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bites
     
     
12 ounces white bark coating
1 (6-ounce) bag banana chips
1 cup sweetened coconut
12 ounces chocolate bark coating
1/4 cup rainbow sprinkles
30 maraschino cherries
    Melt white bark coating in microwavable bowl in 30-second intervals until smooth. Dip half of the banana chips into white bark coating and coat completely on both sides. Lay coated banana chips on layer of parchment paper. Sprinkle sweetened coconut on top of banana chips while coating is still wet so coconut sticks. Top with a second, uncoated banana chip. Melt chocolate bark coating in microwaveable bowl in 15-second intervals until smooth. Drizzle chocolate over second banana chip. Top chocolate layer with rainbow sprinkles. Finish with maraschino cherry.
    Sweet Tip: When assembling Banana Split Bites, use extra white chocolate as “glue.”

Sugared Rose Petals
    Makes 20 to 25 sugared petals
     
     
2 rosebuds (just opening), organically grown
1/2 cup pasteurized egg whites
1/2 cup granulated sugar
    To make sugared rose petals, use only organically grown roses (grown with no pesticides). Each rosebud will make about 10 to 15 petals. Carefully pull off petals, rinse and pat dry with paper towels. Dip each rose petal into small bowl of egg whites and then into sugar. Place sugared petals on parchment-lined cookie sheet to dry. Let dry at room temperature for 2 hours, then turn over petals and continue drying overnight. Store petals in an airtight container between layers of wax paper.

With a love of entertaining and a background in marketing, Courtney Dial Whitmore has become a well-known stylist and blogger in the field of party design and entertaining. Her expertise has been seen in HGTV.com, Nashville Lifestyles Magazine, Ladies Home Journal, AOL’s DIY Life, Get Married Magazine, MarthaStewart.com, and more. Also the author of Push-Up Pops, Courtney writes for Disney, The Huffington Post, SHE KNOWS, and additional lifestyle publications. She currently resides in Nashville, Tennessee, with her husband.

    Photograph © Kate Whitmore Photography

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1 teaspoon
5 ml
1/2 ounce
15 g
250
120
1 tablespoon
15 ml
1 ounce
30 g
300
150
1/4 cup
60 ml
3 ounces
90 g
325
160
1/3 cup
75 ml
4 ounces
115 g
350
180
1/2 cup
125 ml
8 ounces
225 g
375
190
2/3 cup
150 ml
12 ounces
350 g
400
200
3/4 cup
175 ml
1 pound
450 g
425
220
1 cup
250 ml
2-1/4 pounds
1 kg
450
230