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Topic: Candy
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musiclovingmom
♀ 38207
Member # 38207 |  Posted: 11:37 PM, December 17th (Tuesday), 2013 |     |
Every year I make candy at Christmas. My mom did and her mom did and my great grandmother probably did too. I had planned to cut way back this year - divinity, chocolate fudge and peanut brittle. I had even asked my husband for suggestions over a week ago. Just as I finished my grocery list yesterday, he decided he wanted several other candies. So, here's my updated candy list:
Hard candy
- cinnamon
- Spearmint
- Strawberry
- Raspberry
- Apple
Chocolate fudge
Peanut butter fudge
Peanut brittle
Peanut patties
Divinity
Buckeyes
Turtles
Chocolate covered brownie bites
Plus - 8 dozen cinnamon rolls and I have to finish sewing my daughter's Christmas dress with matching hair bows and matching ties for the boys.
Besides cookies, what are you making? [This message edited by musiclovingmom at 11:39 PM, December 17th (Tuesday)]
Posts: 1237 | Registered: Jan 2013 |
lynnm1947
♀ 15300
Member # 15300 | | Posted: 8:04 AM, December 18th (Wednesday), 2013 | |
My daughter and I made 62 1/2 dozen of 11 varieties of cookies, plus I made a big batch of candied and chocolate-dipped orange peel. That's it for me!
I am making a three-part dessert sampler (orange-cardamom pound cake, orange jelly mousses, and the aforementioned orange peel) for a friend Christmas party on Saturday. And I will bake an eggnog cheesecake and a chocolate hazelnut torte for the family Christmas dinner dessert.
Age: 64..ummmmmmm, no...............65....no...oh, hell born in 1947. You figure it out!
"I could have missed the pain, but I would have had to miss the dance." Garth Brooks
Posts: 7591 | Registered: Jul 2007 | From: Toronto, Canada |
musiclovingmom
♀ 38207
Member # 38207 | | Posted: 9:41 AM, December 18th (Wednesday), 2013 | |
I read in your other post about cookies. 62 1/2 dozen is probably more cookies than I've made in the last 5 years. I did make 6 dozen Nutella cookies for a cookie exchange, but I'm done with cookies for this Christmas.
Posts: 1237 | Registered: Jan 2013 |
tushnurse
♀ 21101
Member # 21101 | | Posted: 10:00 AM, December 18th (Wednesday), 2013 | |
I made 4 breakfast pies, and 2 giant batches of Lasagna.
I quit with the cookies when 3 of 4 of us had a weight issue.
Me: FBS
Him: FWS
Kids: 15 & 17
Married for 22 years now, was 16 at the time. .
D-Day Sept 26 2008
Fully R'd, and Happy Happy Happy
Posts: 9032 | Registered: Oct 2008 | From: St. Louis |
nowiknow23
♀ 33226
Member # 33226 | | Posted: 10:25 AM, December 18th (Wednesday), 2013 | |
A standing snowman birthday cake for DS. 
He's had a snowman cake for every birthday, with a different "theme" for each year. Last year was minimalist snowman - just eyes and a nose. 
This year might be a cammo snowman, but the jury's still out.
You can call me NIK
"Keep your face always toward the sunshine - and shadows will fall behind you."
-Walt Whitman
Posts: 26986 | Registered: Aug 2011 |
musiclovingmom
♀ 38207
Member # 38207 | | Posted: 11:32 AM, December 18th (Wednesday), 2013 | |
Tushnurse- I love a good lasagna (heck, I even like a bad lasagna).
NIK - I have an especially thankful heart for parents who make December birthdays special separate from Christmas. Both my sister and I are December babies and our mom made it a point to celebrate them. I had friends whose parents rolled Christmas and birthday into one celebration. High five to you for going the extra mile during an already busy season!!
Posts: 1237 | Registered: Jan 2013 |
nowiknow23
♀ 33226
Member # 33226 | | Posted: 12:29 PM, December 18th (Wednesday), 2013 | |
MLM - I have a February birthday, and I used to get the combined Christmas/birthday gifts as a kid!!! 
You can call me NIK
"Keep your face always toward the sunshine - and shadows will fall behind you."
-Walt Whitman
Posts: 26986 | Registered: Aug 2011 |
ISPIFFD
♀ 26367
Member # 26367 | | Posted: 1:44 PM, December 18th (Wednesday), 2013 | |
I make soap
Looks a bit like fudge, smells like peppermint fudge... but no calories!
Me: BW (55)
Him: WH (62)
7/14/11 - Divorced
Posts: 1940 | Registered: Nov 2009 | From: another world |
musiclovingmom
♀ 38207
Member # 38207 | | Posted: 6:52 PM, December 18th (Wednesday), 2013 | |
That soap looks amazing! I love handmade soap, unfortunately almost all the local soap makers include Shea butter in their recipes and I'm allergic.  I should probably ask if they'd make a special batch, but they're always so busy and I don't know how worried I need to be about cross-contamination.
Posts: 1237 | Registered: Jan 2013 |
ISPIFFD
♀ 26367
Member # 26367 | | Posted: 8:53 AM, December 19th (Thursday), 2013 | |
mlm, I sent you a pm 
Me: BW (55)
Him: WH (62)
7/14/11 - Divorced
Posts: 1940 | Registered: Nov 2009 | From: another world |
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