Denver D.I.Y. Days: Food Frenzy!

After a rough day with a flat tire, I was glad to just make it to this event. Bonus: it was a blast! My +1 got sick, but a friend subbed in at the last minute and had a great time too.
My SpinArt decorated cookie was ghastly, so I made a pretty frosting rainbow and coconut clouds to salvage it. My edible fruit sculpture meant to resemble a Miro really just looked like I gave up, but it tasted delicious! I made a little candy sushi and sashimi (aka Swedish fish on a plate). I made a swirled white chocolate/​milk chocolate bowl with a jack-​o-​lantern face. And I made some cookie burgers.
Aside from the fruit, I didn’t eat any of it myself. But my friend’s family got to enjoy it later.
This was a fun way to explore the Share Denver space, which is bigger than I realized when I took a class earlier this year. I got to learn about the proprietor and see that she has a great passion for encouraging people to explore new creative outlets. I also got some fun ideas for party activities in the future.
All in all, this was a really fun event.

Friday September 18^th 2015 DENVER D.I.Y Days: Food Frenzy!
My Oh My! From Making Balloon Chocolate Bowls, Candy Sushi, Edible Arrangements, Edible Spin Art with the Cookie and «Burger Cookies. SIGN ME UP!
Thank you Maggie and Becky of Share Denver for hosting this awesome event for us to enjoy! With all the «mess» we made, and all the conversation we shared. Thank you Frances for organizing. Indeed I have fun making all those «candy/​fruits» related items to create something yummy «treats» to eat!
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I love Do It Yourself projects and thought this would be a fun event to attend with my husband (I wouldn’t say he is a fan of DIY crafts but he is always a good sport when I need an extra helping hand). So this evening, we came out to the Share Denver venue (located in a residential area that is an easy miss) at little before 6:30 pm for this event for an evening of food crafts.
Maggie, the instructor and Becky the host opened the evening with telling the group of Unilocalers a little bit about Share Denver and about themselves. Then Maggie went around each station to explain what we were going to make and encouraged everyone to feel free to snack on the food items as well. Then after that, we were free to roam around and create our edible work of art. So what did we make you wonder?
Mini Hamburger Cookies– This was favorite craft because it was so easy and so darn cute. These cute little hamburgers are made with Nilla Wafer cookies that are the bun of the hamburger. You use a Thin Mint cookie onto the bun, which would be the patty. Then you can use yellow icing for the mustard and red icing for the ketchup. For the lettuce, you can add green food coloring to shredded coconut. Then top this little concoction with another Nilla Wafer and you have yourself a hamburger.
Candy Sushi– Cute little sushi made of Rice Krispies that act as the rice. You can wrap the rice with fruit leather that acts as the seaweed. And Swedish fish candy acts as the sashimi.
Edible Chocolate Bowls– Blow up a balloon and spray with vegetable oil, dip it in melted chocolate and allow it to sit on wax paper to dry (or in the freezer for a faster process). Once the chocolate sets, pop it. You are then left with a bowl. Unfortunately most of the people I saw tonight were unsuccessful, as most of the bowls broke. The only way this will work is to make sure the chocolate if fully set.
Unfortunately when I was trying to make this, my balloon popped as I was dipping it into the chocolate, which really scared me (I am not a fan of those crescent roll containers that pop upon opening). After that, I decided to just give us on this edible craft.
Edible Fruit Arrangements– Skewer assorted fruit, dip in chocolate and place on a foam block. My husband really was creative with his random display. I decided to just help and watch him. There were truly some real artistic and creative Unilocalers this evening with their fruit displays.
Spin Art Cookies– An interesting take on spin art. Maggie baked sugar cookies and poked little holes on the bottom so that they would fit the 4 pegs in the spin art. Then you spin the cookies onto the machine (just a regular spin art toy you would find in the toy department) and start adding colored sugar water slowly to create your design. I saw a few Unilocalers with some really cool liking designs (unfortunately mine wasn’t nearly as awesome).
In the end, this event was rather entertaining. There were also some snacks provided, wine, beer and a few bottled waters for the taking.
This was definitely a different take on Unilocal events and liked the uniqueness. I am also glad that I also got a chance to meet Frances. She is a friendly and bubbly person. She knew that we are in town just visiting Denver for the first time and gave us some great restaurant suggestions. Denver is lucky to have her.
Thank you again Share Denver & Frances for putting this event together.