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Four Quick and Easy Holiday Treats

    By Avery Maslowsky, Business Manager

    Melting Snowman cookies
    Simple and sweet! These frosty looking treats well leave you and your guests wanting more!

    Ingredients:

    -sugar cookie mix
    -vanilla (white) frosting
    -large marshmallows

    Recipe:

    -Prepare sugar cookies, based on box/ recipe instructions, bake and cool
    -Pipe and spread a thin layer of frosting on each cookie and let sit until nearly hardens
    -Frost the circular bottom of a marshmallow and stick onto the top of the frosted cookie, let set
    -Dye extra frostings according to preference and add details to the snowman like: eyes, nose, mouth, hands, scarf, etc.
    -Let harden in fridge for 30 minutes, and done!

     

    Decorative Rice Krispy treats
    Fast and easy, these DIY treats are fun any time of the year!

    Ingredients:

    -6 cups of Rice Krispy cereal
    -1 bag of mini marshmallows or 30 large marshmallows
    -3 tbsps of butter
    -red food dye

    Recipe:

    -Prepare rice Krispy treats according to recipe on the bag or online with the butter, cereal and marshmallows
    -As you finish mixing marshmallows into the cereal, separate the mixture into two separate bowls.
    -Take red food dye and evenly distribute the dye in one of the two bowls, and mix
    -Let both bowls sit for 4 minutes and immediately begin next step
    -Take a scoop of the non-dyed rice Krispy mixture and roll into a log shape, repeat with the red dyed mixture. –Try to get the logs as even and as thin as possible
    -Twist the logs together and form the shape desired (candy cane or wreath)
    -Let sit until firm

     

    Peppermint Oreo Cake Balls
    These cake balls are actually amazing and extremely easy.

    Ingredients:

    -36 oreos
    -8 oz of cream cheese
    -4 candy canes
    -2 bars of melting chocolate (white or semisweet)

    Recipe:

    -Place oreos in food processor and grind until powder, add cream cheese and 2 candy cane sticks and blend together well again
    -Take mixture out and form 20 even balls out of the batter, and immediately place into freezer for 30 minutes
    -After about 25 minutes, begin to melt your chocolate (I melted mine with a double pot system- anything works just DO NOT burn)
    -Pull balls out of freezer after 30 minutes and roll into chocolate sauce
    -Scoop balls onto wax paper and let sit until firm
    -Keep in the refrigerator until ready to serve

     

    Christmas light cupcakes
    These cupcakes will light up your world, literally.

    Ingredients:

    -cake mix
    -vanilla (white) frosting
    -regular m&ms
    -chocolate sauce

    Recipe:

    -Prepare cupcakes according to recipe on box or by instructions, bake and cool
    -Frost each cupcake evenly and with a thick layer of frosting
    -Take chocolate sauce starting in the center of the cupcake and twist outwards so a swirl forms on the frosting to act as wires
    -Stick m&ms in according places along the chocolate sauce twist to act as Christmas lights, and done!

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    Avery Maslowsky can be reached at [email protected].

     

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