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Chocolate Christmas Treats

For our Holiday Housewarming Party this past weekend, I made a tray of various chocolate goodies that not only tasted great, but were ridiculously easy to make.

 

White Christmas Crunch – like caramel corn with white peppermint chocolate on top.

 

Pretzel Bark – sweet and salty at the same time, with some crunch.

 

Easy Chocolate Fudge – smooth and creamy with a great fudgy texture.

Now I want to share these recipes with you! They take less than 15 minutes to make, are 5 ingredients or less and make great gifts too!

 

White Christmas Crunch

 

This was my absolute favourite of the bunch and was a huge hit at the party. I know I’ll be making more of this very soon.

 

Makes 35 pieces  · Printable Version
What you’ll need:

  • 35 saltine crackers
  • 1/2 cup butter
  • 3/4 cup packed brown sugar
  • 6 squares white chocolate, melted
  • 1/4 cup crushed candy canes

Preheat oven to 350°F.

 

Arrange crackers on a 15″ x 10″ x 1″ baking pan, lined in foil.

 

Cook butter and sugar in saucepan on medium-high heat 3 to 4 min. or until butter is melted and mixture is well blended, stirring occasionally. Bring to boil and cook for 3 min. (Do not stir.)

 

Spread onto crackers.

 

Bake 4 to 6 min. or until golden brown.

 

Spread melted chocolate to completely cover crackers.

 

Top with crushed candy. Refrigerate for 1 hour to cool completely.

 

Break into squares. Eat a big piece before company arrives. It’s essential.

 

Pretzel Bark

Makes 20 pieces · Printable Version

What you’ll need:

  • 1-1/3 cup chopped pretzels
  • 8 squares of Baker’s semi-sweet chocolate

 

Melt the chocolate in the microwave on high for 2-3 minutes or until chocolate is almost melted.

 

 Stir to melt any remaining pieces. Stir pretzels into chocolate.

 

Spread onto waxed paper-covered baking sheet.

 

Refrigerate 1 hour or until firm. Break into pieces.

 

Easy Chocolate Fudge

Makes 25 pieces · Printable Version

What you’ll need:

  • 12 squares of Baker’s semi-sweet chocolate
  • 1 can of sweetened condensed milk
  • 2 tsp vanilla

 

Microwave chocolate and milk in microwaveable bowl on high 2 to 3 min. or until chocolate is almost melted, stirring after 2 min.

Stir until chocolate is completely melted. Blend in vanilla.

 

Spread into prepared pan. Refrigerate 2 hours or until firm. Use foil handles to lift fudge from pan before cutting into squares to serve.

 


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