Homemade Caramels

Yummy, homemade caramels!  Who can turn those down?  And this recipe is great to use for the candy box caramels.  Fun and festive for this time of year.

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12 Days of Christmas Cookies--Chocolate Pretzel Toffee Bark

DAY 7: Chocolate Pretzel Toffee Bark

Another very tasty bark.   These barks take little to no effort.  Just melt a little chocolate and crunch up a few ingredients throw it all together, and wait for it to set up.  A quick and easy gift.

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Candy Box Caramels

 
Here is another diversion from all the cookie baking.  Caramels!  These can be fairly easy if you use prepackaged caramels.  Just unwrap and decorate.  If you decide to make your own caramels (I've included a great recipe for those at the bottom) then it gets to be a little more time-consuming but makes them just that much more delicious and special. 

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12 Days of Christmas Cookies--Candy Cane Bark

Twelve Days of Christmas Cookies

Day 4: I'm not really sure if Bark is a "cookie" but it works great as a quick gift, so I thought I would share some of these recipes just the same.

If you love peppermint, you'll love this Candy Cane Bark.  It's such an easy recipe (you know I'm all about easy--especially at this time of year!) and makes a great festive addition to neighbor cookie plates. 

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Triple Chocolate Mocha Truffles

We are going to take a side-step from the cookies for a minute and show you some heavenly truffles!  If you like mocha flavor and chocolate you have to try these lovelies!  They are delicious, fun to make and pretty.

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