Christmas Treats Kids Can Make

Christmas Treats Kids Can Make Most children enjoy creating, whether it's art, stories or cooking. Christmas is a great time of the year for children to create treats and snacks for guests or even to give as gifts. Here are a few simple recipes your child can start with.

1. Peanut Butter Crunch 1 stick of butter 1 cup of peanut butter 1 pound box of powdered sugar 1 large box of crispy corn cereal squares 12 oz package of milk chocolate chips Melt the butter, peanut butter, & chocolate chips in large microwaveable bowl on medium until melted and stir. Empty the box of cereal in a large bowl and pour the chocolate mixture over the top and coat thoroughly. Pour the powdered sugar over the top and stir until all pieces are coated with sugar. Store in 2 large zipper bag in the refrigerator. S'more Balls 16 ounce bag of large marshmallows 16 ounce bag of chocolate chips 16 ounce package of graham crackers toothpicks Crush the graham crackers until they are almost like powder and put them in a big bowl. Melt chocolate and stir often until smooth. Stick a toothpick in one of the marshmallows and dip it in the chocolate all the way. Then dip it in the graham cracker crumbs half way. Set on the wax paper to dry. White Chocolate Mix 10 oz of mini twist pretzels 5 cups of toasted oat cereal 5 cups of crispy corn cereal squares 2 cups of salted peanuts 14 oz of candy-coated milk chocolate pieces 11 oz of white chocolate chips 3 tablespoons vegetable oil Line 3 baking sheets with waxed paper or parchment. In a large bowl, combine mini pretzels, toasted oat cereal, crispy corn cereal squares, salted peanuts, and candy-coated chocolate pieces. In a microwave-safe bowl, heat chips and oil on medium-high for 2 minutes, stirring once. Microwave on high for 10 seconds; stir until smooth. Pour over cereal mixture and mix well. Spread onto prepared baking sheets. Break apart when it's cooled. Store in an airtight container. Christmas Treats Kids Can Make Related articles: Spring Valley Vitamins , ทำseo

Chocolate Treats to Enjoy - Amish Chocolate Toffee Bars and Triple Chocolate Clusters

We always have people wanting more chocolate recipes. (It's so good to know I am only one of many chocoholics.) So here are more chocolate delights just for you. Choices include Amish Chocolate-Toffee Bars. These bars, in true Amish tradition, are simple but delicious three layer bars that are easy and quick to make. If you prefer candy, try the Triple Chocolate Clusters. These candies are clusters of various chocolates and coating over nuts and pretzels. Oh, go for it! Make them both.

AMISH CHOCOLATE TOFFEE BARS

Chocolate Christmas Cookies

CRUST:
1 cup flour
3/4 cup white sugar
1/2 cup butter

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

Mix above ingredients and press into a 9 x 6-inch pan. Bake at 350 degrees for 15 minutes.

FILLING:

3/4 cup brown sugar
1/2 cup butter

Boil brown sugar and butter in a saucepan for one minute. Pour over the baked crust.

TOPPING:

1 cup pecans
1 cup chocolate chips

Sprinkle the pecans over the top of the filling. Bake at 350 degrees for 10 minutes. Remove from oven and while still hot, sprinkle chocolate chips over the top and spread to smooth. Cut into bars when cooled.

TRIPLE CHOCOLATE CLUSTERS

2 (4-oz each) white chocolate bars
1 cup milk chocolate morsels
1 cup semi-sweet chocolate morsels
1 1/2 cups chopped pecans
1 1/2 cups broken pretzels

Melt the white chocolate, milk chocolate and semi-sweet chocolate together in a heavy saucepan over low heat, stirring constantly. When chocolates are completely melted and blended, stir in the pecan pieces and pretzel pieces. Drop by heaping tablespoons onto lightly greased waxed paper. Chill in the refrigerator at least one hour. Store in an airtight container in the refrigerator for up to one month.

Yield: approximately 3 dozen

You can make a firmer candy by using 3 cups semi-sweet chocolate morsels and leaving out the milk chocolate and white chocolate.

Enjoy!

Chocolate Treats to Enjoy - Amish Chocolate Toffee Bars and Triple Chocolate Clusters

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Halloween Costumes, Treats, and Candy Trivia

Trick or Treating, going from house to house to ask for gifts, seems to have started in England, where peasant children dressed up as prisoners to beg for coins or treats in remembrance of Guy Fawkes, who was drawn and quartered after attempting to blow up British government offices. Halloween did not become an American Hallmark holiday until the 20th century. It evolved from children going next door for a treat, to parents driving around carloads of children looking for choice neighborhoods to load up on loot.

Average sales for Halloween candy in the USA are around 2 Billion dollars per year. One quarter of all the candy sold each year is purchased between September 15 and November 10.

Chocolate Christmas

The most popular candy treats to receive are chocolate candy bars with Snickers being number 1. Snickers was named after the Mars family horse.

Tootsie Rolls were the first wrapped penny candy in the US. They debuted in 1896, introduced by Leo Hirshfield of New York, who named them after his daughter's nickname, "Tootsie."

The average American household spends about each year on Halloween candy.

20 million pounds of candy corn is consumed each year. October 30th is National Candy Corn day. A cup of candy corn has fewer calories than a cup of raisins.

The original Hershey's chocolate bar was introduced in 1900.

In 1920 The Baby Ruth candy bar is first sold, named for President Grover Cleveland's daughter - not the famous baseball player.

Dubble-Bubble was invented in 1928.

The 3 Musketeers bar was introduced in 1932 and each package had three pieces of candy nouget flavored vanilla, strawberry and chocolate.

Tootsie Roll Pops are introduced in 1931 and were widely advertised as the lollipop that offers two candies in one - flavored hard candy on the outside and chewy Tootsie Roll center inside.

The 5th Avenue Bar was created by William H. Luden, the man perhaps best known for his cough drops. It was made from layers of peanut butter crunch coated in milk chocolate.

Hershey's Reese's Pieces bite-size candies are introduced in 1978 and four years later soared in popularity because of the blockbuster movie E.T.

Bobbing for apples may have originated from the harvest festival that honors Pamona, the goddess of fruit trees.

A popular Halloween drink in 18th century Ireland was "lambs-wool," which consisted of roasted, crushed apples mixed into milk.

William W. Kolb invented the red candy apple in 1908. He sold the whole first batch for 5 cents each and later sold thousands yearly. Soon candied apples were being sold along the Jersey Shore, at the circus and in candy shops across the country.

Caramel apples are more popular in much of the United States, with candy apples unknown in some regions.

Halloween Costumes, Treats, and Candy Trivia

If you've enjoyed all the trivia nuggets preparing you for Halloween, you'll love the unique costume ideas you find at Donnie Darko, Costumes Ideas, and Unique Costumes Davy Jones Mask! Why settle for the same old costumes everyone else has seen before.