The recipe for these truffles is already on the blog under “Easy Oreo Truffles” but I thought I’d blog about them again for Valentine’s Day as a quick and easy treat idea if you’re in need of one. I made 2 batches of these which ended up being about 86 truffles and it only took … Continue reading
This is a Nestle Toll House recipe. The Young Women are coming over to my house tonight for our activity so there must be treats! crust: 4 1/2 teaspoons light margarine (I used butter, about 2 tablespoons) 2 cups miniature marshmallows 1/4 cup creamy peanut butter 3 cups Rice Krispies fudge: 1 1/2 cups sugar … Continue reading
This recipe comes from “Cooking Light”; another quick and easy neighbor gift and who doesn’t love fudge? 1 (14 oz) can fat free sweetened condensed milk, divided 3/4 cup semisweet chocolate chips 2 tablespoons unsweetened dark cocoa powder (I only had regular cocoa so used that) 1/4 teaspoon coffee granules (I left these out this … Continue reading
This recipe comes from http://www.kraftfoods.com and was super simple and quick to put together. It’s pictured here in one of those little take out containers that I got at Target. Yummy little neighbor gift! 1 cup chopped pretzels 1/3 cup chopped toasted pecans, peanuts or walnuts 1 1/2 packages (8 squares each) semisweet chocolate, melted … Continue reading
And now some green truffles to go with the red ones! These are also a Kraft recipe but there are 2 different websites listed, http://www.kraftfoods.com and http://www.bakerschocolate.com where you can find this and other fun recipes! I think the red and green truffles will look so cute together in a gift container. 2 1/2 packages … Continue reading
Oh, Christmas! I get to bake and bake and bake and then bake some more! It truly is the most wonderful time of the year! 🙂 These couldn’t be any easier to make and look how cute they are! The original recipe has them dipped in baking chocolate but I had a bag of red … Continue reading
This is a fun and easy idea that I found on the Wilton website, placecards made out of candy! They are bigger than they look, almost the size of a regular candy bar. ingredients: white candy melts (I didn’t do any white ones, just orange and cocoa) orange candy melts dark cocoa candy melts (I … Continue reading
Here is my Halloween treat for this year – pretzels with fingernails! I wanted to make these last year but waited too long to buy the mold, they were sold out when I went to buy it so this year I bought it early at Michaels along with a bag of orange candy melts and … Continue reading
All the kids in my Sunday School class graduated from high school on Thursday and I wanted to give them all something so Courtney and I (but mostly Courtney) made them these soda pop candy bouquets to congratulate them. The idea came from the little “Candy Bouquets” book that I got recently. Their idea started … Continue reading
I got this cute little book the other day from http://www.paperbackswap.com called “Candy Bouquets Create Your Own Gifts and Centerpieces” and this is the first creation that Courtney and I made from that book (more are soon to follow I’m sure). The book is full of cute little ideas for candy centered gifts for all … Continue reading
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