Get ready for the party of the year! We've selected a few of our favourite Mardi Gras inspired recipes for you to throw together for your own Mardi Gras rager.
1 Dancing gingerbreads
For the friends with a sweet tooth, these dancing Mardi Gras gingerbreads are simply ah-dorable! If baking's not necessarily your thing, you can rest assured that these sweet treats are super easy and take around 55 minutes to make.
Ingredients
- 125g unsalted butter
- 1/2 cup brown sugar
- 1/2 cup of golden syrup
- 1 egg yolk
- 2 1/2 palin flour
- 3 tsp ground ginger
- 1 tsp bicarbonate of soda
- 18 walnuts or almonds
- 250g icing/fondant
- 1 egg white
- 1 1/2 cup icing sugar
- lollies or chocolate for decorating
2 Doughnut cookies
If you feel that gingerbread men are too much work for your party-prep, these doughnut-inspired cookies will be right up your street. You don't need any additional baking equipment like cookie cutters (who even has those?) and this recipe is definitely not one for perfection - the messier the icing work, the cuter the cookies!
Ingredients
- 1/4 cup of caster sugar
- 1 egg
- 60g unsalted butter
- 1tsp baking powder
- 3/4 cup plain flour
- 1/2 cup icing sugar
- 2tsp water
- red food colouring
- 1tbsp coloured sprinkles
3 Rainbow jello wedges
Add a little colour and creativity to your Mardi Gras party with these super easy rainbow jello wedges. If you want to really rainbow these wedges up, why not layer up your different jello flavours in your orange cups.
Tried and tested by yours truly, this recipe really is as fun as it looks.
Ingredients
- 9 small to medium oranges
- 6 boxes gelatin: lemon, orange, strawberry, lime, berry blue, grape
- water
- vodka (optional)
4 Hello jello shots
It's time to move onto the matter at hand, refreshments, or in this case jello shots! To mark this wonderful celebration, we're theming up your standard jello shots with this rainbow recipe that are so Instagram-worthy!
Ingredients
- 3 oz gelatin: strawberry, orange, lime and berry blue
- 1 cup of boiling water
- 1/2 cup of vodka
- 1/2 cup cold water
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