Thursday, December 18, 2008

Fabulous Christmas Treats

Chocolate dipped Pretzels
Pretzel rods
caramel bits
evaporated milk
chocolate
Melt 1 pkg of caramel with 1-2 tbsp evaporated milk in the microwave on med heat, cook for 1 min then stir, repeat until smooth. Dip pretzel rods about 2/3 up and set on wax paper lined cookie sheet that has been sprayed with cooking spray. Let cool in fridge. Melt chocolate in double boiler or slowly in microwave. Dip pretzels in chocolate, set on wax paper. Drizzle with white chocolate or sprinkles or chopped nuts of choice. Enjoy!

White Chocolate Popcorn
2-3 bags Light butter microwave popcorn **--popped
1 bag white melting chips, white chips, or almond bark
Melt chips slowly in the microwave. Pour over popped corn in a large mixing bowl. Add mix-ins -- caramel bits, peanuts, almonds, toffee bits, crushed candy canes, craisins, pistachios. Spread out in a wax-lined pan and drizzle with melted dark or milk chocolate. Let cool. Break up and package.

Best Chocolate Sauce Ever
1 C Heavy Cream

3/4 C Sugar

1 Square Semi-Sweet Baking Chocolate

2-3 TBSP Butter

Dash of Salt

Put all of the ingredients into a saucepan. over med heat bring to a boil while stirring occasionally, let boil for 5 minutes while stirring. remove from heat and let cool to thicken. Serve with fruit, ice cream, as fondue.

1 comment:

Jen Barnes said...

Okay, I've decided you need to make this a little more complicated... thats what we do right? You need to be putting pictures of these things too because not only are your recipes tasty, there is always great presentation value!