Chocolate peppermint truffles can do double duty as a party favor for your guests or as a hostess gift when you head to a holiday party. I love making truffles year round but peppermint is really a Christmas flavor. For other times of year I make my easy homemade chocolate truffles. If you’re not a…
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Gifts from the Kitchen
I love to make food gifts for family, friends, teachers, our orthodontist, you name it, during the holidays. I’ve made many over the years and just about anything can be a food gift. Cookies, candies, nut clusters, baking mixes where the recipient adds a few ingredients, mini bread loafs and even cakes. Each year I…
Chocolate Nonpareil Drops
I come by my love of nonpareil candies naturally. My Mom loved nonpareils. Some may think of them as sprinkles but they are different. Sprinkles, or jimmies as some people call them, are the longer candies used to decorate cakes and cookies. Nonpareils are round. As a child, whenever my Mom took me to the…