Seasonal Snacks

Hey guys! Two more days until Christmas is everyone ready?? The streets and the stores are packed so I'm assuming a lot of people are last minute shoppers. So what are you snacking on during this holiday season? I'm sure everyone has noticed entire aisles in stores filled with all types of goodies. So this post is dedicated to snacks.

Lets start with the so good bad stuff....

 

My son's class made Christmas trees in school out of waffle cones, vanilla icing, and of course candy! When I was in school we made gingerbread houses out of graham crackers and milk cartons, so I guess times have changed...anyway, my son was out sick so he had to miss this fun activity, lucky for me the teacher sent it home! Then we found another problem, the majority of candy she put in the bag to decorate was chocolate and my son doesn't like chocolate (strange right?) so we headed to Target to pick up some more candy for this activity and while we were there I picked up some things for myself. This time of year all of the candies have there holiday editions. I love the M&M packages they are so cute specially the peanut one tangled in the Christmas lights. Ferrero Rocher has their chocolates in a container shaped as a Christmas tree, Starburst and Skittles have little elves on the box, and than they have those candy cane shaped plastic containers filled with different candy, I picked up a Mike n Ike one for this project.

Here he is creating his master piece...

Making a mess right....here's the finished product....

 

So this has become the center piece for my kitchen table ...lol 

What's Christmas without candy canes? When I was a kid I only saw two types of candy canes, the traditional peppermint red and white ones and the fruity rainbow ones. The latter were my favorite. These days they have so many different types. I found these cute Toy Story ones that come with ornaments at Walmart. 

Santa's Cookies...

The cookie packages have also gotten "dressed" for the season. I love these Winter Oreo's with the peppermint creme. These are the cookies we'll be leaving out for Santa, everyone knows Santa loves Oreos. Pepperidge Farms also has a nice selection of holiday cookies out, their Holiday Homestyle box has an assortment that's good for entertaining.  I like to use their Chessman cookies in a banana pudding recipe. Instead of the rooks and knights, they have candy canes and Christmas trees on them.Check out my Recipe page for the link to Paula Deen's "Not Yo' Mama's Banana Pudding".

  

The not so bad good stuff.....

Here are some snacks that are great and won't send you into a diabetic coma!

Recognize this tin can ?

 

 It's popcorn

The popcorn tin was on the list of favorites for this time of the year. I'm pretty sure most of you have seen one of these at some point in your lives. It comes with three different types of popcorn, butter, white cheddar, and caramel. I always eat all of the caramel and the rest take a while to disappear or end up getting thrown out. 

Mixed nuts are great to have this time of year. They are definitely a favorite and great to put out on the table for company. 

Craisins are available year round, however I tend to see them more in the fall and around the holidays. They pop up in a lot of recipes. They are very good to snack on and you don't have to feel guilty because they are good for you. 

Fruit is a great snack and also makes a great gift. Edible arrangements are always a hit. 

Since we're talking about gifts, here is a look at some nice gift baskets...maybe a good idea for those of you who are still looking. Food is a great gift!!

The food find for this post....

Henry & David's Moose Munch

According to my cousin this is a great gift for teachers. It's caramel and popcorn and chocolate with nuts and it's delicious. Henry & David have great gift baskets and they also have the fruit of the month club. The fruit of the month club is a good gift because it gives year round.  Hopefully you won't this reaction though ...