I've written before about the teddy bear mold.
It holds special childhood memories of Christmas with my Grandma. She always had baskets full of teddy bear rice krispie treats. And now that it's my turn to continue with the tradition, I want to ask her how many batches of these things she made! Goodness! Either my childhood memories are grossly exaggerated or she bought every single pack of marshmallows and box of Rice Krispie cereal in the store! Oh, and she must have stockpiled on the heart-shaped Red Hots because I drove all over town looking for them! Apparently they are a Valentine Day only treat. And... one more "and" I promise... if anyone knows where I can find those teeny, tiny Reese's balls for the eyes and nose, let me know. Round cinnamon drops and mini M&Ms will have to do I guess.
Jeff was super sweet to help me make all of these for my family {despite his funny face in the picture}. I think he liked decorating them more than he lets on... that or he wanted first dibs on eating them. Well, on second thought, he was probably worried I'd put too much cereal in and they wouldn't be ooey-gooey, fall apart in your hands soft.
I only remember my Grandma using the teddy bear mold, but she also had a Christmas tree mold and some Easter molds. So we decided to decorate a few Christmas trees too.
Oh it makes my heart happy to see all of these sweet treats in that basket.
And even more happy to see the smile it brought on my Dad's face.
