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Three easy christmas treats on a red plate with candy canes alongside.

3 Easy Christmas Treats


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Description

3 Easy Christmas Treats are yummy little chocolate bites, simple to make, and ready to help you fill out a cookie platter right along with your classic favorites!


Ingredients

Units Scale

Pecan Turtles

  • 16 oz bag of mini pretzels or pretzel Snaps by Snyder (you'll use 50 pretzels)
  • 10 oz bag of Rolo chocolate caramel candy
  • 50 pecan halves, about 4 ounces

Chocolate Cashew Clusters

  • 1 cup chocolate chips
  • 1 cup whole cashews or cashew pieces
  • Maldon flake salt

Ritz Thin Mints

  • 40 Ritz crackers
  • 1 (10 ounce) bag of Ande's Creme de Menthe baking chips


Instructions

Rolo Pecan Turtles

  1. Preheat your oven to 300°F and unwrap the Rolo candies.
  2. On a lined sheet pan, evenly place as many pretzels as you'd like to make. Top each pretzel with a Rolo, then top each Rolo with a pecan.
  3. Carefully set the pan in the oven and warm for 3 minutes.
  4. When the candy is out of the oven, gently press each pecan down into the chocolate to connect all three pieces. Let cool for 30 minutes to solidify.

Chocolate Cashew Clusters

  1. In a double boiler on the stove, warm the chocolate chips until fully melted, stirring frequently.
  2. Add the cashews to the chocolate and stir until they're completely coated.
  3. Using a small dining spoon, lay little piles of chocolatey cashews out on a piece of parchment, wax paper, or a baking mat and let cool for a few minutes, then sprinkle a pinch of Maldon flake salt on top.
  4. Let the chocolate cashews cool until solid.

Ritz Thin Mints

  1. In a double boiler on the stove, warm the Ande's mint chips until fully melted, stirring frequently. Remove from the heat.
  2. Set the bowl alongside a piece of parchment, wax paper, or a baking mat.
  3. Drop a cracker into the bowl, then using a dinner fork, flip it over and remove it from the chocolate. Hover over the bowl for a second to let excess chocolate drip off, then set the chocolatey cracker on the parchment. Let the chocolate crackers cool until solid.
  4. Repeat the process until all the crackers have been coated.

Notes

These three recipes make approximately 100 pieces, give or take.

Nutritional information includes all ingredients listed, so each candy may vary.

  • Prep Time: 15 minutes
  • Cook Time: 10 minutes
  • Category: dessert
  • Method: Stove-top
  • Cuisine: American