athriftymom.com

This is a great tip by Sarah on how to quickly make watermelon sticks, that are smaller and just the right size for kids to hold and eat. Perfect for the summer party or picnic too.

At the end of the article, she also has a link to another tip on how to quickly cube an entire watermelon!

Click on the Watermelon Sticks ~ Perfect for Little Hands link below to see Sarah’s excellent tip.

Watermelon Sticks ~ Perfect for Little Hands

abeautifulmess.com

This is Emma’s wonderful summertime recipe for lavender ice cream.

She first explains how to infuse milk with lavender buds. Then she makes an ice cream base with the lavender milk, sugar, egg yolks, heavy cream and other ingredients. In addition to specific measurements, she explains how long to cool the ice cream base before adding it to your ice cream maker.

Lavender adds a wonderful taste to ice cream. I’ve enjoyed it in cookies, shortbread, sugar (to sprinkle over fruit), lemonade, muffins etc. A little lavender goes a long way, so experiment with the amount of lavender you use in any dish, to get the flavor that you like.

Click on the Emma’s Homemade Lavender Ice Cream Recipe link below to see Emma’s lavender ice cream recipe.

Emma’s Homemade Lavender Ice Cream Recipe

chocolatedriven.com

I really like the Chocolate Driven website because Joy always finds some great video or text recipes related to chocolate.

In this post she shares a video that illustrates how to create a chocolate cup and saucer! Then the cup is filled with some chocolate mousse in. How unique is that!

Click on the  How to Make Chocolate Mousse in a Chocolate Cup link below to see the video.

How to Make Chocolate Mousse in a Chocolate Cup

This is a really neat DIY chocolate project.  Joy of the Chocolate Driven website shares an article about how to make cupcake toppers and cookie decorations. Click on the DIY Chocolate Christmas Trees link below to read more. Very nice project!

DIY Chocolate Christmas Trees

The Cute Food for Kids website has collected the cutest and most creative Christmas cupcakes. Next to each picture is a link to the recipe for a creative Christmas cupcake. Some of the recipes and designs are really amazing. Click on the 41 Cutest and Most Creative Christmas Cupcake link to see all of the recipes.

41 Cutest and Most Creative Christmas Cupcakes (Recipes)

Joy shared this on her Chocolate Driven website.  It’s a neat video by the One Pot Chef that explains how to make banana ice cream in a blender. It’s easier than you’d think. Nice and simple recipe!  Click the article link below to see the video.

DIY Homemade Ice Cream in a Blender

ChocolateDriven.com is a great site for All Things Chocolate.  To see the video just click the following link:

How to Make Chocolate Roses

Joy shares how she tracked down a recipe for Chocolate Truffle Spoons.  To read more, visit ChocolateDriven.com at the following link:

DIY: Chocolate Truffle Cocoa Spoons

I LOVE chocolate!  Joy of Chocolate Driven shares a tutorial she found on how to make chocolate covered strawberries.  These strawberries have a football theme. This is a video tutorial by IM Haute.  Nice step-by-step instructions.

How to Make Chocolate Covered Strawberries

These energy balls contain raw, healthy ingredients and no refined sugar.  But they have an ingredient that is naturally sweet.  They also have coconut, nuts, cacao and more.  Mmmm!  Another bonus is that they’re a no-bake, chocolate treat.

No Bake Chocolate Energy Balls