Christmas treats...

[knowabit]

My 10 yr old daughter wants to make some treats that she can bag up for gifts to give family at Christmas... I can only think of truffles. Any suggestions/recipes for something else?
Many thanks.

[sherrardk]

You can make peppermint creams (don't know how, but pretty sure you can). To those squished biscuits with the coloured glacé fruits in, Florentines?

[B00]

Gingerbread or shortbread cookies? You can buy Christmassy cookie cutters.

[vodkancoke]

Fudge, iced christmas cookies, peanut brittle, honeycomb. I have recipes for loads of wee treat-type things if you want them x

[sherrardk]

Here you go - http://www.deliaonlin...weet/florentines.html

- http://www.bbcgoodfoo...605/peppermint-creams

[rockyracoon]

I saw this on another forum, it'd be cheap as chops to make.

"Teddy another is rum truffles... cheap but FABtastic

This will sound disgusting, but it works really well.

Any old cheap chocolate swiss roll (39 p Aldi/Lidl/Tesco etc) mash it all up in a bowl with melted chocolate, bit of rum or brandy and cream.

Roll into litle balls and dust with cocoa powder.

Believe me it works and wrapped in little tissue paper parcels, or shiny paper, the results are fab "

They sound nice, but the might be cack, cheap enough to try out though.

[rockyracoon]

Lol, cheap a chips not chops :)

[woofgang]

cake pops? you can bake soft cookies and push a stick into them while they are still hot and soft. The cookies have to be thick and small. If you make shortbread type biscuits and cut a hole in the middle, you can fill the hole with crushed fruit drops to make a stained glass window cookie. Go and search pinterst for christmas treats, there are THOUSANDS of recipes!

[knowabit]

Thanks... The Florentines look good, and honeycomb!

[Eve]

Little waffles would look cute. Maybe make some fudge and cube it.

[excelsior-1]

What about the kiddies favourite .... Chocolate rice crispies?

[woofgang]

make the chocolate crispies with white chocolate and flavour with mint essence, roll them up quite small and package them as snowballs.

[flump1]

Coloured net holidng sugared almonds always looks lovely, You might have to be careful who you gave them to in respect of nut allergies.

[sherrardk]

Have you thought of how to present them? You can get fifty presentation bags (clear, crisp plastic) from Lakeland for less than £2.50. I tied mine with half of a jumbo, brightly coloured pipe cleaner (when I used them for party bags).

[atalanta]

If you buy ready-made royal icing, or if you make your own, peppermint creams are easy, and you can easily half-dip them in chocolate to make them look really professional. get a stiff icing mixture, add a few drops of oil of peppermint ( Not the same as peppermint essence - essence will soften the mix too much )
Knead well, divide mass into two, add green colour to one, knead. Roll out the icing mixture, between sheets of bakewell paper or polythene, and cut circles - I use the top of a little pot of spice. When the circles have dried in the airing cupboard overnight ( on trays lined with greaseproof) melt some chocolate gently in the microwave and half-dip each sweet. Lay them back on the same trays for the choc to set.

[knowabit]

Thanks all... Some great ideas!

[woofgang]

christmas shaped cutter are cheapo and make peppermint creams look super posh. If you are doing the chocolate dip, sprinkle them with hundreds and thouands, or for mega posh, buy edible glitter. A tiny pot goes a long long way and looks very smart.You get a clean dry paintbrush (watercolour, not house ha ha), dip the brush in the glitter pot then hold it over the unset chocolate and tap. the glitter falls off evenly and it makes it go a long way. You can also use it on wet icing or on the top of brownies straight out of the oven.
Can you tell i never grew up?

[friedgreentomato]

Butter tablet, cookies, fudge.

There was an article in last weeks bella, if you look on their website you may get a better idea.

[coccinelle]

My friend always makes dates stuffed with marzipan; they're very quick to do and can be made well in advance.

[DaisyNonna]

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