Okay, I hope left210 doesn't mind, but I thought I would go ahead and consolidate all of the recipes from pages 24 to 29. For left210's list of the recipes from pages 1 to 24 click here ->
Quick and Easy Christmas Treats - thanks again left210!!!
A quick simple but delicious recipe is
brownie peanut butter cup bites. I prepare a regular box of brownies but instead of putting the batter into a pan, I spoon it into lined mini muffin tins (fill to about 1/2 way) and then I push a mini reeses peanut butter cup into the center. I usually bake them for 8-10 mins and then keep checking them until I think they are done. They are super yummy and are gone in minutes!
EASY MAPLE FUDGE
1 cup butter (no substitutions)
2 cups brown sugar
1/2 cup whipping cream
1 tsp vanilla
3 1/2 cups icing sugar
Directions:
Boil first 3 ingredients on low for 2 minutes, remove from heat. Add vanilla and icing sugar, whip for 3 minutes. Place mixture in greased 8 x 8-inch pan. Refrigerate until cooled. Cut into squares. Store in airtight container in the fridge.
CLODHOPPERS
4 cups Golden Grahams cereal, crushed
1 cup unsalted cashews, chopped
2 cups white chocolate melting wafers, melted
Directions:
Pour chocolate over cereal and cashews, stir to coat evenly. Spread mixture onto wax paper, let cool. When hard, break into pieces.
Drizzle Popcorn
makes white chocolate & peanut butter popcorn &
chocolate & peanut butter popcorn
you'll need:
microwave popcorn- KETTLE CORN
bag of milk choc chips
bag of white van. chips
bag of peanut butter chips
pop bag of popcorn in microwave. make sure it is kettle corn. we use the orville redenbachers one.
spread popcorn out onto cookie sheet. pick out unpoped kernels.
melt white chocolate in double boiler. you'll need to TEMPER this chocolate to make sure it hardens again on the popcorn.( if not sure how to do this basically you melt 2/3 of bag completely on the double boiler then remove from boiler & put the remaining 1/3 of choc. in melted stuff & melt this by mixing it around off the heat) once all melted, use a fork to drizzle white chocolate onto the popcorn. then do the same with the peanut butter chips- melt them & drizzle... the peanut butter chips DO NOT need to be tempered. only chocolate ones... white OR dark...
for popcorn with the chocolate, follow above directions and use the choc chips ( temper also) as well as the peanut butter.
once all is drizzled, place in fridge for @ 20-30 min & then take out & use a spatula to break up off the sheet. store in a large plastic bag until ready to transfer into smaller decorative gift bags. my local dollar tree has perfect xmas gift bags that we use & tie with a pretty ribbon.
sometimes we also ADD unsalted peanuts to the popcorn mixture before drizzling ( but only if i get them on sale) it is just as good w/o the peanuts.
REESE'S PEANUT BUTTER BARS
No-bake bars that taste like the peanut butter cups!
2 cups peanut butter
4 cups icing (powdered) sugar
1 cup margarine, melted
2 cups graham wafer crumbs
Mix well. Pat into jelly roll pan. Chill.
Melt together:
2 cups milk chocolate chips
1 tablespoon margarine
Spread over peanut butter mixture. Cut into bars.
Easy Taco Dip
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!
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!
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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.
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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.
Easy Turtles
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!
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.
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.
Rice Krispie Tree
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.
Candy Cane Bark Hearts
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.
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!
Chocolate Dipped Licorice - I haven't actually made these yet, but I am going to try them this Christmas. A local candy store makes these, and they are yumma!!! It is just red licorice (Twizzlers, etc) that has been dipped in melted white or milk chocolate until about 3/4 of the licorice is coated in chocolate. You could then also roll the chocolate covered licorice sticks in sprinkles, crushed nuts, or crushed candy canes, etc., or leave them plain with just the chocolate!
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I didn't make this but my friend did. She took
a bag of chocolate chips and a bag of butterscotch chips and melted them together and then added spanish peanuts. You then just put spoonfuls of the mixture on wax paper on a cookie sheet and place them in the fridge til they harden. Not only are they super easy they taste wonderful!
*Try some mini marshmallows in the mixture sometime!!!
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I haven't seen anyone mention the
cake mix cookies that everyone loved last year. I made a variation of them tonight that are SO good.
1 box Pillsbury Pumpkin bread mix (you can use banana bread mix instead)
1/2 cup raisins (I used Craisins)
1/4 cup chopped crystalized ginger
1 egg
1/2 cup (1 stick) butter or margarine, melted
Mix it all together in the order listed, roll into 1 1/2" balls, mix 1/4 cup sugar and 1 tsp cinnamon in a small bowl and roll each cookie in the cinnamon/sugar. Bake in a 350 oven for 12-15 minutes. They are really rich and yummy. It's supposed to make 20 cookies but I got a few more.
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I like to make
chocolate raspberry bread pudding around the holidays, it's made and served in a crock pot and very easy to assemble.
1 angel food cake (approx 6 cups), cubed
1 cup chocolate chips
1/2 pint fresh raspberries, rinsed and drained
1/2 c milk
4 eggs
1/2 c cream
1/4 c sugar
1 tsp vanilla
Place half of cake cubes in a heavily buttered crock pot. Sprinkle half of chocolate chips and raspberries over cake cubes. Cover with remaining cake cubes, top with remaining choc chips and raspberries. In a bowl (or blender), whisk together cream, milk, eggs, sugar and vanilla until blended. Pour evenly over the cake mixture in the crockpot. Cover and cook on high heat setting for approx 2 hours, until set.
Our local Real Deals (it's a dollar store) had Hershey's Peanut Butter Kisses....at a buck a bag, who can resist? I made the wreaths with the peanut butter kisses and peanut butter M&M's.....they are incredible!
