Monday, August 20, 2012

Funfetti White Chocolate Fudge! Sweeeeeet Tooth!




I've noticed some have called it cake batter fudge - but it tastes nothing like cake batter to be quite honest. It tastes like white chocolate fudge! Hence, my title.


I Made some last week for the munchkins and found it to be so incredibly sweet! I give about a half a square per serving.


Very simple to make and it has sprinkles! The best part!


List:

¾ cup sweetened condensed milk
1 12 oz. package white chocolate chips
3 tsp Vanilla Extract
1 tsp Almond Extract
Rainbow Sprinkles

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First:

Pour your milk and white chocolate chips into a microwave-safe bowl. Heat for about 2-3 minutes, or until white chocolate is almost completely melted. 

A key to success in melting: DO NOT OVERHEAT

Stir until completely blended, melted, and smooth.

As the mixture is smoothed, add vanilla and almond extracts - Mix. 

Add a handful or so of rainbow sprinkles and fold in quickly, because they will melt -
and if they are stirred for too long they’ll turn the fudge an ugly muddy color. Fold in just enough to get them mixed into the chocolate.

Transfer to an aluminum-foil lined 8×8 inch baking pan and sprinkle more rainbow sprinkles on top to your liking. Place in the refrigerator. It should take a couple hours to set.



Once set, cut into cubes. Store leftovers in an airtight container in a cool place.(I've actually stored my in the refrigerator, which does make the fudge a bit hard and crumbly - but it still feels like soft smooth fudge once you bite into it :]



Removing old candle wax from its jar





I can't count the times I have had such cool glass jars my candles come in and after they've burnt out, I have to throw the jar away - I never knew how to remove all the wax to clean the jar and reuse, until now...

It's actually one of the most stupidly simple things to do! I laughed at myself after learning how to do it - why didn't this ever become apparent before?

List:

Pot
Boiling water
Jars with leftover candle wax

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First step, um... boil your water!

Then, pour into your candle jar




Let sit and cool


The wax magically floats to the top and you can pull it out! (you may also use the wax to break into chunks and put in a wax burner! If your wax still smells great, why not!?)






Clean the excess smudges of wax with a sturdy cloth or paper towel.



THAT'S IT! HAHAHA - I am completely stoked! and again, so incredibly easy its ridiculous I'd never figured this out before.

Sunday, August 5, 2012

Recycle Old Crayons Pt. II

Recycling crayons again so soon?

 ....Low and behold, not even a couple weeks and we have a gang of broken crayons again and since I'm most definitely over the tape thing ... Let's keep recycling.

This time I got into the Halloween decorations box and found a silicone skull ice cube mold - With the boys in the house, skulls are a hit!






This time around I kept the colors the same - had some left overs so I was able to mix two of the skulls with all the colors.

230 degrees F @ 15min

I usually just turn the oven off with the mold still in and let it cool that way.


Pop 'em out after they've cooled completely (I lose track of time and they end up cooling for at least 30 min)



They came out really cool! I dig 'em :]