Nutter Butter Flip Flops & Sandy Bottom Pretzels

+ Beach Themed Party or Shower Ideas

My coworker Jen is getting married in May in Hilton Head, South Carolina. Traditionally, our office holds small after-work parties to celebrate events such as upcoming weddings and babies. My fellow coworkers and I began planning Jen's shower about a month ago and last Thursday was the big day. We scrounged up all of our beach themed decor, made some creative homemade favors and threw a really great shower on a small budget.

Chocolate Dipped Shortbread Cookies

 

Last week I introduced my friend Jen to this old school candy shop in Harrisburg called Zimmerman's. Zimmerman's has everything you would ever need for candy making. I go there before every major holiday to stock up on melting chocolate for peanut butter eggs, caramel for my caramel stuffed peanut butter and pretzel truffles and for hard to find classic candies like squirrel nut zippers. 

Double Glazed Funfetti Doughnuts

So this is what my doughnut pan was meant for! Ooey, gooey, sprinkled and glazed (make that double glazed) doughnuts made from my favorite cake mix - funfetti! 

This past Saturday, I visited my friend Amanda in her hometown of Emmaus, PA. Amanda and I were friends in college. We met our freshmen year and were both communications majors. Together, Amanda and I suffered through countless hours of elementary graphic design classes, senior seminar presentations and lectures by professors who assured us that our college degrees (worth $130k) would give us the upper-hand in the dwindling job market upon graduation. Now, three years later, Amanda and I get together every now and then to have a few drinks,  reminisce about our college days, calculate our student loan debt and damn the professors who gave us false hope about our futures.

This time, we not only decided to drown our sorrows in wine but also eat our feelings in funfetti doughnuts courtesy of Cookies and Cups.