Showing posts with label candy. Show all posts
Showing posts with label candy. Show all posts

Sunday, June 22, 2014

Cookies for the World's Greatest Dad!

Last year for my dad's birthday/father's day celebration, I made him a collection of Seinfeld Cookies to honor our shared love for Jerry and the gang. This year I added a few more to the collection, because...yada yada yada...

My dad is a sweetie and in the shop that he has owned with my mom for the past 34 years they sell lots of candy! So for this batch, I made cookies to represent some of the classic sweets mentioned in Seinfeld episodes.  Junior Mints (very refreshing) and Jujy fruits were included in my first set (check them out!), I just mention that so the true Seinfeldians don't think I have lost my mind by not including those jems here. :) Onward to the photos with quotes from the episodes they are in! I'm obsessed!


World's Greatest Dad shirt from The English Patient

                             "How 'bout that, huh? The World's Greatest Dad...The best in the world. 
                      Which means I'm better than just number one" 

Kramer's Giant Lollipop from The Betrayal

KRAMER: Hey, FDR wants me to drop dead.
GEORGE: FDR?
KRAMER:  Yeah, Franklin Delano Romanowski.  
I go to his birthday part, and just before he blew out his candles, he gives me this look..
GEORGE: Stink eye?
JERRY:  Crook eye?
KRAMER:  EVIL eye.
JERRY: Well, everybody's a little cranky on their birthday..

George's secret pass code word : Bosco from The Secret Code

Kramer: Oh, alright. Yeah. Uh, let's see. Um, well, we can throw out
birthdays immediately. That's too obvious. And no numbers for you, you're a
word man. Alright, let's go deeper. Uh, what kind of man are you? Well,
you're weak, spineless, a man of temptations, but what tempts you?
George: Huh?
Kramer: You're a portly fellow, a bit long in the waistband. So what's your
pleasure? Is it the salty snacks you crave? No no no no no, yours is a sweet
tooth.
George: Get out of here.
Kramer: Oh you may stray, but you'll always return to your dark master, the
cocoa bean.
George: I'm leaving.
Kramer (building up steam as George bolts for the door): No, and only the
purest syrup nectar can satisfy you!
George: I gotta go.
Kramer: If you could you'd guzzle it by the gallon! Ovaltine! Hershey's!
George: Shut up!
Kramer: Nestl's Quik!
George: Shut up!

Chunky from The Doodle
Elaine: I 've looked everywhere , even under the couch but all I could find were the stupid Chunky wrappers.
I couldn't....
Jerry: Wait a minute . Did you say chunky wrappers?
Elaine: Yeah!
Jerry: Let me see those. ( smells them) Oh! I know the chunky that left these Chunkies......NEWMAN!!!
I've got him.

Chuckles from The Heart Attack

DRIVER: (To Assistant) I didn't take your Chuckle, man!
ASSISTANT: I had five Chuckles. I ate a green one, and the yellow one, and the red one is missing!
DRIVER: I don't even like Chuckles!
JERRY: (To Assistant) Maybe he doesn't like them. That's possible.
GEORGE: My face! My face! Get me to the hospital!
ASSISTANT: I want that Chuckle! You hear me?!
JERRY: (To Assistant) I'll get you a Chuckle. You want me to get you a Chuckle?

Twix from The Dealership

GEORGE: It’s a Twix! They’re all Twix! It was a setup! A setup, I tell ya! And you’ve robbed it! You’ve all screwed me again! Now, gimme one! Gimme a Twix!

Oh Henry from The Caddy

"You know Sue Ellen Mishke? The heiress to the O'Henry candy bar fortune--"

Drake's Coffee Cake from The Suicide

JERRY: Gina, do you know what a Drake’s Coffee Cake is?
GINA: Of course, the plane cake with the sweet brown crumbs on the top.
JERRY: How much do they cost?
GINA: The junior?
GEORGE: No, no the full size.
JERRY: No, no the junior.
GEORGE: You didn’t say "junior".

Tweety Bird Pez Dispenser from The Pez Dispenser

ELAINE: No, no. It was an accident. It really wasn't my fault. It was Jerry.
Jerry put a Pez dispenser on my leg.
NOEL: You put a Pez dispenser on her leg during my recital?.
JERRY: I didn't know she would laugh.

So Happy Birthday and Happy Father's Day to My #1, World's Greatest Dad and fellow lover of all things Seinfeld!  :)

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Tuesday, February 26, 2013

The Saga of My Candy Crush


I have an addiction to a game, and of course it is a game about candy. It all started out so innocently, like most sweet things do, but now I can't seem to stop. I play it on my phone all day at work (shhh don't tell) and I play it at home on the ipad while trying to do ten other things. It even enters my dreams, like the falling blocks of tetris used to back in the day.  For those of you who are not suffering from an addiction to Candy Crush Saga (by makers King.com) -- although you are missing out on the glory of smashing virtual candy -- I commend you for your strength.  It is a puzzle adventure game that brings you on a journey through tasty candy filled lands with colorful companions. I must admit some levels are beyond frustrating, but I never give up. I spent 3 weeks on one level alone!

Candy Crush Saga requires you to match at least 3 of the same candies in order to remove them from the puzzle. But each puzzle is unique and different challenges arise along the way.  I love Candy Crush Saga, so I had to honor this wonderful game in cookie form.

We are joined on our journey by the cheerful little pig-tailed Tiffi and her monocled ginger father, Mr. Toffee.


There are a variety of colorful candy pieces. When four are matched, they morph into a striped and more powerful version of sweetness.


When five candies are matched, a mighty Color Bomb appears and crushes all candies of the same color; this is real game changer. My favorite combo is a Color Bomb with a striped candy - magnificent! Can you tell I am addicted? Oy vey!

When you begin the journey you have a heart full of five lives. But when you run out of life, your heart cries for you and shows you how long you have to wait for a recharge. Let me tell you, that 30 minute wait can be excruciating unless you have a kind friend who spares you a life.

And who can forget the lovable Yeti who will sell you fine charms in his shop to boost your gaming experience.
Thank you Candy Crush for bringing joy -- and sometimes frustration -- to my day with the simple push of an app on my phone.

So I guess this baking blog turned into a game blog today, but I am okay with that. I love candy and I love games.  And no joke, the morning after I made these cookies I beat the level (evil 65) that I had been stuck on for 3 weeks on my very first try. Perhaps a good way to overcome an obstacle is to simply cookie it out!

 Game on :)