• • • • Blueberry Peach Pie Parfaits from Big Bear’s Wife
      • Watermelon Poke Cake from Semi-Homemade Recipes
      • Ice Cream Bread from Jolene’s Recipe Journal
      • Strawberry Shortcake Fluff from Cheese Curd In Paradise
      • Orange Skillet Cake from A Day in the Life on the Farm
      • Easy Key Lime Pie from Blogghetti
      • Homemade Drumstick Ice Cream Cones from Karen’s Kitchen Stories
      • Pool Party Jello Cups from For the Love of Food
      • Drumstick Cheesecake Cheeseball from Sweet ReciPEAs
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These colorful Jello treats are decorated for a summer pool party with gummy candy and paper umbrellas.

Serve this fun snack at your next outdoor summer gathering. 

Welcome to this year’s #SummerDessertWeek event hosted by Angie from Big Bear’s Wife. We’ve got 10 spectacular bloggers/ blogs creating some of the best summer desserts this week and sharing the recipes! We will be sharing our recipes on our blogs (some of those recipe links posted in this post) and on social media with the hashtag #SummerDessertWeek

We hope you’ll find some new favorite recipes this week and have fun with us as we celebrate summer!

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Pool Party Jello Cups

Ingredients

• Blue Jello individual cups
• Gummy Bears candy
• Peach gummy rings
• Sour Ribbon candy cut into squares
• paper umbrella decorations

Instructions

• Remove top on each Jello cup and place the cups on a serving tray.
• Top each cup with a peach ring or a sour ribbon square.
• Add a gummy bear on top of each.
• Finally, add an open paper umbrella to the center of each Jello cup.
• Serve with spoons and enjoy!

I am always excited to host a summer party!

These adorable jello cups were the perfect treat for our summer bingo party in June.

Sweet Summer!

Book Bingo fun at the library.

I am so happy to host two of these fun events at our local libraries every month!

Wrapped “Blind Date with a Book” make the best prizes!

Check out the Wednesday Summer Dessert Week Blogger Recipes!

• • • • Blueberry Peach Pie Parfaits from Big Bear’s Wife
      • Watermelon Poke Cake from Semi-Homemade Recipes
      • Ice Cream Bread from Jolene’s Recipe Journal
      • Strawberry Shortcake Fluff from Cheese Curd In Paradise
      • Orange Skillet Cake from A Day in the Life on the Farm
      • Easy Key Lime Pie from Blogghetti
      • Homemade Drumstick Ice Cream Cones from Karen’s Kitchen Stories
      • Pool Party Jello Cups from For the Love of Food
      • Drumstick Cheesecake Cheeseball from Sweet ReciPEAs
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“Nobody likes me, everybody hates me. Guess I’ll go eat worms!” 

Slimy, scary, and oh so succulent Halloween Jell-O worms are a tasty treat to try this month with your kiddos!

Eating slimy Jell-O worms for a Halloween treat!

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Halloween Slimy Worms

Ingredients

• 1 box 3 oz red Jell-O (I used raspberry)
• 1/2 pkg unflavored gelatin for extra firmness
• 6 tbsp whipping cream
• 1 1/2 cups boiling water
• green food coloring
• 50 + flexible plastic straws

Instructions

• Combine 1/2 pkg gelatin and one pkg red Jell-O in bowl and add boiling water. Stir until dissolved.
• Let it cool to lukewarm and then add the whipping cream and about 8-10 drops of green food coloring (to get the milky red color). Stir again.
• Stretch out the bendy part of all of your straws. Place them all into a bowl or container.  The tighter they are packed in, the better. I like to add a large rubber band around them.
• Pour the Jell-O mixture into the straws. Let it set until firm. You can refrigerate overnight if you have time.
• Using a rolling pin, roll over the straws and squeeze them out. You can also hold the straws under warm water to release the worms.
• Add slimy worms to a bowl and serve your spooky treat!

Notes

Recipe adapted from: https://www.instructables.com/

Combine 1/2 pkg gelatin and one pkg red Jell-O in bowl and add boiling water. Stir until dissolved.

 Let it cool to lukewarm and then add the whipping cream and about 8-10 drops of green food coloring (to get the milky red color). Stir again.

Stretch out the bendy part of all of your straws. Place them all into a bowl or container.

Pour the Jell-O mixture into the straws. Let it set until firm.

Using a rolling pin, roll over the straws and squeeze them out. 

You can also hold the straws under warm water to release the worms. 

Add slimy worms to a bowl and serve your spooky treat!

Check out this recipe and more in this roundup: 80+ Gross-Out Halloween Recipes for a Spooky Good Time!

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It’s Hocus Pocus movie night and this sweet and crunchy popcorn treat is my go to for jazzing up regular ol’ popcorn!

I made mine the colors of the Sanderson Sisters in the movie but you can make it themed in any color and flavor.

Enjoy and Happy Halloween!

This super easy way to jazz up and make themed popcorn is one of our favorite party snacks!

Believe it or not this is her excited face! She loves popcorn (espeically when it is sweet and colorful).

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Magical Movie Night Popcorn

Makes 3 big bowls of popcorn to share

Ingredients

• 3 pkg microwave popcorn {about 8 cups each}
• 3 {14oz} cans Sweetened Condensed Milk
• 1 {3oz} package red Jell-O gelatin
• 1 {3oz} package purple Jell-O gelatin
• 1 {3oz} package green Jell-O gelatin

Instructions

• Preheat oven to 300 degrees.
• In a medium saucepan mix together 1 can sweetened condensed milk and 1 pack dry Jell-O mix.
• Heat and stir over low heat until mixture is slightly thickened and bubbly, about five minutes.
• Add 1 bag of popcorn to a large bowl and pour Jell-O mixture over popcorn.
• Stir gently to coat.
• Spread out onto a lined and greased baking sheet.
• Bake 15-20 minutes, stirring occasionally.
• Remove from oven and let cool then break apart into pieces.
• Repeat with the remaining 2 bags of popcorn, 2 cans of condensed milk, and 2 boxes of Jell-O mix.

Notes

You can mix the colored popcorn all together like I did or serve separately in big bowls for sharing. 

I used 3 different flavors and colors of Jell-O to match the colors of the Sanderson Sisters.

Red and green turned out bright but the purple was pretty muted so next time I would add purple food coloring too.

In a medium saucepan mix together 1 can sweetened condensed milk and 1 pack dry Jell-O mix.

Heat and stir over low heat until mixture is slightly thickened and bubbly, about five minutes.

I popped one package of microwave popcorn for each color of Jell-O. They make about 6-8 cups each.

Like I mentioned above, if your color is not bright enough you can add food coloring. 

Add 1 bag of popcorn to a large bowl and pour Jell-O mixture over popcorn.

Stir gently to coat.

Spread out onto a lined and greased baking sheet.

Bake at 300 degrees for 15-20 minutes, stirring occasionally.

Remove from oven and let cool.

Then break apart into pieces.

Repeat with the remaining 2 bags of popcorn, 2 cans of condensed milk, and 2 boxes of Jell-O mix.

You can mix the colored popcorn all together like I did or serve separately in big bowls for sharing. 

Check out this recipe and many more in this roundup: Hocus Pocus Movie Night Fun !

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To celebrate we made Red Fish Blue Fish Jello Cups for snack time today.

This easy treat is made with 2-3 ingredients and is inspired by one of our favorite books by the great Dr Seuss, One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish.

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Red Fish Blue Fish Jello Cups

Makes 8 individual treat cups

Ingredients

• 1 box {60z} Berry Blue Jello
• 1 4 oz pkg Swedish Fish {assorted colors}
• whipped cream {optional}

Instructions

• Prepare blue Jello according to package instructions.
• Once mixed, pour into 8 clear or paper cups.
• Place in the fridge to cool and set, at least an hour.
• Once ready to serve, top each Jello cup with 2-3 Swedish fish candies, pressing into the Jello.
• Optional : you can also add a dollop of whipped cream on top of the Jello and add the fish candy on top.

Stella enjoyed helping with this fun treat after we read the  book together! 

“Today you are you! That is truer than true! There is no one alive who is you-er than you!”

-Dr Seuss

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Colorful Jell-O Candy Popcorn

Ingredients

• 1 pkg microwave popcorn {about 8-9 cups}
• 1 {14oz} can Sweetened Condensed Milk
• 1 {3oz} package Jell-O gelatin {I did two batches and made red and blue}

Instructions

• Preheat oven to 300 degrees.
• In a medium saucepan mix together sweetened condensed milk and dry Jell-O mix.
• Heat and stir over low heat until mixture is slightly thickened and bubbly, about five minutes.
• Add popcorn to a large bowl {or paper bag} and pour Jell-O mixture over popcorn.
• Stir gently to coat.
• Spread out onto a lined and greased baking sheet.
• Bake 20 minutes, stirring occasionally.
• Remove from oven and let cool then break apart into pieces.
• I also added to my Circus Crunch Munch Mix.

Notes

Adapted from www.myfridgefood.com

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