If you have school aged children, you’ve probably had to bring something in at some point for a Thanksgiving Feast.  These events can be as simple as sharing cornbread while dressed as Pilgrims and Native Americans or as complex as an entire Thanksgiving meal.

My sons had an entire Thanksgiving Feast on Monday.  I had to make stuffing and pumpkin pie.

My daughter has her feast today.  I hadn’t seen the sign up sheet, so I told my husband to sign me up for something easy – a bag of baby carrots or a can of corn would be perfect.  He came home and said they didn’t need anything — YES!!! Procrastination paid off.

Then I picked Mia up from school.  I asked the teacher if they really were all set.  She said, “I was hoping you’d make something fun.”  They weren’t having a Thanksgiving dinner as they had in years past.  Instead, they were just having some fun seasonal snacks.  Dang!  Carrots and corn weren’t even an option.

Mia’s teacher is a friend of mine. She’s seen my crazy cakes, cookies, lunch boxes, etc.  So, I told her I would come up with something.

Aren’t these cute?! (Super easy too!) With just 3 ingredients and about 10 minutes, you can have a fun holiday treat.  Now, if you wanted to go really crazy, these little hats would make adorable cupcake toppers.  Really, you could impress a lot of people

First, unwrap peanut butter cups.  This is always a tedious task, so it helps to find an assistant. I recommend the dark chocolate ones.  I had them in my hand, but for some reason, I ended up with the milk chocolate – no big deal.

Recognize these? Fudge Stripe cookies were my FAVORITE as a child.

Just flip them over.

Use a dab of frosting to “glue” the peanut butter cup to the cookie base, pipe in a band of white and a yellow buckle.  That’s it!!

Like I said, super cute — also super sweet and full of things you may not want to give your children.  Yes, I felt slightly guilty for bringing this in to school.  So I made a second treat.

The directions for this guy can be found at the Family Fun website.  He went together just as quickly as the Pilgrim hats, and erased any guilt I had.  Life’s all about balance.

Happy Thanksgiving!