugar, vanilla, and color

combine flour and salt, then add that to the mixture above

take a tbsp of dough and wrap it around a couple chocolate chips

you could also use nuts, dried fruit, or other candy

place cookies an inch apart and bake for 12-15min

after cooled, dip the cookies in the glaze and add topping if desired

icing

1 c. confectioners sugar, sifted

2 tbsp cream

1 tsp vanilla extract

orange food coloring

I topped these ones off with a dark chocolate covered coffee bean

then I moved on to mini cupcakes (w/leftover halloween cake mix, frosting & sprinkles)

next up were the sugar cookies

these had chocolate frosting as well, just colored it black

go beavs!

and last but certainly not least were the cakepops and cakeballs
for the pops I used a pot filled with rice and dried black beans at the top

devil's food cakeballs covered in vanilla melts
orange cakeballs (yellow cake colored orange) covered in dark cocoa melts

devil's food cakeballs covered in orange flavored melts

managed to spare four cakeballs - one for each of my duck friends at work

after the desserts were done, I threw something savory together
breakfast casserole!

football JELLO jigglers

these molds came from a bowl game tailgater a few years back (thanks Barry)

 

orange helmets 

6 sm. pkgs s/f orange jello, 2 c. boiling water, 2 c. orange vodka

black helmets

4 sm. pkgs s/f black cherry & 2 pkgs s/f lime, 2 c. boiling water, 2 c. vodka

football helmets or darth vader helmets?

desserts on a stick

tailgate theme this week was food on a stick...

chocolate football cookies

(recipe from cookiemadness.com)

dessert kabobs!

started out making the rice krispie treats

cut 'em up

brownies w/milk chocolate frosting

white cupcakes w/orange colored vanilla frosting

 added quite a bit of orange color to the white cake batter...

 orange-colored cake w/milk chocolate frosting

yum

marshmallows dipped in water...then sprinkles

as I began to assemble the kabobs, the cupcakes would slide all the way down the stick

orange and black gumdrops worked great for holding the kabob in place

done

 decorating cake pops

(devil's food and orange-colored white cake, both w/dark cocoa coating)

cake pops on display at the tailgater

football rice krispie treats made w/left over ingredients
(no,not on a stick...I took these to work)