Treats & Trinkets

Shift the Balance: Reza's Cheese Soup or Sausaquences and Peppers

2016-06-17T08:51:00.000-04:00

Guess what today is! Guess what, guess what, guess what! Okay, you're not going to guess so I'll tell you: TODAY IS THE DAY THAT DREAMFALL CHAPTERS: BOOK 5 COMES OUT! No, but you guys, you have to understand, it's the final part of the final game of The Longest Journey saga, and it's been so long since Book 4 came out, and the ending of Book 4 kind of left me sobbing on

Frozen Buttercream Transfer Tutorial

2016-05-11T07:00:00.000-04:00

Okay, you guys know how I'm not a cake decorator, right? Like, you've been here through all of my rants about how the Cake Boss and similar shows have made people think baker = decorator when most decorators aren't actually great bakers. (I know a lot of cake decorators who use box mix because it's easier, quicker, and they can spend more time decorating. I'm not hating, I'm just saying

R2D2 Brownie Bites

2016-05-04T07:00:00.000-04:00

You may or may not remember back when I made the Dalek Cupcakes, I used a brownie pop pan to get the rounded top of the dalek's head. What you don't know, is that I didn't just buy the pan to make daleks. I remember thinking, looking at the pan, that it kind of looked like R2D2. I could just stick some mini kit-kats on the side for the legs, dip it in white chocolate, boom, it's R2. And I

Naturally Green St. Patrick's Day Cupcakes

2016-03-16T07:00:00.000-04:00

Having a sensitivity to food coloring confuses people sometimes, especially since mine is restricted to blue. What they don't seem to understand is that my body doesn't actually care if it looks blue, just if it contains the pigment Blue 1. You know what else contains Blue 1 besides blue food coloring? Green food coloring. Purple food coloring. A variety of foods that don't fall

The Longest Journey Balance Cupcakes

2016-02-26T07:00:00.000-05:00

Hot Chocolate and Chai Tea Cupcakes with Chai Spiced Buttercream Do you guys know what my favorite video game of all time is? Probably not, because I've never talked about it on the blog (although I have talked about one of its sequels), and I don't think you're psychic. I'm not even sure that you'd be able to guess, as it's pretty old now and a bit on the obscure side. That game is The

BB8 Pizza

2015-12-13T07:00:00.000-05:00

So, I apologize, I meant to post this earlier in the week, but I got distracted by the new episode of Dreamfall Chapters (all the feels, guys. All the feels. My poor Crow.) But do you know what helps with video games feels? Adorable droids. And you know who might be one of the most adorable droids ever? BB8. Source BB8 was introduced in the trailer for Episode 7, and everyone pretty

Crossguard Lightsaber French Bread Pizza

2015-12-06T08:07:00.000-05:00

We are less than two weeks away from Star Wars: The Force Awakens! And we have already established the fact that I express excitement for nerd movies with pizza, so you should have expected this to come at some point. In fact this is only the first Force Awakens pizza post I have planned for you. C'mon, I made all 6 of the Avengers into pizza, did you really think I'd stop at one

Challah Bread

2015-12-02T07:00:00.000-05:00

A few times I've been around that track, So it's not just gonna happen like that, Cause I ain't no challah-back girl. I ain't no Challah-back girl ... I'm sorry, but if you guys haven't come to expect this sort of thing by now, what are we even doing here? Remember the last post when I told you that because I was a crazy person, I used

Great Grains Crunchy Stuffed French Toast

2015-11-28T07:00:00.000-05:00

Happy National French Toast Day! Did you know that my favorite French toast of all time involves cereal? True story. There's a local catering company with a tiny cafe that only serves lunch and brunch, and they make this Crisp French Toast which is coated in corn flakes. It's the greatest thing ever, all crispy on the outside and fluffy on

Puff Pastry Sand-Witches

2015-10-28T07:00:00.000-04:00

When my friend invited me to a Halloween party in her new apartment, I told her I'd bring some real food. Like, actual non-dessert type food. I figured she'd need that more than the cupcakes that I will likely still bring with me, since Halloween is the holiday of pure sugar. The only problem is, I wanted to do something themed, and there's

Life is Strange Blue Butterfly Cupcakes

2015-10-20T06:51:00.000-04:00

Who knows what today is? Okay, yeah, it's the 20th. Yes, it's also Tuesday. Do you know what else today is? National Brandied Fruit Day? Interesting. But not the answer I was looking for. Today is the day they release the final chapter of Life is Strange! You may remember that I've talked about Life is Strange before, when I played the

It's My Very Favorite Gun: DIY Vera Prop

2015-10-07T07:00:00.000-04:00

Hey guys! So, I know I kind of unexpectedly took the summer off. I didn't mean to, I just had my cousin's wedding in Florida, and then I got sick, and then I got lazy. *innocent whistling* It was way too hot this summer anyway for serious cooking/baking. I subsisted mostly on rice and frozen veggies because my rice cooker does not heat up the

Mother's Day Recipe Round Up

2015-05-10T07:00:00.000-04:00

Happy Mother's Day to all you mamas out there! To celebrate, I figured I'd do a round up of all of my mama's favorite recipes from the blog. Got any good mother's day plans? We're going into Brooklyn to celebrate my great uncle's birthday, but we'll have to work in a Marvel movie at some point because that's become tradition and you don't

Salted Caramel Death Star Popcorn Balls

2015-05-03T07:30:00.000-04:00

Tomorrow is Star Wars Day! YAAAAAAY! (For those of you that are new here, May 4th is Star Wars Day because May the fourth be with you. Get it?) To celebrate, I made multiple Death Stars. Out of popcorn and caramel. And then I covered them in candy. I don't think that's what the actual Death Star was made out of, because then the rebels

PizzAvengers Assemble!

2015-04-26T07:28:00.000-04:00

This is one of those posts that you only get because of the unique way my brain works. It started out simply enough. I was looking up Iron Man cupcakes on Pinterest (for completely non-blog related reasons. Sometimes you just wanna look at superhero cupcakes, y'know?) and I stumbled across an Iron Man pizza. I thought that was a really cute

Orphan Black Forest Cupcakes

2015-04-18T07:00:00.000-04:00

Who's excited for the season premiere of Orphan Black tonight? Memememememememe! If you guys haven't heard of Orphan Black before-- do you live under a rock or something? It's the sci fi thriller about the clones, starring the absolutely redonk acting talent of Tatiana Maslany. Seriously, every time I see that woman, I always have this brief

Spinach and Artichoke Bites

2015-04-12T07:00:00.000-04:00

Did you guys know that it's Camp NaNoWriMo time? Because it is. And I always forget about April sessions, because April was always Script Frenzy month, except now Screnzy has been absorbed into Camp NaNo. Have I lost you yet? I'm sorry. I forget sometimes that not everyone is fluent in WriMo-ese. Anyway, April came before I remembered to

Doritos Crusted Chicken Fingers

2015-03-29T07:00:00.000-04:00

Can I admit something to you guys? I love Doritos. Like, love them. That's why I don't buy them. Seems counter-intuitive I know, but if I have Doritos, I will eat Doritos. No leaving them on the shelf until I need a snack or something. That bag will be gone in a day. This is not a Doritos sponsored post or anything. I'm just sharing.

The (cheese)cake is a lie: Cheesecake Stuffed Portal Cake

2015-03-22T07:00:00.000-04:00

My brother always complains that I turned him into a cake snob. He can't help but compare any cake he eats to cake that I make, and usually finds it lacking. (Thankfully, that was not the case with his wedding cake) And heaven forbid you give that man box cake. He's so used to eating my cakes that he can immediately spot the too-sweet and

Mac 'n Cheese Pie with Bacon Lattice for the Ultimate Pi Day

2015-03-14T09:26:00.000-04:00

Do you guys know what today is? It's Pi Day! But it's not just any old Pi Day, it's the Ultimate Pi Day! *voice echo**explosion sounds**special effects* As you may know, Pi Day is March 14th every year because 3/14 = 3.14, the first three digits of pi. This year, however, the date is 3/14/15, and 3.1415 are the first 5 digits of pi.

Birthday Cake Milkshakes and Raffle for #NoKidHungry

2015-02-15T07:00:00.000-05:00

Do you guys know what today is? It's my birthday, and I've decided to celebrate. First on the list are these thick and tasty Birthday Cake Milkshakes. For my last day at the job, I baked up a double batch of my favorite Birthday Cake Cupcakes, but I ended up only having enough frosting for half of them (I even doubled the frosting recipe. I

One Pot Spinach and Tomato Pasta

2015-02-11T07:00:00.000-05:00

I'm going to be completely geeky for a sec (though really, when do I ever stop?). I bought myself and early birthday present in the form of a video game called Life is Strange. That title may or may not sound familiar to you, as there was recently some controversy when every publisher except for Square Enix told the developers that they

Gluten Free Peanut Butter Cookie Cups

2015-02-04T07:00:00.000-05:00

Do you guys remember when I made that soooper delicious gluten free cookie cake? And I said the one drawback was it was a little bit delicate? Well, I wanted to try the recipe again with a little xanthan gum to see if I could solve that problem. But then it was the holidays and I had a ton of Christmas baking to do. Except, I'm a problem

Grape-Nuts Turkey Burger Sliders with Cranberry Jalapeno Ketchup

2015-02-01T08:15:00.000-05:00

Today is a day that many people are going to sit around their television with other people and a lot of food and they are going to yell at the sportsball players on the television. I'm not sure why they yell at the sportsball players. Maybe it's because they make an awful lot of money considering they play a game for a living. Why does no one

Peanut Butter Banana Brownies

2015-01-28T07:18:00.000-05:00

Who watched last week's Arrow? Show of hands. I got a question to ask you. Is Tatsu secretly Miracle Max? Or maybe his protege or something? Because as Maseo was dragging Ollie's body through the snow to the lonely mountain cabin, the only thing going through my head was: It just so happens that your friend here is only MOSTLY dead.