Category: Party Ideas

Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Dip

Ingredients: 

  • 1/2 cup butter
  • 1/3 cup brown sugar
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese
  • 1/2 cup confectioners’ sugar
  • 3/4 cup semisweet mini chocolate chips
  • 1/2 cup chopped nuts (optional)

Directions:

Prep Time: 15 minsTotal Time: 30 mins
  1. In a small saucepan, melt the butter with the brown sugar over medium heat. Stir continuously, until the brown sugar dissolves. (You can also do this in the microwave but watch it closely. The butter/sugar mixture will boil over fast. Stir every 30 seconds or so.)
  2. Remove from heat, whisk in the vanilla and set aside to cool.
  3. Beat the cream cheese and confectioner’s sugar for 1 minute.
  4. Slowly beat in the cooled butter mixture and beat again for another minute.
  5. Stir in the chocolate chips and nuts, if using.
  6. Pour into a serving bowl and refrigerate.
  7. Garnish with additional chocolate chips or nuts, if you choose.

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Easy Crab Dip

  • 8 ounces softened cream cheese
  • 8 ounces sour cream
  • 1/2 cup celery, chopped
  • 3 green onions, chopped
  • 4 tablespoons lemon juice
  • 1 cup shredded Cheddar cheese
  • 3/4 pound imitation crabmeat, chopped

Instructions

  1. In a large serving bowl or small casserole dish, stir together the cream cheese and sour cream.
  2. Add the vegetables, lemon juice, cheese, and imitation crab.
  3. Stir all ingredients together until well incorporated.
  4. Refrigerate for one hour before serving.

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Flip Flop Cookies

Use oval shaped cookies, frosting, rope licorice and flattened gummy worms to make these cute flip flop cookies.

Present them on top of a tropical dish towel in a pan of graham cracker cumbs. Too cute!

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Brownie Pizza

Brownie Pizza 
Gooey and packed with chocolate, brownies are always a big hit with kids. This brownie pizza is so easy to make that even preschoolers can help stir the batter.
Ingredients
  • Your favorite Chewy brownie batter
  • 2 1/2 cups confectioners’ sugar
  • 1/2 cup butter (1 stick), softened
  • 2 1/2 tbsp. milk
  • 1 tsp. vanilla extract
  • Red food coloring paste (available at kitchen and party supply stores)
  • 6 oz. white chocolate
  • Assorted candies
Instructions
  1. Prepare the brownie recipe, with one exception: Instead of pouring the mixture into a rectangular or square pan, pour it into a lightly greased (and clean!) 12-inch pizza pan.
  2. Bake, in an oven preheated to 350 degrees, for 20 to 30 minutes or until a knife inserted in the middle comes out clean. Cool.
  3. Meanwhile, mix up the red frosting “sauce.” In a large bowl, cream the confectioners’ sugar and butter.
  4. Adding the sauce Add the milk and vanilla extract and beat until smooth. Add 1/2 to 1 teaspoon of red food coloring paste and mix until you have the desired shade (think tomato sauce). Use a spatula or knife to spread the sauce evenly over the cooled “pizza.”
  5. Now you’re ready to add the toppings. For white chocolate “cheese,” roughly chop or grate (adults only) white chocolate.
  6. Sprinkle it over the frosting (your kids may want to add extra cheese). For other toppings, add M&M’s, chocolate chips, butterscotch chips or any other favorite candies.
  7. Use a pizza cutter to slice the brownie into 16 pieces. Present it in a pizza box (ask a local pizza parlor if you could have or buy one).
  8. Serve the Brownie Pizza at an after-school gathering, a pizza party, or–most fitting–a Brownie troop meeting. Serves 16.
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