We have exactly 11 school days left until summer vacation in Southern Az , and my entire family, myself mostly included, are all so very ready for the blinking school year to end! Sometimes it feels like the month of May is akin to an endurance sprint that tests a parent’s stamina and willpower as we trudge our way through extra assignments, concerts, poems, tests, celebrations, performances, and all of the hoopla the end of the year brings with it. This morning I feel like I played off real “cool-like” the fact that all I had to send in my kid’s lunch boxes were crackers, cheese and yogurt.
Eleven more days people….
These cute pictures of my little girls are from last week’s dress out of uniform spirit week, which was all fun and games…. except for the daily mad-cap race every morning to try and figure out what my kids could wear to fit with the daily “spirit” theme. On day four of spirit week I was like, “Can we please just bring back uniforms??!!!”
Anyways, this morning on my almost daily jaunt to the grocery store to pick up something I had forgotten, like lunch food; two magical things happened. First, I came upon a package of Nutter Butter cookies. Second, as I looked at those Nutter Butters I realized I was in need of snacks for a get-together tonight! And so guess what I went and did?
I created a super fun little JENerally Informed spin on a classic summer-time recipe that literally takes less than 5 minutes to make!
Do you guys remember the gel shoes everyone was gaga over in the 80’s and early 90’s? Well that was the inspiration behind these cookies. Check out my fan-tabulous gel icing pen I used! Slapping that stuff on these Nutter Butter cookies almost made me want to run out and find jelly shoes for the whole family! I am sure the teen boy and Jen’s Guy would have JUST been thrilled with that!
To make these flip flop cookies you simply need to apply a little “V” at the top of the Nutter Butter with a gel icing pen. Then add a line right down the middle of your V. Lastly, you need to add some kind of a sprinkle shape to ornament your flip flop (I used butterflies because why not), and voila, you have a flip flop!
I am not kidding when I say these take only minutes to make. I made a cool 2 dozen in like 5 minutes. Then I placed those bad boys on a plate and went off to my event. Of course my ingenious cookies were heralded near and far at the party. I can still hear the cheering crowd. Or actually, maybe that is just Jen’s Guy munching on a Nutter Butter in the kitchen…..
I hope you guys enjoyed this recipe, and if you can, say a little prayer for me please? Because, although I did remember to buy bread for my kid’s lunches, I forgot to buy juice boxes. Good grief! Maybe I will just send the kids with lunch money for the next few days….
Love,
Jen
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Omg, Jen these are adorable and so need to make now. Pinned and you also brought me back with the Jelly Shoes btw, too ?
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Thanks! Ah jellies, they were so awesome. So were those charm bracelet things. Hmm… Can I make an edible recipe with those? :)
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That is the cutest ever. And I always thought the jelly shoes looked almost edible.
I made ice cream cones with Nutter Butters years ago, and my kids still think I hung the moon over it! hahaha. I made flip flops from them too but this is cuter.
Yes, I remember that now! I need to go find that ice cream recipe. Yummmmm!!!
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Those flip flop cookies are so cute :)
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Thank you! And they are so good too :) Yum Nutter Butters!
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Pinned this stroke of genius!
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Thank you and I am so glad you like them :)
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These are so cute. I think my nieces and nephew would love them. And good luck with the rest of the school year – you’re so close!!
-Lauren
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Nutter Butters are the best, and so I tend to agree with you. Thanks and have a great one!
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Those are super cute! Luckily our schools still have at least another month of classes (and I say luckily because it’s rainy and only in the 40’s today so it’s not quite warm enough for summer vacation yet). Pinned.
Oooh that is cold! We are in the 90’s here and feeling like it’s summer already!
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Super cute cookie idea!! My granddaughter will “flip” over these :)
Karin
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Adorable! Thanks for the idea. We have a really cute bakers shop near us that will definitely have cute decorations like the butterfly. Thank goodness they are “essential” and open!
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Wow, you guys are really getting it there in your state. Gosh! Stay safe and well. Glad the baker shop is open!
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I know your days are running together and you need a break. I homeschooled my kids, but not during a lockdown. How on earth would I have made it through? You guys deserve some fun these cute flip flop cookies are perfect to kickoff summer.
Hugs,
Kippi
Thank you!
My 12-year-old last night said she legitimately has no idea what day it is. School ended for us yesterday, but the kids are pretty sad to lose that connection to people. Sigh. These days….
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