Pine Creek Style: April Fools

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Monday, March 31, 2014

Fun April Fools Food to Serve...

Fool your Love Ones on April Fools...

Here are a few photos from my April Fools recipes.

Enjoy and find the recipes here... here & here!

Everyone we shared these with were surprised they were candy!

The grandkids absolutely loved these......

More Sushi anyone?

Here is a collage of April Fools Food from Pine Creek Style...

Looks like the real deal!

People weren't too sure this was candy! Loved serving this for dessert....

Last but not least our Meatloaf Birthday Cake!

Have a fun & happy April Fools with Style...

Saturday, March 30, 2013

April Fool's Prank; Faux Sushi...

I couldn't wait to share these April Fools Treats for several reasons! (They are sooo cute & tasty too!)

"April Fool's Sushi"...

I know its Easter tomorrow BUT...it's April Fools MONDAY....

Yikes...trying to get everything done is...Well CRAZY...but FUN!

Can't disappoint the Grand kids!

*Secretly... I am already worried about next years April Fools food gag! It has to be GOOD, 'cause this one is SO cute! :S

Too Cute....Too Fun
Everything is candy & desserts. The prep time is the biggest issue...you have to unwrap everything! Assembly is quick!
The fruit roll-ups are perfect to wrap the slices of little cakes/sushi. The candy sprinkles substitute for caviar eggs. The Octopus was NEW to the market for sweet and sour gummys, so scored on that one! Whoo-hoo!!!
The sea weed wrap on the rice cake is licorice, fruit wrap & rice krispies!
AWESOME!...

Here are a few items I picked up at the store...I grabbed anything I could find to make the sushi! Since Hostess is out of business, I had to locate Little Debbie Products...That was work! Finally found them at Walmart....A lot of the grocery stores don't carry them anymore. So much quicker than making them from scratch.

I used a wet washcloth to help keep my knives clean as I worked....

I used canned frosting to glue the candy in place. Just takes a tiny bit...so freeze or plan to use the frosting on something else. You will have a lot left over! The containers were cute for packaging.

Sorry for the shadows...couldn't get away from all the beautiful sunshine flowing through the window!

You can see the assembly in this photo above: Fruit roll-ups, a cloud cake and yogurts pop drops....

Hers is a partial view of a platter of faux sushi...

Here is a photo assembling a faux fish/rice cake with caviar....

Above is a small carry out sampler of faux sushi...

I made these for adults!

This presentation is too cute...

Don't forget the chopsticks!!!

If your Kids like chinese food....it would be fun to order dinner and slip these in with the other food... HeeHee

Ready & Waiting to be delivered!

I can't wait to surprise the Grand Kids with these treats! When I do...We will add an Updated Photo!!!
UPDATED PHOTOS....

The Grand Kids had fun with the faux Sushi...

"Little Hambones!"

7 out of the 9 grand kids were around for the photo shots!

We also made drinks for the kids Easter...
Jello drinks: Jello & Ginger-Ale in place of juice drinks
They loved it! Well,...almost all of them....
The youngest wasn't sure about her drink! We could not get her to try it!
HA-HA
Have a Fun April Fools full of Style...

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Friday, March 30, 2012

An April Fools Birthday Meal...

**See Today's Update Below...
Happy Birthday to the BLOG!

It's our 1st Birthday....

I can't believe it's been a year ALREADY! Since it is April Fools this weekend, I thought it was only fitting that my Blog Birthday cake fit with the April Fools theme. This was a fun project! I LOVE how it turned out!

April Fool's Birthday Cake...

"It's Meat Loaf & Potatoes"

I made a meat loaf using hamburger, sausage, meatloaf seasoning, eggs, oatmeal, chopped onion and Worcestershire pepper.

Place meatloaf in 2 round layer pans, bake at 425 degrees for 1/2 hour and then lower the temperature to 350 degrees for another 1/2 hour. when done, cool and turn out of the pans.

Mash potatoes were my frosting and peas, corn and a tomato were my finishing touches. *(I used instant potatoes)

Prepare your meat loaf just as you would a cake.

Frost the "cake" with the mashed potatoes. I used my frosting decorator to finish the special "frosting" touches. Then corn and peas were used to finish the accents along with a grape tomato for the top! And a sprinkle of grated parmesan cheese across the cake.

Too CUTE! That will get a few looks at the dinner table!
Have a wonderful weekend and show off your April Fool's Style...

:)
Today's Update....April 1st, 2012

Breakfast this morning was "Re-runs", which is our family's name for leftover's.

It was YUMMY!

Fried Meatloaf Slices drizzled with gravy and fried eggs!

Oh My Gosh...This Was Good!

Here is the April Fools Cake when we sliced it for dinner.

It was Yummy for Dinner too!!!

Thursday, March 29, 2012

April Fool's...Better Be Ready!

April Fools update, 4-1-12
Our daughter sent this photo this morning when she served my CANDY Bacon & Eggs for Breakfast this morning....
See ALL of the April Fool's Food items below...
They were fun to make...Enjoy

April Fool's, is always fun.
I like fun pranks not mean ones...

So...here are a few fun surprises to make "just for FUN".
When my children were small I would make "April Fool's Surprises" for them. I hadn't made these candies in years, but I saw a version of them on Pinterest.
Even though it was a different version, it was the same idea!
What it did was remind me of silly days, teasing my kids and creating memories!
*See my Pinterest page under "sweet treats" for this (see photo below) version and the inspiration to make my April Fool's treats again!!!
We gave our daughter some of the bacon and egg candy for the kids April Fools morning. HeHe...HOPE she takes pictures!

This version of bacon & eggs calls for white chocolate, yellow m&m's and pretzel sticks. *Picture came from PINTEREST. Too cute!

My version of Bacon & Eggs....CANDY STYLE!

I used two squeeze bottles, some white and yellow candy melt from Michael's.
A small pot of hot water, wax paper and a cookie sheet.

First I place some white candy melts in hot water until they melted. Doesn't take too long. While forming the candy "egg whites" below, place the yellow melts in the pot to melt.

The faux "egg whites" don't take too long to firm...you may cool in the refrigerator for a couple of minutes if need be. Place the candy on a wax paper covered cookie sheet.

I haven't had a FOODIE FAUX PAS in a while...see the top left of the photo! Well...I guess the lid wan't on tight! LOL, Oh Well...it had to be eaten!!!
So....just make a little yellow dot in the center of the white candy melt and...
Taaada...Candy "fried eggs"!! Let cool and remove from the wax paper.
The fake'n bacon is next...

So Simple...
Tootsie Roll Mini's and Caramel Squares

Slightly soften Tootsie rolls in the microwave for about 4 or 5 seconds, unwrapped. *(I did two tootsie rolls at a time)
Use a small rolling pin to flatten each piece...I USE 2 TOOTSIE ROLLS AND 1 CARAMEL SQUARE PER 3 PIECES OF BACON CANDY.
Roll out oblong and layer like a sandwich.. but, not TOO thin.
Slice into 3 pieces...see below.

Turn sideways and flatten again making a new oblong strip.

*This method lets the candy look like real bacon.

I pinch the candy bacon slightly so it looks like cooked bacon.

I used a mini plate and a mini fork for the picture. They turned out soooo cute. AND...tasty too!
I took some of these tasty treats to some friends to try, they LOVED everything about them. The candy was a big hit! In fact, I am making a box of these cute treats for a cousin who's birthday is on April Fool's Day! She'll LOVE them!
Below are a few more photos of April Fools Style Food...