Tuesday, May 17, 2011

T ball Treats!

Chasing butterflies on second base, teammates clamoring for the same ball, picking dandelions, parents yelling to their kids to RUN RUN RUN--it must be T ball season again.

T stands for treats right?

Well it was our turn to bring treats, and I thought instead of buying a store bought goody (which believe me I have done plenty of times--this is not my norm) I would get creative! So we dressed up some classics, rice crispy treats, and water bottles!

T Ball Treats

Items Needed:
4 tablespoons butter or margarine
5 cups miniature marshmallows ( I reserve 1 cup to put in after the rice krispies have been mixed)
1 tsp vanilla
½ tsp almond extract (my addition J)
6 cups Rice Krispies cereal
Almond Bark
Red decorating frosting; I used Betty Crocker’s Cookie Icing in a tube, and it worked great!
Popsicle sticks

Directions:

1. In a large saucepan melt butter over low heat. Add marshmallows and stir until completely melted.
Remove from heat, add vanilla, and almond extract.

2. Add rice krispies cereal, and extra marshmallows. Stir until well coated.

3. Using buttered spatula or wax paper evenly press mixture into jelly roll pan coated with cooking spray.


4. While still warm, use a cup or round cookie cutter to make your circle for the balls. Insert your popsicle sticks while still warm.

5. Let cool, frost with almond bark, I heat my almond bark up in a little crock pot.

6. Make Baseball threads with red tube frosting, I just bought a tube of pre-made Betty Crocker frosting.

These turned out so yummy! The almond extract made the Rice Krispy Treats taste a little gourmet--if that is possible!

I put the treats in a simple sandwich bags, and tied with a navy blue ribbon.

OK, then I got really fancy~well fancy for me. I made labels to cover water bottles. I was so excited to do this.... we have tons of water bottles, or so I thought. I got these all printed out, to realize I did not have enough, ugh.

I did not have enough time to buy some more, but it is OK, I will share them with you. I did it all black and white so you can print them on your favorite teams color! To print just click on the image and it will give you full size resolution. I just cut the wrappers, and taped them onto the bottle!

Best of all my daughter loved them, and was excited to hand them out!

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26 comments:

  1. How cute! (and it's our turn to bring snacks for baseball on Saturday, I might just have to make these!)

    Laura @ Come Together Kids

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  2. These are sooo cute!! Thanks for the great idea!!
    ~cheryl

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  3. Absolutely adorable! So clever to use the glass as a cutter. My youngest is in T-ball this year as well and I know that her team would get a huge kick out of these!

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  4. I don't know if my first comment posted. I love this concept. I bet the kids adored it -- so much more fun than a store-bought treat. Joni

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  5. These are really cute! You did a great job!

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  6. You have so many great ideas!!! I love this and your diaper/ flower secret:)

    Thanks so much for joining our Mingle With Us Blog Hop

    Amanda Joy
    www.joyinthejumble.com

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  7. I love the pics of the kids at the field so cute! I am visiting from the Mingle with us and am now following you. you can find me at http://www.yestheyrallmine.com. I hope you have a wonderful day

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  8. Yum! What a great idea. I bet they were a hit!

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  9. The snacks are so cute. I'm sure the kids had a lot of fun eating those. :-)

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  10. Those are so fun! I love em!I bet the kiddos did too!
    Have a wonderful week end!
    ~Rainey~

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  11. These are so cute! I have a T-Ball player myself and we have treats coming up...gotta try this!

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  12. Saw you at Truely Lovely. Great treats, I love the baseballs. :)

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  13. CUTE idea! I would love for you to link this up to my Summer Lovin Soiree @ http://www.homemakerinheels.com/2011/05/summer-lovin-weekend-soiree-2.html. Hope you have a great weekend! :)
    Crysta
    Homemaker in Heels

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  14. Super Cute! Thanks for sharing. This would work for bball, football and soccer too! Love it
    xoxo

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  15. Very creative and YES it is time for baseball! Thanks for sharing this idea. I saw you over at It's a crafty life!

    Emily @ www.bitsofeverything.com

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  16. K...so I am totally doing this one! My husband is T-ball coach and I'm gonna do the treats for our end of the year pizza party! You rock! Will give you TOTAL credit when I blog it and thank you!
    ~Heather

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  17. So cute! We just finished up our last game yesterday. I had mixed feelings about it, LOL.

    Jo @ SmileMonsters

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  18. How adorable!
    I would love if you would link this up to our Monday Playdate at http://beneaththerowantree.blogspot.com/2011/05/new-and-improved-playdate-link-party.html

    CHeers!
    Lori
    http://beneaththerowantree.com
    Come & Play :: Monday Playdate

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  19. Such a nice and cute idea. Love the handle so the kids don't have to touch with their hands when they've been playing ball. Cute sticker too, and you even thought of doing it in black and white so we can use favorite team colors. Nice. Thank you for linking this well thought out post to Joy of Desserts.

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  20. What a great idea! I bet the kids LOVED them!

    Thanks for linking to a Round Tuit!
    Hope you have a great week!
    Jill @ Creating my way to Success
    http://www.jembellish.blogspot.com/

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  21. What a cute idea! Visiting from Rook 17.

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  22. How cute! Your daughter is adorable. I will have to remember this for when Malea starts playing sports.

    Thanks for sharing at the Weekend Warrior.

    Anna
    www.askannamoseley.com

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  23. I'm featuring your recipe for Monday's post. :-)

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  24. Carlee, this is such a wonderful idea for the season and is one that is delicious and cute as well!

    Thank you for linking up to "A Little Birdie Told Me..."!

    Jenn

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