Keeping the Sugar Plum Fairy Happy!

Has the sugar plum Fairy been

dancing around in your head yet?

I've had a couple of parties that I wanted to take

a plate of goodies too!

 Let me show you what I came up with!

~little candy cane hearts~

These are so easy, and really adorable on

the holiday cookie plate!

Candy Cane Hearts

1. mini candy canes

2.........almond bark

3...............sprinkles

Melt your almond bark,

and spoon it into your little

candy cane frames and

sprinkle!!!

Then chocolate

...and

 lots of it!

~Hershey's chocolate~

(Sorry about this picture being blurry).

This is the start of my Almond Roca!

~chopped almonds and adding Hershey bars~

After covering the rest of the almonds,

Cook a pound of butter with one pound

of brown sugar on medium heat

(stirring constantly) until

the mixture goes up to 295 on a

candy thermometer.

Pour quickly but very

carefully onto your 

chocolate bars, this mixture

is very very hot, 

please be careful!

Cool overnight!

This is sooo yummy!

~enjoy~

~I've just poured the mixture over the candy bars~

I almost always, make the same

candies and cookies

every Christmas!

I'm kind of boring that way...

I might try something new like the

mini candy cane hearts,

(and I've already decided,

they're going to be a keeper),

but if I make something,

and it just doesn't 

seem to be a winner, then 

it's out and I'm on 

to something new! 

Here's another one of my

Christmas regulars.

~mounds bars~

I use to make almond joys too,

but everyone preferred the

plain mounds, soooo

out with the almonds!

'Mounds'

Lrg. bag of Chocolate Chips

1/2 cake paraffin

Melt Choc. chips & paraffin

(I always use a double boiler for this)

.................................................................

1 can Eagle Bran Condensed Milk

1 cup of Butter

2 lbs. of powdered sugar

16 oz. coconut (flaked)

almonds (if wanted)

Mix the condensed milk, butter, sugar and

coconut together.

I put it in the freezer for awhile to set up a little.

Then I mold several on a cookie tray.

Put them back into the freezer for

a few minutes, (they work better

when you dip them, if they're

real cold)!

~enjoy~

Lastly, whenever I have my

double boiler full of chocolate

I

 ALWAYS

use up the rest of my

chocolate by dipping

pretzels! They're very

much a crowd pleaser

and a quick way to

fill in your cookie tray!

I haven't made my cookies

yet, but they too are

always the same...

Pizzelle's

for the Italian side

of the family!

...and

Sugar Cookies,

for the kid in me!

~there ya go, a yummy chocolate fix~

Let me know if the sugar plum Fairy has

visited YOU too!

Thanks so much for visiting,

don't forget to leave a comment!

Be Merry,

Debbie~