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Happy Wednesday! With the holiday weekend coming up I thought I would make today’s treat themed for this upcoming 4th of July. One of my favorite treats of all time are funfetti cupcakes. In middle school I used to make these for all of my friends birthdays. You can easily make them your own by just a few drops of food coloring into the cupcake mix. I have in the past used the red food coloring for cupcakes, but it always seemed to turn out more pink than red. This time I added about half a dozen drops of red food coloring and it seemed to have done the trick. Now I know that everyone thinks that vanilla frosting is all the same, but the funfetti frosting is something way different. I don’t what it is about it that makes it taste so good. If you can’t find it in your grocery store check your local CVS. Thats where I found it when Fairway didn’t have it. To make my treat fully patriotic I added some blue sprinkles on top to give it that final touch. If you are looking for some other fun July 4th treat ideas here are some fun ideas for you to try out.

Red white and blue cookies – take sugar cookie dough and add food coloring and roll it all together then back
Red and blue jello cups with whip cream on top – make red jello in a cup and put in fridge then make the blue jello and pour on top of the red jello then put it in fridge until firm
patriotic pretzels – pretzels sticks drizzled with white chocolate and red and blue sprinkles

Hope everyone who is going out of town for the 4th has a safe and fun holiday! For those of staying in Manhattan make sure to find a rooftop or a balcony to see the fireworks this year. I saw them practicing them last night on my way home from Brooklyn. I just hope my sweet puppy Stella doesn’t get scared by them this year <3

It’s Wednesday so you know what that means? Time for another Hump Day Treat recipe to share with all of you. My 27th birthday is this Friday, October 21st (CRAZY!!) so I wanted to share with you one of my favorite guilty pleasure recipes in honor of my birthday. One of my favorite things to make in college was something called puppy chow. NowI know what you all are thinking it sounds like dog food, but it’s honestly amazing and super easy to make. So When I when I stumbled upon this recipe for cupcake puppy chow from getinmybelly.com I knew I had to share it with you all. I personally like to keep my puppy chow in the freezer until I am ready to serve it, but that is entirely up to your personal preference. Here is what you need:

Ingredients:

4.5 cups rice chex cereal (I normally use a full box)
¼ cup salted butter
3 tbsp heavy cream
10 oz white chocolate candy melts or pure white chocolate
1 tsp almond emulsion or extract
1 tsp butter emulsion or extract
1 and ½ cups powdered sugar

Directions:

Pour cereal into a large mixing bowl
In a medium sized sauce pan on a low heat melt the butter, cream and white chocolate. Stir constantly until all of the white chocolate is melted
Remove the mixture from the heat and stir in the almond extract and butter extract
Pour the warm white chocolate over cereal and stir well. I have in the past made the mistake thinking I could use my hands but then burned them so be careful
about 3-4 minutes later no longer than that gently mix in the sprinkles.The last thing you want is for the sprinkles not to adhere to the chocolate but also lose their color
In a large ziplock bag put some powdered sugar in it then pour half the cereal in the large bag or container. Personally I split the cereal with powdered sugar into two bags and then also pour extra powdered sugar on top.
Close the bag and shake until the cereal is coated with the powdered sugar
Place in the freezer until cold
Take out of the freezer and enjoy!!

Hope you guys love this recipe as much as I do. For a full video of it head to Getinmybelly to watch it!

Hump Day Treat – 4th of July Themed

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