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Holiday Mickey Mouse Charcuterie Board

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Holiday Mickey Mouse Charcuterie Board

By Erin

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Holiday Mickey Mouse Charcuterie Board

Tis the season for all the delicious holiday boards! They are so fun and easy to make!

What do you put on a Christmas charcuterie board?

Anything you want really! Use whatever you have on hand at home. Some delicious go-tos include charcuterie meats, cheeses (sliced or cubed), olives, roasted nuts, creamy spreads, crackers, veggies and herbs (for the leafy part). You can even include some sweet bites like dried fruits, chocolate-covered nuts or pretzels and one-bite Christmas cookies.

Mickey Mouse Charcuterie Board Yield: 5-6 servings

Prep Time: 30 min
Total Time: 30 min

Ingredients

Cheese:
4 ounces Cheddar cheese, small cubes
4 ounces Pepper jack cheese, small cubes
4 ounces Colby jack cheese, small cubes
1 8 oz double creamed Brie cheese, Mickey Mouse head shape

3-4 Babybel cheese rounds
1⁄4 cup Fresh Mozzarella
Blueberry Goat Cheese log

Olives:
1⁄4 cup cup whole black olives, pitted

1⁄4 cup whole green olives, pitted
1⁄4 cup whole black olives, pitted

Meats:
14 slices salami, for the Mickey heads ( 7 for each 1 )

Fruits and Veggies:
1⁄4 cup fresh raspberries

1⁄2 cup baby tomatoes cut in halves

Extra’s
1 cup Chocolate covered pretzels
1⁄4 cup Holiday Jordan Almonds
1⁄4 cup Mickey Cheddar Goldfish Crackers

Large Mickey Mouse head cookie cutter
Small Mickey Mouse head cookie cutter
Large Mickey Mouse hand cookie cutter

Small Ramekin filled with jam of choice

Instructions

Salami Mickey Mouse Heads
Take your first slice of salami and lay it on a clean surface or cutting board.
Lay the next salami on top of the previous salami only covering half of the bottom salami. Repeat with 4 more salami round slices.
Now roll the salami up into a circle.
Place the salami circle in a small glass and set to the side.
Begin the Mickey ears by rolling up 1 salami round into a small circle.
Use toothpicks to adhere the ears to the Mickey Head.
Create a second Mickey head and set it to the side.

Mickey Mouse Brie
Use a large sized Mickey Mouse head cookie cutter, and press it into the Brie. Remove the excess Brie and set the Mickey head Brie to the side.

Setting up the board
Choose a large, circle wood board or a Mickey Mouse head wood board. (This is a really nice Mickey Board and it’s on sale right now too!!)
Start by putting the Brie, Mickey Mouse head cookie cutter, and Mickey Mouse hand cookie cutter on the board. Next place your Mickey Mouse salami heads on the board, placing them on separate ends.
Fill your small ramekin with your jam of choice and place it on the board.
Add your small chunked cheese to your Mickey hand cookie cutter, and spread evenly.
Place the remaining cheese on the board.
Add the fruit, olives and tomatoes to the board.
Fill in the empty spots on the board with your pretzels and Jordan almonds.
Fill your Mickey head cookie cutter with Mickey Mouse Goldfish crackers.

Links to the Mickey Mouse Board & Cookie Cutters:

Mickey Mouse Cheese Board 
Large Mickey Mouse Cookie Cutter

Small Mickey Mouse Cookie Cutter

Large Mickey Mouse Hand Cookie Cutter

Mickey’s Cinnamon Roll S’mores Bake

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Mickey’s Cinnamon Roll S’mores Bake

By Erin

It’s National S’mores Day! To celebrate I made a magically delicious S’mores Bake that you can easily make at home to enjoy too! Did you know that S’more is a contraction of the phrase “some more”? S’mores appeared in a cookbook in the early 1920s, where it was called a “Graham Cracker Sandwich”. It was a treat that was already popular with both Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts. We honor the most commonly packed camping snack by celebrating National S’mores Day on August 10th. Summertime is finally here and with it comes camping and gathering around the campfire in the great outdoors. S’mores have us salivating in anticipation of smashing those tasty toasted marshmallows with a slab of chocolate between two graham crackers. Try this fun and magical twist on an old favorite tonight! Now, who’s ready for some S’mores??!!

Mickey's Cinnamon Roll S'mores Bake
Mickey’s Cinnamon Roll S’mores Bake Ingredients

3 Cups Ghirardelli melting wafers, melted
1 disposable piping bag
1 can Pillsbury Grands! Cinnamon Rolls (5 rolls)

5 Tbsp unsalted butter (melted)
1⁄3 Cup light brown sugar (packed)

2 Cups Marshmallows
1 Tbsp heavy whipping cream.
1 bag of Hershey Smores baking mix

Directions:

Using the melted chocolate, scoop the chocolate into the disposable piping bag

Using a cookie sheet, line it with wax paper

Cut the tip off the piping bag and create mickey mouse shapes by piping 1 small circle and 2 tiny circles on the corner for the ears

Create as many as you want in different sizes, place in the freezer to harden Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
Prepare a 9 inch pie dish with nonstick baking spray.
Lay each of the 5 individual rolls out of a cutting board.

Cut each individual roll in half and then cut each half into thirds.
Place the cut pieces evenly in the prepared pie dish.
Sprinkle half of the s’mores mix over the cinnamon rolls
Add melted butter and light brown sugar to a small pot over medium heat, stirring to mix. Pour the melted butter and light brown sugar mixture over the covered cinnamon rolls. Top with half of the marshmallows. Bake at 350 degrees for 28-33 minutes. (Or until the center is completely cooked.)

Once baked, remove from oven and allow to cool for a few minutes. Sprinkle the rest of the marshmallows on top of the s’mores bake.
Remove mickey chocolate shapes from freezer and carefully peel 1 by 1 off the wax paper.

Place on the cinnamon roll dish.
Using the icing that came with the cinnamon rolls, drizzle all over before enjoying!

Try this other delish S’mores Recipe!

Dipped Smores Popsicles

Grand Re-Opening of Naples Ristorante E Bar & Napolini Pizzeria in Downtown Disney

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Grand Re-Opening of Naples Ristorante E Bar in Downtown Disney

By Erin

*I was invited as media to come check out the newly remodeled Naples Ristorante E Bar in Downtown Disney. All thoughts and opinions remain my own!*

I go to Disneyland a lot. So you can find me dining and exploring all that the Disneyland Resort has to offer often. Last week I was honored to be in attendance as Patina Restaurant Group showed off their newly remodeled restaurant in Downtown Disney® District, the Naples Ristorante E Bar. The renovations started last year and is now complete so we were all finally able to see the beautiful additions to this delicious restaurant.

New design elements include:

• A mural of photographs by Naples photographer Mimmo Fontanella

• A fire-themed mosaic glass tile above a trio of new wood-burning pizza ovens

• An expanded outdoor patio with a new outside bar and fountain wall

• A large “infinite loop” lighting fixture

The celebration included executives from Disney and Patina Restaurant Group joined by special guests Chef Mickey Mouse and Chef Goofy. Following the dedication, we got to partake in the food and friendly hospitality at Naples.

Thank you Naples Ristorante e Bar for inviting us to the grand reopening!

Chef Umberto Rubelli hails from Milan, Italy and brings an authentic Italian touch to the food.

New menu items include a variety of fresh seafood, simply prepared fish selections with lemon, olive oil and tomato. There is a new build-your-own pizza menu at Napolini that Pizzaiolo Charlie Restivo runs.

The pizzeria’s signature pies include Vesuvio(mozzarella, tomato, Calabrian chili, green olives, anchovies, capers), California (chicken, bbq sauce, red onions, cilantro, smoked mozzarella), and Capri (shrimp, mozzarella, fontina, lemon, pesto). Most ingredients are imported from Italy and they use locally grown vegetables. Chef Umberto also recommended all the desserts, but his favorite is the Tiramisu as it is his grandmother recipe. I will need to go back just to try this! I really love their cheesecake too!

A dedication ceremony included members of the restaurant’s staff and executives from Disney and Patina Restaurant Group. Special guests Chef Mickey Mouse and Chef Goofy joined in the fun to round out the magical celebration.

Here are a few other fun photos from the restaurant:

This is the hand gesture wall, and each hand means something different! It is really cool!

If you like Mules, you MUST try the Mule Flight! It was so good, I loved them all, it was too hard to pick a favorite of the three.

And of course the pizza, you cannot come here and NOT have some pizza! Yum!

Cheers! Be sure to come down soon and check it out for yourself! 🙂

Naples is open for lunch and dinner. Napolini is open for breakfast, lunch, and dinner with to-go options.  Both restaurants are located at Downtown Disney District, 1510 Disneyland Drive, Anaheim, CA 92802.