Below, some of the great contest entries in our What Good's a Ramekin contest.

1) As indoor/outdoor doggie dishes. Perfect for small dogs like my pug Otis!

2) As fresh herb potters - Great to place on kitchen window sills.

3) As a kitchen sponge holder. Stick round rubber stoppers on the bottom and place by the sink.

4) As jumbo tealights - A fun family project, just add colored wax and candle string!

5) As a room freshener! Fill with potpourri, wrap top in netted fabric, secure with grosgrain ribbon and place in bathroom.

6) As an ashtray - yick!

7) Food Prep Container- ie. Chopped onions, beaten eggs, premeasured spices

8) Portion Control - ie. Low carb diet correct portions of rice, pasta, potato chips, etc.

9) Perfect size to make circular bread rounds for party sandwiches.

10) Great for melting butter in the microwave and heating individual portions of soup, beans, etc.

11) Arts and Craft paint holder for different colors

12) Individual souffles and other baked dishes

13) Paper Clip holder

14) Potpourri Holder

15) Floating candle Holder

16) Put one time use tea bag in it to save for use in second cup of tea

17) As we use a lot of chopped onions, I always chop some extra and store them in the refrigerator in your ramekin covered with plastic wrap…saves a second round of tears

18) My husband takes a number of vitamins and pills each day and the night before puts the next days supply in a ramekin for use the following morning

19) I put condiments like ketchup, mustard and ginger mango chutney in them for use with a spoon rather than putting the bottles and jars on the dinner table

20) I work at home and keep paper clips in one of them

21) Perfect diet size dish when cheating on a diet. Ramekins are perfect for a little ice cream, a little cake, a little mac & Cheese.

22) WINNER Use to smash skins off garlic

23) Childrens Candy Holder

24) The saddest use for the ramekin is to do a cold water with ice eithanization of a little gold fish.

25) Votive Candle Holder

26) It can hold screws, nails and weird looking hardware thingies that only husbands know what they are.

27) To hold fish pellets

28) Can be used to hold various ingredients when cooking up a dish. Having all the ingredients measured out and ready to go saves time.

29) Flip a ramekin over and use it to need pastry crust.

30) We have lost many tamekins to paint & Stain. " I was only trying to see if it was the right color!" "I didnt think you would mind cause it's water soluble"

31) Butter Dish

32) Dress up Jello

33) A Nut Cup

34) For unsuccessfully draining oil from your car

35) Miniature ice cream sundaes

36) Melted butter for Lobster

37) Cocktail Sauce for shrimp or crab platter

38) Salad dressing for vegetable platter

39) Individual Cole slaw or salad

40) Individual soups

41) Individual Vegetables

42) Salsa for potato chips or nachos

43) Mousse

44) Jello or bread pudding

45) WINNER Form for building a sand castle

46) Food dish for pets

47) Leftovers

48) Hat

49) Loose Change

50) Dentures

51) Jelly Dish

52) Jewelry

53) Dish to decorate eater eggs

54) Candle holder

55) A Hancock Ramekin makes a terrific food bowl for my pet rock

56) I use my ramekin as a giant biscuit cutter to make my yummy beer biscuits even BIGGER!!!

57) Fill ramekins wth Christmas treats homemade or other wise and wrap in Christmas bag or paper for little presentations at holiday time.

58) Individual soup cup, particularly with soups that have melted cheese tops.

59) Use as freezer storage dish for leftovers ready to reheat as needed

60) Make extra amounts of food goodies as you make them and freeze. Then have them instantly available for sick or otherwise needy friends.

61) WINNER (Pictured Above) A childs garden of succulents~ Kids love plants of their own. I buy tiny pots ( 1 1/2" diameter) of succulents and place them in the ramekins, surrounfed by small pebbles.

62) Curry Condiments~ Chopped peanuts, chutney, yogurt, and diced cucumbers.

63) Bead Holders~ Sort different color beads as you work

64) Tea Extras ~ On a tea tray the ramekins hyold lemon slices, sugar cubes, and even cinnamon sticks

65) Shell Collections ~ My family lkes to go to the beach combing. We ise the ramekins to hold tiny sea shells as well as pieces of sea glass.

66) Potato Toppings~ Ramekins make ideal containers for chopped chives, sour cream, and bacon bits.

67) Desk organization

Thank you to everyone who sent in such creative and inventive ideas!