A great homemade treat to bring in to the classroom for a birthday celebration.

What You Need:

• Anxiety.
• Homemade pavlovas. (Just don’t be stupid, do not substitute more lemon juice for less sugar, and Cream of Tartar for cornstarch like I did. Do. Not.)
• Fresh berries – strawberries, raspberries, blueberries – cut them up and mixed with some sugar to marinate overnight. Alert: It kind of turns goopy.
• Cool Whip, but tell your husband not to get the frozen kind, especially if you are in a hurry.

What You Do:

1. First, panic.
2. Next: make the recipe for the homemade pavlova. I made 4 of them. Try not to forget about it in the oven, like I did.
3. Put a blob of whip cream in the bottom of a plastic cup, add some merengue, spoon some berry goop on top of it, then add another blob of Cool Whip.
4. Finish up with a half a Twizzler “straw”.
5. Bob’s your uncle!