Lego Party for Peyton

Peyton turned 7 this year...hard to believe it's been that long since he was that chubby newborn!  He picked a Lego theme and my sister, with her new found obsession with Pinterest, helped Peyton's parents throw a super cute party!!! Here are some of the ideas she used and some she came up with!  Enjoy!

Duplo blocks in canister

Table setup for party

Cupcake liner in punch cups filled with goldfish crackers

Rice Krispie treats on a stick with one side coated with chocolate!

Fun way to serve cheese balls

Lego cake with 13x9 pan cake and 6 cupcakes

White chocolate dipped Oreos on a stick

Lego cupcake tower

Cupcakes with real Lego decorations

Lego colored tissue paper in a vase

Cupcake tower

Cupcakes displayed on cake pedestal made from dollar store plate and candlestick...too cute!

Oreos on stick displayed in tin bucket with foam and tissue paper

Rice Krispie squares in tin bucket with foam and tissue paper

Another dollar store plate and candlestick display

Closeup of Lego cupcakes

Party favors - Candy building blocks in plastic baggies - super cute!

Peanutty Chocolate Banana Bread

My first contribution to Pinterest...this bread is very yummy, not too heavy or sweet and a great breakfast bread or snack!  I found this recipe in an old Pampered Chef cookbook from way back and I used bananas that I had previously sealed with the Food Saver and frozen/thawed out and they worked perfectly!  (great way to salvage bananas that have gotten too ripe, but you don't have time to cook anything with them right away)

2 cups all purpose flour
1 cup sugar
1 tablespoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 cup mashed ripe bananas (about 2 medium)
1/3 cup milk
1/3 cup peanut butter
3 tablespoons vegetable oil
1 egg
1 cup milk chocolate morsels, divided
1/3 cup peanuts, chopped

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.  Spray bottom only of of loaf pan with nonstick spray.  Combine flour, sugar, baking soda and salt.  Add bananas, milk, peanut butter, oil and egg; stir just until dry ingredients are moistened.  Stir in 3/4 cup of the milk chocolate morsels.  Spoon batter into pan.  Coarsely chop peanut and sprinkle peanuts and remaining 1/4 cup milk chocolate morsels evenly over batter.  Bake 60 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.  Cool in pan 10 minutes.  Loosen sides of loaf from pan and remove to cooling rack to cool completely.  Cut into slices with bread knife for best results.