We end the Party ... Lemon Fudge, Watermelon Lobsters & a Cool BBQ Invite

We wrap our party with some fun food!  I found a Microwave Lemon Fudge that I have been dying to make and new a BBQ would be perfect.  A watermelon cut into Lobster shapes and of course a FUN invite to pass out to our friends.  And of course the table all done up!

First I made a SUPER easy Microwave Lemon Fudge that I found on Lady Behind the Curtain. OMG is the words ok the initials I kept hearing over and over about this fudge, even the kids loved it.

Ingredients

1-10 ounce bag plus 1 cup of white chocolate chips

1-14 ounce can sweetened condensed milk

2 tablespoons butter, softened

1 1/2 teaspoons lemon extract

candies or sprinkles for decorating

Instructions

1. Line an 8x8-inch baking dish with foil (make sure the foil hangs over the edges so serve as

handles).

2. Spray with non stick cooking spray.

3. In a 4-cup microwave measuring cup, mix chocolate chips, milk and butter. Microwave uncovered

on high 1 to 2 minutes, stirring every 30 seconds, until chips are almost melted.

4. Stir in lemon extract.

5. Pour mixture into prepared baking pan.

6. Sprinkle on sprinkles (optional)

7. Place in refrigerator for 2 hours or overnight before cutting.

ALEXIS NOTE: I used a lemon food coloring to give it a little pop of color. 

Then I found a fun idea to cut watermelon shaped as a Lobster on Simply Suzanne's at Home.

Watermelon

Lobster Cookie Cutter

Mini Chocolate Chips (I ran out so I used regular ones)

Slice your watermelon the width of your cookie cutter.  Use the cutter to cut out the lobster shape.  Add 2 mini chips to be the eyes, I only had regular size so it was a little too large for the body.  I bought my cookie cutter off Amazon.

And for a fun FREE End of Year BBQ found on Becoming Martha. These were so freaking cute.  I saved the photo and uploaded into PicMonkey to add some fun wording.  I used a summer time font I had downloaded from a previous project.

Here is our table all done up!

And some fun shots of the party!

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BBQ Grill Themed Cupcakes

Next on my list to make for the End of Year BBQ was some fun cupcakes.  I had so many plans, let's just say they did NOT go as planned so I went to plan B.  I did find a fun idea that ran with and made my own, was these super cute BBQ Cupcakes on Two Busy Blondes.  She pipped chocolate to make the grills, I was pressed for time so I just used some gel and made my grills.  See below on what I did.

What you need:

Cupcakes frosted

Black Gel Frosting (Or make with chocolate)

Candy or Candy Clay for top of grill

I made a batch of Moist Fluffy Vanilla Cupcakes found on Life, Love and Sugar and frosted with my Sturdy Buttercream Frosting.  I used my frosting knife to smooth the frosting down. I used my Wilton Glitter Black gel to make a circle with lines going down to look like a grill on a BBQ.  I had some left over Candy Clay I made to make the items on top of the grill.

Candy Clay:

12 oz Candy Melts (In the color you want)

1/4 Cup Light Corn Syrup

Melt the chocolate until it's smooth, mix in the corn syrup.  Once it's all mixed up and sticking together wrap in plastic wrap (lay it flat).  I found mine had to sit overnight to harden up and work it to what I needed.  A little powder sugar helps it not stick to the counter and mold it to what you want.

For the cupcakes I used brown candy clay to make burgers.  Orange candy clay for cheese, if I had yellow I would have used that instead (I used what I had on hand). I used red, green and orange on a toothpick to look like grilling peppers :).

I made a few fun cupcakes to match the swim theme also!  

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BBQ Party ... Flip Flop Cake Pops

This past Saturday we had a End of the Year BBQ at my parents lake front.  WELL it was scheduled for last Saturday, but when I kept checking the weather and it called for 80% chance of RAIN, I called it.  Thank God since Noah may have picked us up for the party too, if you remember Caden's bday party did the same thing.  I think it's a new theme for my parties. 

I of course wanted to make theme things!  I found these Flip Flop Cake pops on Living Locurto.  If you have not been to this site you MUST from free printable's to awesome ideas for food!

NOW her's are so professional an amazing looking.  I didn't do the cake pops on a lollipop stick.  They were't all uniformed but I loved how they came out!

 What You’ll Need:

• Blue Candy Melts
• Lolliop Sticks (I skipped this part)
• Baked Cake & Icing. Flavor of your choice.
• Flower Sprinkles
• Candy Straws

Directions

Mix the cake and icing together in a bowl. Shape into a cake ball. Squeeze the middle to form an hour-glass shape.

Once you have your hour-glassy looking shape, you’re going to want to then shape it into your “flip flop” form.  Just smooth the edges and form it to make it look like a flip flop.

Dip in melted candy before it dries place the strap onto the flip-flop.

Next, put a small dot of chocolate on the strap and attach your flower, or decoration.

They turned out pretty darn cute if I say so myself!

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Watermelon Cookies ... Summer Time Cookies

I made these super cute cookies for the boys and girls club workers and volunteers.  These were NOT an easy cookie to make and I probably will never make them again, but they were super cute!

If you have the time make these cookies you will be the star of the party!  I found these super cute cookies on Among the Young.  I used Americolor Super Red Food Coloring and Leaf Green Food Coloring, I buy the little ones at Hobby Lobby.  I used Vanilla instead of Almond since I didn't have it on hand that time.

 1 1/2 C. butter
1 1/2 C. sugar
2 eggs
1 tsp almond extract
4 1/2 C. flour
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 tsp baking powder
Food coloring paste (green and red)

Beat butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add eggs and extract. Add the flour, salt, powder at a low speed. Remove 2 C. dough – set aside. (2/3 C. will be green and 1 1/3 will remain “white”). At low speed, beat in red paste. Shape dough into a 3 1/2 inch cylinder. Wrap with plastic wrap and refrigerate 2 hours. Wrap green and plain dough separately and chill also.

Reshape red cylinder (so there are no flat sides). Roll out plain dough to 7×8 1/2 rectangle. Roll up around the red cylinder. Roll out green dough to 10×7 1/2. Wrap together and refrigerate for at least 8 hours.

Next day slice (cut thick!) and bake at 375 for 6-10 minutes. Do NOT overbake!

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