Rudolph's Treats

Santa and friends are making some treats at the north pole. What does Rudolph and his friends leave for you? They leave you, these treats or are they not treats? They do look questionable.

These are great for gifting to friends and family. At the bottom I will give you some gifting and party taking ideas to work with these treats.

So, what's in Rudolph's treats?

• 1 package white candy coating or white chocolate chips - 16 oz.
• 1 bar German sweet chocolate - 4 oz.
• 1 package semi-sweet chocolate chips - 16 oz.
• 2 jars dry roasted peanuts - 16 oz each
• Rubber spatula
• Slow cooker - make sure it's big enough to hold all the ingredients. So a larger one is highly recommended. You want to make sure and be able to stir things together inside of it.
• Ice cream or cookie scooper
• Cookie sheets
• Wax paper
• Container to put them in

I have substituted the German sweet chocolate with dark chocolate candy coating.

Now, for the easiest part of this treat - how to put it together. Seriously, this is the easiest thing to do, and you can even work on another treat while this is cooking.

Step 1 - Chop up the white candy coating and place it in the slow cooker or if you are using white chocolate chips, then just place them in the slow cooker.

Step 2 - Chop up the German sweet chocolate or dark chocolate and place it in the slow cooker.

Step 3 - Add in the chocolate chips and the dry roasted peanuts.

Step 4 - Mix them all up with the rubber spatula.

Step 5 - Set the slow cooker to low and put the lid on.

Step 6 - Let it cook for 1-1/2 hours (90 minutes) without touching it. This is where you can make something else. You have plenty of time and don't need to mess with it.

Step 7 - Time to stir the chocolatey, peanutty mixture up. You really need to make sure that all that white chocolate is mixed in.

Step 8 - Line the cookie sheets with wax paper.

Step 9 - Scoop out the chocolatey, peanutty mixture onto the wax paper.

Step 10 - To cool these I put the trays in the refrigerator. It cools them really well.

Step 11 - Once they have set, it's time to put them in containers or bags.

Now for the fun! Here are some ideas for presenting these treats:

• Picture it, you can put these any type of treat bag. Then you can wrap it in a fabric to resemble Santa's bag. FYI - don't put these straight into a fabric bag - it will not work well with the chocolate, especially if it gets slightly warm.
• You can also just use the festive treat bags.
• Are you just storing them for the time being? Put some wax paper in between the layers.
• For your next Christmas party/gathering, take these along in their storage container. Then when you get there put them out on a tray with a toy Rudolph sitting next to it. Write on a card - "From Rudolph". Then put a string through the card and wrap it around Rudolph.
• Get small treat boxes that are decorated with reindeer and/or Santa. Put a card/sticker on them that says, "From Rudolph"

These are easily changed up. You can add sprinkles & stir them in, after you have turned off the slow cooker and before you scoop them up. Then you could say they are Elf Treats or Elf Poop.

Switch up what kind of nuts you are using - walnuts, cashews, mixed nuts. You can pick whatever you like.

The biggest thing with these is to have fun! Enjoy!