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Holiday candies, the kids love ’em and some times mom and dad do too. In our house thought my kids get treats from all directions. They get them in their stockings, they get candies and treats from relatives, and from parties at school. After a while though everyone seems to get tired of them. You can throw them away I suppose but I have some better ideas. Sometimes it’s just the form, people are tired of looking at candy canes maybe but changing their form might renew a interest in them. So what can you do with leftover holiday candy?
We received some awesome Wonka candies from Nestle. We received Gobstopper Candy Canes 12ct.
and some SweeTarts holiday mix around Christmas. Every year we hand candy canes on the Christmas tree to add to the decor and the kids are able to take one off now and then to nibble on it. Inevitably we find a few that people missed on the tree.
The Gobstopper candy canes had the typical candy cane shape but they were solid colors on the outside. If you are familiar with regular gobstoppers, you know that as you suck on them there are different layers of color. The candy canes are made similarly.
These candy canes went fast. Everyone loved them. There were a couple hiding on the tree when we took everything down. Crushed, the candy canes could easily a topping for cupcakes, cookies, ice cream and more.
Also, when kept at the right temp, candy canes will last a while. The Gobstopper candy canes came in red, white, and green colors. Did you ever notice that when you put the two hooks of the candy canes together they make a heart? You could affix two candy canes to a piece of paper or tie them together to make a heart for little Valentine treats. The Gobstopper ones would work great for that with the red and white ones.
We also had some leftover SweetTart holdiay mix. They were red and gree holiday shops. Again, crushed you can use them as toppings on whatever you like. Being that they are are…well..tart they do better with a sweet sour mix. I had some granny smith apples in the fridge. I personally love tart and sour things. I thought I’d cut up some granny smith applies, dip them in chocolate then roll them in crushed SweeTarts.
Initially I wanted to use white chocolate but when I went to melt my white chocolate I realized it had expired so I used milk chocolate instead. I still think white chocolate would have been better but they turned out good anyway.
Recipe for Sweet and Sour Granny Bites:
— About 1 cup chocolate to melt. In my opinion white would be better but milk chocolate worked for us. Could be baking squares or chocolate chips
— 3 Granny Smith apples
–1/2 box of crushed SweeTarts
Cut your apples up into slices removing core. Crush SweeTarts. We Put them in a sandwich bag and smacked them with the back of a heavy spoon but you can do it how you like. Pour crushed SweeTarts into bowl. Melt chocolate according to package directions and then stir until smooth. Dip half of your apple slice into the chocolat then roll in the crushed SweeTarts. Allow to hard for about 20 minutes.
My boys all tried them. They were a kit here. In fact the next day my youngest son asked me “Mom do we have anymore of those SweeTart apples” lol:
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