ZANDA PANDA’s Puppy Mold Featured in DOG FANCY Magazine!

ZANDA PANDA’s Puppy Mold Featured in DOG FANCY Magazine! We’re delighted that DOG FANCY Magazine picked our Puppy Mold to feature in their ‘Fun Dog‘ section! If you’re new or visiting from Dog Fancy magazine, welcome to ZANDA PANDA’s Blog and Website! If you’re a returning visitor or one of our Favorite People, thanks very [...]

Beagle Puppy Cookie – The cutest one yet!

How to make a Beagle Puppy Cookie Beagle Puppy Cookie He’s Edible…He’s Adorable…He’s Edidorable!! I think this is the cutest one I’ve made with the Puppy Mold yet.  And it’s actually very easy to do, I’ll take you through step-by-step. In addtion to the ingredients in the cookie dough recipe, you’ll need: •  Cocoa powder [...]

Deep Dish Apple Pie – Pretty Please with a Puppy on Top

Nick and I had a craving for apple pie.  I really wanted to use the Puppy Mold and he really wanted to use the Peeler/Corer/Slicer Contraption because it was much more fun than cutting apples into chunks (see below). We decided to make a deep dish upside down pie.  You also could make just a [...]

How to Make a Chocolate Lab Puppy

How to Make a Chocolate Lab Puppy And ideas for black and yellow Lab cakes This is really easy.  Little ones need a bit of supervision with hot, melted chocolate, but the technique couldn’t be simpler.  All you’ll need is your favorite chocolate, a bowl to melt it in and a pastry brush (and of [...]

Doggie Birthday Cake Recipe, Chaka and Some Very Opinionated Advice on Training a Puppy

Doggie Birthday Cake It’s not the most attractive cake made from the Puppy Mold. But your DOG will think it’s fantastic! The main ingredients are liver and eggs, you can also add grated cheese. This cake is similar to my dog Chaka’s favorite treat.  I remember once when I was making a batch, I turned [...]

How to make Cute Dalamatian Puppy Cookies – Recipe

Dalmatian Puppy Cookies These seem to be everyone’s favorite yummy thing made from the Puppy mold. The recipe is also on the back of the Puppy Mold’s box.     DALMATIAN PUPPY COOKIES No-spread cookie dough: 6 cups flour 1 Tablespoon baking powder 2 cups unsalted butter 2 cups superfine sugar (not powdered) 2 large [...]

Puppy Packaging

Puppy Packaging Where does your Puppy Mold snuggle up while he’s waiting for you to bring him to his forever home? A Nice Sturdy Doghouse? Not exactly, but it’s easy to wrap as a gift. You probably don’t think too much about packaging. I had been thinking of nothing else for a while. We went [...]

I ♥ Low Fat, Healthy Brownies

HEART-HEALTHY BROWNIES Easy, Chocolaty & Guilt Free (Also Cute)! I first tasted black bean brownies at a party after an Aikido seminar in Boston.  I thought they were fantastic; fudgy dense and chocolaty.  These will definitely appeal to kids and are easy to make with a little adult help with the food processor. These brownies [...]

Puppy Bread – Healthy, Wholegrained, Cute and Yummy

PUPPY BREAD (Made with birdseed!) This recipe is from Cooks.com.  The only change I made was adding a handful of walnuts (although I think I might also add extra sunflower seeds in the next batch). I was looking for a recipe for “Kilkenny Bread”, it was a wonderfully delicious bread that my mom used to [...]

And the winner is…

Betty Crocker Super Moist vanilla cake mix If you have to use a mix, grab this one. See tips below for getting the most detail from a traditionally baked cake. BTW, I was NOT compensated in any way for this recommendation/review. We’ve been testing all sorts of cake mixes and of course found that ‘bundt’ [...]