Googly Eye Cake Mix Cookies

I've seen crinkle cookies made from boxed cake mix popping up on Pinterest from time to time but never tried making them until yesterday. Boy, have I been missing out! They are so easy to make! Just 3 ingredients, a few minutes in the oven and voila!  Perfect, soft, yummy, chewy cookies!

I added  'eyes' to these for a Halloweeny feel.

HAPPY HALLOWEEN 2013!!!!

I Was Featured!

Yep, my witch cauldron cake pops were featured in the Spooktacular Halloween roundup @ Say It With Cake!  What a great honour to be among such seriously talented and creative ladies!

With only a couple of days more to Halloween, you need all the inspiration you can get for a Halloween party that will be a huge hit! Check out these awesome ladies and their amazing talents here.

If At First You Don't Succeed .........

I've always been fascinated by the amazing things cookiers do with iced cookies. They are like the canvas of pastry. I used to think that icing cookies was a piece of cake! How wrong was I! Just getting the right consistency and texture can be quite frustrating and it doesn't help that I have clumsy fingers and a short concentration span. I guess, like everything else in life, it just takes lots of practice. And I mean LOTS!

Nutter Butter Bikinis

How are these for my half-baked attempts? You don't wanna see those failed ones!!
Looks like icing cookies is so not my thing. All that outlining, flooding and washing up! Well, at least I gave it a go.


A video by my fave cookier Sweetopia to share. I've watched tons of tutorials and this is really fantastic.

How to outline and fill in cookies with royal icing

Witch Cauldron Cake Pops

I saw these witch cauldron cake pops on Pint Sized Baker and  couldn't resist making them though we don't celebrate Halloween over here. Aren't these adorable and Halloweeny?

There are no young kids in our house and my teen boys weren't crazy about them so Josh distributed the pops at school. Turned out, these pops were a hit with the girls. You are welcome, son!

Such a cute idea!  A cauldron of bubbling bones and eyeballs!

Going Nuts Over Nutter Butter

Happiness is .......
finding the last, expired packet of Nutter Butter on a supermarket shelf!
I am constantly amazed by the creative uses of this cookie but could never find them in our local supermarkets until yesterday when I found this last packet! I'm doing the happy dance!! Woohoo!!!

This cost me RM17.90 (USD5.63). I could buy 3 tins of our local peanut butter biscuits for that price but they don't come in the peanut shape. I was told by the grocer that they will not be importing any more as there is no demand for them so I shall keep these under lock and key (away from my boys!) until Christmas as I plan to make reindeer and little santas with them. Sorry, boys!

Like my acorns? Tutorial here.

Together with other bloggers, Miss Candiquik has compiled 40 sweet treats made using Nutter Butter on her blog.
Here are just 10 of my favourites. Visit here for the rest

Nutter Butter High-Heel Cookies by Sandra Denneler from She Knows and Project Denneler

Horse Cookies by Miss CandiQuik 

4th of July Flip Flops by Party Pinching

Puppy Cookies by CandiQuik

Nutter Butter BATS by Sweet Simple Stuff

Snowmen Cookies by Miss CandiQuik

Lamb Cookies by Hungry Happenings 

Bunny Slippers by Hungry Happenings

Reindeer Cookies by CandiQuik

Lorax Cookies by Embrace my Space

How Do You Like Your Burgers?

My boys are big burger fans and I'm always on the look-out for new ways to enjoy our burgers.
Give boring backyard burgers a twist with the following recipes.

Enjoy!

 1. French Fry Bourbon Burgers

Recipe here

2. Shanghai Burgers

Recipe here

3. Rodeo Burgers

Recipe here

4.Masala Burgers with Grilled Paneer and Cilantro Chutney Mayo

Recipe here

5. Sukiyaki Beef Burger

Recipe here

6. Italian Style Cheeseburger

Recipe here

7. Grilled Hawaiian Teriyaki Burger

Recipe here

8. Tangy Thai BBQ Burger

Recipe here

9. Mexican Al Pastor Burger

Recipe here

10. Malaysian style Burger

Recipe here

Fall Ideas

More fall ideas to share.........

These fabric pumpkins are so stinkin' adorable and perfect for mantels and tablescapes. They could also double up as pin-cushions. Absolute cuteness!

Tutorial here

Wine Bottle Vases

Tutorial here

Upcycled Aluminum Can Fall Wreath

Tutorial here

Halloween Ruffled Spiders

Tutorial here

Gooey Monster Eye Cookies

Tutorial here

Tutorial here

Source

Lime and Black Halloween Mantel

Source

Candy Corn Chocolate Cake

Recipe here

Washi Tape Candles

Tutorial here

Tissue Paper Ghosts

Source

And my favourite of them all....

Death by Candy Corn Halloween Carrot Cake

Recipe here

Do you decorate for Halloween? How is your decorating coming along?