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Your Weekend : 10 Home-Made Sweets

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February 3, 2012
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Are you a bit of a lolly fan?  A couple of nights ago we were packing lolly bags for a family event and I realized just how much people LOVE lollies. Even catching a sniff of their super charged smell on opening the packet was enough to send some of us into raptures!

I think that lollies are super important for happiness and good health. Okay. Perhaps they are not actually healthy, but just a couple is enough to make us feel a teensy bit better about the world, right?

If you make your own lollies (like the ones below)  you will get 389 points in the karma bank, becuase a) you are not making the preservative filled type that cause people to run around in circles barking wildly b) you are spending time doing something creative and special AND c) you get to give some to other people if you want, and they will be your pals forever.

It’s totally win-win. I’ve chosen some old faves and some fresh new ideas for this sweet list.  Why don’t you bookmark it and make something on the weekend?!

Which one is your fave? Will you make lollies? Which lollies did you like as a kidlet? Do you love condensed milk?  How is it for you, JustBees?!

xx Pip

 

Twiggy Toffee Apples via Day To Day Wonderments

Apricot and Coconut Balls via The Morrisons

Almond Nougat via Taste

Rum Balls via Kidspot

Chocolate Covered Marshmallows via Martha Stewart

Marbled Orange Fudge via Taste Of Home

Toffee Bark via Broma Bakery

Coconut Ice via Meet Me At Mike’s

Mini Toffees via Taste

 

Top image : Heart Shaped Lollipops : via here

  • Bianca Wordley

    Delicious – all of them! Those toffees just make me think of school fetes!

    • http://www.meetmeatmikes.com Pip Lincolne

      Oh yes. And trying to eat the toffee without eating the paper too! And they were that lovely deep amber colour. Aw. Nice. x

  • joiedetea

    Totally going to make the apricot coconut balls! Yum!

    • http://www.meetmeatmikes.com Pip Lincolne

      Me too! And eat the leftover condensed milk from the can! Let’s go! x

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100001275592155 pennimoussa

    Hey Pip! I a LOLLY FREAK! Just ask my significant others! Not a night goes by where you won’t find me nibbling on a (dare I say…) lollies in a bowl next to my bed whilst indulging in a suduku puzzle. Methinks this is the daily “do good” thingy for myself! I have to laugh when the next morning I find a jelly baby stuck to the sheets or stuck in my hair! Yep….it’s been known to happen!

    Anyhow, I just love your post, and can’t wait to have a go at some of these recipies.Hmmmm…toffees….yummmmmm. Penni

    • http://www.meetmeatmikes.com Pip Lincolne

      Oh YAY ATTACK! I am loving your lolly confession. I eat snakes in bed and watch The Real Housewives. I am such a bad person.

  • moodiefoodiejay

    Oh Pip these look absolutely gorgeous! I feel fat just looking at them but it might just be worth it….. How gorgeous are those toffee apples?

    • http://www.meetmeatmikes.com Pip Lincolne

      I feel fat too. But not just from looking at them…!!!! I love the toffee apples, the twigs are super clever, aren’t they?! x

  • Genevievejoy

    YUM!!!!

    Thanks for posting these. I could really go some coconut ice! 

    Loving JustB by the way, lots of fun :)  

    • http://www.meetmeatmikes.com Pip Lincolne

      Aw that is GREAT! SO glad you are liking what we are up to! Thanks for clicking over to US! x