A Chocolate-Covered Tee-Pee

It would quite unfair if I didn’t pay homage

to my special ethnic heritage for this theme’s:

I know the blonde hair and super pale skin

make you instantly think:

“She must have American Indian blood in her!”

It’s as if you know me…

This fact always throws people off

but the truth is, I really do

have a good portion of Red Cherokee blood

running through my veins.

So in honor of my heritage and Thanksgiving,

I wanted to do a fun food project

that represents another side of the Thanksgiving table:

The building of a chocolate-covered tee-pee

Watch how it magically turns from a simple foundation

into a fully decorated tee-pee:

(fireplace not included)

WHAT YOU’LL NEED:

• 1 GF ice cream cone (cut out triangle for tee-pee opening and a small opening on the top)
• 1 Dr. Lucy’s cookie for the base
• GF pretzels
• melted vegan chocolate chips
• vegan icing, various colors
• 1 small slice of strawberry for flame in the fire
• handful of cacao nibs for sprinkling

DIRECTIONS:

1. First, coat cone with melted chocolate. Place 2 pretzel sticks in the top hole and allow to set.
2. Coat cookie with chocolate. Use chocolate as glue to set cone on top of cookie.
3. Place pretzel bits in formation of fire logs and set strawberry on top (using choco as glue) .
4. Using icing, make patterns on the tee-pee.
5. Sprinkle with cacao nibs for dirt.
6. Eat or just adore.

It’s almost as if I can feel the warmth

of the tee-pee fire hitting my skin…