Cinco Ways to Celebrate the Month De Mayo

You may remember 2010′s CINCO WAYS TO CELEBRATE THE MONTH DE MAYO?

But probably not. I think the only person reading then was my mother. Haha, true story.

But that’s beside the point. As of 2011, my blog has been up for just over a year!

Woot-woot! I want to thank everyone (mom) who stops by for a few minutes in their day to read about my sugar addiction!

Today I bring you the second annual Cinco Ways to Celebrate:

1. Jalapeño Cake Bites

First things first – cake! Jalapeño Cake! Well, kind of.

I found out that the real-deal, a.k.a. jalapeños dipped in vanilla candiquik, were only for a select few - maybe you!? If so, we’ll discuss that soon, real soon.

Jalapeño Cake Bites

Cinco Ways to Celebrate the Month De Mayo

Prep time

2 hours

Cook time

30 mins

Total time

2 hours 30 mins

Author: Sarah @ Miss CandiQuik

Serves: 40

Ingredients

1 box yellow cake mix (plus ingredients for cake mix)
½ cup cake frosting
2 packages (16 oz) Vanilla CANDIQUIK® Coating
Green food coloring (oil or powder based only!)
1 bag pretzels (tiny twists or sticks)

Instructions

Prepare and bake cake mix as directed on box.
Crumble cake into a large bowl. Mix thoroughly with frosting (it may be easier to use hands to mix together).
Chill for approximately 2 hours in the refrigerator (you can speed this up by placing in the freezer).
Roll cake mixture into medium sized ovals; shaping into a pepper, place on wax lined baking sheet.
Melt Vanilla CANDIQUIK Coating in tray according to the directions on the package. Add green food coloring to CANDIQUIK (must be oil or powder based) until desired color is established.
With a spoon, dip cake bites in melted CANDIQUIK, coating completely. Let excess coating drip off and return to the wax lined baking sheet.
While coating is still wet, press and hold a pretzel piece (3/4” long) on the end of the cake bite as a stem.

Notes/Tips

If cake balls start to stick or get gooey when dipping, place the remaining cake balls in the freezer or refrigerator for an additional 20-30 minutes or until firm.

2. Chocolate Fruit Tacos

Dessert? In a taco shell. Yes, please.

Chocolate Tacos

Ingredients:

1 package Chocolate CANDIQUIK
12 taco shells (or you can make your own by frying flour tortillas and sprinkling with cinnamon sugar! Well worth it!)
- *To make with flour tortillas, heat oil in a large frying pan, place 1 flour tortilla in oil. With tongs, fold the tortilla in half to form a taco shape - hold in place for 45 seconds on each side (sprinkle with cinnamon sugar!)
1 package fresh strawberries, sliced
3 bananas, sliced
Whipped cream

Directions:

Melt CANDIQUIK according to package directions.
Dip shells in chocolate coating, set on wax paper to dry.
Mix sliced fruit together in a medium bowl.
Drizzle remaining chocolate over the fruit mixture in the shells, and top with whipped cream!