Holiday Treats

Holiday Treats

Posted by WinterKids on Thursday, December 22, 2016

The holidays and sweets go together likeĀ peppermint and hot cocoa-you can't have one without the other! Well, maybe you can, but you shouldn't! There's nothing like homemade treats to indulge in for the holidays. Here are a few of our favorite recipes that the kids can help with!

 

 

Reindeer Chow

Reindeer Chow

Ingredients

  • 1 box Chex Corn Cereal -14 oz.
  • 1 cup chocolate chips
  • 1/2 cup peanut butter
  • 1/3 cup butter
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract
  • 2 cups powdered sugar
  • 2 cups pretzel pieces
  • 2 cups Christmas M&M's

Directions

    1. Pour Chex cereal into a large bowl and set aside
    2. In another bowl combine chocolate chips, peanut butter, and butter. Melt in the microwave for 1 minute. Stir and heat for an additional 30 seconds.
    3. Add in vanilla extract and mix well.
    4. Pour chocolate mixture over the cereal and stir, distributing evenly.
    5. In a gallon-sized ziploc bag pour in powdered sugar. Add the chocolate Chex mix, seal and let the kids shake it up.
    6. Pour into a bowl and add pretzels and M&M's. Mix well and serve!
 

Melted Snowman Cookies from Delishmelted-snowman-cookies

Ingredients

  • 1 dozen baked sugar cookies
  • 6 marshmallows, halved at an angle
  • White cookie icing, for decorating
  • Various other colors of icing for decorating
  • Orange jimmies, for noses
  • Mini M&M's, for buttons
  • Chocolate jimmies, for arms

Directions

  1. Spread white cookie icing on sugar cookies to create melted blobs.
  2. Decorate marshmallows with black cookie icing to make dots for eyes and a smile (or smirk).
  3. Insert an orange jimmy into the marshmallow for a nose.
  4. Place marshmallow on cookie icing and add more cookie icing around the neck to secure it.
  5. Decorate buttons and arms: Place mini M&M's on cookie icing for buttons and add chocolate jimmies for arms.
These treats will provide a fun activity with a tasty reward at the end. From all of us at WinterKids, we wish you a happy holiday season!



Categories: Family Fun

Tagged: christmas cookies, cookies, treats

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