Monday, December 13, 2010

'Tis the season...for snowmen and gingerbread

There really is something magical about the combination of butter, marshmallows and crispy rice cereal. The other day I was in a cooking/crafting mood, and so each member of our family got their own snowman.

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We all four thoroughly enjoyed them! Zoodle's developing quite a little sense of humor, and really put on a show while eating his. "This snowman doesn't have any eyes!" he exclaimed when he'd eaten the chocolate chips. "This snowman doesn't have any nose!"

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He really got giggly when he said, "This snowman doesn't have a head!"

How do you get an almost-five-year-old to eat her dinner? Snowman bribery!

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I'd also picked up some gingerbread-flavored marshmallows. (In fact, they're shaped like little gingerbread men--so cute!) They're made by Kraft. I used them to make another batch of treats, but when I tried them, they just weren't quite right. Nothing some chocolate chips and a microwave couldn't fix.

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This gingerbread chocolate version has a richer, more adult flavor...or at least that's what you can tell yourself to justify not sharing with the kids!

Hope you are enjoying a sweet holiday!

This isn't a sponsored post, but if you're hungry, the Original Rice Krispies Treats recipe can be found here!

2 comments:

Melody said...

Great ideas! I'm going to try them both. :) Thanks for giving such good creative ideas that I can steal!!!

beckiwithani said...

So cute! What did you use for the hats and mouths on the snowmen?