The Paper Piñata: Snacks

Let me first start out by saying, that I am usually a kitchen nightmare. I'll "show & tell" you how I made these, but I recommend googling an official sweet potato fry recipe (if you don't already have one).

Mine honestly weren't bad, but the goal of this post was to give you the idea of making heart shaped sweet potato fries. You could do this with regular potatoes too of course.

They'd go perfectly on a plate, sitting next to a big beefy manly steak, don't you think? ;)

First, cut your sweet potato into quarter inch slices. Then cut them into hearts using a small cookie cutter. Make sure the thickness of your slices doesn't exceed the thickness of your cookie cutter.

Toss with just enough olive oil to coat the potatoes, and season with your choice of spices.

Mix again until spices seem evenly distributed.

I chose garlic powder, pepper, and paprika.

I've also made the sweet and spicy version too, and that was yum!

Preheat oven to 450 degrees.

Bake for about 15-20 mins, flipping them halfway through.

Watch them carefully to make sure they don't burn....take it from someone who knows!

Enjoy!!

Have a great weekend everyone!

Need a break from all the lovey dovey cheesy corny mushy stuff? Haha. If you're looking for some funny anti Valentine's Day ideas, or just get a kick out of them like me, I found some funny stuff on Etsy today.

I'll be sharing that with you tomorrow!

xoxo

Ashley

I was craving something chocolate this afternoon, and so I thought I'd justify ruining my diet for the day, by being a little productive in the blogging world.

These were super easy to make, and I think they make adorable little snacks and/or gift idea for Valentine's Day!

All you need is:

Mini pretzels (I used a generic brand)

Nestlé chocolate morsels

Heart sprinkles (got mine at Michaels!)

Piping bag (I used a sandwich bag, and cut the corner off)

Wax/parchment paper. Or tin foil... Or a cookier tray...

A way to melt your chocolate (I used the double boiler method)

I used to make these for Christmas all the time, except I would use red and green M&Ms to place in the center. I'd give them out at work, and even as simple as they are.... People LOVE them!

Step 1:

Lay out your wax paper (tin foil works too)

Spread out your pretzels (pretty side up!)

Step 2:

Fill a sauce pot 1/2 with water, and place metal bowl over top

Turn up the heat! I'm not sure if I do this quite right (I wasted some chocolate by over heating I think)

Step 3:

Pour chocolate morsels in bowl, stir until completely melted

Step 4:

Spoon melted chocolate in plastic bag, and cut off a small corner so that you can squeeze it, out onto pretzel.

Step 5:

On the center of the pretzel, slowly squeeze out chocolate in a circular motion. Don't over do it, or heart sprinkle will sink down too far into the chocolate, and you won't be able to see it clearly.

Step 6:

Carefully place the heart in the center of the chocolate, and very lightly tap down on it so that it stays. Tapping too hard will burry the heart too deep, and you will lose its shape.

Step 6:

Let the chocolate cool/harden (putting them in the fridge obviously speeds up this process), and try not to eat them all!

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