Chocolate Cherry-Dipped Pretzels

We got a chance to use our Santa plate this year for many a dish and appetizer or snack.

Here is a fun snack to try out with those cute new Christmas dishes. :)

These cherry chocolate pretzels are sooooo delicious and will be a big hit with your kiddos, guaranteed!

(If you like cherry cordials, we are on the same wavelength)

Ingredients:

Honey Wheat Pretzel Sticks

Recipe for Mint Chocolate Sauce {Here}, 

substituting cherry andes confections for andes mints.

red colored sugar

apples 

Directions:

Make your sauce

Using a spoon, dip pretzels and roll all the way around in the chocolate until the tip *or however much you want* is covered

Chill in the refrigerator for 20 min.

Add Christmas sprinkles or colored sugar

Who knew that the sugar-sprinkled apples would be the big hit?!

#kids #canneverpredict

yum, yum, yum!

Enjoy!

Nutella Mint Hot Chocolate

1 large spoonful Nutella
1 large piece mint chocolate (my Mom brought us back some fine mint milk chocolate from Seattle. I can't remember the brand, she got it in the airport), but a few Andes mints would work
1 1/4 c. milk
mini marshmallows

1. Melt the nutella for 30 seconds on high in the microwave.
2. Break up the mint chocolate into pieces.
3. Microwave the mint chocolate pieces into the Nutella, for 30 sec. and stir.
4. Add cold milk into the chocolate mixture and stir really well.
5. Heat milk until hot but not boiling. Stir really well.
6. Add marshmallows and enjoy!

I know mint + nutella sounds strange, but it was actually creamy and excellent.

Gingerbread Man Cookies

3 c. all-purpose flour

1/2 tsp. salt

3/4 tsp. baking soda
1 tsp. baking powder

2 tsp. ground ginger

3 tsp. cinnamon

1/4 tsp. ground nutmeg

1/4 tsp. ground cloves (SO Important!!)

6 tbsp. (1/4c. + 2 tbsp) c. unsalted butter

1/2 c. granulated sugar
1/4 c. brown sugar

1 large egg

2/3 c. unsulphured molasses

Combine dry ingredients in a large bowl. In a separate bowl, beat together sugar and butter. Add egg ad molasses, gradually add flour mixture.

Roll out.... bake at 350º for 8-12 min.

Beck Family Pumpkin Bread

This is a family favorite. Stephen loves to make it with the kids every Fall.

Ingredients:

1 15. oz. can pumpkin (we use Libby's)

4 eggs

3/4 c. oil

3 c. flour

 1 1/2 c. sugar

1 tsp. baking soda

1 tsp. salt

3 tsp. cinnamon

1 tsp. nutmeg (opt.)

1 tsp. ground cloves

1 tsp. ginger (opt.)

1 c. chocolate chips

Mix dry

mix wet

add dry to wet

Fold in chocolate chips

bake 1 hr. on 350º

 or until toothpick inserted

comes out clean!

It will smell very good in your house all day when you make this!

Notes: adding a tiny touch more oil will make it more moist.

Extra chocolate chips also welcome. They make it yummy.

makes 2 loaves

For a healthier alteration, substitute 1/3 c. coconut oil and 2/3 c. applesauce for the oil.