Peanut Butter Christmas Trees

Peanut Butter Christmas Trees

Prep Time: 10 minutes

Cook Time: 10 minutes

Yield: 8

Serving Size: 1

These trees were not my most favorite things to make, but I have family members that LOVE chocolate and peanut butter, so my son and I embarked upon the challenge or trying to make these and make the pretty. I don't feel that I was as successful as I would like to be and would change how I made them the next time around.

This idea was found on pinterest here: Peanut Butter Christmas Trees

INGREDIENTS

• Miniature Reeses Peanut Butter Cups
• Regular Reeses Peanut Butter Cups
• Hershey Kiss
• Almond bark
• Each Individual Tree Requires:
• 2 Miniature Reeses Peanut Butter Cups
• 1 Regular Reeses Peanut Butter Cups
• 1 Hershey Kiss
• Almond Bark
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INSTRUCTIONS

1. Unwrap all of your Chocolate
2. melt your almond bark with a double boiler
3. Attach (with bark) an Upside Down miniature PB cup to an upside down regular size PB cup.
4. Turn another miniature PB cup upside down and attach with more chocolate to the first two cups. Finally, attach a Kiss to the top.
5. Repeat with as many trees as you plan to make.
6. Allow to set (in the fridge) for a bit (approx 30 minutes).
7. Drizzle with almond bark
8. sprinkle with your favorite kind of sprinkles

Nutter Butter Snowman & Ice Cream Cones

Prep Time: 10 minutes

Cook Time: 10 minutes

Total Time: 20 minutes

Yield: approx 30

Serving Size: 1

My son and I like to do crafts and bake together. Anything that allows him the opportunity to be creative is always a fun thing to do together. I believe in learning through hands on, so when I saw these cookies on Pinterest, I just knew that he would love making these with me, and he did.

My little man even made one of the snowmen into a pig snowman and he was so proud of his creativity. I enjoy watching his face light up with delight when I take interest in what he creates. What a great way to encourage him to do it on his own and also help him develop a great sense of self worth.

I found these ideas on pinterest. Here are the links to the original ideas for the Snowman & the Ice Cream Cone

INGREDIENTS

• Nutter Butter cookies
• Almond Bark
• M&M candies
• Candy Corns
• Candy Sprinkles
• Candy Stars
• Hershey Candy Cane Kisses
• Wax Paper

INSTRUCTIONS

1. Cover Counter with Wax Paper
2. In a double boiler, melt the almond bark according to the package instructions.
3. Working one at a time, dip a Nutter Butter cookie into the melted coating and flip it over to coat completely (a fork is great for this). Remove and let any excess drip off then place on the wax paper-lined baking sheet.
4. Decorate according to your creativity or your child's.
5. Repeat with the remaining Nutter Butter cookies.
6. let cool.

Candy Cane Suckers

This is a fun and simple treat to make for a child's school's Christmas party.  They are easy to make and fun to do with your children.  What kiddo doesn't love a sucker?

Ingredients

• 2 boxes of 40 small candy canes
• 1 package of almond bark 
• 1 bottle of candy sprinkles
• Wax Paper
• 40 sucker sticks

Directions

1. Bring double boiler to a slow boil
2. reduce heat to medium
3. put almond bark in the double boiler to melt
4. place two candy canes facing each other to make a heart
5. put stick in the middle
6. take melted bark, and spoon into the center
7. sprinkle with candy sprinkles
8. let cool

Salty Turtles

Salty Turtles

Christmas baking has been a tradition in my family since I was just a little girl.  My mom would always have tons of treats to choose from and every year would make a few new treats to try.  Last year, my mom made these, and they were ever so tasty easy to do, so my son and I decided we were going to make these this year and enjoy eating and sharing them.

With the salted caramel becoming quite the hit with desserts and coffee, these treats should really be a delight to people as it covers the salt, chocolate and caramel spectrum while also being EASY to put together.  Not a lot of time is needed to get these done.  What takes the most time is unwrapping those tasty ROLO's.  What I did was put that task on my 6-year old and told him when they were all unwrapped, he could eat 2.  Walla, they were unwrapped and I could work on other things while he had his task to do.

These morsels will hit the chocolate, sweet, chewy, salty and crunchy needs all in one bite.

Prep Time: 5 minutes
Cook Time: 4 minutes
Total Time: 9 minutes
Yield: approximately 60
Serving Size: 1 candy

My mom made these last year and they were ever so tasty and oh so easy to do.  My son and I worked on these together for a tasty treat and easy gift to share with friends.

The salted caramel has really become a hit all over the place, so we made up these tasty treats and enjoyed a few as a family.

These morsels will hit the chocolate, sweet, chewy, salty and crunchy needs all in one bite.

I was able to find a similar recipe on pinterest. I have provided the link here:

Rolo Pretzel Delight

INGREDIENTS

1. 1 Bag of square pretzels
2. 2 Bags of Rolos
3. 1 Bag of Pecan halves

INSTRUCTIONS

1. Heat oven to 250°F
2. Place pretzels on baking sheet
3. Top each pretzel with one unwrapped ROLO Chewy Caramel in Milk Chocolate.
4. Bake 4 minutes or until caramel piece begins to soften, but not melt.
5. Remove from oven; top with either pecan half or additional pretzel.
6. Cool completely.
7. For faster cooling, place baking sheet in the freezer for 5 minutes

I was able to find a similar recipe on pinterest. I have provided the link here: Rolo Pretzel Delight

Snowman Luminaries

DIY Snowman Milk Jugs Idea

Changed to be Snowman Luminaries

Idea from:  http://www.orientaltrading.com/diy-snowman-milk-jugs-idea-a2-13599474.fltr

I changed it up a bit from what the above link suggested.  Here is what I did to make my luminaries.

This is a great project to do with your older kiddo if you use a glue gun.  You can try E6000 glue to be able to do it with some younger kids.

Supplies needed for the Luminaries

1. Milk Jug(s)
2. Black and various color Pom poms
3. Red & White Pipe Cleaners
4. Orange and Black Felt
5. String of lights
6. Glue Gun or other glue
7. Rock(s) if placing outside

 

Directions for Luminaries

1. Cut out eyes from black felt
2. cut out nose from orange felt
3. Twist one white and red pipe cleaner together
4. Glue eyes, nose and black pom pom mouth on
5. Glue the pipe cleaner from one side of the head to the other and place desired pom pom on either side
6. Cut a hole in the back of the jug to insert a rock and some white lights
7. put it inside or out for a lovely display

For the original craft from the link above, you will need:

Step 1: From black cardstock, CUT eyes and mouth SHAPES; eyes should be larger than mouth pieces.
Step 2: From orange cardstock, cut triangles for nose.
Step 3: Glue pieces to CLEAN milk jug.
Step 4: Glue chenille stems to both SIDES of milk carton creating an arch above eyes.
Step 5: Glue pom-poms, FEATHERS, jingle bells, etc. on the end of each chenille stem to create earmuffs.