Maryland Themed Preakness Dessert

Preakness week is here and we’re busy planning a festive Maryland themed affair! Not only are we celebrating having the second jewel of the Triple Crown in our home state but we’re cheering on Orb, the winner of the Kentucky Derby, whose owners are from Baltimore County! In honor of all this Maryland Pride we created a delicious dessert using Baltimore’s very own BERGER COOKIES! It’s a treat that’s sure to make any Baltimorean proud!

Lemon Raspberry Berger Cookie Trifle
Recipe By: Molly Neifeld
1-2 Packages of Berger Cookies, chopped
Lemon Pudding
Raspberry Sauce
Homemade Whipped Cream

Chop the Berger cookies into equal size pieces that match the size of your container. We used small dessert glasses so the pieces were pretty small. Set aside until you’re ready to use.

Prepare the Lemon pudding according to the package. Set aside until you’re ready to use.

Make the whipped cream with a small amount of powdered sugar. The cookies are very sweet so you don’t have to have an overload of sugar. Set aside until ready to use.

To make the raspberry sauce, combine the frozen raspberries in a small sauce pan and heat until the berries start to break down. You can add a little sugar to the sauce if you feel it’s necessary. No more than 1 Tablespoon since the tangy of the berries helps to balance this dessert.

To assemble the trifle, layer the chopped Berger cookies, lemon pudding, raspberry sauce and whipped cream. Create as many layers as your dish will allow. Top the finished trifle with any remaining cookies! Chill for at least 1 hour before serving.

Don’t have Berger Cookies around you? Order them online. bergercookies.com

Holiday How To: Glitter Candles

These pretty, do-it-yourself candles are great as a centerpiece for your Valentine’s themed party or a dinner for two!

Items Needed:

Pillar Candles (any size, sometimes a variety of shapes and sizes works GREAT!)

Double Sided Tape

Loose Glitter

Shallow bowl/plate

Here is how you do it:

How To:

1. Place tape in the desired design on the candle. This could be solid stripes horizontally around the candle, or diagonal stripes, etc.
2. Pour loose glitter into the shallow plate
3. Place candle in the loos glitter and roll until the tape is well coated in sparkles!
4. Brush off access glitter with fingers or a brush/sponge.
5. Enjoy!

(Please note to be careful when burning these candles, as you do not want to burn the tape)

Holiday How-To: Candy Cane Centerpiece

Dress up your home decor or holiday table-scape with this inexpensive and cute Candy Cane Centerpiece. This sweet centerpiece is fun and easy to make as you can see in our quick how-to video!

Another cute centerpiece, that is just as easy and adorable is one made with Cinnamon Sticks!

We hope our How-To videos have helped you this holiday season!

Holiday How-To: Sugar Scrub Gift

This easy, Do It Yourself sugar scrub makes a perfect holiday gift!  Of course we would recommend making one to keep for yourself, a nice reward for your hard work and can help you have a nice glow at all of your holiday parties!

Click below to see how easy this gift comes together!

Sugar Scrub

1 Cup Sugar

1 ½ Cups Canola Oil

½ Cup Honey

Essential oil

Jar

In large bowl combine sugar, oil, honey and essential oil. Stir until fully incorporated. Fill the desired jar with the scrub mixture. You’ll have to have more oil than sugar so you may need to add a little more oil to each jar. Decorate with ribbon, gift tags or labels as you like!

Holiday How-To: Sweet Gift in a Jar

As a company filled with creative concierges, we love a good Do It Yourself project, so when the holiday season rolls around we get busy crafting up holiday decor for our office, homes and parties, as  well as holiday gifts for our friends, coworkers and clients. We will be doing a series of videos to show you how simple and fun some of these can be. DIY crafts can seem overwhelming at first, so we have broken down some of our favorite simple ones for you!

These first video is one of our favorites – Gifts In A Jar! These make great gifts for a hostess, teacher or anyone special!

Click the video to see our quick demo. The detailed recipe can be found listed below.

Hot Chocolate in a Jar

Ingredients

1 cup powdered milk

1 cup unsweetened cocoa powder

1 cup granulated sugar

1/2 teaspoon salt

1/2 cup chocolate chips

1/2 cup crushed peppermint candy (we used Andes Peppermint Chips)

1 cup miniature marshmallows

Other ingredients based on your favorites!

Preparation

Layer powdered milk, cocoa powder, sugar, salt, chocolate chips, peppermint candy and marshmallows. Decorate jar with your choice of stickers, ribbons, labels, etc. We used Avery full sheet label paper (Avery 5353) to print our labels then cut them out. You could also do regular mailing labels with would fit about 12-30/page depending on the size and you won’t need to cut them out! You could also do a handwritten note, punch a hole and tie it to the ribbon around the top!

We hope you enjoy our videos and they help you get through the hectic holiday season with a smile!