Neighbor Christmas Gift: Saltine Toffee. This saltine toffee is an amazing-tasting treat! It is well known as, ‘Christmas crack’ because the toffee cracks when you lift it out of the pan… and maybe because of how addicting it is. It makes great neighbor Christmas gifts. It is easy to make and is relatively inexpensive. You …
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Neighbor Christmas Gift: Peppermint and White Chocolate Drizzled Popcorn. I purchased a store-bought brand of peppermint popcorn and I didn’t like it very much. I thought that I could make a really good peppermint popcorn using my favorite peppermint candies: Hershey’s candy cane kisses and mellow them out a bit by adding white chocolate. I …
This is How to Make Hot Cocoa Bombs Inexpensively. These are the best hot cocoa bombs AND also the best peppermint hot cocoa I have ever tasted hands down no question. I do not say this lightly. I was not expecting much (as I hadn’t made them before) and I was completely blown away. I …
Christmas Candy Dessert Board. Recently, I hosted a book club get-together. Since it was going to be in December, I thought it would be fun to have a Christmas candy dessert board for my friends to enjoy. I also provided a cheese board and veggie board with ranch to balance out the sugar. It turned …
This is how to make an Eggnog Latte. I love eggnog in small doses and/or diluted just a tad. I typically like to add a splash of Sprite or a little ginger ale to my eggnog. The thought occurred to me that making an eggnog latte may taste good. I did some experimentation and loved …
Neighbor Christmas Gift: Nuts. I love to find delicious, festive, and inexpensive gifts for neighbors each Christmas. This is a delicious kettle-roasted mix of nuts in a cute Mason jar accented with a gold lid, rim, and curling ribbon was a perfect fit for neighbor Christmas gifts. Gifting nuts during the holidays is a very …
Christmas Neighbor Gift Just Add Snow… Snow Cones plus Free Printable This is a fun and unique gift to give neighbors for Christmas. It is very quick to make, festive, and bright. All I did was take a bottle of shaved ice/ snow cone syrup and add some red, green, and yellow straws and flower …
What Type of Canned Peaches to Use for Peach Cobbler When you are making a peach cobbler, like the delicious recipe below, you can use canned peaches instead of fresh. I usually make peach cobbler with canned peaches because it is much faster, tastes just about as good—sometimes even better if the peaches are not …
Hot Cocoa in a Jar Recipe If you want to make a dry hot cocoa mix to put into a jar this recipe has been tried, tested, and approved. My kids, many of their friends, and I, myself all love it. I was actually surprised that so many kids who have tried it like …
Christmas Neighbor Gift Bonne Maman Preserves Items that are small are often viewed as very cute and/or more desirable than their full-sized counterparts. I feel that way about these mini Bonne Maman Preserves jars. They are just so darling! Plus, they come in a variety of flavors that are hard to find—if not impossible to …
Christmas Neighbor Gift Homemade Lollipops. These lollipops are homemade and can be customized as to color and taste. We used edible glitter in gold, white, green, and silver to make these gorgeous Christmas glitter lollipops. They are so pretty and yummy that they’d make a great neighbor Christmas gift. Homemade lollipops are a great family …