I'm Leaving Candy-Making to the Experts

I promised to report about my candy-making efforts. These "Snowshoes" were the prettiest. They're basically buttercream frosting with a pecan pressed into it. Way too sweet, even for me. I won't be making these again.

The "No-Bake Chewies" below were really disappointing. The ingredients looked yummy: dates, raisins, walnuts, granola, and dried cranberries. I heated the mixture of buter, honey, Karo syrup, and I forgot what else, but when mixed with the first items, they didn't "stick." So I just spread it out on a cookie sheet. My DH said it was good ice cream topping. I'm not so sure. Confectioner's sugar is sprinkled on top. If they had been a success, I would have come up with a better name. Why name them for a process that isn't used in the making?

These chocolate "Haystacks" were pretty good. All you do is melt semi-sweet chocolate chips in a double boiler, then mix in some chow mein noodles and drop in little haystacks. Well, okay, I admit that I was looking at the kids section of my cookbook by this time. Haha.

So I'll be saying good-bye to the kitchen and heading up to my quilt room. It's just as well that I don't learn how to make some delicious treat that I'd have to try to resist. If you're wondering why the candies are on aluminum foil, I didn't have any waxed paper, and I didn't want to waste my freezer paper because I need that for important stuff.