Snow Balls - LaRue Greenland

Snowballs

Chinese Chew

Cocoa Fudge

Corn Pops Treat

Corn Pops

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This is my favorite treat to make at Christmas time.  It takes about 5 minutes to make, and you just can’t fail in making this recipe.  And everyone will gobble up this treat and want more.

1 cube butter

1 cube margarine

2 cups sugar

¾ cup light Karo Syrup

1 lg bag of Corn Pops (in the potato chip section – this is not Corn Pops Cereal)

 Add all ingredients together in a pan.  Mix together and cook over medium heat to a soft ball stage.  Place Corn Pops in a large mixing bowl.  Pour cooked mixture over top of the Corn Pops, stir till coated and enjoy!

Cereal Peanut Bars - Vickie Thurgood

By  Vickie Thurgood

Combine in saucepan:

 ½ cup light corn syrup

¼ cup brown sugar

dash of salt

Bring to full boil.  Remove, stir in:

1 cup peanut butter

1 tsp vanilla

2 cups rice crispies

1 cup corn flakes (slightly crushed)

1 6oz pkg (1 cup) semi-sweet chocolate chips

Press into buttered 9x9x2 inch square pan.  Chill 1 hour.  Cut into bars & store in the fridge

Peanut Butter Cups from Grandma Myrt

Peanut Butter Cups from Grandma Myrt

4 cups powdered sugar

2 ½ cubes margarine

1 pkg graham crackers

1 cup peanut butter

Mix ingredients together.  It will probably be necessary to use your hands.  Press into 9×13 pan. Melt 12 oz  pkg chocolate chips and spread over peanut butter mixture.  Cool and cut into squares

Almond Joy Candy

Almond Joy Homemade Candy

2 cups white sugar

2 cups white corn syrup

pinch of salt

½ cup water

Cook to soft ball stage.  Pour over large package of coconut and stir.  When cools,form in balls.  Press in almonds and dip in chocolate/

Walnut Turtles

Festive Fudge, Peanut Butter Cups, Pecan Logs, Fondant, Bit-O-Honey

Cake Lemon Loaf, Oreo, Peanut Butter Fingers

Chocolate Truffles, Chocolate Logs, Snowballs, Peppermint Cream, Hot Fudge Sauce, Sparkling Cherry Jelly, Refreshing Lime Juice

Murdock's Candy Peanuts

Peanut Butter Cups

Peanut Butter Cups

4 cups powdered sugar

2 ½ cubes margarine

1 pkg graham crackers

1 cup peanut butter

Mix ingredients together.  It will probably be necessary to use your hands.  Press in 9x13 pan.  Melt 12 oz. pkg of chocolate chips and spread over peanut butter mixture cool and cut into squares.

Sometimes, Myrt rolled the peanut butter mixture into balls and then dropped melted chocolate into a candy paper, placed the peanut butter ball, then dropped more chocolate on top.

One of the highlights of our wedding was the homemade chocolates that Myrt made for our wedding  reception on January 20th.  Amazing

Oh Henry Candy Bars

Oh Henry Candy Bars

1 cup sugar

1 cup light Karo

1 cup peanut butter

1 cup salted nuts

3 cups Rice Krispies

6 oz. chocolate chips (semi-sweet)

6 oz. butterscotch chips

Bring sugar and karo to boil.  Add peanut butter and nuts.  Add Rice Krispies.  Put inot buttered 9x13 pan.  Mel chips together then spread on top Rice Krispies mixture.  Allow to cool and cut into squares.

Caramels

Caramels (Double Batch)- Good for  making Turtles

2 cups of sugar

1 ½ cups dark corn syrup

1 cup butter

2 cups. Light cream

1 cup finely chopped nuts

1 tsp. vanilla

Butter sides of  heavy sauce pan, then add sugar, corn syrup, butter and half of cream.  Bring to boiling, stirring constantly.  Slowly stir in remaining cream.  Cook over low heat to med. ball stage (242 degrees) stirring almost constantly towards the end.  Remove from heat.  Add nuts and vanilla  and put into buttered containers or drop onto nuts for turtles.

If making for turtles, only cook to 224-228 degrees.  Then add whole nuts and stir.  Drop by spoonfuls to buttered wax paper or buttered pan.  Then paint tops with melted chocolate.

Walnut Turtles

Walnut Turtles

2 cups walnut halves and large pieces

36 packaged caramels unwrapped, or homemade carmel

3 tablespoons butter or margarine

1/2 tsp. pure vanilla extract

2/3 c. semisweet or milk chocolate pieces

1 1/2 tsp. shortening

Cover baking sheets with waxed paper and arrange walnut pieces in 28-30 clusters, spaced at least 1 inch apart.

Place caramels in top of dbl boiler with butter.  Set over boiling water.  Heat until caramels are completely melted, stirring occasionally.

Remove from heat, add vanilla extract, stir until butter and vanilla are thoroughly mixed with caramel.

Drop by teaspoonfuls onto center of each walnut cluster, making sure that caramel touches all the walnut pieces to hold them together.  Allow them to cool.

Melt chocolate with shortening over hot, but not boiling water.  Spread over caramel and nut candies and allow to set before removing from waxed paper.  Makes 28-30 turtles

Caramels

Myrt's Caramels

(GOOD TO USE WITH TURTLES)

(This is a double batch)

2 cups sugar

1 1⁄2 cups dark corn syrup
1 cup butter
2 cups light cream
1 cup finely chopped nuts
1 tsp vanilla

Butter sides of heavy sauce pan. Combine sugar, corn syrup, butter and half of cream. Bring to boiling, stir constantly. Slowly stirring in remaining cream. Cook over low heat to medium ball stage (242 degrees) stirring almost constantly towards the end. Remove from heat. Add nuts and vanilla and put in buttered container. 

FOR TURTLES: Cook until (224 to 228 degrees) then add whole nuts and stir. Drop by spoonfuls to buttered wax paper or buttered pan. Then paint tops with melted chocolate.