ICE CREAM SNOWBALLS
This is so easy for the kids to make...just make sure they don't throw them at you!
This is so easy for the kids to make...just make sure they don't throw them at you!
Roll scoops of ice cream in grated white chocolate and return to your freezer to set.
Yes, it's that easy, a preschooler could do it.
TEDS ON SLEDS
time: 10 min
servings 4
2 C milk
1 box (4 serving size) chocolate or vanilla instant pudding and pie filling mix
2 C frosted Cheerios
1 bar milk chocolate or white chocolate
Teddy bear shaped graham snacks
Pour milk into medium bowl and add pudding mix. Beat with wire whisk or electric mixer for 1-2 minutes until the pudding is well blended. Divide pudding evenly into 4 dessert dishes. Let pudding set for at least 5 minutes.
Just before serving, pour cereal into a plastic bag and seal. Crush it with rolling pin or can of soup. Chop candy. Sprinkle crushed cereal and chopped candy equally over each dish of pudding. Top each serving with 1 or 2 teddy bear shaped graham snacks.
OPTION: Instead of the candy topping, stick a few animal crackers on the pudding as if they're climbing the "mountain."
CHEERIO SNOWBALLS
time: 50 min
20 snacks
1/3 C sugar
1/2 C light corn syrup
1/2 C creamy or chunky peanut, cashew or almond butter
3 C frosted Cheerios
1 - 2 T candy sprinkles - the more colors the better
20 small candies (milk chocolate chips, gumdrops, chocolate covered raisins, mini marshmallows, chocolate covered peanuts, etc.)
Line a cookie sheet with waxed paper. Pour sugar & syrup into large saucepan. Heat over medium heat, stirring constantly. When the mixture starts to boil, remove saucepan from heat. Stir in nut butter until mixture is well blended. Stir in Cheerios until it is evenly coated. Cool for 5 minutes. While mixture is cooling, place candy sprinkles in a shallow dish. Lightly spray your hands with cooking spray. For each snack, Shape about 1/4 C of cereal mixture into a ball around 1 small candy. Immediately roll ball in the candy sprinkles to coat. Place the balls on the cookie sheet. Cool completely, about 30 minutes. Store the snacks in a loosely covered container.
HOLIDAY BALLS
time: 1 hr 30 min
8 balls
3 T butter
40 large marshmallows
1/2 t green food coloring
1/2 t vanilla
4 C cheerios or rice crispies
small gumdrops, cut into pieces
OPTION: make them any color you'd like all year long.
Place a sheet of waxed paper on the kitchen counter or cookie sheet. Place butter & 32 oz marshmallows in large saucepan. Heat over low heat stirring constantly until mixture is smooth. Remove saucepan from heat. Stir in food coloring and vanilla until mixture is evenly colored. Stir in cereal until it is evenly coated. Lightly spray your hands with cooking spray. For each ball, shape about 1/2 C cereal mixture into a ball around 1 of the remaining marshmallows. Press the gumdrop pieces into the balls to decorate. Cool completely, about 1 hour. Store balls in a loosely covered container.
CHRISTMAS TREES
time: 1 hr 45 min
18 balls
6 T butter
4 1/2 C mini marshmallows
green food coloring
6 C honey nut cheerios
Red Hots cinnamon candies or sliced gum drops
Place a sheet of waxed paper on the kitchen counter or cookie sheet. Pour cereal into a large bowl and set aside. Place butter & marshmallows in large saucepan. Heat over low heat stirring constantly until mixture is smooth. Remove saucepan from heat. Stir in food coloring until mixture is evenly colored. Pour mixture over cereal until it is evenly coated. Lightly spray your hands with cooking spray. For each ball, shape about 1/4 C cereal mixture into a Christmas tree on the waxed paper. Press the candy pieces into the trees to decorate. Refrigerate until firm, about 1 hour. Store trees in a loosely covered container.
Instead of Rice Crispy Treats, here's an IDEA:
Instead of making rice crispy treats, make them with Cheerios or Fruit Loops. Then use Christmas shaped cookie cutters to cut out bears, Christmas trees, stars, etc.
CHEERIO SNOWBALLS
time: 50 min
20 snacks
1/3 C sugar
1/2 C light corn syrup
1/2 C creamy or chunky peanut, cashew or almond butter
3 C frosted Cheerios
1 - 2 T candy sprinkles - the more colors the better
20 small candies (milk chocolate chips, gumdrops, chocolate covered raisins, mini marshmallows, chocolate covered peanuts, etc.)
Line a cookie sheet with waxed paper. Pour sugar & syrup into large saucepan. Heat over medium heat, stirring constantly. When the mixture starts to boil, remove saucepan from heat. Stir in nut butter until mixture is well blended. Stir in Cheerios until it is evenly coated. Cool for 5 minutes. While mixture is cooling, place candy sprinkles in a shallow dish. Lightly spray your hands with cooking spray. For each snack, Shape about 1/4 C of cereal mixture into a ball around 1 small candy. Immediately roll ball in the candy sprinkles to coat. Place the balls on the cookie sheet. Cool completely, about 30 minutes. Store the snacks in a loosely covered container.
HOLIDAY BALLS
time: 1 hr 30 min
8 balls
3 T butter
40 large marshmallows
1/2 t green food coloring
1/2 t vanilla
4 C cheerios or rice crispies
small gumdrops, cut into pieces
OPTION: make them any color you'd like all year long.
Place a sheet of waxed paper on the kitchen counter or cookie sheet. Place butter & 32 oz marshmallows in large saucepan. Heat over low heat stirring constantly until mixture is smooth. Remove saucepan from heat. Stir in food coloring and vanilla until mixture is evenly colored. Stir in cereal until it is evenly coated. Lightly spray your hands with cooking spray. For each ball, shape about 1/2 C cereal mixture into a ball around 1 of the remaining marshmallows. Press the gumdrop pieces into the balls to decorate. Cool completely, about 1 hour. Store balls in a loosely covered container.
CHRISTMAS TREES
time: 1 hr 45 min
18 balls
6 T butter
4 1/2 C mini marshmallows
green food coloring
6 C honey nut cheerios
Red Hots cinnamon candies or sliced gum drops
Place a sheet of waxed paper on the kitchen counter or cookie sheet. Pour cereal into a large bowl and set aside. Place butter & marshmallows in large saucepan. Heat over low heat stirring constantly until mixture is smooth. Remove saucepan from heat. Stir in food coloring until mixture is evenly colored. Pour mixture over cereal until it is evenly coated. Lightly spray your hands with cooking spray. For each ball, shape about 1/4 C cereal mixture into a Christmas tree on the waxed paper. Press the candy pieces into the trees to decorate. Refrigerate until firm, about 1 hour. Store trees in a loosely covered container.
Instead of Rice Crispy Treats, here's an IDEA:
Instead of making rice crispy treats, make them with Cheerios or Fruit Loops. Then use Christmas shaped cookie cutters to cut out bears, Christmas trees, stars, etc.
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