Before I get to the meat (or the ’sweet’) of this posting, I’ve just GOT to share photos of some quilts that I’ve made for our daughter-in-law.

Blanket 1 front side

Blanket 1 back side

Blanket 2 Front side

Blanket 2 back side (For some odd reasons the polka dots on the border in this picture look white.  They are actually the green color.  So are the stripes.  Sigh. . .)

I also made another blue and white fleece blanket with the fan fold edging.

Now.  On to the pilgrim hats.

I mentioned a bit back here on my site that I was going to make cake pops for the baby shower that I was giving for our daughter-in-law (who got these quilts).    Then, I planned on writing about my experience.  But it was ugly.  (If you read about it, you’ll come away feeling greatly superior to me because your culinary skills far surpass mine. . .)

Well, before I made the cake pops, I had seen a picture of an edible pilgrim hat.  All it had was a cookie and a marshmallow dipped in melted chocolate.  In my naivety, I though, ‘I can make that.’  Then I made my cake pops.  Well, once burned twice shy as the saying goes.  I didn’t want scabrous hats joining up with my leprosy cake pops.  But I still wanted to make those hats!

So, being the clever person that I am, I came up with my own version.  One that didn’t require dipping of items in melted chocolate.  One that took the minimalist of minimal skills.  Here’s a picture of my creation.

They turned out pretty good.  I even surprised myself at how easy they were and how normal they look.

I purchased shortbread cookies frosted with chocolate and Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups.  I bought frosting in a tube (because I was too lazy to make my own).

I put the frosting in a cake decorating bag that I had (mainly because I thought I could just squeeze the frosting from the tube — it came out looking like it was related to my leprosy pops — and because I was too cheap and lazy to go to the store to buy a decorating tip that fit the tube of frosting.  Whew!  That was a long sentence! )

I smeared some frosting on the top of the peanut butter cup and pressed it onto the cookie.  Then I piped a frosting buckle on and voilà I was done.  In like, less than a minute.  (I spent more time eating the peanut butter cup that jumped into my mouth than I did making the hat!)

I think that I’ll make some to put by each guests’ plate for Thanksgiving Dinner.

This would be a very easy thing for your grandchildren to make on Thanksgiving Day.  It will keep them busy and quiet (as they eat the rejects).  Just make sure you have extra cookies and peanut butter cups on hand!

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