Candy Bar Card

Do you ever need a quick no-brainer b-day present/card for that certain somebody who you have no clue what to buy for or for that person who already has everything?  Or I've even seen these used to ask that special someone out on a date or to brighten someone's day!  Well this is a no brainer and you can get as creative as your little heart desires with CANDY BARS and the candy aisle of your local grocery store.  Here's what we came up with for Dad aka Grandpa's 59th b-day.

OH HENRY, LOOK at that BIG HUNK!  Wait a second, U-NO that's just Grandpa.  We know because we are no NERDS, but we are a bunch of SMARTIES.  He's celebrating his WHOPPERS of a birthday because he's now 59!  This birthday packs a big PUNCH, enough to send one to the MILKY WAY.  But don't get too excited and go on a big shopping SPREE to buy yourself a new bike or a new hunting gun, that might put yourself in a big CRUNCH.  You should probably wait until next PAY DAY.  But that's okay because you already have a HOT TAMALE who thinks you're EXTRA special who loves you to PIECES through any ROCKY ROAD.  And we're not telling any COW TALES!  We too love you more than a CUP O GOLD.  Happy Birthday-

Love, all of your SWEET TARTS

Simply use Candy Bars, thicker poster board (we used the type with Styrofoam in the middle, don't know the exact name for it but you can pick it up at the Dollar Tree for a $1. or a bit more at any Walmart, Fred Meyer, Target, ect.)  Then decided for your fun script incorporating that candy and glue it all together with a hot glue gun.  It's best to lay it all out before you start the gluing, then you can kind of pase your script and candy so it will end up all fitting on the board.

Put those rotten bananas to use!

After my sister in law had made some banana muffins for a monkey-themed brunch for a baby shower awhile back, I haven't gone back to my loafed banana bread!  These little chocolate chip banana bread muffins are the perfect after school snack or "sweeter" breakfast fix on the go, no slicing the loaf of bread which eliminates some of the mess~ just quick and easy and the kids LOVE them.  The 24 muffins that one batch makes don't last too long around our home.  You can use any banana bread recipe (we love to add chocolate chips for a twist,  the mini ones actually work the best but we had none on hand this afternoon when we made them) just use a medium size melon scooper to fill your sprayed muffin tins and cook them up for a tastey and semi-healthy treat.

In case you don't have a family recipe of your own, here's ours or rather my mom's:

BANANA BREAD (or muffins in our case)

1/2 cup butter (one cube)

1 cup sugar (rounded)

2 eggs

1 tsp. vanilla

3-4 ripe bananas (you can pre-mash if you desire to make easier to mix)

1 tsp. baking powder

1/2 tsp. baking soda

2 1/2 cups flour

1 cup chocolate chips

Mix sugar with softened butter, add eggs, vanilla and bananas.  Mix well.  Add dry ingredients.  Grease/flour pans (I use the baking spray).  Makes 2 medium loaves or 24 muffins.  Bake at 350, I cooked my muffins for 15-16 minutes the sides will be brown with a lighter top until a toothpick inserts clean (besides melted choc chips.) If you are making loaves bake for 30-45 minutes depending on size of loaf pans.  They taste great fresh and warm out of the oven with a glass of milk or even better cover with plastic wrap or fill a ziplock bag and let the moisture do the work, the second day they are fantastic as well!