Candy Bird Nests

Happy Spring!  The beginning of Spring means that Easter is approaching fast!  Easter is always a great family holiday filled with good company, good spirits, and good candy.  For this upcoming Easter, I wanted to try making a new creation that I've never tried before.  So today, I'll be giving you the step by step for how to make Candy Bird Nests!  Chirp chirp!

Here's what you need:

Rice Krispies

Rolos

Waffle Pretzels

M&Ms

Here's what you do:

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees
2. Place pretzels on cookie sheet

3. Unwrap Rolos
4. Place Rolos on top of each waffle pretzel

5. Bake for 3-5 minutes until Rolos are semi melted
6. Remove from oven and using a spoon, flatten the Rolos on top of the pretzels
7. Immediately sprinkle Rice Krispies on top of Rolos before they harden
8. Place three M&Ms on top of the Rice Krispies to resemble bird eggs
9. Let cool in the refrigerator for 30 minutes
10. Admire your candy bird nests, then eat and enjoy! 

These are so easy to make and taste just as good as they look!  It's a perfect quick crowd pleaser.  You must try it!  Have a Happy Easter every bunny!  

Chocolate Caramel Creams

Today, I was lucky enough to try my first ever Goetze's Candy, Chocolate Caramel Creams.  I was unfamiliar with the brand and was so up to trying out their sweet products when they reached out to me.  Who could ever turn down trying something new, and obviously we all know that opportunity is even better when it's candy!

I initially thought the Chocolate Caramel Creams were a hard candy.  All in all, I loved the presentation overall, and each of the individually wrapped candies were super cute.  When I got hold of my first piece, I was unsure of what to expect.  As I unwrapped the perfectly presented morsel, and while the candy slipped right out of the wrapper, I noticed a white powdery substance sprinkled on top of the Chocolate Caramel Cream.  I later found out that this coating prevents the chocolate caramel from sticking to the wrapper.  Genius!  

I held the candy in my hand and placed it in my mouth, and to my surprise, I was able to chew it, and it was so good!  As you may know, I'm a sour candy kind of girl and always choose sour over chocolate.  But these Chocolate Caramel Creams were absolutely delicious.  The Chocolate Caramel Creams tasted like a chewy, but not too sticky, fudge Tootsie Roll brownie batter with caramel inside.  It was milky, creamy, smooooth, rich, and chocolatey.  After a few bites, your tastebuds think that you're drinking chocolate milk because it's so smooth, juicy, and filled with cream.  

I'd eat these any day of the week.  If you haven't tried these, you definitely should.  Thanks to my friends at Goetze's Candy for sending me a little taste of Heaven!

Pretzel Rolo (Pretz-olo) Bites

Happy almost St. Patrick's Day!  March is just flying by already, but before it gets too close to St. Patty's Day, you have to have at least a few treats ready for the big day.  First came Shamrock Candy Crafts, and now today, I'll show you how to make Pretz-olo Bites with green M&Ms.  Can you say yum!?!  

In my book, Rolos are the St. Patrick's Day candy of choice, because they look like little pots of gold and taste as delicious as a rainbow.  Add a pretzel and green M&M to that mix and your tastebuds will know they've found their lucky charms.  That being said, let's get started!

Ingredients

1. Rolos

2. Waffle shaped pretzels

3. M&Ms

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees

2. Line as many waffle pretzels on a cookie sheet as you can

3. Unwrap Rolos and place one on each pretzel

4. Place in oven for 3 minutes 

5. Pick out the green M&Ms for this St. Patrick's Day treat

6. Take Pretz-olos out of oven (Rolos will be semi-melted after 3 minutes)

7.  Immediately take the green M&Ms and place them on top of the Rolo and push down

8.  Repeat step 7 until all of the Pretz-olos have an M&M on top

9. Place Pretz-olos in refrigerator in order for chocolate to harden

10.  Once chocolate is hardened, after 30 minutes or so, pop a Pretz-olo in your mouth and enjoy!

Everyone loves pretzels and chocolate together, so when you make these and share them with your friends, you'll be their hero for the day.  Pretz-olo's are the jam!  You can add any color M&Ms to celebrate each holiday including pink or red for Valentine's Day, red and green for Christmas, red white and blue for 4th of July/Memorial Day, and orange for Halloween!  So many options!  These are so easy to make and even more fun to eat!  Enjoy and have a Happy St. Patrick's Day!

Shamrock Candy Craft

St. Patrick's Day is always such a fun holiday where everyone wears green and celebrates being Irish.  Even those who are not from a Irish heritage pretend that they are Irish just for the day.  It's a holiday filled with leprechauns, pots of gold, rainbows, shamrocks, Irish soda bread, and green beer.  

This green holiday will be here before you know it, so get started early on this Shamrock Candy Craft!  It's a great craft for the classroom, at home with kids, and for a crafty night in.  These shamrocks will get you into the green frame of mind and prepare you for the big day! 

What you need:

Stapler

Green construction paper

Scissors

Rolos Candy

Gold Chocolate Coins

Instructions:

1. Fold green construction paper a little less than an inch across four times long ways to ensure that each line is relatively the same size, and also using the lines as a guide to cut more easily.

2.  Cut into four strips

3.  Fold the strips in half and staple at the fold.

4.  Take the two ends and turn downwards to make a heart shape, then staple the bottom as well.

5.  Repeat steps 3 and 4 three more times to create three hearts.

6. Take the last strip and staple that to the bottom of all three of the hearts to make a stem.

7.  Place 6 rolls into each leaf and scatter gold coins around.

And voila, you've got this adorable candy craft!  It's extremely easy to make and requires very little time and effort for such a great pay off!  Who wouldn't want to make it rain chocolate gold coins and Rolo gold pieces? Consider yourself lucky!

Happy St. Patrick's Day!