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Rec your super easy party dessert.
Easy is key. Time is short.
The bat is in the bellfry.
Re: Rec your super easy party dessert.
Smores.
It is hard to type when my fingers are so sticky.
MAYBE I GOT SOMETHING BESIDES A DRINK.
quit judging me and go pick on those snotty, towel-snapping kids, OK????
THINGS COME ALIVE AT NIGHT.
What kind of party? Backyard casual or something more like a sit down dinner party?
If it is very casual, I would make rice krispy treats. People always ask me to make them. I have perfected this simple treat LOL
If it is something more formal I would have no shame in getting a dessert from a bakery if I was really short on time.
ice cream sandwiches.
super short on time- bring the (grocery store bakery) cookies, sprinkles and the ice cream, build sandwiches to order.
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Caramel creem cheese apple dip --> cream cheese, brown sugar, caramel dip, chocolate chips, apples. One bowl/mixer and a dish to spread it on. 10 mins plus cutting apple slices.
Those little sponge cake flan things from the grocery store, Cool Whip, and arrange blueberries/raspberries/etc. "prettily." Individual ones or a big one. 10 mins or so.
Soda cracker candy --> brown sugar, butter, crackers, and chocolate chips. One pot, one cookie sheet, 10 mins start to finish.
If you're willing to bake a cake from a mix, I cut it in half and layer with whipped cream, cocoa and chocolate bar pieces.
Sounds like fun!
I would go
jello shots? or pudding shots?
i don't have a recipe for the latter, but the one's i had once were butterscotch pudding with i assume schnapps and whipped cream. they were awesome.
rice krispy treats sound perfect for your party.
also, maybe something like this: http://thewaytohisheart.wordpress.com/2012/01/23/chocolate-chip-cookie-dough-dip/
Strawberry shortcake is my go-to. I buy the pound cake, throw some strawberries on there and spray some whipped cream. Walla!
eta: damn, cleo beat me to it.
Brownie sundaes, chocolate eclairs or cream puffs, from the freezer section of your local grocer!
I am now considering shaping rice crispy treats into penises. I don't think I will do the short cake, I really wanted something eatable with hands. I like the frozen tiny eclairs too. I also like cc cookies, cuz that makes the house smell good.
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