Gift For All Occations: Cake Pops!!

Hello crafty girls! Since Mother's Day is coming up I wanted to do a DIY that you can also do for ANY HOLIDAY! What is tastier and cuter than some cake pops?! They are easy, but a little time consuming I must admit. Nonetheless, they are completely worth it! Here is how I whipped them up!

Ingredients: Any cake mix, cream cheese icing, candy melts, lollipop sticks, and any form of decoration (sprinkles, chocolate, icing, etc).

Super easy instructions:
1. Follow instructions on the cake mix and bake.
2. Once it cools mash it all up and add the icing mixing evenly.
3. Make your balls (place on cooking sheet) and refrigerate for a few hours, or freeze it like I did for like 45 minutes.
4. Heat up the candy melts and first dip the tips of the lollipop sticks to stick on the balls. Let it harden.
5. Now coat the whole ball with the candy melt mixture, decorate, and let it dry & harden (I used a foam piece).


Now all you have to do is either package them individually in little plastic bags or the whole base and pops with plastic wrapping. That's it!! Hopefully you love them because they are a great gift! I hope my instructional pictures help you visualize the easy process.

Happy Mother's Day and Happy Crafting :-)!

PS. This gift ideas is even great for men! Here is my picture to prove it ;-) lol! The Mustache stencil is from here: http://www.kandeej.com/2011/12/diy-craft-gift-idea-mustache-mug.html . Happy Holidays!

Crave Busters! Today's Mission: The Breakfast Sandwich and Burrito

The ingredients for the breakfast sandwich: wheat english muffin, egg, cheese, and optional: salsa or honey

The ingredients for the breakfast burrito: wheat tortilla, egg, cheese, and optional: salsa (hot sauce) 

This is the beginning of a series I'm doing called Crave Busters! We all get craving that we know are bad for us, yet still, they are too hard to resist…darn! Fortunately for that, I will show healthy alternatives to fulfill that craving but still satisfy your palette! Today we are tackling the breakfast sandwich and burrito. It is so easy for us to just stop by a fast food joint and get breakfast on the go because it’s tasty, fast and convenient. Well the breakfast sandwiches and burritos I will show you are super easy and fast, and perfect for on the go! Most importantly, they are so much healthier for you than the delicious junk food JUNK! So you don’t have to feel guilty about it later, or have to work out harder just to clear your conscience…I mean, burn what you just ate…

The key secrets to making them healthier are:

♥       Substitute simple carbs with more complex and healthier carbs like wheat tortillas instead of flour (for the burrito) and wheat english muffins  instead of biscuits (for the sandwich).

♥       Try egg whites instead of the whole egg by removing the yolk. The yolk contains all of the cholesterol.

♥       Cook the eggs with cooking spray. It is so much better for you then cooking the eggs in oils, butter, or margarine.

Amazing right! You just cut a ton of calories and fat from your breakfast! Check out the video below to see how to whip them all together! Stay tuned while I tackle new craving and conquer them one by one!!!