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

[bengalbelle]

Only everyone here would understand my excitement!!

At a gift exchange last night my son brought home a bag of oreo's!! He was just going to eat them plain out of the package!!
I had to explain to him how I could make them sooooo much better with the recipes on here!! The only issue is they are double stuffed. What do you all think I should make with these???!!!

Can you make the truffles with the Double Stuff Oreos?

Or dip them in white chocolate!

 

[antmaril]

I made the Butterscotch Haystacks tonight too. They are in the fridge now. Thanks for giving me the name of the cookies, because I'm taking them to work tomorrow and I didn't know what they were called. Do you think they will transport okay? Will they stay together? I was leary when I saw the concoction, but I'm encouraged by your review.

Wish me luck

Well I'm a little worried about the Butterscotch Haystacks. We are having a dessert buffet here at work and I don't think anyone has tried one. They really don't look very good. They are an unusual color and I don't think anyone is brave enough to try one. They taste much better than they look.

Oh well, what can you do?

 

[jenr812]

Well I'm a little worried about the Butterscotch Haystacks. We are having a dessert buffet here at work and I don't think anyone has tried one. They really don't look very good. They are an unusual color and I don't think anyone is brave enough to try one. They taste much better than they look.

Oh well, what can you do?

Uh oh - that's more for you to enjoy hehe

 

[It's A Happy Day]

More pictures of treats from this thread!
Pretzel rods - melted chocolate & white chocolate Wilton Wafers - dipped & drizzled

Pretzel rods - melted chocolate Wilton Wafers then dipped, rolled into sprinkles or heath pieces

Marshmallow Smores - melted chocolate wafers, dipped marshmallows into crushed graham crackers

Oreo Cookie Bark & Peppermint Bark - melted white chocolate wafers and added crushed oreos in 1 and peppermint pieces into other *I did not mix in pieces of candy/cookie as when I started to do this the additions were running and just coloring the chocolate so I spread chocolate onto parchment covered cookie sheet and sprinkled topping on top of melted chocolate.

And I filled the middle with PB Hershey Kisses!

 

[antmaril]

Uh oh - that's more for you to enjoy hehe

A few people have tried them and admit that they are quite good. We are all in agreement (myself included) that they do not look good. It's the orange color, for sure. Very unappetizing. Someone mentioned that they are addicting once you get passed how they look

 

[1of6]

I made the peanutbutter fudge this afternoon. The vanilla frosting/ jar of peanutbutter and that is it one. It is sooooooo yummy.

 

[bengalbelle]

A few people have tried them and admit that they are quite good. We are all in agreement (myself included) that they do not look good. It's the orange color, for sure. Very unappetizing. Someone mentioned that they are addicting once you get passed how they look

One of my aunts used to bring these to our family reunion every year. That's the only sweet I looked forward to eating every year.

 

[VaGal]

What a great thread!! The recipe I have to
share is very good, although you'll probably
need an extra pair of hands to help.

Chocolate Bugle Dips

Bag of original flavored bugles
Peanut Butter
Any type of chocolate melted

Fill each end of the bugle with peanut butter
then dip only the peanut butter filled end
in chocolate, leaving the tip of the bugle
uncovered ( gives you something to hold onto)
Set on wax paper to dry
Another great mix of sweet & salty!

 

[PaulDavid's mom]

Im going to start my baking tomorrow and one of the treat is the peppermint bark -

now is the almond bark the same or close to white chocolate--I know people in different parts of the country call things by differnet names.

heres a good example--

has anyone heard of a bubbler?!!!!

in most parts of the country its called a drinking fountain

you should see the funny looks we get as we travel and ask where the bubbler is?

Ahem. I KNOW WHAT A BUBBLER IS!!!

 

[disneydream'n]

WOW I have had busy couple days... Here is what I have bakes so far.....
Night 1:
Pretzals with kiss and M&M.... Used the hugs candy cane kiss... YUM
Smores: Marshmellow rolled in choc and then rolled in graham crackers.. This was ok in my book but not WOW
Night 2:
Cream Cheese Mints: Not easy to make... And I used peppermint oil and WOW they are soooo stong with peppermint you can barley eat them... I did a second batch without the peppermint oil and they were ok... Scale of 1-5, they are a 2..
Dipped Pretzal Rods: I rolled in white choc and then in Heath bars then dizzled with choc peanut butter... YUM 10++ ...... Then I rolled some in crushed peppermints and dizzled with milk choc... YUM 9+ .... Last I tried to roll in Christmas Nerds.... Did not work out so well... The Nerds were to heavy I think... But they were good...... I also did some reg. pretzals with the left overs..
Assorted Barks... One with white choc and peppermints... YUM but I made these a little thick.... Then... BEST OF ALL.... I did white choc with Peppermints, Christmas Nerds and Topped with M&M's... I called it Candy Bark... It was GOOD!!!!
Now all I have left to do is the white trash, choc popcorn and sugar cookies... ANd maybe some peanut butter ones too..

 

[antmaril]

One of my aunts used to bring these to our family reunion every year. That's the only sweet I looked forward to eating every year.

I had a co-worker come to me this morning for the recipe. She couldn't stop eating them. We laughed because I told her I was embarassed when I put them out yesterday. They were so ugly. She loved them. She is going to make them for Christmas. I felt a little better

 

[vickyBaby]

Thank you so much for these recipes. I made the chocolate truffles for a party last night. They were soooo good.

 

[Tinkerbell_Girl]

Last week I posted about the disaster I had using the chocolate kisses instead of the hugs for my pretzel wreaths. Well, I bought some Hugs and made them tonight and they turned out great! I'm so glad!

 

[Donnaksmj]

I actually made a bunch of these recipes and so far have given them to pre school teachers, swimming teachers and cleaning ladies....they are perfect to decorate the tops of the gifts.....they all loved them.....thanks

 

[Glynis]

To whoever posted the microwave peanut brittle recipe: YOU TOTALLY ROCK!!!! I have wanted to make peanut brittle for years, as that's a childhood memory of mine. My grandmother would spend an entire day over the stove making batch after batch of the stuff. I could never master her technique, so gave up. I tried the microwave recipe yesterday, and it was so easy! DH says it tastes just as good as Grandma's so that's a plus, too! I made 3 batches yesterday to take to a bowling Christmas party, and it was all gone by the time the party was over! I'm making more today for gifts for my neighbors! Thank you, thank you, thank you!!!

 

[HeDiedxILive]

Okay. Has anyone tried the new cherry cordial Hershey Kisses??? These are fantastic. If you have had the caramel filled ones, they are like that but with a little bit of cherry and the coridial liquid. I have no idea where she got them,though. They are so new I can't even find them on their website. It probably helps that she lives in Hershey.

Trust me, it helps that she lives in Hershey. We get all of the test candies and pre-releases. Shame, I know




Anywho, the white chocolate popcorn is AMAZING!!!!!!!!!

Although I used melting chocolate. What exactly is almond bark? Is it actually chocolate? I looked up pictures online but all I saw was actual brittle-type candy WITH almonds in it...

 

[jaysbabe]

I made these for my DS preschool Christmas party (recipe courtesy of Family Fun Magazine.) He was able to help me and he loved that he was able to make something for his class.

Sugar Plums
1 pkg melting candy (found in candy making aisle of craft store)
1 10oz pkg of large marshmallows
36 craft sticks
sprinkles (we used multi-colored)
Lollipop wraps (also sold with the candy making items)
colorful ribbon

Line a cookie sheet with aluminum foil and spray with cooking spray. Melt bag of candy using bag instructions. While I was melting the candy, my DS(3) put the craft sticks in each marshmallow. Once melted, dip the marshmallow in the candy and then immediately dip into sprinkles. Once all marshmallows are dipped, place in freezer for 15 min. After freezer, wrap each sugarplum with saran wrap (I prefer the lollipop covers) and then tie with curling ribbon or twist tie. Store in air tight container for up to 5 days.

They taste pretty good and look very festive!! They were a hit in my son's class.

 

[Earstou]

Anyone have a good and easy microwave carmel popcorn recipe?

 

[Disney4]

Can anyone point me in the direction of the microwave peanut brittle recipe? Thanks.

 

[BrerMama]

I haven't seen these on this thread, so I apologize if they've already been posted. Made them this morning... yummy!

Cake Balls

1 package cake mix
1 container frosting
1 package almond bark

1. Prepare cake mix as directed. Let cool.
2. Crumble cake into large bowl.
3. Add 1/3-1/2 can of frosting. Stir until a dough forms. (I used my hands. It was quicker and I didn't have cake flying everywhere.)
4. Form into balls. (I used a 1 tbsp measuring spoon to scoop the "dough" and then formed the ball with my hands.)
5. Place in freezer for a few minutes to harden.
6. Melt almond bark according to package directions.
7. Dip cake balls into melted almond bark.
8. Sprinkle top with decorations.

You can use any combo of flavors. I did chocolate cake, chocolate frosting and chocolate coating. Some do red velvet cake, cream cheese frosting and white almond bark. Decoration on top can be sprinkles, or crushed candy canes, or whatever makes you happy.