Christmas Candy Cook Off 2010

1.

Chocolate Bark

You will need:

• 2 sleeves of saltine crackers (I know what you're thinking, but trust me!)
• 2 bags of chocolate chips (I used milk chocolate because I like it more, but any works.)
• 1 bag of chopped pecans (I had some halves on hand and chopped them)
• 4 sticks of butter or margarine
• 3/4 C brown sugar
• 1/4 C granulated sugar

First step, take the 4 sticks of butter and melt them in a pot, adding in the brown and granulated sugar. Bring to a boil for one minute. Meanwhile, take two cookie sheets and line them with foil. Then, place the crackers in rows on the cookie sheets.

What about my sweet butter art?!

After your mixture turns this color:

Take it off the heat and pour it over those perfectly lined up crackers like so

 Now, stick these beauties in a 350 degree oven for 10 minutes... Now, take them out and pour on a bag of the chocolate chips... and stick back in the oven for a few minutes, just to melt the chocolate.

 Next, you want to spread the chocolate all over the crackers and add the pecans. Then, it should look like this:

Let your pan cool a little bit, then stick it in the freezer for a couple of hours. Once its set up, crack the bark into pieces. Tell me you don't think it awesome! The salty-sweet combination is amazing! Enjoy!



LEMON BUDDIES!

 My mom is NOT the biggest fan of puppy chow (muddy buddies), so I found this recipe using lemon instead and she loved it!

This is what you'll need:

• 2 lemons (for the juice and zest)
• 2 C confectioners sugar
• 9 C Rice Chex
• 2 Tbs lemon juice, 2 Tbs lemon zest (I add more than 2 Tbs because I like it lemony)
• 2 C white chocolate chips, melted
•  1/4 Tbs butter
• 1 Gallon ziplock baggie



First melt your chocolate chips and butter.

Then add in your lemon zest and lemon juice. Put all your chex in a bowl.

I know this doesn't look awesome, but bare with me! Mix well, then add to your ziplock bag!

 

Then, throw on some Justin Timberlake and shake it up!!!

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Sorry, I'm a dancing fool! Anyway, put it in a bowl and ENJOY it!

That's all for right now. I'll post my brittle pictures later in the week! These two recipes are SO easy and quick! Not to mention they are amazing!!! Happy cooking!

*Amanda*