just in a minute, Christmas Snack

Well..the kids call them "The Chips'ie Hats".

Made it for my son's christmas party at school, and this was instant hit. Back home, he was really excited. saying.."Mamma....everyone wanted my snack only, you know ! "

This item is on my Christmas Snack sale list .But as it was the most liked ..thought, well...would just share its making as well.

All that you need :

Hat shaped chips
White melting chocolate
M&M's (red and green)

..nothing much actually...just this.

How to:
Melt the white chocolate in M/W on 70 % power , 20 seconds at a time. Stir well in between and continue heating, till the whole blocks are melted. Make sure that the bowls , spoons used are perfectly dry with adsolutely no mositure content.

If chocolate comes into contact with even the tiniest amount of water while melting, it will suddenly "seize," or turn hard and grainy. A single drop of water or a whiff of steam can trigger particles in it to solidify into a dull mass.

 

1. Bip the hat shaped chips into the melted chocolate just at its outer rim.

 

Select red and green coloured M&M's and insert one into the chips.

Once the chocolate sets, it will hold the M&M in place.
 

Store in air tight containers.  A simple, cute snack ready just in less than a minute.

The only negative side it that, the kids once having this..will definitely ask for more and doing in large scale, well...this is definitely  time consuming.

Anyways, a happy smile on the younger one's faces is all worth the efforts, is it not.

A normal drink, the X'mas way...

Well...there is not much content in this post, even to write down. Two juices, served together with the seasonal festive colour theme.

I have taken - Kiwi and Lime Juice for the green colour, and Strawberry juice, filled in star shaped ice moulds and made to set.

Treat your guests to some simple welcome drink ..but...with style.

                           

  Add in the red star shaped juice ice-block just before serving.

                                                                       
                                                                           Cheers !!!

....also check out on a spicier treat, the Minty Kubus Christmas tree snack that was posted way back.

below is the link.

                              
                          http://ieatonline.blogspot.com/2012/01/kuboos-chutney-christmas-trees.html

Edible Pizza-Wreath

Christmas is very much round the corner, so what's more apt than something really simple but highly appreciated by kids and guests alike.

Pizza wreaths !

I am sharing the long cut and the short cut means to get it done. But, whatever be the way....the process is really simple.

For the pizza,

Roll the dough (recipe link here) into a circular shape and cut off a smaller circle form the centre.

Apply pizza sauce, top with shredded cheese and any toppings of our choice - chicken, sausages, diced peppers, olives.

I have layered the cheese and then the veggies on top, so that once baked the sausages and the peppers will be visible.
  

Pre-heat the oven to 180 deg C and baked till the cheese is melted and slightly brown.

..and just to share, this is the image of others foodies made form the very same dough. This was my very first attempt at making fatayers, and the challah...very much evident from the zig-zag pleating. But, its the first try..so i had my excuse.. I use the word "had", coz this was clicked about 3 years back. Was on a baking spree then and tried all that i could with the very same batch of the dough -  chicken mini pizzas, zatar and labneh fatayer, cinamon jam roll, cheese buns and plain challah bread.

So, keep this dough recipe. Its very handy. You can take my word.

And...back to our wreath...now, for the even easy short cut .
Well...i would always suggest that you keep a pack or two of frozen pizza in your freezer especially during christmas time. Just in case you have some unexpected guests...or...ur kid's friends coming over...then, this is the most quickest thing to make.

Defrost and bake as per package instructions, but just dont forget to cut off the centre from the pizza !!

Have a good day and a great Christmas with these edible wreaths !