Lorax Veggie Tray

byKaren•January 17, 2019

This adorable Lorax veggie tray is perfect for so many upcoming events. Munch on veggies while celebrating Dr. Seuss’s birthday and Read Across America Month in March. Or break out the Lorax veggie tray in April for Earth Day. After all, he speaks for the trees.

Veggie Tray Ideas

There’s something so fun about cute veggie tray ideas. I feel good making them because they encourage my kids (and myself) to eat a few more veggies. Plus who doesn’t want to celebrate a cool character, holiday or event with fun food?

I am all about encouraging my kids to eat more fruits and veggies. Although to be honest fruits aren’t generally a problem in our house, veggies are. So I try to stick mostly to veggies they already like that fit the color scheme I need. If I can add a new or less liked veggie in too, then I do.

The Lorax Veggie Tray

In the case of the Lorax veggie tray, I needed a lot of the color orange and a little bit of yellow. I stuck with baby carrots for the bulk of the Lorax and then created his eyebrows and mustache with strips of yellow bell peppers. I could have swapped the carrots with orange bell peppers but I wanted a little more variety than just bell peppers.

The eyes are just little cups of ranch dip with a round piece of black olive in them. You could also skip the dip and cut out circles of jicama instead. I wouldn’t though, I am a big fan of fresh ranch dressing or even an easy ranch dip made with fat-free sour cream.

Baby Show Veggie Tray

By the way, I think this would be an awesome baby shower veggie tray for a Dr. Seuss themed party! Or even a Dr. Suess themed birthday or Halloween party! What do you think?

If you need a Lorax dessert for your party, check out these cute Lorax cake topper you can order on Etsy or make Lorax cupcakes with chocolate mustaches!

What’s the Lorax?

The Lorax is a children’s book written by Dr. Seuss in 1971.

Who is the Lorax?

The Lorax is the title character in the book, The Lorax by Dr. Seuss. He ‘speaks for the trees’ and warns readers what might happen when we let consumerism and greed take importance over protecting the environment.

Is the Lorax a Dr. Seuss Book?

Yes, The Lorax is a book written by popular children’s author Dr. Seuss. Dr. Seuss is also known for writing The Cat in the Hat, Green Eggs and Ham, and How the Grinch Stole Christmas.

Why is the Lorax orange?

That’s a great question. I don’t know why the Lorax is orange and I couldn’t find any specific information about why the Lorax is orange. Dr. Seuss is known for crazy, bright illustrations so I would guess it’s because the orange color of the Lorax pops against the green grass and blue sky in the book.

Does the Lorax like carrots and yellow bell peppers?

I think the Lorax does like to eat carrots and yellow peppers, I mean who doesn’t. 😉

More Fun Lorax Ideas

Easy New Year’s Eve Cookies

byKaren•December 27, 2018

These simple New Years cookies are a simple alternative to all the intricate desserts created during the holidays. No chocolate chips, peppermint or gingerbread necessary.

Looking for an easy New Year's Even dessert? How about these cake mix New Year's Eve Cookies. So easy with just a couple of ingredients!

These New Year’s Eve cookies are a cake mix cookie (so easy to make) with lots of fun and sparkly, New Year’s Eve themed sprinkles mixed in. Think gold, silver, black, and white.

They are the perfect sweet treat to have on hand to toast with champagne or sparkling cider at midnight.

New year's Eve Sprinkle Cake mix cookie recipe

Easy New Year’s Eve Cookies Ingredients

Cake Mix
1/3 C + 1 TB Canola Oil
2 Eggs
Assorted white, silver, black and gold sprinkles

How to make Easy New Years Cookies

Combine the eggs and oil with the cake mix. Then generously add your New Year’s Eve themed sprinkles and stir gently.

Chill the dough in the fridge for a few hours. I think the cookie turn out chewier but if you don’t have time, it won’t be the end of the world. Unless of course, it’s 1999 (Y2K anyone?!?!?).

Drop ~1″ balls on parchment paper lined cookie sheets. Bake for 8-10 minutes at 350 degrees, be careful not to undercook these cookies. Let them cool on the baking sheets for a few minutes before moving them to cooling racks.

Chocolate New Year’s Eve Cookies

Chocolate New Years cookies are fun too, just use a box of chocolate cake mix. I also added a little black food dye, to really make the sprinkles pop. These cookies are sweet enough and no royal icing or frosting is necessary.

These decorated New Years Eve cookies are easy and are the perfect treat for kids to make for friends and family in 2018. New Years Eve Food Ideas | New Years Sugar Cookies | New Years Eve Dessert Ideas

This recipe is easy enough for kids to make if they want to help with New Years Eve party prep too.

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Easy Minecraft Cake Idea

byKaren•April 23, 2018

I love making fun desserts as long as they’re easy enough for my limited skill set. This includes the homemade birthday cake that my boys ask me for each year. I think the LEGO birthday cake I made a few years ago was my favorite but this Minecraft cake might top it. Elliot asked for a Minecraft cake design that was very simple to create and turned out super cute.

How to create an Easy Minecraft Cake

A Minecraft Snowman or Snow Golem is a very easy cake design. It’s all about squares and rectangles that can be easily created with different size cake pans.

I used standard 9″ X 11″ and 9″ X 9″ pans for the bottom and middle parts of the Minecraft Snowman. I opted to not buy a smaller square pan for the head and instead made one using foil. It was my first time creating a custom cake pan from foil and it was quite easy. I recommend watching a youtube video if you are interested in making your own custom cake pan.

DIY Minecraft Cake

I used two white cake mixes to fill the three pans evenly. Freezing the baked cakes overnight made them easier to decorate on the day of the party. I arranged them onto a large poster board before frosting them. Definitely, keep the extra large size of this cake design in mind if you need to refrigerate it prior to the party. It took up the entire bottom shelf of my fridge.

Minecraft Snowman Cake

Generously frost the cakes with white buttercream frosting. I made a double batch of buttercream frosting in order to have enough to cover all three cakes. You can never have too much frosting. 😉 Once the cake is frosted you are ready to add the snowman face, buttons, and arms.

Chocolate Covered Snowman Arms

Originally I was going to use Giant Pocky sticks for the Minecraft snowman’s arms. I couldn’t find them locally and waited too long to order them in time, so I had to make my own chocolate covered breadsticks instead. They are simple to make using large crunchy breadsticks and melted chocolate. I microwaved chocolate chips in 10-second intervals, stirring each time until it was melted. Chocolate easily burns and becomes a toxic mess, so be careful. I placed the breadsticks on a pan covered in parchment paper for easy cleanup. Drizzle the chocolate over each one until it was completely covered. Then pop the pan into the freezer for a few minutes to harden the chocolate again.

Once you are chocolate arms are ready to go, insert one on each side of the snowman. Add chocolate squares to mimic the Minecraft Snowman buttons and face. I used mini chocolate squares for the face and standard chocolate squares for the snowman buttons.

I recommend googling what a Minecraft Snowman looks like if you aren’t sure. You will see my cake is pretty spot on. If you are really ambitious you can attempt a standing Minecraft Snowman cake but I’m pretty happy with my flat Minecraft Snowman version.

Minecraft Cake Recipe Ingredients

2 white cake mixes
white buttercream frosting – a double batch
9″ X 11′ pan
9″ square pan
smaller square pan or foil to make your own
chocolate covered breadsticks or Giant Pocky Sticks
Dark chocolate squares (regular and mini)

Be sure to stop back by for more easy Minecraft party ideas I’ll be sharing soon.

Easy Chocolate Football Cookies

byKaren•February 3, 2018

Easy and fun are my two favorite types of projects, these easy chocolate football cookies are both of those things!

Easy Chocolate Football Cookie Recipe

The best part of about these easy chocolate football cookies is you can make it from a cookie mix. This chocolate football cookie idea is for people that are short on time or want something simple.

Start with a package of sugar cookie mix and add 2 tablespoons of unsweetened baking cocoa to make it chocolatey and the perfect shade of brown for a football.

Be sure to chill the dough for a few hours before rolling the dough to make football cutout cookies. Bake your chocolate football cookies according to the cookie mix directions.

Once cooled, use white frosting to pipe on the white laces. You can make your own frosting or keep this whole project simple and use a can of vanilla frosting.

I like to pipe my frosting using these bags. A ziplock bag with the end of cut also works.

Football Activity for Kids

Prep the materials ahead of time and you can turn it into a fun football activity kids at your super bowl party.

Or make up a big batch to put out with the rest of the football party food.

Chocolate Strawberry Shortcake Cookies

If you want to make a little more elaborate cookie recipe. Try adding strawberries and whipped cream for a fun chocolate strawberry shortcake cookie idea.

It’s an easy way to upgrade the simple chocolate football cookie idea.

The Easiest Rice Krispies Gingerbread House

byKaren•December 18, 2017

Easy and fun is my favorite way to celebrate. This year we opted to make Rice Krispies gingerbread houses. There was less breakage (and stress) involved because it’s a more giving building material. I also took the super easy route and used store bought Rice Krispies treats. It really doesn’t get any more easy and semi-homemade than that. It’s just as fun for the kids though!

Ready for the easiest gingerbread house ever? Use store-bought Rice Krispies treats! A Rice Krispies Gingerbread House is festive fun without the stress!

The cute little Rice Krispies treats you can buy from the store make perfect little blocks. We used 4 treats plus frosting to build each little house. Add more frosting, plus candy, sprinkles, and cereal to decorate and you are done!

Supplies for the easies rice krispies gingerbread house ever

Easy Rice Krispies Gingerbread House Ingredients

Rice Krispies Treats
Frosting
Candy
Sprinkles
Cereal

4 rice krispies treats for each rice krispies gingerbread house

Start by slicing each treat lengthwise in half, so you end up with 8 thinner Rice Krispies treats. Then cut the corners off two of the treats to create triangles for the front and back of the house.

Slice pre made rice Krispies Treats in half lengthwise for your easy Rice Krispies Gingerbread House

Now you are ready to put together your Rice Krispies gingerbread house. Continuing with the easy theme, I used a can of frosting from the store.

Build your easy Rice Krispies Gingerbread House

The smartest thing to do is to let the frosting harden for at least an hour before decorating. I am not always known to do the smartest thing though. 😉

Candy, sprinkles and cereal to decorate rice krispies gingerbread houses

My boys started decorating right away and we had a few walls that pushed in a bit but I just adjusted them back in place as we went. Everything turned out great.

Making rice krispies gingerbread houses with kids

By the next morning, the frosting was dry and the Rice Krispies Gingerbread Houses were solid & cute. 😀

making the easiest gingerbread house ever with premade rice krispies treats

By the way, the Rice Krispies treats remain edible for at least a few days afterward, in case you are the type of parent who lets their kids consume tons of sugar and eat their gingerbread house creations. 🙂

Rice Krispies Gingerbread House Tips

Keep it easy and use premade Rice Krispies Treats, they are uniform in size and 4 can be used to make a sweet little house.
Give each child their own bag of frosting, so there is no fighting. 😀
Place each house on its own plate or cookie sheet to contain some of the mess while decorating.
Let your houses dry/harden before decorating for best results.
Use any candy, sprinkles or cereal you have on hand. Keep it simple, cheap and eclectic. 🙂

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Holiday Fruit Trays | Holiday Veggie Trays

byKaren•December 7, 2017

Today’s collection of holiday fruit trays and holiday veggie trays is sponsored by Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona. All opinions are my own.

It can be difficult to eat fresh and healthy during the holidays. The colder weather and festive parties always seem to encourage more decadent dishes. If you start each meal or party with a glass of water and fresh fruit or veggies though, you are likely to eat less of the unhealthier options. Fresh produce doesn’t have to be boring though, check out the collection of holiday fruit trays and holiday veggie trays I’ve found online.

Holiday Fruit Trays

Be sure to play your holiday fruit or veggie tray around produce in season or your guests’ favorite types of fruit and veggies. The goal is to encourage everyone to have something healthy and fresh before indulging in other dishes!

Holiday Veggie Trays

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Christmas Tree Brownie Pops

byKaren•December 4, 2017

Aren’t these Christmas Tree brownie pops cute? I am such a fan of decorating fun, festive desserts during the holidays, especially if they involve chocolate! Pretty much chocolate anything. Just like most of my projects, these are so easy to make. Easy enough that the boys can help which they LOVE to do!

Sticking to the easy route, I used a package of yummy peppermint brownies that I already had in the pantry. Don’t let me hold you back from making your favorite brownie recipe from scratch though!

Easy Christmas Tree Brownie Pops

Box of brownie mix
Christmas tree cookie cutter
Frosting
Sprinkles
Festive straws (cut in half)

Once your brownies are completely cooled, use your cookie cutter to cut out the Christmas Trees. You will have extra brownie pieces left over, don’t worry they are still delicious and I am pretty sure calorie free. 😉

Kids decorating Christmas Tree Brownie Pops

Then let the kiddos go to town on decorating. Naturally, they will use way too much frosting and too many sprinkles.

Once they are decorated, add a little bit of frosting to the end of a straw and gently insert it into the base of the tree.

Save a few aside for you to decorate, I found keeping my design simple worked best!

Christmas Tree Brownies are an easy holiday treat to make and let kids decorate

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Turkey Veggie Tray | Healthy Thanksgiving Recipe

byKaren•November 30, 2017

It’s so easy to overindulge during the holidays especially with special meals and parties just about every week. There always seems to be decadent dishes and desserts around. So I try to fill up on healthy food first like munching on this turkey veggie tray!

Healthy Thanksgiving Recipe

I don’t try eliminating the indulgent foods. Instead, I make sure I fill up on the healthier options before I indulge in the not-so-healthy foods. This turkey veggie tray is a great healthy Thanksgiving recipe option.

One way to encourage everyone (including my kids) to do the same is to make the healthier food options festive and fun. If it looks like party food, then they are more likely to eat it. One of the easiest ways to do that is to make a fun themed fruit or veggie tray.

I’ve created quite a few over the years from a Christmas tree fruit tray and Christmas tree vegetable tray to a turkey apple or turkey pear appetizer. It’s easy to create something cute and healthy with just a little bit of effort.

Turkey Veggie Tray

Today I am sharing a very easy and customizable turkey veggie tray. A turkey veggie tray is a fun way to get your kiddos to gobble, gobble up their vegetables!

This is what I used for my turkey veggie tray but feel free to use the vegetables that make sense for your family or what is available locally. I chose the veggies that my sons like to eat.

Turkey Veggie Tray Ingredients

Romaine Lettuce
Bell Peppers – cut into sticks
Baby Carrots
Cucumbers – sliced
Black olives

How to make a Turkey Veggie Tray

Start with a single layer of romaine lettuce leaves rounded into the shape of the turkey. Then layer the rest of your veggies, alternating colors to create your colorful turkey.

I used the bottom of a bell pepper to create the turkey head and added a carrot beak and olive eyes. The finishing touch was orange bell pepper feet. You can see how easy it is to make on my Instagram video below.

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Turkey Veggie Tray

Thanksgiving Vegetable Tray Dip

Go ahead and serve your turkey veggie tray with your favorite dip recipe. You can make the dip healthier by using a light or fat-free sour cream. That’s my favorite trick to keeping the veggie tray completely guilt-free.

I like to mix ranch seasoning or french onion dip season with fat-free sour cream.

Trolls Holiday Cookies

byKaren•November 28, 2017

Our Trolls holiday cookies are sponsored by the Trolls Holiday movie available at Walmart.

From buying my kids a new ornament each year and driving around to look at Christmas lights to decorating cookies and watching holiday movies, we have plenty of favorite holiday traditions this time of year. We kicked off the holiday movie watching the season with the Grinch followed by the new Trolls Holiday movie on NBC. It was a fun way to end Black Friday after putting up our Christmas tree and doing a little shopping. If you didn’t catch it or have kids dying to watch the Trolls Holiday movie again, don’t fret, you can now buy your own copy!

Trolls Holiday Movie

The new Trolls Holiday movie is available exclusively at Walmart starting 11/28. The Trolls Holiday movie is about Poppy helping the Bergens find a new holiday to celebrate. Everyone will be laughing or cringing at Poppy’s crazy holiday ideas. And for all of the Justin Timberlake and Anna Kendrick fans out there, you should know the whole cast is back with a new original song, plus a sweet cover of Madonna’s Holiday!

Before we settled down to watch the Trolls Holiday movie, we decided to make some crazy trolls holiday cookies, similar to my ugly Christmas sweater cookies. It ended up being the perfect choice because there was some crazy trolls holiday sweater action in the movie!

Trolls Holiday Cookies

We utilized some pink and blue frosting and sprinkles, in addition to some traditional holiday sprinkle options and came up with a few crazy looking Trolls Holiday cookies. I also printed up an image from the Trolls Holiday Movie I found online to serve as inspiration.

Let your kids make the cookies before you watch the movie or after. Either way, it’s a fun activity and delicious holiday movie treat. Be prepared for it to get a little messy!

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Ugly Christmas Sweater Party Cookies

byKaren•November 26, 2017

Need Ugly Christmas Sweater Party ideas or a unique Christmas cookie recipe? Combine them together an make Ugly Christmas Sweater Cookies that are perfect for adults and for kids to make. It's great party idea for teens too and they are super easy to make and then eat! Ugly Christmas Sweater Party Idea | Ugly Christmas Sweater DIY | Christmas Cookie Recipes Kids

Tis the season for holiday parties! My favorite kind of parties are ones that are yummy and fun. A couple of common holiday party ideas are a Christmas cookie decorating party or an ugly Christmas sweater party. I think both ideas are fabulous but I had a brilliant idea recently to combine them. I thought it’d be fun to make an ugly Christmas sweater cookie bar, perfect for any holiday party you are planning. Instead of wearing ugly Christmas sweaters to the party, your guests are decorating and eating them.

How To Throw A Christmas Cookie Decorating Party

As with any Christmas cookie decorating party, the prep is similar.

Step 1 – Bake Ugly Christmas Cookies

Start by making your sugar cookies the day before your party. You will want to roll out the dough and use a sweater-shaped cookie cutter to create sweater cookies.

Step 2 – Prep The Frosting

For this project, I went the easy route and bought a few tubs of pre-made buttercream frosting. I did decorate the containers with craft paper and washi tape I had on hand. If you have the time, homemade frosting usually tastes better.

Step 3 – Gather Lots of Sprinkles

The more sprinkles the better. Keep in mind that we are decorating UGLY Christmas sweaters, you will need a variety of sprinkles in different colors and shapes. Keep them organized and accessible in a muffin pan.

Step 4 – Decorate your cookie party setup

Add a few decorations to add a little holiday flair to your cookie party set up!

Step 5 – Let Them Decorate!

Get ready to decorate ugly christmas sweater cookies

Prepare yourself, it might get a little messy. 😉

Let them decorate their own ugly christmas sweater cookies

But it’s super fun to come with crazy cookie designs. You could even try and match the ugly Christmas sweater you are wearing!

Ugly Christmas Sweater Party Cookies

Bonus Step – Award Prizes

Kick your Christmas cookie decorating party up a notch by combining it with an ugly Christmas sweater party & decorate ugly Christmas sweater cookies!

Just like a regular ugly Christmas sweater party, you could judge the sweater cookie results and award ugly Christmas sweater prizes! Or just eat them. 🙂

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Pumpkin Pie Toppings Bar

byKaren•November 21, 2017

Thank you to Tyson Foods for sponsoring today’s Pumpkin Pie Toppings Bar.

Having a DIY toppings bar is all the rage for party food nowadays. While I’ve seen plenty of toppings bar ideas from hot cocoa and cupcakes to hot dogs and baked potatoes, I’ve yet to see a pumpkin pie toppings bar before. So, in honor of fall and Thanksgiving later this month, I am sharing my ideas for a sweet pumpkin pie toppings bar, perfect for all your fall festivities.

Pumpkin Pie Toppings Ideas

The most important part of your pumpkin pie toppings bar is having a wide variety of toppings to choose from. Everyone’s tastes buds are different so having 5-8 different options should appease just about anyone.

The most obvious topping for pumpkin pie lovers is whipped cream. Whether you go with a homemade whipped cream or opt for a can from the grocery store, you definitely want whipped cream on the table! I’ve also seen pumpkin caramel candy, so I think caramel sauce is another fun topping idea for pumpkin pie.

More pumpkin pie toppings bar ideas

Personally, I think chocolate makes just about everything better. I know my boys love pumpkin chocolate chip muffins, so mini chocolate chips were another must-have topping idea.

Peter’s favorite kind of candy is white chocolate, so I also bought a bag of white chocolate chips. Chopped nuts (walnuts in our case) and coconut also seemed to pair well with pumpkin pie. Additional varieties of nuts, streusel, or even toffee bits could make good additions to a pumpkin pie toppings bar as well.

Let’s not forget about the star attraction, the pumpkin pie. I am all for fun ideas that are easy to pull off so I opted to buy a Sara Lee® Pumpkin Pie. Pumpkin Pie is perfect for all your special fall meals, with a traditional flavor your guests expect because they are made from rich, smooth pumpkin with a special blend of cinnamon and spices.

Pumpkin Pie Toppings Food Tents

A totally optional but fun idea is to use food tents to label your toppings. I created a simple set of food tents for my pumpkin pie toppings bar. Design your own or download mine here. Don’t worry I included a blank one, so you can label any additional toppings that you want!

Don’t forget to add a little fall decor and then you are done. You are ready to show off your sweet pumpkin pie toppings bar to your friends and family.

Now let your guests go wild with the toppings! Will they eat their pie plain, traditional with a dollop of whipped cream or go crazy with lots of toppings?

You can find lots of different Tyson® products at Albertsons Supermarkets. I found my Sara Lee® Pumpkin Pie at my local Albertsons, along with the rest of my pumpkin pie toppings. I love using Sara Lee® frozen desserts because they make celebrating with family and friends easier. With an easy dessert hack like a pumpkin pie topping bar, it’s simple to make dessert extra special with minimal effort.

I was selected for this opportunity as a member of CLEVER and the content and opinions expressed here are all my own.

Disneyland Halloween Treats: Cars Land Haul-O-Ween Cookies

byKaren•October 18, 2017

Last week I spent an evening at Disneyland to experience Halloween Time during the Thor: Ragnarok press trip. When I found out we would be taking some time to enjoy the Disneyland Resort on our trip, I was beyond excited. Disneyland is my favorite place to hang out in and write about, especially during the holidays!

Cars Land Inspired Cookies

This year Disney California Adventure joined the fun with Cars Land getting a very immersive “Haul-O-Ween” celebration. Radiator Springs is completely decked out with festive decorations. Naturally, some scary treats are also available during Haul-O-Ween like Spoke-y cone macarons at the Cozy Cone Motel. Those cookies (picture below) inspired me to me to make my own version of Cozy Cone spooky cookies.

HALLOWEEN-THEMED EATS AND TREATS at the Disneyland Resort

Aren’t they adorable? They are perfect for a Cars themed Halloween party. Check out how easy the Cars Land inspired Halloween cookies are to make below.

Cozy Cone Spooky Cookies Ingredients

Yellow Cake Mix
3/4 C butter
1 large egg
2 TB Milk
orange food dye
buttercream frosting
candy corn
black frosting/gel icing

Cake mix cookies are fairly easy to make. Simply combine the cake mix, melted butter, egg, and milk. Don’t forget to add the orange dye. Then chill the dough for a few hours before rolling it out.

I didn’t have a cone-shaped cookie cutter but I made my football pennant cookie cutter work. A simple Christmas tree cookie cutter would work even better since all you really need is a triangle.

I used a knife to cut at the bottom of the cookie off, making it into a basic triangle shape before I transferred the cookies to a greased cookie sheet. Bake for 6-8 minutes and cool completely. The cookies sort of puff up and round out, so it’s a very forgiving cookie shape.

Decorate Cars Land Haul-O-Ween Cookies

There was a little inconsistency between my cones, but I managed to pair most of them up by size and shape. Then I slathered one cookie with buttercream frosting and added candy corn around the edges.

Top it with it’s matching cookie and then decorate the top with black icing. I think chilled black gel would have been easier to use. Mine was at room temperature and it was a hot mess. So I used black icing from a tube that worked ok.

I think the faces are supposed to be scary car grilles? I’m not sure. This is a picture of the real Cozy Cone Motel decorated for Haul-O-Ween so you can see the inspiration for the original cookies.

These are ridiculously sweet cookies, so there’s no need to make too many of them.

Veggie Tray Ideas

The Lorax Veggie Tray

Baby Show Veggie Tray

What’s the Lorax?

Who is the Lorax?

Is the Lorax a Dr. Seuss Book?

Why is the Lorax orange?

Does the Lorax like carrots and yellow bell peppers?

More Fun Lorax Ideas

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How to make Easy New Years Cookies

Chocolate New Year’s Eve Cookies

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Turkey Veggie Tray

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Trolls Holiday Cookies

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How To Throw A Christmas Cookie Decorating Party

Step 1 – Bake Ugly Christmas Cookies

Step 3 – Gather Lots of Sprinkles

Step 4 – Decorate your cookie party setup

Step 5 – Let Them Decorate!

Ugly Christmas Sweater Party Cookies

Bonus Step – Award Prizes

More Holiday Treats

Pumpkin Pie Toppings Ideas

More pumpkin pie toppings bar ideas

Pumpkin Pie Toppings Food Tents

Cars Land Inspired Cookies

Cozy Cone Spooky Cookies Ingredients

Decorate Cars Land Haul-O-Ween Cookies

Who’s ready to make their Cars Land Haul-O-Ween Cookies?

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