In April our youngest daughter will be turning one, and I guess it’s time to start thinking about her first birthday party. I think every first birthday is super special (heck, every birthday for that matter – I mean I’m always up for cake!), but Grace’s feels a bit more so. Grace came to our family through the miracle of open adoption.
Anyone who has dealt with infertility or been on the adoption journey knows it’s a long and emotional one, and some days I still can’t believe that this beautiful, healthy and happy little sweetheart is our daughter.
Anyways, so it will be a big celebration, and the only thing I know for sure is the colors will be orange, pink and yellow. Looking in my baking cabinet today I thought it might be a good idea to start trying out ideas for treats for her party. I decided to go with chocolate covered marshmallow pops and chocolate covered vanilla oreo pops.
I started with dipping the sticks in chocolate and than popping them into the marshmallows. I find that doing this, and letting the chocolate set up before dipping the entire marshmallow, makes it a bit more sturdy on the stick (and less likely to take a dive into your bowl of chocolate).
I took the oreos (well to be specific, the Trader Joe’s Joe Joe’s. Yummy!) apart and put some chocolate inside to hold the sticks inside the cookies.
After that I put the top back on the cookies and let the chocolate set up before dipping the entire cooking into chocolate.
Yeah. I think these are going to be cute.
The Hello Kitty sugar decorations kind of took them to a whole new level of cuteness. Of course Hello Kitty does that with anything, at least in my opinion. 🙂
Chocolate covered marshmallow sweetness.
Chocolate dipped Oreo goodness.
Yay! Oreos, chocolate and Hello Kitty. I think that will work for a party.
I think that would make a cute little party favor. Now, maybe I should taste test, I mean I don’t want people eating anything that I’m not 100% sure is delicious…
Leanne @ Healthful Pursuit says
Oh my goodness, Grace is absolutely adorable! She has such an amazingly warm face. I’ve seen how challenging the adoption process can be, it’s so great that everything worked out for you and your family!
Suzanne says
How adorable, what a great idea. Your site is wonderful!
Christi says
Suzanne, thanks so much!
natalie (the sweets life) says
she is positively DARLING!!
Christi says
Natalie – Thanks so much. We think she’s pretty darn cute ourselves. 🙂
Rachel says
How cute are those?! They are adorable.
ebru says
this ia great work. while i am thinking decorating some marsmallows for my daughters birthday . i will give i try ,
i like fotos also
Happy When Not Hungry says
Grace is such a beautiful baby!!! Your birthday treats look delicious and so creative too! Great job and awesome photos!
Linda's Yummies says
Too cute! I’ve always wondered how these were made. Your pictures are so colorful. Many thanks for sharing. I hope my treat turn out as lovely as yours.
Adriana says
These are soooo cute and I imagine delicious! Great tip with dipping the sticks in chocolate first, I will definitely try that!
Chef Dennis says
Christi
your work is amazing!!! and your daughter is perfect, that image is priceless, thank you so much for sharing it. I absolutely love your work , I would love to share you with all of my friends!!
So glad I stopped by today
Dennis
DeeAnn Lancaster says
These are so cute! I ‘liked’ them on facebook for my friends with little girls.