Tuesday, July 26, 2011 - from nifty thrifty things blog

S'more Rice Krispies



I am about to blow your ever-loving mind.
S'mores + Rice Krispie Treats.
SEE? Don't say I didn't warn you. When I saw them on Pinterest I freaked out! Then I followed the link and they were FOR SALE. $3.75 for one. So I googled s'more rice krispies and it turns out quite a few of you have made these. Here is my version for you to enjoy!
You will need to make 2 batches of treats, so I will include my super secret Rice Krispie Treat Recipe. This is only known by a few chosen people. In a largish bowl zap 40 large marshmallows and 2 tablespoons of butter for 2 minutes on high in the microwave. Stir and add 6 cups of Rice Krispies. Stir to combine, then press into a 13 x 9 pan. Repeat as necessary.

Now let's get back to the post... Here is what you need to make the yummy goodness:
4 T Butter, 80 big marshmallows and 12 cups rice cereal for the treats. 7 Graham crackers, 1 jar of marshmallow cream, couple shakes of sea salt and 6 chocolate bars for the filling.
Two batches made.
Break apart the chocolate and melt in microwave for about 2 minutes.
Pour melted chocolate on one batch. You don't have to go all the way to the edge. Leave about half an inch.
Sprinkle with just a bit of sea salt. (I went through a few different recipes and a couple added the salt. I think it is a good idea, it just sounded nice to me.) Press the graham crackers into the chocolate. I broke them apart, but you don't have to.
At this point you will want the chocolate to firm up to really grab on to those crackers. (Soon you will need to flip them on to the other treats and you don't want the graham crackers falling off. Listen closely to the voice of experience.)



Side note: I make my treats in a pan lined with wax paper. So much easier to get out. I put this one on a cookie sheet.
When the chocolate is hardened, (about 5 minutes depending on how hot your house is) spread the marshmallow cream.
The last step is kinda sketchy. You will need to flip the graham cracker side to the marshmallow side, making a nice little s'more sandwich. You may mess up, it's OK just reposition and do your best. You're just making s'mores and they will forgive you. {Your thighs, not so much.}
You will need to let them sit for a while before you slice 'em up.



There you have it! S'more Rice Krispie Treats. I know you are gonna love 'em! At this point I need to tell you that 90% of the time I am extremely careful about what I eat. And 10% of the time I bake. So 10% of the time I give myself free reign to indulge. Life is hard enough, why make it harder by resisting yummy goodness?
These will be a hit at your next party, I just feel it!

XOXO Jules

Couldn't resist sharing - how stinking cute! Taken from the Maya Road Design Team blog July 25, 2011

2012 Bottle Cap Calendar

Good Friday Roadies! Are you getting excited seeing all the cool new stuff coming out this week for CHA? I have a fun project featuring the new 2012 kraft calendars. It's never too early right?



I used the 4inch bottle caps for this project. I marked and punched holes in the bottle cap, then using ribbon I tired them together. I matched each bottle cap to that month using bright paper and mini chipboard pieces to coordinate.


Supplies Used:

Super Mega Bottle Caps

2012 kraft calendars

Chicago Chipboard Numbers

Snowflake Chipboard Set (Jan & Dec)

Love words Mini Set (Feb)

Green Thumb (Mar & May)

Hows the Weather (April & Jun)

What's Cookin (Jul)

Birds with Cages (Aug)

Leaves Chipboard (Sep & Oct)

Mini Trees (Nov)

Mists: Pomegranate Pink, Antique Silver, Lemon Metallic, Lime Metallic, Cream Metallic, Sunflower Yellow, Antique Patina, Antique Bronze Metallic, Salmon Metallic, Latte Metallic, Snow White, Black

Other Supplies: Glossy Accents, Pattern Paper, Buttons, Twine & Ribbon. U-Cut foam & Extreme Tac adhesives.

Super Easy.

All you need is:
a foam wreath (found mine at the $1 store)
scrap material (i used pinking shears to avoid fray)
a hot glue gun (if you don't have one, get one)
boxes of crayons (also from the $1 store)

Adhere the scrap material around the wreath with hot glue.
Glue crayons to back side (flat side) of wreath.
Make simple scrap material flowers
(or any other embelishment you choose).

All-in-all this project took me about 20 minutes
and cost less than $5.

{ Borrowed from Evie Ballard }

New Paul Brandt video!

I just stumbled across this on facebook, and have listened to it twice already. Paul is very involved with the Build it Forward project and Samaritan's Purse, where he travels and builds homes for people less fortunate. The video is awesome, how could it not be?

Kid free day #1

The boys are off to their first day of summer camp - it runs for the week. So far, I've done about half the laundry, put away all the laundry collected from weeks past, have vaccuumed almost all of downstairs, and am about to make nice with the broom. Oh, and I've cleaned the kids' rooms (they really needed it!) It's noon, and I've been busy! But I really miss them. I know Nicholas will be so happy hanging out there, he was really excited to go, and I am used to him going off to school. But Benjamin - I'm really missing my baby boy. This is the first time he's spending a whole day away from me when he's not with Daddy, and I'm a little worried. I know if there was a problem, they would call, but I still worry. Dryer just beeped... guess I'm off to do something else.

On a scrappy note, just took a quick look at the Christmas in July release from Bo Bunny - how beautiful are these trinkets? The line is called Father Christmas, and it's beautiful. Check it out!

http://www.bobunny.blogspot.com/


Picked the kids up at supper time and Nicholas wanted to stay longer - great endorsement for the center hey? Benjamin was ready to come home, and said he didn't like it, but then changed his story and said he did have fun. Tomorrow though, he wants his pillow pet and snuggle blankie - that will make a world of difference :)

SRM stickers

I stumbled across this blog today, and found some really budget friendly ideas for gifts and projects. This picture, especially made me happy, as it is so bright, colorful and happy. The plastic tubes are sold on the SRM website, and the box is a recycled fruit roll ups box. Pretty cute and creative!

Oops, how'd that happen?

This beautiful photo is my Nicholas. He loves playing in the pool, and being outdoors just emphasizes his amazing eyes. I love you bug :)

My last post was in April. Ummm... Almost 3 months ago. Well. Lots has happpened. School is out for the summer, and has been for almost a month. Nicholas passed to second grade, and he's very proud. The summer has been extremely hot = bored children. It's just too hot to do things outside most of the day, so the kids are in, and getting on each other's nerves (and mine) and are just uninspired. We are enjoying the little bit of sleeping in we are getting to have though. Ed is home this week and next, but then travels for a bit. I did register the kids into a week-long summer camp program at Kids R Kids, during the same week that Ed will be away. Wonder what I should do with myself? 5 whole days... wow. Nap maybe? Read an entire book? Do up my scrapbook room? Clean the house? Little road trip somewhere? Who knows, I don't yet. But I'll think of something. Anyway, that's it for the update, lunch is ready, and kiddos are hungry. I'll try to get into this a little more often than just every 3 months LOL! Cheerio dahling!