When Mother’s Day comes around each year, you want to be sure to show all the mom’s in your life how truly appreciated they are. It can be a challenge to find the best way to express your love and there are so many ideas out there. Flowers are always great, desserts are always appreciated and nothing is as perfect as a homemade gift. So this year, why not take all of those ideas and make something for mom that incorporates flowers, dessert and is homemade? We have just the thing! Flower basket desserts!
Edible Flowers
While real flowers are beautiful, they are not necessarily useful. Sure, they brighten a room and add some cheerful color, but then they fade and end up in the trash. Rather than give mom a short lived bouquet of flowers, this year you can make flowers out of cookies, chocolates and cupcakes. That’s right- cookies, chocolates and cupcakes can become a perfect, edible flower bouquet!
Our how-to guide will show you exactly
how to make cookie, chocolate and cupcake “pops” that are placed on sticks and arranged into flower pots or baskets. Not only is this treat as gorgeous as real flowers but they are also delicious. So maybe this bouquet won’t last long either but not because the flower wilt, they will just get eaten!
Kid Friendly Mother’s Day Craft
Making an edible arrangement of cookie and cupcake flowers is something that everyone in the family can do together in order to create something wonderful for mom. Kids of any age can participate in mixing dough or batter, stirring icing colors, blending chocolates and helping with decorations. Older kids will be able to roll out cookie dough, measure ingredients and scoop batter into cupcake pans. Dads and grandparents should help with the project too by assisting with the oven, ensuring everything is measured properly and, of course, cleaning up!
Not only will mom appreciate a gift that is homemade as it shows time, commitment and thoughtfulness but she will also love that everyone in the family came together to make this special gift. You really can’t buy that in a store! The love that is wrapped up in this gift will shine through.
Desserts For Mother’s Day
One more reason to make an edible flower bouquet for mom this Mother’s Day is to give her a delectable dessert. It is a tradition to give mom’s chocolates on Mother’s day and many families go as far as creating a special dessert to pamper mom even more. This gift will provide all of that is one exquisite package. Since everything is edible, mom can simply enjoy one of the treats from her flower bouquet for dessert! Seems like the perfect idea!
Components of An Edible Bouquet
While you can check out our how-to guide for
detailed instructions to make an edible mother’s day bouquet, here is a brief description of what goes into this great, homemade gift.
Chocolate Lollipops
While flower shaped cookie lollipops are a little more time consuming than the chocolate lollipops, they are worth the effort. After you make your favorite rolled sugar cookie recipe, you will cut out flower shapes and bake them with the sticks already pressed into the dough (the cookie will bake with the stick sealed inside!). Let the kids cut the cookies out and press the sticks in- kids 2 and up should be able to do this with assistance!
Once the cookie pops are baked, the flowers can be decorated however you’d like! While younger kids may spread frosting and sprinkles over the entire surface of the cookie, older kids (and adults!) can make beautiful flower patterns that will stand out in the bouquet. Decorating the cookies is part of the personalization that makes this Mother’s Day gift so special!
Cupcake Pops
Frosting cupcakes with a Russian flower tip makes it very easy to turn a basic cupcake into a gorgeous flower. Choose mom’s favorite color icing and let the kids help use a piping bag fitted with the correct tip to pip flowers on top of baked cupcakes. The cupcakes are then attached to a bamboo skewer and pressed into a flower pot. Since the cupcakes weigh a little more and need some extra support, they will lie on the surface of the flower pot. However, you need some lower flowers in this bouquet to make it multidimensional!
Time To Make an Edible Mother’s Day Bouquet!
As you can see, this Mother’s Day project is perfect for everyone in the family to participate in and it makes an unforgettable gift for mom. So roll up your sleeves, start baking and then put together this amazing and delicious edible flower bouquet. Every mom out there will love it!