Poppycock- Christmas treat- or a gift

Poppycock
Poppycock is a great treat at Christmas time. It can be used as a gift, or just as a yummy snack!!
Ingredients
8 cups popcorn, popped
½ tsp. baking soda
1 ½ cups white sugar
½ tsp. vanilla
1 cup margarine
1 cup salted peanuts
½ cup light corn syrup
1 cup slivered almonds
½ tsp. cream of tartar
1 cup pecan halves

Roast peanuts, almonds, and pecans in a preheated oven, at 300"f, for ten minutes on a cookie sheet. Cook until melted, white sugar, margarine, corn syrup, and cream of tartar. Boil for 6 to 8 minutes. Mixture will be foamy. Take off heat and add vanilla and baking soda. Put popcorn and peanut mixture into roaster, adding syrup and mixing quickly. Grease 1 large or 2 small cookie sheets. Spread poppycock mixture and press firmly onto cookie sheets. Cool and break up into containers.

Gift idea-chocolate spoons

Gift Basket Item/Chocolate Spoons
Ingredients
AN EASY GIFT TO PUT IN GIFT BASKETS

Chocolate Spoons

Ingredients

1 cup semisweet chocolate chips

3/4 cup milk chocolate chips

In a microwave safe bowl, melt semisweet chocolate pieces in microwave for 2 to 3 minutes and stir until smooth. Dip spoons into chocolate. Place the spoons onto wax paper and refrigerate until chocolate hardens. Melt milk chocolate pieces in microwave for 2 to 3 minutes and stir until smooth. Place chocolate into plastic bag and cut off a corner. Drizzle the melted chocolate over spoons. Refrigerate until chocolate hardens. Wrap each spoon separately and store in a cool dry place,

Reindeer Snack

There are two versions, a sweet one and a spicy one.

Sweet one.
3 cups popped popcorn
3 cups bugles- regular/original flavor
2 cups pretzel sticks
1 cup Cheerios cereal
1/3 cup butter or margarine, melted
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
2 cups red and green candy coated chocolate candies

1. Heat oven to 300 degrees
2 Mix popcorn, bugles , pretzels, and cereal in large bow. Mix remaining ingredients separately and drizzle over popcorn mixture. Tossing until evenly coated. Spread in ungreased jelly roll pan , 15 1/2 by 10 1/2 inch
3 Bake uncovered 15 minutes , stirring twice; cool. Store loosely covered at room temperature up to 2 weeks.



SPICY

Everything is the same except use the Nacho cheese flavor bugle snacks and replace the cinnamon with 1 garlic clove very finely chopped ( or 1/4 teaspoon of garlic powder)

Special touch:
Make party favors out of this mix- Warp 1 cup portions in holiday themed plastic wrap and tie with green and red ribbon. Personalize packages by attaching small gift tags with a guests name written on each.

Gourmet Reindeer Poop

Gourmet Reindeer Poop

Ingredients:
1/2 cup butter
2 cups granulated sugar
1/2 cup milk
2 teaspoons cocoa
1/2 cup peanut butter
3 cups oatmeal -- not instant
1/2 cup chopped nuts -- optional

Directions:

Mix butter, sugar, milk and cocoa together in a large saucepan. Bring to a boil, stirring constantly; boil for 1 minute. Remove from heat and stir in remaining ingredients. Drop by teaspoon full (larger or smaller as desired) onto wax paper and let harden. They will set up in about 30-60 minutes. These will keep for several days without refrigerating, up to 2 weeks refrigerated and 2-3 months frozen.

Pack into ziplock sandwich bags and attach the following note to each bag.

A Little Poem For The Gift Tag:
I woke up with such scare when I heard Santa call... "Now dash away, dash away, dash away all!" I ran to the lawn and in the snowy white drifts, those nasty reindeer had left "little gifts".

I got an old shovel and started to scoop, neat little piles of "Reindeer Poop!" But to throw them away, seemed such a waste, so I saved them, thinking-you might like a taste!

As I finished my task, which took quite awhile. Old Santa, passed by and he sheepishly smiled. And I heard him exclaim as he was in the sky... "Well they're not potty trained, but at least they can fly!"

Link to source page:

Gourmet Reindeer Poop

SNOWMAN SOUP - gift idea with a poem

SNOWMAN SOUP

1 package hot chocolate mix
3 Hershey Kisses
15 or so marshmallows
1 candy cane

Place all the above in a mug, attach the following poem.

THE POEM:
Was told you've been real good this year.
Always glad to hear it.
With freezing weather drawing near,
You'll need to warm the spirit,
So here's a little Snowman Soup,
Complete with stirring stick.
Add hot water, sip it slow,
It's sure to do the trick!