Edible Chocolate Cookie Bowls

Okay, I promise...this is my last share today.

I just REALLY wanted to show you all these fun ideas for our Chocolate dessert table displays.

What do you think of this one?

These are chocolate cookie bowls.

To start, gather:

1 1/4 cup flour

1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa

1/2 tsp. salt

4 Tbsp. margarine, softened

2/3 cup sugar

1 egg

1/2 tsp vanilla extract

Mix together your margarine, sugar, egg, and vanilla in a bowl until light and fluffy.

Now add your remaining ingredients.

Gather whatever bowl or pan you want to template your cookie bowls after.

You could use a bread pan if you want a larger cookie bowl.

I wanted my bowls to be individual sized for small treats, so I used some ramekin bowls that I bought from Dollar Tree.

Just make sure whatever you choose is oven safe.

Cover your bowls with aluminum foil or spray GENEROUSLY with cooking spray.

Roll out your cookie dough into 1/8 inch thickness.

Use a cookie cutter to cut into shapes.

It would be fun to use different shapes here...maybe a scallop or a star, but make sure they are smaller cookie cutters so they will wrap around your bowl easily.

Cover your bowl with cutouts, overlapping slightly.

Bake cookie bowl at 350 degrees for 10-12 minutes, or until edges are firm.

When your cookies are done, let them cool completely before carefully removing them from your bowl or pan.

Fill with yummy candy for the dessert table, or give each guest their own to fill during the party.

If you want a copy of the "complete" recipe, you can copy and save it here.

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Hershey Candy Bowls

So I need your honest opinion on this one....

I took this $1.00 clear bowl from Walmart

and added the wrappers that I picked up from the floor.

(You would think my kids would at least hide the evidence of their candy snacking...but no.)

I modge podged the wrappers onto the bowl.

And this is what I got.

What do you think?

I just can't decide if I like them or not.

I think the idea is good, but not so sure on the turnout.

M&M Cake Display

Our chocolate party is on Friday and I still have ALOT of things to show you, so expect a few extra posts in the next few days.  I hope you don't mind a few more sweets to drool over...

I'm working today on the Dessert table display.  I need lots of different ways to show off all the yummy chocolate sweets we will have at the party.  And it's only fair that the displays be as sweet as the treats, right?

This display is almost as easy as the M&M Napkin Rings that I showed you last week, expect this time, I didn't want the display to be permanent.  I wanted the M&Ms to be able to be eaten off the display if the guests wanted, just like in Charlie and The Chocolate Factory!

So I started with a glass plate and candlestick display that I made.  If you haven't seen how to make these, simply glue the candlestick to the bottom of the plate.  Pretty easy, and awesome looking!

I also had some melted chocolate and a bowl of M&Ms left over from my Chocolate Table scape.  (Yes, my kids haven't eaten the whole bowl yet. Surprise. Surprise.)

Put a little drop of chocolate on the back of an M&M.

Place the M&M on the edge of the plate.  Hold it there for a few seconds until it will stay on it's own.  As your chocolate cools, the M&M will take less time to set then at with warm chocolate.

Now this is going to take some time, so be sure to do this in front of a good TV show or find yourself a book on tape.

(I personally do alot of things while listening to books on tape.  I don't have time to read myself alot of times, so I listen to them while I'm working on orders or party details.)

It took me about a 1/2 hour to make this cool M&M cake display, but it's totally worth it!

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