Cake Mix Cookies

I needed a quick birthday snack to send into school today for J's birthday celebration with his new class (which he loves!). I wanted to be fast and creative. I came up with these!
Cupcake Cookies...because although delicious, cupcakes are REALLY messy for 5 year olds!
One box of cake mix (I used vanilla)
1/4 c water
1/4 c oil
1 egg
Mix all ingredients together. Stir in an extra treat if you want to (I added colored sprinkles). Drop on greased cookie sheet and bake for 12 minutes in 350 degree oven.
After cookies are cooled, spread vanilla or chocolate frosting on the flat side of the cookie and top with another cookie to make a cupcake cookie sandwich!
Yummy and cute!

Ice Cream Pie

So the kids have been having a ball this summer with our friend, Sam, who has been taking them skating twice a week for ice hockey lessons. Sam will be a senior this fall and is the captain of the high school ice hockey team! To my guys, he is like Wayne Gretzky! They absolutely adore him! Unfortunately, Sam just broke his collar bone in a hockey tournament this weekend. The kids were bummed, but came up with a great idea to cheer Sam up! "Let's make him an ice cream pie!" So we did! It is messy, fun, and yummy too. Of course we had to make one for ourselves! Notice what the kids are eating at 10:30 this morning!! Good thing it is still summer...back to good habits next week!

To make Ice Cream Pie you will need:

An Oreo crumb pie crust (I buy Nabisco)

About 4-5 cups of your favorite flavor of ice cream or 2 favorite flavors.

Hot fudge sauce

Cool Whip

Cherries without stems

Sprinkles

1. Melt the ice cream on the counter until it is soft.

2. Spoon the melted ice cream into the pie crust.

3. Heat the chocolate fudge sauce and then pour on top of the ice cream.

4. Put some cherries on.

5. Spread Cool Whip evenly across the pie.

6. Finish with sprinkles.

7. Freeze until hard in the freezer.

8. Enjoy!!