Nutter Butter Balls

1 pkg. Nutter Butter cookies (Crushed)

1 8oz. package cream cheese (softened)

chocolate bark (Melted)

Crush cookies using electric cheese grater. Mix in cream cheese and roll into balls. Dip in chocolate and place on wax paper to set up.

Red Velvet Cake Balls

Ingredients:

1 box red velvet cake mix (cook as directed on box for 13 X 9 cake)

1 can cream cheese frosting (16 oz.)

1 package chocolate bark (regular or white chocolate)

wax paper

Directions:

1. After cake is cooked and cooled completely, crumble into large bowl.

2. Mix thoroughly with 1 can cream cheese frosting. (It may be easier to use fingers to mix together, but be warned it will get messy.)

3. Roll mixture into quarter size balls and lay on cookie sheet. (Should make 45-50. You can get even more if you use a mini ice cream scooper, but I like to hand roll them.)

4. Chill for several hours. (You can speed this up by putting in the freezer.)

5. Melt chocolate in microwave per directions on package.

6. Roll balls in chocolate and lay on wax paper until firm. (Use a spoon to dip and roll in chocolate and then tap off extra.)

Pretzel Turtles

We just had a Christmas party at our house and one of my friends brought these Christmas treats that were so good, and easy enough for a young child to help do.

-20 small mini pretzels
-20 chocolate covered caramel candies (Rollo's or Dove)
-20 pecan halves DIRECTIONS
Preheat oven to 300 degrees F (150 degrees C). Arrange the pretzels in a single layer on a parchment lined cookie sheet. Place one chocolate covered caramel candy on each pretzel. Bake for 4 minutes. While the candy is warm, press a pecan half onto each candy covered pretzel. Cool completely before storing in an airtight container. This picture shows them drizzled with melted white chocolate, but you don't have to do that.

Orange Fudge

Do any of you like orange sticks? This fudge is a variation of the usual marshmallow cream chocolate fudge recipe, but with the orange, it tastes like orange sticks. My mom loved orange sticks her whole life-we always knew we could get her a box for Mother's Day or Christmas and she would be happy, and she liked this fudge recipe, too.

Ingredients:
3 cups sugar
3/4 cup butter (not margarine)
2/3 cup evaporated milk
1 -12 oz. pkg chocolate chips
2 tbsp orange extract
1 cup nuts
1 - 7 oz. jar marshmallow cream

Instructions:
In a heavy saucepan, combine sugar, butter and evaporated milk. Bring to a full rolling boil over medium heat stirring constantly. Boil 5 minutes stirring constantly. Remove from heat. Add chocolate chips; stir until they are melted and mixture is smooth. Add marshmallow cream, nuts and orange flavoring; beat until blended. Pour into foil-lined 9 by 13 pan and chill till firm.

Toffee Bars

This is a great recipe for busy mom's at Christmas time. It is something that little children can help make and they are good(!) to eat as well. You may think the crackers are a weird ingredient, but when this done, it is similar to when you cover salty pretzels with chocolate, but this is better. This is simple to make, uses ingredients most of us have on hand and doesn't take long--kind of instant Christmas goodies....

Ingredients:
Whole Soda Crackers
1 cup butter (not margarine)
1 cup brown sugar
1 Large pkg chocolate chips
1 cup nuts (pecans, walnuts, whatever you like or have on hand), if desired

Instructions:
Put whole soda crackers 1 layer thick all over a Pam sprayed 9 by 13 pan. Boil butter and sugar together for three minutes stiring always. Pour butter and sugar mixture over crackers. Bake at 400 degrees for three minutes. Cool for three minutes. Spread with 1 large package chocolate chips. These will melt on the hot mixture as you spread the chocolate around. Sprinkle on 1 cup chopped nuts of any kind or leave the nuts off. Cool. Cut into pieces.