Visions of Sugarplums Day Five

Welcome back to the very last day of

Visions of Sugarplums!!

 We have WINNERS...and here they are:

1 set of choice from Paper Sweeties: Sarah Biswabic

1 set of choice from Moonlighting by Mary: Karen Letchworth

Christmas Creation from Mitra: Sue D.

Please contact Lori to arrange your prizes 

Congratulations to everyone so far and a huge thank you to everyone who has spread the Christmas cheer along the way!

 

We really hope you've had a blast this week seeing every one's crafty Christmas holiday ideas, prizes, tips, recipes, traditions and did I mention prizes???

Here is my final offering for the week.  A mixture of vintage stickers, miniature alphabet stamps, ribbon and assorted snowman and bird embellishments. All would work wonderfully on your cards, tags, or presents.

 

This completes the week of accumulating prizes and you'll have to come back tomorrow to see who the lucky winner is.  Just remember to leave comments to be eligible.

Before you go, I'd like to share two recipes that I love to make at Christmas. The jello cookies are my sons FAVORITE. These little cookies are so yummy and very, very rich! Hope you enjoy the recipes and following that, you'll find the list of the blog hop participants you'll definitely want to check out today!

 

Christmas Recipes

Jello Strawberry Shaped Cookies...

SO YUMMY!

Ingredients:

1 (12 oz). can of Condensed Milk

1 (6 oz.) package of Strawberry Gelatin

14 oz. fine coconut flakes

Red and Green Colored Sugar Crystals

Directions:

Combine Condensed Milk, Strawberry Gelatin packet and fine coconut flakes together in a bowl.

Mix them well.

Chill mixture for about 30 minutes.

Once chilled, begin shaping mixture into strawberry shapes.

Pour red and green sugar crystals into separate bowls.

Roll the body of the strawberry cookie in the red crystals and then dip the end in green crystals. (This picture shows green icing for the tips, which you could use too, but crystals stick very well.)

EAT THEM UP!!! :)

 

Cake Balls

...OMGosh....You'll flip over these!!!

Ingredients:

1 box cake mix (Whatever kind of cake you like!) (cook as directed on box for 13 X 9 cake)

1 can frosting (again whatever you like) (16 oz.)

1 package almond 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 of 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.)

I also only melt a few pieces of chocolate bark at a time because it starts to cool and thicken. It’s easier to work with when it’s hot.

 

If you google "cake balls" you will be AMAZED at how creative people are when it comes to this dessert. The innovative ideas are endless!!

 

Thank you so much for spending this week with me during the Visions of Sugarplums and I hope you've thoroughly enjoyed all the wonderful and crafty links to the very talented people involved in this entire hop. 

Be sure to stop in tomorrow to see who my winner is and until then, enjoy visiting the following links and hugs to you ALL!!

Lisa xx

 

 Visions of Sugarplums:
Participants:
Lori
Debbie
Ignacio
Giveaways:
 Nicecrane Designs - $20 Gift Voucher
Moonlighting by Mary - 1 set of choice
Paper Sweeties - 1 set of choice

See you tomorrow for my winner announcement! :)