HM Sweets for Xmas Presents - cheap recipes?

outofmoney

No idea but Worth a shot. If it doesn't set, which happened to mine once, It makes a great icing for a cake

How did you make it. I use marshmallows in mine.

*miaomiao*

You can't really reheat it from this stage, I do think. : ( Best to just eat it and have another go another time.

Buddingblonde

http://allrecipes.co.uk/recipe/8496/easiest-peanut-butter-fudge.aspx - that is the recipe i followed

outofmoney

Sounds good. Though I'm not a peanut butter fan, lol. Makes me want some now!

Had a quick google and it appears you can reheat fudge as long as done gently. It seems most people do it if it hasn't set. Seemed to be mixed responses as to whether it sets the next time (if failed first) but this isn't your problem anyway.

Is it the peanut butter that has made it grainy or the butter has not dissolved completely?

rachbc

Beating fudge makes it cool quicker and changes the structure of the sugar crystals making it grainy. I love grainy fudge so do this on purpose but if you want smooth fudge then don't stir

zippychick

ive mergd this withour homemade sweets thread so you can read back and see how others do it.

Zip

dogstarheaven

I'm after a some really good recipes that i'm gifting to kids this yr for the family. In the past they've always had HM cookies with varying flavours, but i think that's too expensive and time-consuming for me atm. This yr, I'm going to do somethings that are really sweet, gooey, crunchy so that they have a wow-factor.

I thought about caramel popcorn for starters, tho' i know that doesn't really keep.

OH says chocolate cornflake as that is cheap, but i can't think of anything to make them more xmassy.

has anyone got any ideas for sweets?

Fruball

You can buy edible glitter/sprays that aren't very expensive, esp if you use them very sparingly. They would brighten up the cornflake chocolate cakes.

Peppermint creams go down well as does coconut fudge and they are cheaper than doing rum truffles etc, and easier.

I know you said you don't want to do cookies BUT... you could make cookies, cut out the centre and put some crushed boiled sweets in the middle, bake as normal and you get stained glass window cookies! Very festive esp if you cut them into xmas shapes and used red, green, yellow and white sweets!!! I had actually forgotten all about these but am going to do them with DDs on Sunday I think

(hello by the way my old pal )

adelight

What about the baileys marshmallows mentioned in the Alcoholic Marshmallows thread (think it's in the last couple of pages, sorry i'm not great at linking!)? They would be brilliant for adults and don't take that long, would be easy to do a big batch in the same time period. Could dip them in chocolate and drop on some sprinkley things to make them xmassy?

You could make gingerbread but soft european style in christmas shapes, but decorate them with chocolate/icing laced with popping candy?

Frugal that's brilliant!! I'm going to try that.

natlie

hi lots of things you can make - hm honeycomb - cover it in choc, brownies, cake pops, rocky road, fudge, coconut ice, truffles, macarons, I have silicone ice cube moulds I use to make chocolates buy them off ebay Hello kitty were the last ones I bought £2 ish