Fun and DECORATIVE party snack!

Alright, first off I am sooo not above bringing store bought cookies to school functions and such. With 3 kids, we are always running out the door to get places, seriously, RUNNING! It's almost comical...except it's not. Bennett's hanging on for dear life as I'm hurrying everyone out the door-I'm sure some of you can relate...I hope.

However, when I have the time and feel like doing something creative and fun I love to do it. So Ainsley has a girl scout Thanksgiving party and I thought I'd bring some chocolate covered pretzel rods-I've been wanting to make these because I love how they look standing in a glass vase, all pretty with all the different colors and sprinkles. Plus most kids love them and it's kinda healthy;) But I knew I couldn't bring a glass vase so I thought I could somehow use the plastic container it came in and then pretty it up! Here's what I came up with....

So I painted the Utz label with chalk board pant-took a few coats (tad gloppy, but I was in a rush) and then attempted to write a message {I have terrible hand writing} and draw what's supposed to be a turkey-LOL. Looks more like a dog paw now that I look at it but Ainsley immediately knew what it was so it can't be that bad!

I added some harvest mix candy corn to the bottom for the pretzels to stand on to make it look festive and then decorated my pretzels with brown, white and orange chocolate and even some caramel ones!

The view looking in. YUM!

So I thought this would be a cute little thing to have for a playdate, where there are lots of kids or you could offer it to a host for a casual party-she can reuse it-remember it's a tiny chalkboard! You could do peppermints at the bottom at Christmas, jelly beans at Easter, candy corn at Halloween- endless possibilities. My kids love these pretzels and I like how it looks sitting out so I think I'll be keeping this one-{the party isn't at anyone's house} and make some Christmas rods to put in it! Maybe my Christmas tree drawing will be better;)

Hey, did you notice my "eat" sign back there? No, I didn't make it but my friend Elisabeth did at "No Greater Gift" and she sells them to help with her adoption fund. I love how it looks in our kitchen! Thanks Elisabeth! Go check out her blog and help out a great cause!