Puppy Chow

Mandy made Puppy Chow for her sweet treat.  The recipe is at www.allrecipes.com.

Cookie Dough Truffles

Michelle made Cookie Dough Truffles for her sweet treat.  Click here for the recipe.

Peanut Butter Bon Bons

Melissa made Peanut Butter Bon Bons this month.  Her recipe is from the Oskaloosa Christian School Cookbook 2004.

2 cups powdered sugar
3/4 cup graham cracker crumbs
1 stick margarine, melted
3/4 cup nuts, finely chopped
1 cup crunch peanut butter
1 (6oz) pkg chocolate chips
1/4 bar paraffin wax

Mix sugar, crumbs, margarine, nuts and peanut butter.  Shape into balls and chill.  Melt chocolate chips and paraffin.  Dip balls in chocolate mixture using a toothpick.  Chill.

Note:  You may wish to leave the nuts out.  If you do, you will probably need to have about a half a cup more of graham cracker crumbs.

Oreo Balls

Shauna made Oreo Balls for our December Sweet Swap.  Here is the recipe:

Oreo Balls

1 package regular size Oreo cookies, crushed
1 (8 ounce) packages cream cheese, softened
1 package white almond bark
1 package chocolate almond bark

Directions:
1. Using a blender or hand held mixer, mix Oreos and cream cheese together.
2. Roll into walnut size balls.
3. Chill for an hour.
4. Melt approximately 3/4 package of white almond bark.
5. Stick a toothpick in an Oreo ball and dip it in the melted white almond bark.
6. Allow to harden on wax pape.
7. Takes about 15 min.
8. While waiting, melt about 1/4 package of chocolate almond bark.
9. When Oreo balls are no longer sticky to the touch, decorate with drizzles of chocolate and white almond bark.
10. I just use a sandwich bag with a tiny hole cut in one corner to drizzle the almond bark.

Rolo Cookies

Jenna made Rolo Cookies for the Sweet Swap this month.  Here is her recipe:

Chocolate Rolo Cookies

2 1/2 c. flour
3/4 c. cocoa
1 t. baking soda
1 c. margarine
1 c. sugar
1 c. brown sugar
2 eggs
2 t. vanilla
9 oz. pkg. Rolos
1 c. almond bark
4 T. sugar (to roll dough in)

Combine flour, cocoa and baking soda; set aside. Cream margarine and sugars. Add eggs and vanilla, beating well. Stir in dry ingredients, mixing well. Chill dough, 1 hour for easier handling. Meanwhile, remove wrappers from Rolos. Turn dough out onto waxed paper and form into 4 sections. Divide each section into 12 balls. Enclose a Rolo in the center of each ball, covering well. Roll the ball in sugar. Place on ungreased cookie sheet and bake at 350 for 8-10 minutes. Cool. Melt almond bark and drizzle a "z" over cookies.

Homemade Butterfingers

Theresa made Homemade Butterfinger candy bars for our December sweet swap.  The recipe is found here, on her blog.

3 Musketeers

I made homemade 3 Musketeers for our December Sweet Swap.  Here is a link to the recipe.