food gift ideas?

Question

I need a couple of food gift ideas (with recipes and how to's) for children to make for a basket of goodies. The basket has to hold 3 or 4 different items and each item must contain enough for 30 people to get a little of that item. We already thought of one item and that is to make Hot chocolate cones... any other ideas?

Answer 1

You don't say how old the kids are...and not sure if you are making this at a school or church...do you have access to an oven or microwave?? Do you need "non-cooking" items?? Not knowing what your requirements are, I am going to give you a few ideas...

1)HAYSTACK CANDY

This microwave candy is made with chow mein noodles and butterscotch chips.
INGREDIENTS:
1 cup butterscotch chips
1/2 cup peanut butter
1/2 cup peanuts
2 cups chow mein noodles
PREPARATION:
Microwave the butterscotch chips and peanut butter on 50 percent power for 3 to 5 minutes. Add remaining ingredients and blend to coat noodles thoroughly. Drop by teaspoonfuls onto waxed paper.



2) PEANUT BUTTER KRISPIE BARS

INGREDIENTS:
1/4 cup butter
1 package (10 ounces) marshmallows
6 cups chocolate flavored crispy rice cereal
1 cup peanut butter chips
1/2 cup chopped peanuts, optional
PREPARATION:
Butter a 13- X 9-inch pan. In a large saucepan over low heat, melt the marshmallows and butter, stirring frequently. Remove from heat and stir in cereal, peanut butter chips, and peanuts, if using; mix until well combined.

3) PUPPY CHOW

INGREDIENTS
1 (17.5 ounce) package crispy corn cereal squares (like chex)
1/2 cup butter
1 cup semisweet chocolate chips
1 cup peanut butter
1/3 cup confectioners' sugar for decoration
DIRECTIONS
Put cereal in a large mixing bowl. Melt the butter or margarine, chocolate chips and peanut butter together. Pour over cereal and stir gently. Let cool.
Once cool place coated cereal in a large bag add some confectioners' sugar and shake until coated.

4) NO-BAKE COOKIES

INGREDIENTS
3 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder
2 cups white sugar
1/2 cup milk
1/2 cup butter
3 cups quick cooking oats
1/2 cup crunchy peanut butter
1 tablespoon vanilla extract
DIRECTIONS
Heat cocoa, sugar, milk and butter over medium heat. Boil these verrrrry slowly (they will turn out better) when they reach the boiling point boil them for no longer than 90-120 seconds.
Stir together oats, peanut butter and vanilla with a big wooden spoon or Kitchen Aid. Pour the hot mix over the oatmeal mix and drop on wax paper.

5) PEANUT BUTTER NUGGETS

INGREDIENTS
2/3 cup crushed cornflakes cereal
1/2 cup shredded coconut
1/2 cup creamy peanut butter
2 tablespoons honey
DIRECTIONS
Mix 1/2 cup corn flakes, coconut, peanut butter and honey together.
Shape into small balls and roll them in the remaining cornflakes. These cookies can be put in the fridge to firm up. They also freeze well.

Hope this helps!!

Answer 2

Happy Holidays! Sweets as others have said is always great for the holidays! Here are some ideas that are easy to make some of which requires no cooking at all..who has the time with a baby on hip.. Chocolate pies: purchase graham cracker crust, inst jello pudding mix. All it takes is mixing the the pudding and pouring it into the crust...wow your finished! you can purchase holiday bags from the dollar tree stores to wrap them in..easy as pie! Another idea: Breads. If you have a bread machine or can be baked in oven. There are a good variety of breads to choose. Maybe add some cheese slices if you so desire. Fruit jello bowls: Can fruit, jello and water. You can pick up some holiday containers with lids to place it in.. Any of these would be great and all of them I know will be made with love!

Answer 3

REINDEER COOKIES
1 cup Brown sugar
1 cup Sugar
1 cup Butter, softened
1 cup Smooth peanut butter
3 cups Flour
2 Eggs
2 teaspoons Baking soda
1/2 teaspoon Salt
1 teaspoon Vanilla

Cream the butter and sugars, eggs and peanut butter, salt and vanilla. Add the soda and flour and mix well. Roll into balls. Flatten the ball and shape it into a triangle. Place pretzel pieces into 2 of the triangle corners for antlers. Place a red M-M at the other corner (Rudolph's red nose), and 2 green M-Ms on the cookie for eyes. Bake at 375 degrees for 10-15 minutes or until golden brown.

Peppermint Brittle
2 pounds white chocolate
30 small peppermint candy canes

Line a large jellyroll pan with heavy-duty foil. Place white chocolate in a microwave-safe bowl. Heat in microwave on medium setting for 5 to 6 minutes. Stir occasionally, until chocolate is melted and smooth. Place candy canes in a plastic bag, or between two pieces of waxed paper. Using a mallet or rolling pin, break the candy canes into chunks . Stir peppermint into melted white chocolate. Spread evenly in pan, and chill until set, about 1 hour. Break into pieces by slamming pan on counter.


Raspberry Truffle Fudge
3 cups semi-sweet chocolate chips
1 (14 ounce) can sweetened condensed milk
1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
salt to taste
1/4 cup heavy cream
1/4 cup raspberry flavored liqueur
2 cups semi-sweet chocolate chips

Spray a 9x9 inch pan with non-stick cooking spray, and line with wax paper. In a microwave-safe bowl, combine 3 cups chocolate chips and sweetened condensed milk. Heat in microwave until chocolate melts, stirring occasionally. Be careful not to let it scorch. Stir in the vanilla and salt. Spread into pan, and cool to room temperature. In a microwave-safe bowl, combine cream, liqueur, and 2 cups chocolate chips. Heat in microwave until the chocolate melts; stir until smooth. Cool to lukewarm, then pour over the fudge layer. Refrigerate until both layers are completely set, about 1 hour. Cut into 1 inch pieces.

Answer 4

Here's a really easy one that kids can do--candy covered mini pretzels. Melt almond bark in the microwave, cool it a bit, and let the kids dip the mini pretzels in it and lay them on waxed paper to cool. If you want to get fancy you can put sprinkles on them before the almond bark hardens. Once they're cool you can bag them in something festive and you're done.

Answer 5

how about diffrent kinds of muffins you can bake, sugar cookies, chocolate chip cookies, or m&m cookies, snickerdoodle cookies, (just like a sugar cookie, but you roll them in sugar & cinnamon)

rice krispie treats shapped like green wreaths, just dye them green, then put red hots on them as decroation. Use twizlers for a ribbon on top of wreath (this is an opitional for me), or if you really wanan get fancy, how about homemade fudge

Answer 6

Definitely some kind of bark, like white chocolate and peppermint or milk chocolate and almond. It's simple and you can break it into pieces by hand.

Answer 7

chocolate spoons, home baked cookies or candy canes

Answer 8

cookies and candy
get candied fruits like appricots

Answer 9

Yeah go to www.threechefsgourmet.com

Answer 10

pb&j sandwhiches potato chips, hostess dingdongs and welchs grapejuice