Star mint ornaments

So here is my attempt at making star mint ornaments.  Only 3 survived out of the first 10 i tried.  So i decided to do less on my second try.  I havent taken them out of the cutters yet.

Dairy Free Fudge

Yep dairy free fudge, there's a few ways to make this.  The one I tried was with dairy free frosting and dairy free chocolate chips

To me it was good but tasted more like frosting than fudge.  The other way would be using a dairy free replacement for the sweetened condensed milk.  There is sweentened condensed soy milk, which is a little harder to find, than the other option which is cream of coconut, not to be confused with coconut cream.  I have no reason to make it unless my sister and her family are visiting.  My eldest niece is allergic to dairy.

other fudge

Cinnamon Bear Fudge
•1 14 oz. can sweetened condensed milk
•2½ c. semi sweet chocolate chips
•dash salt
•1 c. chopped cinnamon bears...
•¼ c. crushed red hots
1.Line a 9" x 9" pan with aluminum foil. Spray with nonstick baking spray.
2.Cut cinnamon bears into small pieces. I cut one bear into 8 pieces.
3.In a 1 quart microwaveable bowl, mix together sweetened condensed milk and chocolate chips. Microwave on high for 3 minutes, stirring after 1½ minutes.
4.Add a dash of salt. Stir.
5.Fold cinnamon bear pieces into fudge.
6.Pour fudge into prepared pan.
7.Sprinkle crushed red hot candies on top of fudge. Press so the candies stick to the fudge.
8.Chill until firm. Cut into pieces.

Peppermint
2 cups peppermint bits
1 cup semi-sweet chocolate
1 14 oz sweetened condensed milk
microwave in 30 second increments, pour in pan and refrigerate

Cinnamon Fudge
2 cups cinnamon chips
1 cup semi-sweet chips
1 14 oz sweetened condensed milk
microwave in 30 second increments, pour in pan and refrigerate

Cherry Fudge
2 cups cherry chips
1 cup white chips
1 14 oz sweetened condensed milk
microwave in 30 second increments, pour in pan and refrigerate

Rainbow Chip Fudge
1 bag (12 oz) white vanilla baking chips
1 container Betty Crocker™ Rich & Creamy rainbow chip frosting
1. Grease 8-inch square pan.
2. In medium microwavable bowl, microwave white vanilla baking chips uncovered on High in 30-second intervals, stirring after each interval, until smooth. Do not overheat; it’s okay if a few lumps remain. Keep stirring, and they should melt co...mpletely.
3. In another microwavable bowl, microwave frosting uncovered on High 20 to 30 seconds or until melted.
4. Mix melted chips and frosting together; pour into pan. Refrigerate until set, about 1 hour. Cut into 6 rows by 6 rows.
5. This fudge is slightly soft at room temperature. If desired, store in refrigerator.

Pumpkin Spice Fudge
•1 teaspoon butter or cooking spray
•1 (16 ounce) can vanilla frosting
•3 cups white chocolate chips
•¼ cup canned pumpkin puree (unsweetened)
•1 teaspoon pumpkin pie spice
•¼ teaspoon salt
•½ cup (3 ounces) cinnamon chips (or you can use additional white chocolate chips)

1. Line an 8-inch square pan with foil and grease the foil with butter or cooking spray; set aside.
2. In a large microwave-safe bowl, combine frosting, white chocolate chips, pumpkin, pumpkin pie spice, and salt. Cook in microwave until melted and smooth. Microwaves vary, but I cooked mine for about 1 minute, 30 seconds total (stirring every 30 seconds).
3. Cool for about 5-10 minutes.
4. Stir in cinnamon chips.
5. Transfer to prepared pan.
6. Cover and refrigerate until firm.
7. Using foil, lift fudge out of pan. Discard foil, cut into 1-inch squares. Store in an airtight container in the refrigerator.

What?

I don't just craft I try my hand at baking as well.  My latest that I've gotten into is been microwave fudge, just a little easier for me to try and do with two young kids under 2.  I'll list all the fudge I've made to date but my latest that I tried tonight was fudge made with Kool-Aid.  I had white chocolate chips that I had to figure out what to make with them.  The Pumpkin Cinnamon fudge wasn't a big hit with some people but one of my co-workers said it took care of his inner white girl.  I'll take it as a compliment.  So here it is:

KOOL-AID FUDGE

12 oz. bag of white baking chips (or 1.5 cups)

14 oz can of sweetened condensed milk

1 packet of Kool Aid, whatever flavor you like

now the site I got the recipe from (https://happyhodgepodgehome.wordpress.com/2012/02/17/kool-aid-fudge-an-easy-colorful-treat/) suggests cherry, I tried tropical punch (it was the only flavor I had)  I also mixed the chips and the sweetened condensed milk together instead of separately.  I don't know if it'll make a difference, but I'll try it both ways I have enough chips.  I mixed in the Kool-Aid at the end.  It's setting right now and I'll do an update with how it turned out.

Bank 3 & 4 finished

Well I'll start with #4.  I found some dragon stickers to put on the bank, I used a clear glaze to seal them so less chance of them peeling off.  I only found 3 dragon stickers so I put a dream catcher on the 4th side.

Not sure if this is still made I bought it about 15 years ago

Bank 3- It still needs a little touch up, but its done

Bank 3 & 4

So I'm working on my wonder woman bank and I went with the opaque look.  I went with Anita's Acrylic paint from Hobby Lobby (77 cents for a 2 oz bottle)

  I did two coats of the blue and red.  I'm waiting for them to dry before doing the yellow belt and figuring out the stars.  Than gluing on the applique and it's done!

Bank 4 is for my friend's mom. I painted it all over with the translucent shimmer pain in blue.

Bank 4 painted in translucent blue, Bank 3 with yellow

I just have to figure out the rest of the bank. She likes dragons and gnomes.  There's a small gnome cross stitch that I thought of doing and gluing to the jar, but don't think it'll look right.  once again I'll figure it out!

Bank 3

So was testing some glass paint that I have and decided I liked the opaque instead of translucent. 

I might have to do the gold separately, tape it off as best I can, do the red and blue, than paint the gold/yellow.  The yellow would work better with the applique, than the gold...Plus need to figure out stars.  Paint the whole thing white, put on star stickers, paint blue peel off stickers....yep I'll figure it out