{"id":1079,"date":"2007-05-06T21:24:39","date_gmt":"2007-05-07T01:24:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/catchingfireflies.com\/blog\/?p=1079"},"modified":"2007-05-06T21:24:39","modified_gmt":"2007-05-07T01:24:39","slug":"tempt_moms_tast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.catchingfirefliesgifts.com\/blog\/2007\/05\/tempt_moms_tast\/","title":{"rendered":"tempt mom&#8217;s tastebuds"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/catchingfireflies.typepad.com\/photos\/uncategorized\/2007\/05\/06\/covered_caramels.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"image-full\" title=\"Covered_caramels\" alt=\"Covered_caramels\" src=\"http:\/\/catchingfireflies.typepad.com\/photos\/uncategorized\/2007\/05\/06\/covered_caramels.jpg\" border=\"0\" style=\"FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 5px 5px 0px\" \/><\/a>What better way to cater to mom&#8217;s sweet tooth than with some homemade choclate covered caramels?&nbsp; It&#8217;s a fairly simple recipe that the kids can partake in with a little help from any adult.<\/p>\n<p>1 bag Kraft caramels<\/p>\n<p>12 oz. chocolate chips<\/p>\n<p>1\/2 c. Crisco<\/p>\n<p>1 cup chopped pistachios or other nuts<\/p>\n<p>8 oz. crushed Werthers candies<\/p>\n<p>toothpicks<\/p>\n<p>Remove wrappers from caramels and candies.&nbsp; Chop or crush nuts &amp; candies into small pieces. Melt chocolate chips and Crisco in sauce pan over low heat until melted (stir constantly).&nbsp; Remove chocolate from heat and let cool slightly.&nbsp; Stick a toothpick in a caramel and dip into chocolate, then roll in nuts or candies and set on wax paper to cool.&nbsp; Repeat.&nbsp; Yields 48 tasty treats. <\/p>\n<p>How lovely would it be to place a dozen of these caramels in a fancy wrapped box to give to mom?&nbsp; Your homemade sweets would win mom&#8217;s heart over Godiva any day!<\/p>\n<div id=\"flaresmith\" class=\"feedflare\"><script src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~s\/http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/catchingfireflies\/TyNo?i=http:\/\/www.catchingfirefliesgifts.com\/blog\/2007\/05\/tempt_moms_tast\/\" type=\"text\/javascript\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div><div class=\"linkwithin_hook\" id=\"http:\/\/www.catchingfirefliesgifts.com\/blog\/2007\/05\/tempt_moms_tast\/\"><\/div><script>\n<!-- \/\/LinkWithinCodeStart\nvar linkwithin_site_id = 944859;\nvar linkwithin_div_class = \"linkwithin_hook\";\n\/\/LinkWithinCodeEnd -->\n<\/script>\n<script src=\"http:\/\/www.linkwithin.com\/widget.js\"><\/script>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.linkwithin.com\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.linkwithin.com\/pixel.png\" alt=\"Related Posts Plugin for WordPress, Blogger...\" style=\"border: 0\" \/><\/a>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What better way to cater to mom&#8217;s sweet tooth than with some homemade choclate covered caramels?&nbsp; It&#8217;s a fairly simple recipe that the kids can partake in with a little help from any adult. 1 bag Kraft caramels 12 oz. chocolate chips 1\/2 c. Crisco 1 cup chopped pistachios or other nuts 8 oz. crushed Werthers candies toothpicks Remove wrappers from caramels and candies.&nbsp; Chop or crush nuts &amp; candies into small pieces. Melt chocolate chips and Crisco in sauce pan over low heat until melted (stir constantly).&nbsp; Remove chocolate from heat and let cool slightly.&nbsp; Stick a toothpick in a caramel and dip into chocolate, then roll in nuts or candies and set on wax paper to cool.&nbsp; Repeat.&nbsp; Yields 48 tasty treats. 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