Beach and Sea Shell Week!

This week is all about the beach and sea shells. The children are going to have so much fun learning and creating. They will play paddle ball, create sea shell critters, paint with beach balls, and so much more. To continue with the theme at home you and your children can whip up some tasty treats. I am going to list some recipes that look delicious and easy to make.

Beach Party Popcorn - Peanut Butter Popcorn Speckled with Chocolate Sea Shells Prep Time 10 mins Cook Time 2 mins Total Time 12 mins Creamy peanut butter white chocolate coated popcorn sprinkled with cookie crumbs makes a fun sandy beach on which to attach chocolate sea shells. This yummy treat is perfect for a beach or pool party! Course: Dessert Cuisine: American Keyword: beach, beach party, chocolate, parties, peanut butter, pool party, popcorn Servings: 12 servings Author: Beth Jackson Klosterboer Ingredients

• 8 cups popped popcorn

• 14 ounces melted and tempered white chocolate or melted white candy melts*

• 2 tablespoons creamy peanut butter

• 1 pinch of salt

• 1/3 cup tan colored cookie crumbs

• 30-40 small chocolate sea shells

Instructions

1. Pour the popped popcorn into a large mixing bowl.

2. Stir in creamy peanut butter and a pinch of salt into the white chocolate.

3. Reserve 2 tablespoons of peanut butter chocolate mixture for later use.

4. Pour the remaining chocolate over the popcorn.

5. Toss to coat.

6. Spread into an even layer on a parchment paper lined baking sheet.

7. Sprinkle with cookie crumbs.

8. Refrigerate for 10-15 minutes.

9. Remove and break popcorn into chunks.

10. Reheat the reserved peanut butter chocolate then use it as glue to attach chocolate shells to the popcorn.

11. Store in an airtight container until ready to serve.

Beach Graham Crackers

Ingredients:

• Graham crackers

• Blue frosting

• Light pink candy melts

• Crushed graham crackers

• Food safe seashell mold

• Edible glitter (this stuff is so fun!)

• Decorating bag

1. Carefully break your graham crackers in half.

2. Frost each graham cracker half with your blue frosting and sprinkle your crushed graham crackers onto the bottom.

3. In a small microwave safe bowl melt 1 cup of light pink candy melts in a microwave safe bowl for 3 to 4 minutes, stirring every 30 seconds until melted. If you prefer, you can also use your double boiler.

4. Scoop your melted pink candy into a decorating bag and cut a small tip off the end.

5. Sprinkle a small amount of edible glitter into each seashell mold and fill with your pink melted candy.

6. Place your seashell mold in the freezer for about 15 minutes and carefully pop out each seashell.

7. Place a couple seashells on to the crushed graham crackers on each graham cracker square.

WHAT YOU’LL NEED FOR SEASHELL BEACH CAKESICLES:

• 9×13 baked cake (recipe below)

• frosting (recipe below)

• blue candy melts

• white candy melts

• crushed graham cracker crumbs

• Mini White Chocolate seashells

• popsicle sticks

• Mold from Wilton’s DIY-Lish Candy Lollipop Kit OR You can form them by hand

USING A MOLD TO MAKE CAKESICLES:

Melt the blue candy melts according to the package directions.

Add a tablespoon or so of the blue melted candy into the cavities of the pop mold and gently spread the candy melts along the bottom and sides to make sure all of the mold is coasted. Don’t fill the entire mold though, this is just creating a candy shell.

Place the mold into the fridge for 5 minutes for the candy melts to harden. Insert wooden popsicle sticks either into the once you’ve pressed into the mold or lay them in first. Crumble cake into crumbs and mix icing into cake crumbs until a dough forms. Using about a 1/2 a tablespoon of the cakesicle dough for each mold, press dough into the center of the hardened candy melts. Spread it out a bit but don’t go all the way to the edges. Spoon more blue melted candy over the back of the pops and lightly tap the tray to make sure the melted candy goes down the sides.

Remove any excess candy melts and place back into the fridge to harden. Once hardened, carefully remove cakesicles from mold. Don’t be too rough or they may break. Add a bit of melted chocolate to the top and front of the cakesicle and sprinkle with crushed graham crackers to create the beach sand. Then pipe a few lines of the melted white candy melts across the cakesicles and use a food safe brush to pull the melted chocolate downwards to create the waves. Add a few mini chocolate seashells to complete the pop. Use white chocolate to glue the mini chocolate seashells onto the pop.

You can buy candy seashells or use a silicone food safe seashell mold and white chocolate to make them at home.

Let pops sit for 10-15 minutes for chocolate decorations to harden.

• avocados

• organic chicken breaded patty

• graham cracker crumbs

• chocolate candy sea shells

• baby goldfish

• bananas

• sharp cheddar cheese slice

Hope that these like some fun and tasty recipes to try!!!!