Chocolate covered strawberries, blueberry muffins, & cement....

Today was another SNOW DAY ......YEAH!!!(and I only say that because I take a snow day when the kids have a snow day .....i.e. since my home health care P.T. job involves driving around from one patients' house to another .... and the majority of my patients are up on a mountain .... which involves driving up and down a windy mountain road ..... if the school buses arent' running up there because of bad weather, neither am I !! that's my policy .... and I'm sticking to it !!! )

Anyway, since it was a snow day, and I'm conveniently in denial about what a pig pen my house is, and the pile of paperwork on my desk ..... the MBIAJ (Moonbeams in a Jar) Baking Dept decided it was the perfect day to make some Valentine's goodies..... such as Chocolate Covered Strawberries !!!! .....and Blueberry Muffins ..... and cement ....I mean Rice Krispie Treats !!!!! Now the MBIAJ Baking Dept has never been know to go to too much trouble .... cutting corners is their trademark .... and this Dolci frutta hard chocolate shell fits the bill perfectly!! I found this stuff right next to the strawberries in the produce aisle. You just microwave the entire container, then dip stuff in it .....
I had left over chocolate , so I dipped some mini pretzels in it ..... great idea, except I forgot to put them on wax paper to dry and I had to use a chisel to get them off of this plate!

....so, while the strawberries and pretzels were drying, the Baking Dept went straight to work on these .....




....yep ..."homemade" blueberry muffins from a mix .....



and while they were in the oven, that industrious Baking Dept mixed up a batch up Rice Krispie Treats ....






......mmmmmmmmmm....that big blob went right into the taste testers big mouth !!! Anyhow, this sticky mess would have been fine had I not been interrupted by ....

.....His Royal Majesty, (aka my husband) who decided he didn't like the color of the foyer ... and since it's crummy weather and he can't play outside .... decided to repaint the foyer ... anyhow, my Rice Krispie Treats were put on HOLD while I held the ladder.


Upon my return to the kitchen, I proceeded to excavate the Rice Krispie Treats out of the pot .... they were now pretty much like CEMENT !!!!....... but, I figure if I dress them up and plop a chocolate covered strawberry on top (I know, it kind of looks like a turd sitting there on top of the Rice Krispie Treat ....) they'll pass for a fancy dessert!


.....Phew !!! After all that "baking", a coffee break .... or more like a hot chocolate break, along with some stitching on the Valentine project left over from yesterday, was in order .....

















.....and this is as far as I got on that project today.....




WOW !!! that was one LONG post !!! (probably breaks the record for longest blog post !!) --- hope you didn't fall asleep reading it ..... actually, that's OK if you did, because I'm falling asleep writing it !!! Long post.... Long day !!!

Toodles,
Mary Anne (aka Mare)