If you have an hour to prepare for your graduation party and no food on hand, here’s your game plan to get snacks on the table without losing your sanity.

Serves: A party!

Cook time: 20 minutes

Diploma Cookies

Ingredients:

  1. Pirouline cookies
  2. Thin ribbon

Instructions:

Tie the ribbon around the pirouline cookies. That’s literally it!

Chocolate Grad Caps

Ingredients:

  1. Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups
    1. Can swap for Rolos if you are allergic to peanuts!
  2. Chocolate square, about the size of a Ghirardelli mini square
  3. Brown M&M’s
  4. Method of attachment (My choice is peanut butter!)

Instructions:

Assemble by layering a cup, then a square, then a M&M.

Attach it with your peanut butter.

If you want to go the extra mile, get creative with adding a tassel with licorice, a twizzle, etc.

Layered Letter Cookies

Ingredients:

  1. Oreos
  2. Alphabet cookies

Instructions:

Select different letter cookies to spell out “grad.” You can also spell out your name, your “class of” year, or “UCR.”

Layer these cookies on top of an Oreo as a backdrop. Attach them together if you want, but it’s not necessary!

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