DIY Holiday Treats
Are you planning a holiday party?! The Milk Shake Factory, a 99-year-old family-run chocolate company, is celebrating the holidays this year with their newest product Snappers. They created these fun and festive DIY Holiday Treats – perfect for your upcoming celebrations! Check out the recipes below. Snappers are available at your nearest Costco or online at Edward Marc.
Snappers Reindeer:
- Start with a Snapper as the reindeer head
- Melt 3 oz. of dark chocolate in a saucepan
- Dip Snapper in chocolate and evenly coat with a spoon
- Attach two pretzel pieces at the top as antlers
- Attach a butterscotch coin or Nilla wafer, as the base of the nose
- Place a dot of chocolate on the wafer and attach a red candy for the nose
- Add candy eyes with mini M&Ms
Snappers Snowman:
- Begin with a Snapper as a base of the Snowman
- Melt 3 oz. of white chocolate in a saucepan and evenly coat the Snapper with a spoon
- While chocolate is still warm, coat the Snapper in coconut
- Use a brown candy or melted dark chocolate for the eyes and smile
- Finally insert candy corn for the “carrot nose”
Snappers Wreath:
- Cut a 12 inch circle out of cardboard
- Cut out and remove the inner circle
- Melt 5 oz. of dark, milk or white chocolate, dip the Snappers in chocolate and then dip into green or red sprinkles.
- Allow 10 minutes to dry
- Coat outer circular board with chocolate and attach Snappers to make the leaves of the wreath
- Decorate with starlite mints or other festive candies
- Attach a ribbon made out of licorice to bottom half of wreath
Snappers Ornament:
- Start with a Snapper as the base of the Christmas tree
- Melt 3 oz. of white chocolate in a saucepan
- Dip Snapper in melted chocolate and evenly coat with a spoon, being careful to leave an area uncovered at the top where a hook or ribbon can be attached
- While the white chocolate is still warm, attach alternating rows of red or green candies and sprinkles to resemble a Christmas bulb
- Allow 10 minutes to dry
- Attach a ribbon or hook to hang on the Christmas tree