Cooking Quick & Easy Christmas treats - *UPDATED* - compiled recipes - Page 53

[hollyb]

Great thread!!!! I am going to make some of the candie for a Halloween party at work. YUMMY!!!!

 

[mom2jacob]

Subscribing....can't wait to make some of these for Christmas

 

[lywilliams0]

Anyone have an easy recipe for banana bread?

 

[Cindi0511]

My sister made this, and it's good and very quick!

1 can refried beans
1/2 cup salsa
8 oz (1 cup) sour cream
1/2 packet of taco seasoning
1 bag iceberg lettuce shreds
1 large tomato, diced
1 can sliced black olives
8 oz. shredded cheddar cheese

In a pie plate (whatever size you have -- I use a 10-inch) mix refried beans mixed with salsa, add a little more if needed to make it spreadable. Spread evenly over the bottom of the pie plate. In a separate bowl, mix sour cream with taco seasoning, and spread over the bean mixture. Top that layer with the iceberg lettuce shreds, and add diced tomatoes, diced/sliced black olives and top it all off with shredded cheddar cheese. I'm sure 8 oz. will do for most people, but I'm a cheese-a-holic, so I add more!

Serve with veggies or tortilla chips!

 

[jchick]

Here's an EASY fudge recipe:

1 cup peanut butter, crunchy or regular (your preference)
1 container of chocolate or vanilla ready made frosting

Melt frosting in microwave for about 40 seconds, then spoon in peanut butter and mix together. Pour into small container and chill until set.

Believe it or not, it makes a wonderful fudge! You can get creative with it and do lots of add ins. Try it, you won't believe it!

 

[ZipaDeeDooDah]

Anyone have an easy recipe for banana bread?

This makes great gifts, and it is our favorite banana bread recipe! Banana Bread

 

[summerrluvv]

This thread is soo long and I haven't read the replies, but last year we made chocolate covered pretzels and drizzled them with red and green chocolate. We also did pretzel rods and put sprinkles, etc. on them. I used the Cook's Essentials Chocolate Melter on QVC, which is AWESOME! We ended up giving the goodies to his teachers, etc. along with some non-edible goods. I don't know if they actually ate them, but they were fun to make

 

[sulleyfan]

I just made the almond bark covered popcorn as a test run, I made it using the white almond bark and microwave kettle corn....YUM ....This thread is great!!

 

[Donnaksmj]

just wondering where to find almond bark....I looked for it last xmas when I started reading about it on this thread and was never able to....

 

[Pixieshouse]

Too funny!!!

LOL, my brother did the same thing when we were kids. He was convinced I was forcing him to eat dog food!

 

[txtink17]

World's Easiest Peanut Butter Fudge....(and tastes great too!)

1 regular size container white cake frosting
1 regular size jar of peanut butter

Spoon contents of each container into a microwave safe large bowl. Microwave in 30 second increments until the mixture can be thoroughly mixed (it takes 2 - 30 second increments in my microwave) After mixing completely pour into a Pam sprayed glass 9X9-inch pan. Will harden completely in the refrigerator.

This is VERY good, and I was skeptical.....

What if you used chocolate cake frosting? I'd bet that be even yummier!

 

[Joyful19]

Subscribing!

 

[love~disney]

subscribing... I love recipes. Thanks for all of your yummy ones so far.

 

[txtink17]

Black Forest Trifle:

1 box devil's food cake mix or bought chocolate cake/cupcakes
2 cans cherry pie filling
2 small boxes chocolate pudding or 8 snack-size pudding cups
1 tub Cool Whip

Directions: Either bake a chocolate cake or buy one. A great idea is to make cupcakes and give some to the kids to snack on while you use the rest to make your trifle. Crumble the cake/cupcakes to make a bottom layer in the bowl. Then spread a layer of pudding on top. Next layer the cherries. Repeat with the crumbled cake, pudding and cherries. Finally, top with the Cool Whip and enjoy! This makes a great looking dessert for Christmas, especially in a glass dish.

 

[txtink17]

1 bag Kraft caramels
1 bag Hershey kisses or chocolate candy discs
1 bag pecan halves

Directions:
Line a cookie sheet with wax or parchment paper. Place 3 pecan halves with ends touching like a 3 leaf clover. Place one caramel on top, then a chocolate kiss or disc on top of the caramel. Bake at 350 degrees just until the candies melt. Let cool and you have instant turtles!

 

[txtink17]

Drumsticks

Pretzel rods
Giant marshmallows
Chocolate or Bark for dipping
Sprinkles, nuts, etc.

Directions: Stick one marshmallow on pretzel rod, then cover in chocolate. Leave plain or roll in sprinkles, nuts, etc. Now you have drumsticks. You can stick these in lollipop bags they sell at Walmart in the Wilton candy/cake section in crafts.

 

[txtink17]

Christmas Pops

Refrigerator Cookie Dough
Popsicle sticks
Red or green candy melts
Sprinkles

Directions: Cut the roll of cookie dough into thick slices. Lay them on the cookie sheet and stick the popsicle sticks into them. Bake and let cool. Melt the candy melts into a bowl, then dip only the top half of the cookie pop into it. Immediatly sprinkle with red or green sprinkles. These make great gifts for the kids.

 

[txtink17]

Rice Krispie Treats (1 pan made)
Melted chocolate or red and green candy melts
Holiday m&ms

Make one pan of Rice Krispies treats, then let cool. Turn the pan over onto the counter or large cookie sheet. Cut the square into a giant triangle (tree shape), keep one leftover piece for later. Melt chocolate candies and put into a freezer baggie, cut off tip of baggie to make small hole. Drizzle chocolate on tree like tinsel. Stick m&ms on drizzle before it dries for tree decorations or lights. Cut the saved leftover into a square. It will be the tree's stump. Attach it to the bottom of the tree with icing or melted chocolate like glue. You can even use some of the smaller leftover pieces and cut them into smaller squares to make gifts under the tree. Put bows on them with icing.

 

[txtink17]

This will work for Christmas or Valentine's Day!

18 small candy canes (there a little over 2 inches)
Vanilla flavored candy melts or almond bark
crushed candy canes

Directions: Line a cookie sheet with waxed paper. Lay the small candy canes in groups of two with ends touching to make a heart. Microwave candy melts or bark until smooth. Spoon into centers of hearts and sprinkle with crushed candy canes. Let cool 30 minutes or put in fridge to speed it up. Makes cute heart shaped peppermint bark.

 

[atisikitabasket]

Ok the first recipe can be changed up a little we call them home made turtles

Rolo's
mini pretzels
pecan

Place one unwrapped rolo on a mini pretzel square cover cookie sheet with these then bake on about 200 for 5 minutes until they are soft but still holding their form. Remove from oven. Take one pecan half and push ontop of rolo till it flatens out a bit let sit then eat them up!

** Sorry if this was already posted I didn't read every page!!