Super Cute Food

I’m sorry. I’m not sharing a typical post like you’re used to seeing on Better After today. I’m sharing something else that has absolutely nothing to do with DIY or before and afters. And I have no real reason to share it, but I simply cannot help myself. I just can’t hold it in any longer:

LOOK AT MY FREAKING CUTE EGGS!

OMG OMG OMG OMG, THEY ARE SO CUTE I MIGHT LITERALLY THROW UP.

Whew. I’m glad I got that off my chest.  Yes, those are hard-boiled eggs shaped like a bunny and a teddy bear, and they are so outrageously cute I can hardly stand it.

So here’s the deal. I was minding my own business just browsing around on Amazon one night, and these egg molds popped up under ‘items you may be interested in.’ Amazon apparently knows me so well it knows part of me that I didn’t even know existed: the part that hyperventilates with excitement at the sight of animal-shaped food. I really did have a physical reaction.

They were only $3 for the pair, and I bought them without delay. And now I make adorable eggs all the time, and the kids love them so much, just kidding, the kids have never even seen them because I only make adorable eggs for myself because I CAN’T EVEN STAND IT, just kidding again, I really do make these for my kids, and they love them too, because WHO WOULDN’T???

The process is super easy. Hard boil your eggs. Remove the shell while the eggs are still hot. (Be careful!)

Squeeze the egg into the egg mold and snap it shut.

Submerge in ice water for 10 minutes.

Remove the egg and pass out from cuteness.

You can find the bunny and bear pair of egg molds here, and the larger set of six egg molds below. <–affiliate links

Cute food is nothing new, the Japanese have perfected the art with their creative and colorful bento boxes for years, easily putting a typical American “sandwich in a paper bag” lunch to shame. But now that the tools are so easily accessible, why, there’s no reason we can’t have outrageously cute food too! There is a treasure trove of adorable animal-shaped food possibilities that I have only just begun to mine.

I think this panda sandwich maker is most likely my next purchase.

Or this panda sandwich maker.

I can’t decide!!!

Or this panda rice mold:

Or THIS panda rice mold.

Or THIS PENGUIN rice mold! I’m so slack-jawed from the cuteness here, I’m literally drooling all over my keyboard.  I’m surprised it hasn’t malfunc

No but seriously, maybe these things seems a little pointless to some people, but they make me so aggressively happy. Why not spread a little unexpected joy wherever we can, right?

RICE PENGUINS WEARING NOODLE HEADBANDS STOP IT RIGHT NOW.

Thanks for letting me veer off-topic for the day, I hope you thought it was as fun as I did!

Happy Weekend!

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