Mike Wazowski has his eye on you! Don't take your "eye" off of these delicious Mike Wazowski-inspired treats - they'll fly off the plate fast! These are perfect for a Monsters University party this weekend!
Ingredients:
Baked cake (your favorite box mix)
1 Can of frosting
Jumbo candy eyes
Small white pearl candies (for the teeth)
White candy hearts (for the horns)
Green candy coating
10 pieces of chocolate candy coating (for the mouth)
New and clean craft brush 1/4 inch
Lollipop sticks
Brick of Styrofoam
Parchment lined baking sheet
Edible food pens
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Directions
1. Bake your cake according to the box instructions and set aside to cool completely. Prep your candy decorations by putting them into a small bowl or plate.
2. Crumble the cake finely into a bowl. Discard any hard edging of the cake that does not crumble neatly. Spoon in 1/2 - 3/4 of the can of frosting and use your hands to mix
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Ingredients:
1 cup plain yogurt
2 tablespoons honey
1 pint blueberries
1/2 pound strawberries, hulled
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Directions:
1. In a bowl, stir to combine yogurt and honey. Spoon two spoonfuls of yogurt and honey mixture in the bottom of a 10 count (3 ounce each) popsicle mold.
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Supplies:
Template for Phineas's Surfboard Cupcakes
Scissors
Plastic kitchen gloves (for kneading food coloring into the dough)
Batch of sugar cookie dough (homemade or store bought)
Food coloring
Rolling pin
Flour
Wax paper
Kitchen knife
Spatula
Wire rack
Baked cupcakes
Frosting
Crushed peanuts or plain cookie crumbs
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Directions:
1. Print and cut out the template.
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By Disney Spoonful | Shine Food – Mon, Jun 17, 2013 5:10 PM EDT
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Ingredients:
4 ears of corn in their husks
4 tablespoons unsalted butter, softened
1 1/2 tablespoons fresh cilantro, chopped
Zest of 1 lime, grated
1 teaspoon lime juice
1/4 teaspoon salt
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Directions
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Ingredients:
Cake
2 cups sugar
2 cups flour
1/2 cup (1 stick) butter
1/2 cup buttermilk
1 cup water
1/2 cup unsweetened applesauce or plain yogurt
1/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
2 eggs, beaten
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1 teaspoon vanilla
Frosting
1/2 cup (1 stick) butter
1/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
1/2
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Ingredients:
1/2 cup softened butter
1 cup sugar
2 eggs
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
2/3 cup cold milk
colored cookie icing
white cake frosting
tube black candy writer
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Directions:
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Supplies:
red, white and blue felt
glue (hot glue gun optional)
scissors
button
thread
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Directions:
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Ingredients:
4 sandwich bread slices.
4 tablespoons smooth peanut butter
4 tablespoons strawberry jelly
4 appetizer picks
4 assorted dimensional stickers
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Directions:
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Ingredients: Cupcakes
Frosting
Knife or frosting spatula
Freezer Paper
Craft Knife
Crushed graham crackers or sprinkles
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Directions:
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