Delicious Sweet Treat Recipes for the Holidays from Nestle

Tis’ the season for holiday celebrations with festive treats!  As the year’s biggest holiday celebrations approach, moms are planning ahead for all of their entertaining, gift giving and decorating needs to ensure their friends and family’s favorite treats are available. Nestlé is here to help with an innovative, budget-friendly candy and recipes that will leave moms smiling and also have Santa skipping cookies and reaching for these delicious sweet treat recipes for the holidays from Nestle!

Moms can kick off the holiday season with these unique products from WONKA, Nestlé Crunch and Butterfinger that are all less than $10 and are great treats for gatherings and as thoughtful gifts.

NEW WONKA Pixy Stix Filled Candy Canes – It’s an unexpected surprise that only Wonka could create! A candy cane with a twist, cherry flavor hard candy on the outside and punch flavored Pixy dust on the inside! Two different flavors in one luscious candy cane. Great as stocking stuffers or for decorating the tree!

WONKA SweeTARTS, NERDS and Laffy Taffy Tins – This one-of-a-kind collection of unique and colorful tins makes the perfect gift for the person who has everything! Buy one or all three. They are strong, sturdy metal tins that can be displayed as collectible treasures or filled with candy or trinkets and used every day.

1lb Giant Nestlé Crunch Bar – Yes, this is your favorite Nestlé Crunch bar now available in a full one pound size bar! This delicious, oversized chocolate bar can be given to the chocolate lover in your life or shared with friends and family at gatherings. The bar’s wrapper features a holiday bow and a “to/from” tag that can be written on to personalize the sweet treat. You can bet, your special someone will be wowed by this holiday-exclusive treat!

Chocolate Dipped WONKA Pixy Stix

• 1/4 cup NESTLÉ® TOLL HOUSE® Semi-Sweet Chocolate Morsels
• 1/2 teaspoon vegetable shortening
• 2 tablespoons NESTLÉ® TOLL HOUSE® Premier White Morsels
• 8 peppermint sticks or WONKA Pixy Stix Filled Candy Canes, unwrapped
• 8 cellophane bags and twist ties or ribbons for wrapping

LINE baking sheet with wax paper.

MICROWAVE semi-sweet morsels and vegetable shortening in small, uncovered, microwave-safe bowl on HIGH (100%) power for 20 seconds; STIR. The morsels may retain some of their original shape. If necessary, microwave at additional 10- to 15-second intervals, stirring just until morsels are melted.

DIP the end of each candy stick in melted chocolate, tilting bowl to easily dip. Use side of bowl to remove excess. Place on prepared baking sheet. Refrigerate for 15 minutes or until set.

MICROWAVE white morsels in small, heavy-duty plastic bag on MEDIUM-HIGH (70%) power for 20 seconds; knead. Microwave at additional 10- to 15-second intervals, kneading until smooth. Cut tiny corner from each bag. Squeeze to drizzle over ends of already dipped candy sticks. Let stand until set. Insert candy sticks into bags and secure with ties. Store at room temperature.

Cookie Ornament Cup

• 1 pkg. (16.5 oz.) NESTLÉ® TOLL HOUSE® Refrigerated Chocolate Chip Cookie Bar Dough
• 1 container (16 oz.) prepared white frosting, divided
• Red food coloring
• 2 quart-size plastic food storage bags
• Frosty WONKA® NERDS®, various holiday sprinkles, sugars and/or decorating gels
• Mini pretzel twists, broken for ornament hook (24 hooks are needed)
• 24 NESTLÉ® Jingles, any flavor, unwrapped

Directions:

PREHEAT oven to 350º F. Grease 24 mini-muffin cups. Place one square of cookie dough into each cup.

BAKE for 15 to 17 minutes or until golden brown. Cool completely in pan(s) on wire rack. With tip of butter knife, remove cookie cups from muffin pan(s).

SPOON half of frosting into plastic bag; seal. Stir food coloring into remaining frosting in container until desired color is reached. Fill other plastic bag with colored frosting; seal. Cut 1/2-inch from corner of each bag. Squeeze bags lightly to pipe frosting on top of each cookie cup to form rounded ornament shape. Decorate with Nerds, sprinkles, sugars and/or gels. Place Nestlé Jingle on top of each. To adhere hook, use a small amount of icing.

Make Ahead Tip:
• Cookie bases can be made ahead and stored covered at room temperature for up to a day.

Frosty WONKA® NERDS® and NESTLÉ® Jingles are available mid-November through December.

Very Merry Cookie Wreath

• 1 package (16.5 oz.) NESTLÉ TOLL HOUSE Refrigerated Mini Chocolate Chip Cookie Bar Dough
• 1 container (16 oz.) prepared vanilla frosting
• Green food coloring
• 14- x 17-inch piece of cardboard for base, covered in foil or parchment paper or large flat platter
• NESTLÉ® TOLL HOUSE® Morsels (such as Semi-Sweet Chocolate, Milk Chocolate, Premier White)
• Assorted WONKA® Holiday Candies (WONKA® EVERLASTING COBSTOPPER® Snowballs, NERDS® or SPREE®)
• Decorator sprinkles, candies and sugars
• 20-inch strip of strawberry fruit-flavored snack in 3-foot rolls

Directions:

PREPARE cookies following package directions. Cool on baking sheets for 2 minutes. Remove to wire rack to cool completely.

COMBINE frosting and food coloring in small bowl to shade of green desired.

SPREAD heaping teaspoons of frosting on flat sides of cookies.

ARRANGE 15 cookies on the base or platter in a 12-inch circle to form outer ring of wreath.

ARRANGE 12 cookies inside the outer ring of cookies, forming inside ring of wreath. Adhered cookies can be moved to create more space.

ARRANGE remaining 13 cookies on base ring for a second layer.

DECORATE with remaining frosting, morsels, candies, sprinkles and sugars as desired. Attach bow to top of wreath.

TO MAKE BOW:
CUT four 5-inch strips from fruit snack roll. Peel off paper backing. Cut a small “V” on end of two strips. Form loops with remaining two strips; pinch ends together. Place loops on top of strips. Pinch all together to make bow!

TIPS:
• For easier decorating, 1 cup of icing can be spooned into resealable, heavy-duty plastic bag; seal. Cut small corner of bag. Squeeze bag to use. Fill with additional icing as needed. Store any leftover icing covered in refrigerator for up to 30 days. • Cookies can also be made into a tree, initials or any other shape desired.

Nestle sent a gift box of treats to try out these recipes.