{Buffalo Chicken Rolls...Mmmm Mmmm}

I've always wanted to be one of those people that has a signature recipe.  You know...like when you go to a cookout or holiday dinner and you just simply cannot wait for Auntie Dee Dee's world famous, and always raved about, macaroni and cheese to make its grand entrance.  The dish that people discuss beforehand, wondering and hoping..."I hope Aunt Dee Dee makes her mac n' cheese this year..."  And once they arrive and get word that it's almost done, guests sit around waiting for it to be brought out of the oven and people grin and get giddy when that aluminum foil reveals the yellow, cheesy, bread crumb-topped goodness that lies beneath it. 

I want to be that person and I want to have that dish. 

While I still think I'm on the hunt for that must-be-present food item, I do think I've found one that, for the time being, has at least been requested once or twice since making its debut.

{Photo credit: Can You Stay For Dinner}

I found these awesome buffalo chicken rolls on Can You Stay For Dinner and I made them with great apprehension, since cooking is not my personal strong suit.  While the recipe seemed simple...I'd never dealt with egg roll wrappers (which I actually couldn't find in my grocery store) or any other dough for that matter.  I substituted the wrappers with Athens Fillo Dough, and used mozzerella cheese instead of blue cheese crumbles, and got to baking. 

The chicken prep was super easy, and the dough was a cinch to work with.  Another simple substitution was vegetable oil instead of spray and vice versa.  And even though it felt like I was totally over-oiling, the key is to not let the dough dry out, and everything else will work itself out just fine.  Though...mine came out in all sorts of fun, miscellanous shapes and sizes...but...lol...they tasted just great.  And everybody just chalked it up to my quirkiness...if they even noticed at all.

{Sweet Hearts Tied the Knot!!}

We at DC Sweet Treats are overjoyed and full of marital bliss!  On May 18th, Samantha married her sweet heart and we could not be more happy for them!  The ceremony was held on a beautiful day and the reception was a total blast!  In the spirit of sweets, here are a few pics of the ladies and the sweet treats that were at her wedding.

{Unique Easter Egg Ideas}

I tell you...every year I'm amazed at what the Easter Egg Companies have come up with by way of new, creative ways to decorate eggs.  You no longer just blindly use the wax candle, dunk your eggs in dye and wait to see what the heck your drawing ends up looking like.  Now-days every egg is a fabulous masterpiece to be adored and coveted and, in my house, judged, awarded, and celebrated. 

It may be hard to compete with some of those boxed egg decorating kits, but here are a few creative (some simple and some not) ways to decorate your eggs this year.

{...the natural way...}

http://twomenandalittlefarm.blogspot.com/2011/04/dyeing-easter-eggs-natural-way.html

{...with Kook-Aid...} 

http://www.heyjenrenee.com/2011/04/kool-eggs.html

{...with leaves...} 

http://www.tipjunkie.com/easter-egg/

{...marbled...} 

www.themetapicture.com

{...with monograms...} 

http://lilluna.com/monogram-easter-eggs/

{...with edible glitter...} 

http://www.recipe.com/sparkling-easter-eggs/

{...with stencils...} 

http://www.homemadesimple.com/en-us/crafts/pages/not-your-average-eggs.aspx

{...with yarn...} 

http://sublimeonadime.blogspot.com/2012/03/easter-eggs.html

{April Specials!!}

Vanilla Cupcakes
Vanilla cupcakes with your choice of icing flavor and color
{ $15 per Dozen }

Lemon Cupcakes
Lemon cupcakes with buttercream icing
{ $15 per Dozen }

{Mason Jar Memories}

Let me preface this by saying...I LOOOOOOVE mason jars!  LOVE them!  I cannot think of anything cute on earth that doesn't look even more super awesome in a mason jar.  Nothing...name something...I'll wait...tap, tap, tap... see...you can't think of anything either. 

I have used them for everything from vases at a wedding to beverage containers for a glass of lemonade,  to tip jars when I bartend, to cake in a jar that I served at a baby shower, to something to hold random buttons, safety pins, bobby pins, etc. 

But this idea from ohcrafts.net is so cute and useful and adorable!  You go to a concert, you have the tickets, do you throw them away?  Do you stash them in the junk drawer until you "figure out what to do with them?"  (Yeah...been there, done that...you never figure it out).  Do you just trash them and risk the chance of forever losing the memory of the night you and your bff from elementary school danced like a rock star for two hours straight?  Do you push the night that you and 7 of your girlfriends and your MOM sat third row at the New Edition concert wearing home made Candy Girls tee shirts and finangled your way past a HUGE security guard named Phil and made your way back stage and met the men that have had you swooning since age 7 into the back of your mental photo album, only to bring it out when "Cool it Now" happens to come on the radio??? HECK to the NO!  (OK that one got a little personal...)

Not when you have mason jars!!  Take a pic (and actually PRINT IT, don't just post it on Facebook or Shutterfly), type up a cute note about the event, and stash it along with the tickets and any other memorabilia in a mason jar and put it on display!  SO CUTE!!

{ Random }

We at DC Sweet Treats scour the internet daily to see what adorable, quirky, fun, useful, non-useful things we can discover.  This just falls into the quirky category. 

And on that note...stay tuned for April's specials!

{S'More Love}

I spent the weekend at a nice resort on Maryland's Eastern Shore.  Upon arrival, I was given a voucher for a free S'mores kit to roast at the evening camp fire.  I'm far removed from being a kid but...that pretty much excited me like it would an 8 year old girl scout.  S'MORESSSSSSSSSS!!!

This brings me to today's post.  I've seen S'mores kits as wedding favors, baby shower favors, and tokens of thanks after various events.  Such an inexpensive gift can bring total delight and giddiness to the recipient...especially if it's ME...without breaking the bank.  Here are a few cute ideas I've seen around the web for gifting a fabulous S'mores kit.

{...individually...}

http://www.stylishgiving.com/2009/04/smores-kits.html

{...for the group...}

http://www.blog.tealbirdconcepts.com/post/6910530674/fourth-of-july-smores-favors

{...on a stick...}

http://southernbellejm.blogspot.com/2011/06/what-about-this.html

{...in a box...}

http://athome.kimvallee.com/2010/11/diy-hot-cacao-chocolate-favors-and-smores-kits/

{...in a jar...}

http://daisychainae.blogspot.com/2009/12/smore-kits-sealed-delivered.html

{...with a label...}

http://www.etsy.com/listing/82660936/smores-party-favor-bag-topper-backyard

{...s'mores a-plenty...}

http://www.oh-lovely-day.com/2010/01/diy-friday-smores-kits.html

{...in a bag...}

http://www.instructables.com/id/DIY-Smores-Wedding-Favors-Yum/