Christmas Sweets

{These are some of Molli's favorite Christmas recipes ... foods she makes every year - or close to it. Enjoy!}

Cool Whip Candy

3 (8 oz) Hershey bars
2 cartons Cool Whip
1/2 cup vanilla wafer crumbs or cookie crumbs or chopped nuts

Melt chocolate in microwave. Stir until smooth. Cool slightly. Stir in Cool Whip. Drop by teaspoons into crumbs or nuts. Place on waxed paper. Store in refrigerator.

Sugar Bacon
{Yep, bacon for dessert ... does it get any better?}

1/2 pound bacon at room temperature
1 cup (okay, who am I kidding, I always use more!) brown sugar

• Roll, pat, or shake the bacon in brown sugar. (I coat it big time!)
• Place bacon strips in flat pan with sides.
• Bake at 300 degrees until bacon is well done, 30 to 40 minutes.
• Remove with tongs and drain on brown paper bags.
• As it cools, bacon will get hard and can be broken into smaller pieces or served whole.

Tiger Butter

1 pound white chocolate or white almond bark
1 (12 ounce) jar of peanut butter
1 pound semisweet chocolate, melted

• Combine white chocolate and peanut and melt in microwave.
• Spread mixture onto a wax-paper-lined jellyroll pan.
• Pour melted semisweet chocolate over peanut butter mixture and swirl with knife.
• Chill until firm.
• Break into pieces.
• Store in refrigerator.

Divinity

2 & 2/3 cup sugar
2/3 cup light corn syrup
1/4 cup water
2 egg whites
1 tsp. vanilla

• Heat sugar, corn syrup and water in a 2-qt saucepan over low heat, stirring constantly until sugar is dissolved.
• Cook, without stirring, until temperature on a candy thermometer reaches 260 degrees or until a small amount dropped into very cold water forms a hard ball.
• Remove from heat.
• Beat egg whites until stiff peaks form.
• Continue beating and pour hot syrup in a thin stream into egg whites.
• Add vanilla; beat until mixture holds its shape and becomes slightly dull.
• Drop from a buttered spoon onto waxed paper.

We hope you enjoy these recipes. Check back every Friday for more of our favorite holiday sweets and treats.

What are some of the favorite foods in your home at Christmas?



This post linked up with the ever so delightful Lisa at Stop & Smell the Chocolates! Go visit her for more dessert ideas ... Teri Lynne has linked her Red Velvet Cake recipe there!!