The holidays are always an interesting time of year. I love all the lights, the smell of Christmas trees, the shopping ... but most of all I love showing off my creative side. Usually I make these beautiful chocolate truffles as gifts for my friends and co-workers. This year, I didn't trust myself around all the chocolate. So, I decided to go a different route.
I bought little hand lotions and put them in cellophane bags with creatively stamped toppers. After I made up a few of these I realized I was missing all the men. They wouldn't really dig hand lotion. So, I dug up some willpower and went to Walgreen's and bought a ton of candy. That's right - about $50 worth of KitKats, chocolate Santa's and Candy Canes. This is what I made.
Aren't these super cute! Little Santa Sleighs made out of candy. I got the idea from my sister who received a similar one from a parent at her kids' school. I added Santa to it. I thought the sleigh needed a driver!
I started making these after work last night, around midnight. I made about 30 of them in, I don't know, about 3 hours. It was a very late night. The best part, I didn't take one bite of any of that candy. Not one! I did burn my hand with the glue gun, but nothing too serious.
One big tip. Buy candy you don't like when you're doing something like this. I bought lots of candy with nuts. I do not like nuts. I do love KitKats, but that couldn't be avoided. They're really the best shape for this sort of thing. A Hershey's bar with nuts would be too long and a Reese's Peanut Butter cup could fall apart in the middle. But, no matter, I didn't take a bite. I did, however, make them quickly and get them out of the house the very next day. No leftovers, thank you very much!
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