Last week I announced that I am partnering up with Friskies & Petsmart this month and hosting a fabulous Grumpy Cat Pumpkin Carving Party for Halloween. Each week I’m sharing a fun idea for the big party. Last week I showed my fun painted version of a Grumpy Cat Pumpkin (using this FREE downloadable pumpkin carving stencil). I can’t wait for my boys and their buddies to come and carve their own Grumpy Cat Pumpkins!
We hope that you all will have fun carving your own Grumpy Cat Pumpkins! Just download this FREE pumpkin carving stencil and carve or paint away!
After you carve your pumpkin, upload and share your Grumpkin Pumpkin using hashtags #Grumpkin and #AndersRuff (Oh and make sure your post is set to public so that Friskies and PetSmart can see it)! Friskies is going to donate $500 to PetSmart Charities on behalf of the blogger whose audience uploads the most carved pumpkins! So don’t forget, use hashtags #AndersRuff and #Grumpkin!
I know that my little guests will work up an appetite for Halloween Treats so I’ve been brainstorming good dessert ideas for the Pumpkin Carving Party.
So, back to my tutorial for this week! This week I am SO excited to share this super easy and fun Chocolate Pumpkin Marshmallow Pop Recipe. The best thing about it is that there are no ovens needed, no baking, no measuring and the kids can even help! You can make them either just regular ole’ Pumpkins or Jack-O-Lantern Pumpkin pops. I am going to serve both options at our Halloween Pumpkin Carving Party!
INGREDIENTS & MATERIALS NEEDED:
– Orange Chocolate Candy Melts (these work great or these)
– Regular Marshmallows
– Chow Mein Noodles (or you could use pretzel sticks)
– Mini M&Ms
– Black Food Marker with Edible Ink (optional)
– Lollipop Sticks (We used the 6 inch variety)
– Printable Halloween Party Flags (optional for additional decoration)
– Toothpicks
DIRECTIONS:
– Melt the orange candy chocolate melts in a microwave. We heat it at 30 second increments, stirring in between until smooth.
– Stick a lollipop stick into one marshmallow and dip into the melted orange chocolate, twisting until coated.
– Lightly tap the stick on the side of the glass container to knock off excess chocolate and make the chocolate appear smooth.
– While the chocolate is still wet, insert a chow mein noodle in the top (for the stem) and a mini m&m for the leaf
– Take a toothpick and lightly drag from top to bottom, creating the creases in the pumpkin.
– Stick the lollipop stick into floral foam or styrofoam bricks to dry upright.
To Display these little pumpkins, we displayed ours in the drawer of our dessert table by putting floral foam into the drawer and sticking the lollipop stick into the foam. We covered it with white paper shred. So cute! Don’t you love how real they look from dragging the toothpick on the wet chocolate? The little creases are so fun! Also, the different shaped chow mein noodles really look like stems from a pumpkin.
The optional part of the tutorial is to draw little faces on the pumpkins using the food writer (that is edible ink! So cool!)
How cute are our new Modern Halloween Printable Party Flags? They just add a fun touch to the pumpkins and make them more festive.
Download this FREE pumpkin carving stencil & share your Grumpkin Pumpkin using hashtags #Grumpkin and #AndersRuff
Stay tuned this month for even more fun Pumpkin Carving Party ideas! To get the free invitation, check it out here.
This post is in partnership with Friskies and PetSmart. I received compensation and free products, but all opinions, ideas & photos are my very own.
