Last month I signed up to bring a dessert for my daughter’s cowboy party at school. You may not believe me, but I never go the extra mile for stuff like that. I always throw some store bought fruit snacks into their backpacks and call it good. Truly.
However, this year my daughter’s teacher is a Pinterest fan who has checked out my blog, so when I signed up she said something about how I would be creating something super cute. Uh uh! Time to step up my game. A little. Seriously, this was the laziest way to step up my game ever. It’s 100% bagged and boxed “baking.” Because that’s how I roll. 😉
Here’s how I did it:
1. Take a bag of bagged sugar cookie mix from the grocery store and mix it up. Add a little green food coloring to the mix.
2. Use a cactus cookie cutter (I got mine at Sur La Table – shockingly cheap!) to cut the cookies. Sprinkle the green sugar sprinkles on top and lightly press them into the dough with your hands. Bake as directed on the bag.
3. Make instant vanilla pudding. Pour it into small, clear cups and allow to cool.
4. Stick a cooled cactus cookie into the pudding and sprinkle crushed up vanilla wafer crumbs on top of the pudding to look like sand.
Ta-da! Super easy, super cute treat!
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This is so so cute! I will definitely be pinning for the future. I’m sure my little boy is going to have a cowboy party at some point.
How cute! So perfect for a Princess and Cowboys party! Pinning to my Party Ideas board! Visiting from Simple Supper Tuesday linky.
what a cute idea! Adorable for a cowboy birthday party.
saw this on You’re Gonna Love It
This looks great and so easy! I just returned from a wonderful week with my grandchildren in New Mexico. I saw lots of cactus. When I go back in October I plan on making this with them. I have pinned it for safe keeping.
Yay! That will be so fun!
These are so cool. Totally cute!
What a fun and clever idea for a western themed party! Love it. Thanks for sharing at the #HomeMattersParty – we hope to see you again next week. 🙂
~Lorelai
Life With Lorelai
I love these caucus cookies. They would be cute for Cinco de Mayo! Thank you very much for joining in the celebration of #purebloglove, we enjoy having you each week. I hope to see you on Thursday at 8PM, EST through Sunday night. ~Cydnee