CANDY “SUSHI”

1T. Butter, cut into pieces
12 Marshmallows
2c. Puffed rice cereal (Rice Krispies)
6 fruit roll ups
6 strips of licorice, cut in half
 

Melt butter in a medium saucepan over low heat and add marshmallows. Stir marshmallows until completely melted. Remove mixture from heat and add cereal. Stir to coat cereal evenly in melted marshmallows.
Roll out the fruit roll-ups. Place a few spoonfuls of the coated cereal onto each fruit roll-up and gather toward the back edge of the roll-up. Press 2 cut licorice twists onto cereal mix. Wrap and roll the candy and fruit roll-up so that the finished product resembles a sushi roll, shimmying the licorice into the center of the Rice Krispies.
Place a sharp knife into a bowl of very warm water. Cut candy sushi with warm knife and arrange pieces on a plate to serve.

*It's fun to garnish with Swedish fish too. :)

CINNAMON ORNAMENTS

1/2c. Apple sauce
1c. Cinnamon
1/4c. White glue
Medium sized bowl

In medium bowl, mix applesauce, cinnamon, and glue. Knead the dough until smooth and clay-like. If too sticky, add more cinnamon, if to dry a bit more apple sauce.
Roll dough out on a cinnamon covered table. Use cookie cutters to cut out various shapes. If you want to make the shapes into ornaments, make a hole at the top. Place ornaments on waxed covered cookie sheets to dry.

GINGERBREAD MODELING DOUGH

1/4c. Butter
1/2c. Brown sugar
1/2c. Molasses
31/2c. Flour
1t. Baking soda
1/4t. Cloves
1t. Cinnamon
1t. Ginger
1/2t. Salt
1/3c. Water
Large bowl, cookie sheet

In large bowl, mix well the butter and sugar
Beat in the molasses
Add the flour, soda, cloves, cinnamon, ginger, and salt
Add the water and mix well, using your hands to mix the flour in when the dough becomes too stiff
Now the dough is ready to model into gingerbread boys, girls, or anything you wish
Place modeled dough on greased cookie sheet. Bake the dough at 350 for 8-10 minutes or longer, depending on the thickness.

MONKEY DOGS

1 hot dog roll
Peanut butter
banana peeled
squirtable strawberry jam  (optional)
Spread peanut butter on the inside of the hot dog roll, place the banana inside of it, like a hot dog. Top with strawberry jam (like ketchup)
Enjoy!

CHEESY PIZZA POPCORN

2 T. butter
1 t. garlic powder
1 bag natural-flavored microwave popcorn
1t. Dried oregano
1t. Paprika
1/2c. Grated parmesan cheese
Place butter in a small microwave-safe dish and add the garlic powder. Melt the butter in the microwave for 10-15 seconds. Remove the butter and put the bag of popcorn in the microwave. Pop the corn according to package directions. Pour hot popped corn into a big bowl. Pour the garlic butter in a slow stream over the popcorn. Sprinkle on some oregano flakes and paprika. Add the cheese, sprinkling all over the corn. Stir the hot popcorn with a big spoon to melt the cheese onto the corn.

ORANGE FREEZE

2c. Orange juice
1 pt. Orange sherbet
6oz. Lemon lime soda or seltzer
4 slices fresh orange
Fountain straws

Place o.j. sherbet, and soda in a blender and blend. Pour into large juice glasses and serve. Decorate glasses with a slice of fresh orange hanging on the side and a drinking straw.

PEANUT BUTTER PLAYDOUGH

3 ½ c. peanut butter
4c. Confectioners’ sugar
3 1/2c. Honey
4c. Dry milk

In a large bowl mix together peanut butter, confectioners’ sugar, then stir in honey and fold in milk powder. Divide into pieces and refrigerate or freeze until ready to use.  Makes about 16 servings.

Silly Smiles

1 red apple, sliced and cored
Peanut butter
Mini marshmallows
Spread peanut butter on one side of two apple slices.

Place mini marshmallows in a row in peanut butter, so that they look like teeth.
Place two slices together, so that the red skin are lips, and the marshmallows are the smiling teeth.

Pumpkin Pie Smoothie

1 15oz. Can pure pumpkin, chilled
1 12oz. Can evaporated fat free milk
1c. Vanilla yogurt
1/4c. Granulated sugar
1/4t. Pumpkin pie spice
Light whipped cream

Combine pumpkin, evaporated milk, yogurt, sugar, and pumpkin pie spice in blender, cover. Blend until mixture is smooth. If too thick, add water a little at a time, until you get the consistency that you want.

Bug Salad

½ Ripe tomato
Black olives sliced
Pretzel sticks
Tooth picks

Place tomato half on plate so rounded side is up.
Use tooth picks to place olives on tomato to make the ladybug’s head and spots.
Use pretzel sticks to make antennae