Today my husband and I went to the supermarket.
Together.
It is always kind of nice going food shopping with him, because it’s something I usually do alone.
Having company to walk down the aisles on a Sunday morning was nice.
The thing about going with him to the store is that we always end up with more junk food than one would think is physically possible.
Ring Dings? Check.
Frozen Pizzas? Check.
Cheese in a can, “for the kids”? Check.
*disclaimer ~ I would never in a hundred million years feed my children cheese in a can…but apparently my husband half-owns the kids too…and he insists that they can have canned cheese as a “treat”. My obvious plea that, “canned cheese is a punishment, not a treat”, goes completely overlooked 100% of the time.
But here’s the point: when we finally reach the cereal aisle, after our cart is loaded up with my husband’s guilty pleasures, I throw a box of Fruity Pebble cereal in the cart and he says this, “that’s junk food”.
So yeah, I get judged for my Fruity Pebbles and he buys Ring Dings and squeeze cheese with a clear conscience.
It’s a good thing that we don’t go shopping together more often…we would both weigh 700 pounds and probably be divorced.
The end.
I know you all are wondering whatever happened to that box of Fruity Pebbles, right? Just pretend, ok?
So, a few months ago I came across THESE from the very cute and sweet site, The Novice Chef.
She took a super fancy macaron and brought it down to my level. She added cereal. Not just any cereal…Fruity Pebbles.
And she filled her super fancy macarons with Fruity Pebble Buttercream.
I immediately started weeping with joy at the possibilities.
Since I have never really gotten into the whole French Macaron thing I decided to make something a little less scary…a Whoopie Pie.
And because Fruity Pebbles are so colorful and happy, I decided to go with a Pink Velvet Whoopie Pie.
I think I made the right choice.
I used THIS recipe for the Whoopie Pies, I just subbed out the orange food coloring with a deep pink…
If you don’t have pink food coloring just use a little bit of red.
I just kept adding the color into the batter until I got the shade of pink that I liked…
Using the technique that I described in the recipe I filled a ziplock bag with the batter and piped it on to my baking sheet…
When they’re baked up they’ll look like this…
While they are cooling go ahead and make your filling…
Crush up some Fruity Pebbles. You can use a food processor or a ziplock bag and a rolling pin. Whatever is easiest for you.
Mix up some butter and shortening in your mixer with some powdered sugar and when that is smooth, beat in your crushed Fruity Pebbles…
I filled my Whoopie pies by using a Ziplock bag to pipe the Fruity Pebble Buttercream…
That’s it.
How cute are these?
Thanks Jessica for your divine inspiration!
Recipe for Whoopie Pies can be found HERE, using pink food coloring.
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Fruity Pebble Buttercream
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Total Time: 10 minutes
- Yield: 1 batch 1x
- Category: Frosting
- Method: No Bake
- Cuisine: American
Description
Fruity Pebble Buttercream is perfect for making Fruity Pebble whoopie pies! You can use Fruity Pebble frosting in cakes, cookies, etc., too!
Ingredients
- 1 cup finely crushed Fruity Pebbles (about 2 1/2 cups un-crushed)
- 1/2 cup butter, room temperature
- 1/2 cup vegetable shortening
- 2 cups powdered sugar
- 2 Tablespoons milk
Instructions
- Cream your butter and shortening together until smooth.
- On low speed slowly add in your powdered sugar, when incorporated, add your milk and turn speed up to medium and beat until smooth and fluffy.
- Turn back to low speed and add in your crushed Fruity Pebbles cereal and mix until incorporated.
Notes
recipe adapted and inspired by The Novice Chef
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SO precious! These would disappear in about two seconds at my house! I am in LOVE with the pink velvet!
Oh, NO WAY! Way to catapult me back into my childhood with the Pebbles!! I was always a Cocoa Pebbles lover though! And I totally love that you went with a whoopie pie instead of a Macaron – I agree – those scare my pants off!! Love it!
the colors of the filling are beautiful I juts love what you did with those fruity pebbles!
I just posted pink cookies today, too! Yours look awesome.
And yesterday, I posted about my new whoopie pans.
And right before I am typing this, I kid you not, I was just washing the pans b/c I broke them in already.
These look…amazing! YUM 🙂
I don’t know how you come up with this stuff! I bet your kids think you’re the best mom in the whole wide world!
These are awesome! I am a cereal fanatic. I eat it almost every night before bed. I think I will have to switch things up and have these cookies instead:_)
These are adorable! If Fruity Pebbles are going to make their way into the cart, this is a darn good way to use them. As for the squeeze cheese, I am with you 100% of the way…I wouldn’t even feed it to my dog.
Dear me, these are cute! Lovely!
Lol…men are so delusional! These are darling!!!
these are SO cute…absolutely beautiful and so fun!