Which homemade candies should I include in a holiday treat gift basket?!
Which homemade candies should I include in a holiday treat gift basket?
Got any tried and true favorites?
Answers:
I have a few new things I tried 2 weeks ago at 2 parties and they went over GREAT!!! Had everyone raving!!!
First they are so simple. The first was coconut haystacks.
1 bag coconut(small 8 oz)
1 bag Butterscotch chips
1Tbsp. cricso shortening
Put your shortening and chips in a microwave safe bowl and melt then add the cocnut and drop by spoonfuls on waxed paper. let harden.
Next was peanut butter peanut clusters.
1 can party peanuts
1 bag peanut butter chips
1tbsp. crisco shortening
do same as above directions.
You can also use White chocolate oreos. chocolate covered strawberries and cherries. Buckeyes.
Fudge
Chocolate lollypops
English toffee
Pumpkin fudge
Buckeyes (peanut butter centers dipped in chocolate)
peppermint ice
almond bark
divinity fudge (ugh not MY favorite)
chocolate dipped pretzels
chocolate dipped stawberries
chocolate covered oreos
ritz crackers sandwiched with peanut butter and dipped in chocolate
chocolate covered pretzels.. yummm!
fruit hot coca
Glass candy is really good and kids love it too!
Peppermint Bark! Yum!
Or sometimes I dip candy canes in dark chocolate for something unusual but good.
chocolate anything candy, fudge, pretzels-chocolate, suckers, nuts n candy, fruit n chocolate, white, dark, milk chocolate which ever u like
Microwave peanut brittle, almond bark are always good and very simple!! recipes on internet.
Pecan pralines - very easy.
Pecans, sprinkle with sugar add butter cook in fry pan. Sugar will be syrupy at first then it will crystalize, this is what you want. You can also sprinkle with cinnamon also.
homemade fruit roll ups christmas colors and can be cut a neat shape
Carmel popcorn balls or peanut butter balls coated with coconut or chocolate shavings.
Brittle -http://allrecipes.com/recipe/moms-best-p...
Fudge- http://allrecipes.com/recipe/peppermint-...
Mints- http://allrecipes.com/recipe/cream-chees...
Toffee- http://allrecipes.com/recipe/melt-in-you...
Caramels- http://allrecipes.com/recipe/caramels/de...