DIY Candy Christmas Ornaments

The holidays are here!  Christmas trees and decorations are continuing to pop up all over the neighborhood and are making the world oh so merry and bright.  It's always fun to decorate the tree with some of your favorite ornaments that have been collected throughout the years, but if you're wanting a fun craft to do with your girlfriends or kids, you've come to the right spot!  

Today, we're making Christmas Candy Ornaments!  They're yummy, festive, and delicious!  You can use any small candy you'd like but I'll show you how to make Nerds, Sprinkles, and Marshmallow Snowmen ornaments to be exact!

What you'll need:

Nerds

Sprinkles

Mini Marshmallows

Clear glass ornaments (Available at Walmart)

Construction paper

Pipe cleaners

Then, just fill the ornaments with candy!  It may be easier to use a small funnel to put the Nerds and Sprinkles into the ornament, because it gets pretty messy!  Then, use a pipe cleaner for a hook in order to hang it on the tree.  Look how pretty they are!  

Nerds ornament

Sprinkles ornament

As for the mini marshmallows, I cut them in half so they were easier to fit inside the ornament.  They do get pretty sticky if you don't cut them as well, so keep that in mind!  Once you're done stuffing the marshmallows, use the black construction paper to cut out two small circles for eyes, and about six even smaller black circles for the mouth.  Then, use the orange construction paper to cut out a small triangle for the nose.  Don't forget the pipe cleaner to hang it! Then use tape to stick the face onto the ornament and you'll have the cutest snowman ornament ever!

The Sweetest Temptations loves candy and Christmas so much so doing this fun candy craft will truly get you into the sweet holiday spirit.  Deck the halls with candy Christmas ornaments!

Candy Christmas Tree Pinecones

'Tis the season to deck the halls, trim the trees, and make cute candy Christmas crafts!  I hope you're all enjoying the holiday season as much as I am.  To get you in the mood, I have a fun candy Christmas craft for you.  Introducing, Candy Christmas Tree Pinecones! I promise, this will be one of the easiest Christmas crafts around, and they look super adorable!  Kids will also love it!

Here's what you need:

Mike and Ike's (or jelly beans)

Pine cones (I ended up buying mine from the store, but if you can find your own from nature, that's perfect!)

Yellow construction paper

Instructions:

Take Mike and Ike's out of the box and put them on a plate for easy access

Pick your pinecone of choice 

Start placing the Mike and Ike's into the small crevasses of the pine cones to look like ornaments until filled

Use the yellow construction paper to cut out a star shape

Put the star at the top of the tree

And voila, you have this:

Feel free to use glue to make sure the candy is secure, if not, the candy will fall out easily.  But then again, if you want an ongoing project for kids, forget the glue so they can keep repeating the process and enjoying the fun all month long!  

Merry Christmas everyone!!

Acorn Candy

Thanksgiving is right around the corner!  I'm thankful for all of the amazing people in my life, my health, and fun candy crafts!  That's why I'm happy I found this recipe while perusing Pinterest from eASYbAKED and just had to blog about it.

You have one week to get your act together and make these Acorn Candies for all of your guests on Thanksgiving.  So let's get started!

Ingredients:

1 bag of Hershey Kisses

1 bag of mini Nutter Butter cookies

1/4 c. of milk chocolate chips

1 bag of peanut butter baking chips

Instructions:

Unwrap Hershey Kisses

Melt milk chocolate chips in the microwave until they are completely melted, about 1 minute.

Dip bottom of Hershey Kiss in the chocolate and place a Nutter Butter on top of that

Make sure the chocolate hardens before moving onto the next step, dipping peanut butter chip in milk chocolate and placing on top of the Nutter Butter

Harden some more, then repeat, repeat, repeat until you have enough for everyone!

I'm so looking forward to making these next week.  They look delicious, are so festively fun, and easy!  Thanks for the idea and fabulous photos eASYbAKED!

Happy Thanksgiving!

Sour Patch Chillerz

If you are a Sweetest Temptations regular, you know that I love everything sour and Sour Patch Kids are my favorite!  Everything about them are just divine.  The sugar coated outside, the sourness, the chewiness, and then, the sweetness.  I could eat them for days!

I was visiting a fellow candy connoisseur's blog, the Candy Critic,  and stumbled upon his post about Sour Patch Chillerz, and I couldn't believe my eyes!  I totally new Sour Patch Kids product that I've never even seen or heard of.  From what he says, they sound delicious and seem to be worth a try.  Can't wait to try them and be chilled, sweetened, and sour-ed! Yum!  Have you tried them?!?  

Thanks for the suggestion Candy Critic!  Check out his blog for hundreds of tasty reviews!

Whirl-Ease-Honey Hot Beverage Sweetener

Every time I drink tea, I always add some honey.  Sometimes, the honey bear gets sticky and messy, but I don't care. It makes my tea a tad sweeter and I love it.  Recently, an alternative was brought to my attention.  It was the Whirl-Ease-Honey hot beverage sweeteners from Strawberry Hill Candy and that changed my whole tea party experience!

First of all, they're adorable.  They're honey pots on a stick.  Anyone that has a honey pot on a stick will automatically be in a good mood.  The fact that you can use it in a hot beverage, swivel it around, and make your beverage sweeter with just one easy motion, is just amazing!  I always think of Winnie the Pooh when I see honey pots (which is not very often).  This swivel stick is shaped like a pot and even says honey on it.  Totally cute.

When I first brewed up my tea, it the water couldn't heat up fast enough, I was excited to use my swivel stick.  Once it was ready, I threw in a tea bag, then used the swivel stick.  As soon as I put it in, the honey pot made a cracking noise and the pot became cracked on the inside, because the water was so hot.  I stirred and stirred for a few moments until the honey pot completely dissolved off the stick and sweetened my tea!  

It was a good amount of honey to add to my big tea cup.  It was not too sweet and was just the right amount.  I do like my beverages sweet though, so you could maybe use one stick for two cups of tea.  You can also add these adorable honey pots in your chai or cider.  They're made with real wildflower honey and are gluten free!  

If you want to spice up your tea party experience, share some Whirl-Ease-Honey stirrers with your friends, kids, whoever, and they'll be bound to enjoy them as much as I!  Cheers!

Cloud Nine Marshmallows

I know you've all felt like you were floating on a cloud at one point because of a blissful event, but have you ever felt like you were eating a cloud?  I never had until I tried the Cloud Nine Marshmallows from Strawberry Hill Candy!  

These clouds were shaped like a perfect cube and were covered with powdered sugar.  They're fluffy, chewy, soft, and melt in your mouth.  They were more than just a marshmallow as the hint of lemony flavor gave it a gourmet and homemade taste.  The powdered sugar on top was the ice cream on the cake.  Fluffyness + sugar = delicious.  I love powdered sugar and anytime I consume it, it definitely puts a smile on my face.  That's why I definitely felt like I was on cloud nine while eating this marshmallow!

These are perfect for an afternoon snack, tea time, and for making Cloud Nine S'mores!  If you're a marshmallow fan, you'll love how these melt in your mouth.  Thanks for sharing your delicious treats with me, Strawberry Hill Candy!

Halloween Lollipops

I love Boston.  I love candy.  So it’s obvious that I would love Strawberry Hill Candy in Boston!  They were so sweet to send me some samples to review on my blog, including Halloween lollipops!

I received the cutest festive lollipops in a big red package.  The lollipops included orange fall leaves, green brains, orange jack-o-lantern pumpkins, vanilla white ghosts, and grape black bats.  I also hit the jackpot when I received to bonus lollipops, the pink flipflop lollipop, and last but not least a cherry "I love Boston" lollipop.  They were all adorable, wrapped in clear cellophane, and had an extra long stick making them easy to hold.  They were all pretty big in size so you could lick one for a good hour until it’s all dissolved.  They were very flavorful, colorful, and fun.  I shared some with my friends and we started a lollipop crew, and were the coolest kids around!

These lollipops are perfect for handing out to Trick-or-Treaters on October 31st. They also make great decorations around the house for Halloween, and would look super cute stuffed on top of a Halloween cake.  Check them out for yourself at Strawberry Hill Candy's website.  They're spooky delicious! 

Happy Halloween!!