If you, like me, enjoy
setting a tasty little morsel at each place setting for your dinner guests to
take home and enjoy later, then this project is definitely for you. If you also, again, like me (obviously we
are soul mates), like to have something in hand when you go to holiday parties, this
is also for you. There is just one tiny
problem. It requires the buying of a
candy mold. Now, this is not a sponsored
post, no one asked me to write this, or sent me this wonderful candy mold
although, people at Wilton! if you are listening, I LOVE stuff like this!! But I digress…
Christmas Eve Day I
took dinner to my dad, accompanied by my number two son and
daughter-in-law. I’m not gonna lie here,
this has been a tough year and a difficult Christmas. Despite the fact that this is the second one
without my mom, there is still a giant void in both our lives and our celebrations. To add to the angst, this year Mr. O-P is in
the hospital as well. I tried to make
the dinner as festive as possible serving comfort food of Honey Baked Ham,
Party Potato Casserole, Green Bean Casserole, salad, rolls, with luscious
cupcakes for dessert provided by Andrew and Emma.
As I was getting
everything together that morning I knew something was lacking and that was in
providing my usual favor. Remembering that
I had bought this mold, I grabbed it, washed it up, and followed the simple instructions.
How cute are these? And they are tasty,
and they are so fast and easy that you will not believe it.
After the mold has
been cleaned and thoroughly dried, place 30 candy melts in each section; I used both dark and light chocolate melts.
Pop the mold into
the microwave and microwave for a minute at half power, then open the door of
the microwave, give it a jiggle and microwave for an additional 30 seconds at
half power. Continue this process until the
candy is melted and smooth.
Carefully remove to
a flat surface and sprinkle the tops with colored sugar, toffee bits, nuts,
coconut, dried fruit, or crushed peppermint (as I have done here).
Put it into the
fridge, set the timer for 25 minutes and get something done. When the 25 minutes are up, invert the mold
and each candy will pop right out, resulting in crunchy peppermint on one side, and holiday greetings on the other.
Package them in
clear cello bags, tie with a ribbon, and you have a cute, tasty favor in no
time. It’s too late for this year, but
pin this to your “Christmas 2015” Pinterest board so
you’ll be ready well in advance next year.
Now don’t you feel organized?
You’re welcome!
Merry Christmas everybody!!
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