Winter Recipes
After playing in the snow, head indoors to make a fun snow snack to enjoy with a cup of hot cocoa!
Snowman Cookie
Ingredients:
- 3 vanilla wafers
- 1 T. vanilla icing
- Raisins, sprinkles, candy corn, other garnish
Instructions:
- Place vanilla wafers on plate so they are in a vertical line.
- Coat each wafer with vanilla icing.
- Decorate snowman however you like. Some ideas: Round sprinkles for eyes and mouth, raisins for buttons, candy corn for the nose.
Snow Ice Cream Recipe
Ingredients:
- 1 gallon snow
- 1 c. sugar
- 1 T. vanilla
- 2 c. milk
Instructions:
When it starts snowing, place large clean bowl outside to catch snow. When full, stir in sugar and vanilla to taste, and then stir in enough milk for desired consistency. Eat immediately.
Snowman on a Stick
Ingredients:
- Bananas
- Grapes
- Carrot
- Apple
- Bamboo skewers
- Mini chocolate chips
- Pretzel sticks
Instructions
- For each snowman, you will need three thick slices of banana, a grape, a sliver of carrot and a triangular piece of apple.
- Slide the fruit onto the skewer, then use the carrot slivers for noses, mini chocolate chips for eyes and buttons, and pretzel sticks for arms.
Fancy Up that Hot Chocolate Mix
Turn your ordinary hot chocolate into extraordinary with the following ideas.
- Garnish your cocoa with a candy cane which can double as a stirrer.
- Top with whipped cream and colored sprinkles!
- Make a "Milky Way" drink by adding caramel topping.
- Place chocolate chips in the bottom of a clear glass mug. Add steaming hot milk and stir the melted chocolate.
- Drop a scoop of peppermint ice cream into a mug of hot chocolate.
- Put two large marshmallows in the bottom of an empty cup and pour hot chocolate on top so that the marshmallows melt. Serve with graham crackers to make s'mores in a cup.