Christmas Treats are a great way to spread the Christmas Cheer without breaking the bank. They can let your friends, neighbors and family know that you are thinking of them and are a great way of letting those around you that you appreciate them and their hard work. Add a Christmas card or a nice handwritten note to tell them Merry Christmas.
You can leave Christmas Treats for
- Your mail carrier
- Sent to a service person in your family. My dad loved when his mom did this!
- To your first responders
- Your children’s school bus driver
- Your children’s teacher
- Your Sunday school teacher
- Your pastor
- Your trash collector
- Nursing Home Residents (call first to make sure it is allowed)
- Elderly neighbors
- The widow or widower in your neighborhood
- The crossing guard at your children’s school
- Bring them to your office to spread the cheer there.
- Hairdresser or barber
- Nail Technician
- Your babysitter
- Local butcher or small business or farmer
- Gardener
- Mechanic
So, here is our Christmas Treat Countdown!
Christmas Treats 1 – Peanut Brittle
Peanut brittle was always a part of our Christmas history. Grandma loved just about everyone and so there was always a lot of baking going on at our house to make sure that everyone got a little something and so it was with peanut brittle. Peanut brittle always tugs at my heart and makes me remember the laughter, the love, and family that would gather during the holidays.
Peanut Brittle Ingredients
Preheat oven to 200ºF and then grease two cookie sheets. Mix sugar, water, and corn syrup in a medium-size pan on medium heat. Stir occasionally until the candy thermometer reads 240ºF. Stir in butter and peanuts. Cook stirring constantly until it reaches 300ºF and stir in baking soda mixture until light and foamy. Pour half of the brittle onto each cookie sheet. Spread about 1/4 inch thick. Cool for at least an hour and then break into pieces.
Christmas Treats 2 – Carmel Corn
Heat oven to 300 degrees. Grease two rimmed pan. Pop popcorn, and spread into the pans. Melt butter in a large pan over medium to high heat. Add sugar and corn syrup stir until combined. Bring to a rolling boil. Reduce heat to low and let simmer without touching for 5 minutes. Stir and then cook for 4-6 more minutes stirring every 30 seconds. Turn off the heat and slowly stir in salt, baking soda, and vanilla. Be careful the mixture will bubble. Pour over popcorn and stir, make sure to coat all the pieces. Bake for 15-20 minutes. Remove and cool. Once cool break up.
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Christmas Treats 3 – Grandma’s Peanut Butter Bonbon’s
Peanut butter bonbons are a treat from our father’s family. His mom would make some every year and when he joined the military she would send him a shoebox full of her Christmas treats and one of them was peanut butter bonbons. These were his favorite things in the box and he would pass out all of these delicious treats to all of his buddies. We hope you enjoy them!
Grandma’s Peanut Butter Bon Bons Ingredients
- 1 pound of organic powdered sugar
- 12 ounces of organic peanut butter or other nut butter
- 1/2 cup or 1 stick of melted organic butter
- 12 ounces of chocolate chips
- Chopped Walnuts, peanuts or candy sprinkles (Optional)
How To Make Peanut Butter Bon Bon’s
Mix & shape into small balls. Refrigerate for 30 minutes. Chop walnuts, push a small piece into the center, then roll the dough through chopped nuts so that it is coated. Melt chocolate on top of double boiler. Dip balls into the chocolate mixture with a toothpick. put on wax paper to dry. If you don’t want the nuts or sprinkles you can skip that step and just dip the plain balls into the chocolate.
Christmas Treats 4 – Organic Double Chocolate Chip Cookies
These delicious double chocolate chip cookies were a recipe I came up with as a teen. Grandma would always make chocolate chip cookies for the Christmas treat containers but I wanted to make something extra special. These really are! They have walnuts in them and so if you don’t like walnuts you can just omit them. We make them with organic ingredients but if you don’t have that, just use regular with no trouble.
Double Chocolate Chip Cookies Ingredients
- 1/2 Cups of organic flour
- 1 Teaspoon Baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon of salt
- 1 cup of grass-fed butter
- 1 cup of organic sugar
- 2 pastured Eggs
- 1 1/2 Teaspoon vanilla
- 1 cup of organic dark chocolate
- 1 cup of organic white chocolate
- 1 cup of walnuts chopped (if desired)
Double Chocolate Chip Cookie Directions
Christmas Treats 5 – Organic Peppermint Bark
Oh, this peppermint is so delicious and goes wonderfully in your Christmas treat container. This is delicious to sample with a cup of coffee, crumbled on top or your whipped cream on a cup of cocoa or just eaten out of the box. The peppermint is delicious without being overpowering.
Peppermint Bark Ingredients
- 24 oz Organic White Chocolate
- 24 oz Organic Dark Chocolate 70 % Caco
- 1 Container Of Peppermint Candy Canes
- Stevia Liquid to taste
Christmas Treats 6 – Toffee Bark
- 24 oz Organic White Chocolate
- 24 oz Organic Dark Chocolate
- 1 Bag of Toffee
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