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Previous Issues > December 2007 > Kidsville Kitchen > Sweet Holiday Treats

	Kidsville Kitchen Sweet Holiday Treats published: December 2007 By Staff Report Email Author Invite everyone to join the fun and celebrate the season by hosting a holiday party to: Create take-home edible crafts. Make edible decorations to donate to a local shelter. Trim the tree while nibbling on sweet treats. Go caroling and return home to enjoy holiday sweets. Create plates of "Santa's treats" to share. Holly Jolly Snowmen Makes 4 snowmen (approximately 4 servings) Prep time: 20 minutes Decoration time: 30 minutes Cooking time: 5 minutes Difficulty: Moderate WHAT YOU NEED: 20 cups popped popcorn (1 cup unpopped) 1 cup sugar 1 cup light corn syrup 1/4 teaspoon salt 2 tablespoons butter 1 bag M&M'S Brand MINIS Milk Chocolate Candies* 4 DOVE Brand Miniatures Dark Chocolate 4 chocolate wafer cookies 1 tube white decorating frosting DIRECTIONS: 1. Preheat oven to 200F. Spread popcorn on 2 sheet pans and place in oven to keep warm. 2. Combine sugar, corn syrup and salt in medium saucepan. Bring mixture to boil over medium heat and cook until sugar is dissolved and mixture becomes thick, about 3 to 5 minutes. Add butter and stir until melted. Remove from heat. 3. Transfer popcorn to very large bowl and toss with sugar mixture until completely coated. Stir in M&M'S Brand MINIS Milk Chocolate Candies, leaving a handful aside for decoration. 4. With well-buttered hands, shape popcorn mixture into 3 different-sized balls: 2-inch, 3-inch and 5-inch. 5. Stack popcorn balls in descending sizes, using a wooden skewer pressed through the center as support. For variation, make some snowmen using three different-sized balls and others with only two different-sized balls. 6. Use decorating frosting to attach M&MS Brand MINIS Milk Chocolate Candies for scarves, buttons and faces. To make hat, stack 1 DOVE Brand Miniatures Dark Chocolate on top of 1 chocolate wafer and attach with frosting. * Other brands may be substituted. Recipe courtesy of Family Features. Download more holiday family-fun activities at www.BrightIdeas.com.

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