It's even smelling a lot like Christmas!

The aroma of Chocolate is in the house today as Mom is making her anual Christmas Candy. She made Peanut Butter Fudge, Walnut Fudge, her should be world famous Buckeyes Candy, and the Christmas Chex Mix. I guess now would be the time to turn the scales back 5 lbs. or more! Below I've left the recipes for the Walnut Fudge and Buckeyes. Enjoy and Merry Christmas!


The Old Family Buckeye Recipe
It’s that time of year when the requests start coming in for my Mom’s Buckeyes. Back when I was working I was everyones favorite person when I would bring in a batch of my Mom’s Buckeyes. It’s been 14 years since I lost my leg to melanoma cancer and unable to work but to this day I still get request’s from fellow past workers for my Mom’s Buckeyes. It seems that everyone that has had them all say the same thing “The best Buckeyes I’ve ever had!” I think it’s the Rice Krispies that sets them apart from other Buckeye Candies. When you make a batch of these and try them I’m sure you’ll agree, let me know! These are not diabetes friendly but they are delicious. We tried making them by using reduced fat Peanut Butter and Sugar Free Chocolate but they just didn’t come out the same.
Buckeyes
Ingredients:

Recipe will make about 60 balls

1 – Stick Butter, Blue Bonnet Light Stick Butter

1 – Box (1 LB) Confectioner Sugar
2 – Cups Jiff Smooth Peanut Butter
3 – Cups Rice Krispies
1 – 12 oz. Package Chocolate Chips
1 – Small Bar Hershey’s Milk Chocolate
1/2 Bar Paraffin Wax
Directions:

* In a large bowl mix Butter, Sugar, Peanut Butter, and Rice Krispies (With Hands)
* Chill the mixture for at least 2 hours.
* Then take the mixture and roll into individual balls. The size can vary no set size.
* Melt all the Chocolate and Paraffin Wax in a double broiler or in a sauce pan on low heat stirring until smooth.
* With one or two forks dip each of the balls into the Chocolate/Wax. Drain excess off the balls and place on a sheet pan covered with wax paper and refrigerate for several hours until Chocolate has hardened into a shell covering the balls.
* Now enjoy them!



Walnut Fudge

Ingredients:

3     Cups Sugar or Splenda Equivalent

3/4 Cup  Margarine
2/3 Cup Evaporated Milk
7 oz. Jar of Marshmallow Cream
1     12 oz. bag Toll House Chocolate Chips
1     Cup Chopped Walnuts (More if wanted, to taste)
1     Teaspoon Vanilla Extract

Instructions:

Combine Sugar, Margarine, and Evap. Milk in a large pot and heat to a boil for 5 minutes, stirring frequently. Remove from heat and add Chocolate Chips, Marshmallow Cream, Nuts, and Vanilla stirring till well mixed. Pour mixture into a greased 13×9 pan. Refrigerate until firm. Cut into desired size pieces.

* You may be tempted to leave the heat on while stirring the chips. While this would normally be ok, you really shouldn’t do that in this recipe. If the mixture stays at a boiling temperature, you may be in for a nasty surprise when you add the vanilla. Bottom line: it’s safer for you and better for the fudge if the mixture cools down just a tad before the vanilla goes in. As long as you keep stirring, the chips will melt just fine.

Mom’s making Buckeyes and Walnut Chocolate Fudge!

I wish you could all get a whiff of the Chocolate aroma in the kitchen today! Mom is making her area famous yearly batches of Buckeyes and Walnut Chocolate Fudge! Everyone that’s had the Buckeyes are of the same opinion, the best they’ve ever had! The thing that sets these apart from other Buckeye Candies is the Rice Krispies she adds. So if you’re looking for a Buckeye Candy Recipe, look no further. Same with the Walnut Fudge, such a creamy, deep and rich Chocolate taste! The bad part is neither is Diabetic Friendly, but I’ll still have a half a piece of each from time to time. And both make perfect Christmas Gift that everyone enjoys!

The Old Family Buckeye Recipe
It’s that time of year when the requests start coming in for my Mom’s Buckeyes. Back when I was working I was everyones favorite person when I would bring in a batch of my Mom’s Buckeyes. It’s been 15 years since I lost my leg to melanoma cancer and unable to work but to this day I still get request’s from fellow past workers for my Mom’s Buckeyes. It seems that everyone that has had them all say the same thing “The best Buckeyes I’ve ever had!” I think it’s the Rice Krispies that sets them apart from other Buckeye Candies. When you make a batch of these and try them I’m sure you’ll agree, let me know! These are not diabetes friendly but they are delicious. We tried making them by using reduced fat Peanut Butter and Sugar Free Chocolate but they just didn’t come out the same.



Buckeyes


Ingredients:

Recipe will make about 60 balls

1 – Stick Butter, Blue Bonnet Light Stick Butter
1 – Box (1 LB) Confectioner Sugar
2 – Cups Jiff Smooth Peanut Butter
3 – Cups Rice Krispies
1 – 12 oz. Package Chocolate Chips
1 – Small Bar Hershey’s Milk Chocolate
1/2 Bar Paraffin Wax


Directions:

* In a large bowl mix Butter, Sugar, Peanut Butter, and Rice Krispies (With Hands)
* Chill the mixture for at least 2 hours.
* Then take the mixture and roll into individual balls. The size can vary no set size.
* Melt all the Chocolate and Paraffin Wax in a double broiler or in a sauce pan on low heat stirring until smooth.
* With one or two forks dip each of the balls into the Chocolate/Wax. Drain excess off the balls and place on a sheet pan covered with wax paper and refrigerate for several hours until Chocolate has hardened into a shell covering the balls.
* Now enjoy them!




Well like the Buckeye recipe above this ones not so Diabetic friendly but they sure are good! You can make it a some what lower in calories and carbs by using Splenda instead of the Sugar it calls for. This is a great Fudge recipe. My Mom has made this for as long as I can remember. Hope you enjoy it as much as all of us. Enjoy!


Walnut Fudge

Ingredients:

3 Cups Sugar or Splenda Equivalent
3/4 Cup  Margarine
2/3 Cup Evaporated Milk
7 oz. Jar of Marshmallow Cream
1     12 oz. bag Toll House Chocolate Chips
1     Cup Chopped Walnuts (More if wanted, to taste)
1     Teaspoon Vanilla Extract

Instructions:

Combine Sugar, Margarine, and Evap. Milk in a large pot and heat to a boil for 5 minutes, stirring frequently. Remove from heat and add Chocolate Chips, Marshmallow Cream, Nuts, and Vanilla stirring till well mixed. Pour mixture into a greased 13×9 pan. Refrigerate until firm. Cut into desired size pieces.

* You may be tempted to leave the heat on while stirring the chips. While this would normally be ok, you really shouldn’t do that in this recipe. If the mixture stays at a boiling temperature, you may be in for a nasty surprise when you add the vanilla. Bottom line: it’s safer for you and better for the fudge if the mixture cools down just a tad before the vanilla goes in. As long as you keep stirring, the chips will melt just fine.

One of America's Favorite Christmas Treats - Rice Krispie Treats

Rice Krispies Treats (also called Rice Krispies squares, bars, buns,cakes or Marshmallow Squares) are a sweet dessert or snack made from Rice Krispies or other crisp rice cereal, melted butter or margarine, and either melted marshmallows or marshmallow creme, the latter which allows the treat to be suitable for vegetarians. While they can be made at home, they can also be found available for purchase in a box, the latter of which debuted in 1995. Rice Krispies Treats can also be made either very thin, or thick and gooey, depending on the ratio of marshmallows to cereal.



Rice Krispies Treats were invented in 1939 by Malitta Jensen and Mildred Day at the Kellogg Company home economics department as a fund raiser for Camp Fire Girls.



Sometimes marshmallows and/or cereal that is seasonal is used to make these treats holiday-specific. There are many other variations to the treat – adding caramel instead of marshmallows, adding condensed milk to the mixture before adding the Rice Krispies, using corn syrup and peanut butter, adding chocolate chips, nuts, flavoring agents, M&M's or other candy. Chocolate crackles are a similar item. Kellogg's produces plain and chocolate-based treats under the names of "Rice Krispies Treats" (in the U.S. and Mexico), "Squares" (in Canada and the U.K.) and "LCMs" (in Australia and New Zealand). Alternative forms of Rice Krispies Treats can actually made from other types of cereal as well to still create a deliciously sweet dessert. Other cereals such as Lucky Charms, Fruit Loops, and Cinnamon Toast Crunch are just a few options to vary from Rice Krispies, yet stick with the original recipe of adding marshmallows, butter, and the other normal ingredients.

"Rice Krispies Treats" is a name that is trademarked by Kellogg's; however, other manufacturers offer similar products under variant names such as "Crisped Rice Treats" or "Marshmallow Treats".







Kellogg's company came out with a cereal based on this treat. Kellogg's Rice Krispies Treats cereal briefly surged in popularity, and received a 6 out of 7 rating on popular breakfast critic website Mr. Breakfast. Recently this cereal has become harder to find, though Kellogg's website contains resources that can help with finding their rarer cereals.



* Below is a recipe of a variation of the normal Rice Krispie Treats, Rice Krispie Wreaths.




Rice Krispies Treats


Rice Krispie Wreaths

Ingredients needed:
3 T. butter
1 package (10 oz.) marshmallows
6 C. Rice Krispies
1 t. green food coloring
½ t. of mint extract
1 Twizzlers Cherry Pull-n-Peel
1 bottle of cinnamon candies like Red Hots

Directions:

Melt the butter in a large stove-top pan and then adds marshmallows, stirring until completely melted. Add the green food coloring. Stir in Rice Krispies cereal. Mix together the Rice Krispies and marshmallow concoction and begin forming their wreaths, which will be about the size of a medium sand dollar. After the wreaths are formed into a circle complete with a hole in the middle, they should be placed on wax paper to cool and maintain their new shape. While cooling on the wax paper, everyone picks a few wreaths and decorates them with ribbons of pull-n-peel Twizzlers or holly berries made from cinnamon dots.

Mom had the flu for quite a while but she's finally feeling good again, and making Buckeyes! Everyone that has these are of the same opinion, the best they've ever had! The thing that sets these apart from other Buckeye Candies is the Rice Krispies she adds. So if your looking for a Buckeye Candy Recipe, look no further.



The Old Family Buckeye Recipe

It’s that time of year when the requests start coming in for my Mom’s Buckeyes. Back when I was working I was everyones favorite person when I would bring in a batch of my Mom's Buckeyes. It’s been 13 years since I lost my leg to melanoma cancer and unable to work but to this day but I still get request’s from fellow past workers for my Mom’s Buckeyes. It seems that everyone that has had them all say the same thing “The best Buckeyes I’ve ever had!” I think it’s the Rice Krispies that sets them apart from other Buckeye Candies. When you make a batch of these and try them I’m sure you’ll agree, let me know! These are not diabetes friendly but they are delicious. We tried making them by using reduced fat Peanut Butter and Sugar Free Chocolate but they just didn’t come out the same.


Ingredients:

Recipe will make about 60 balls

1 – Stick Butter, Blue Bonnet Light Stick Butter
1 – Box (1 LB) Confectioner Sugar
2 – Cups Jiff Smooth Peanut Butter
3 – Cups Rice Krispies
1 – 12 oz. Package Chocolate Chips
1 – Small Bar Hershey’s Milk Chocolate
1/2 Bar Paraffin Wax


Directions:

* In a large bowl mix Butter, Sugar, Peanut Butter, and Rice Krispies (With Hands)
* Chill the mixture for at least 2 hours.
* Then take the mixture and roll into individual balls. The size can vary no set size.
* Melt all the Chocolate and Paraffin Wax in a double broiler or in a sauce pan on low heat stirring until smooth.
* With one or two forks dip each of the balls into the Chocolate/Wax. Drain excess off the balls and place on a sheet pan covered with wax paper and refrigerate for several hours until Chocolate has hardened into a shell covering the balls.
* Now enjoy them!

One of America's Favorite Christmas Treats - Buckeyes

Buckeye candy (also referred to simply as buckeyes) is a confection made from a peanut butter fudge partially dipped in chocolate to leave a circle of peanut butter visible. Buckeyes are similar to peanut butter balls (or peanut-butter-filled chocolate balls), which are completely covered in chocolate.

Named for their resemblance to the nut of the Ohio buckeye tree, the state tree of Ohio, this candy is particularly popular in Ohio and neighboring states.

It is common for Ohioans to make buckeyes at home, but they are also available in mail-order catalogs and candy shops.

The Old Family Buckeye Recipe


Ingredients:

Recipe will make about 60 balls

1 – Stick Butter, Blue Bonnet Light Stick Butter
1 – Box (1 LB) Confectioner Sugar
2 – Cups Jiff Smooth Peanut Butter
3 – Cups Rice Krispies
1 – 12 oz. Package Chocolate Chips
1 – Small Bar Hershey’s Milk Chocolate
1/2 Bar Paraffin Wax


Directions:

* In a large bowl mix Butter, Sugar, Peanut Butter, and Rice Krispies (With Hands)
* Chill the mixture for at least 2 hours.
* Then take the mixture and roll into individual balls. The size can vary no set size.
* Melt all the Chocolate and Paraffin Wax in a double broiler or in a sauce pan on low heat stirring until smooth.
* With one or two forks dip each of the balls into the Chocolate/Wax. Drain excess off the balls and place on a sheet pan covered with wax paper and refrigerate for several hours until Chocolate has hardened into a shell covering the balls.
* Now enjoy them!

The Old Family Buckeye Recipe

It's that time of year when the requests start coming in for my Mom's Buckeyes. Back when I was working I wasn’t one to switch jobs too often. A total of three full time jobs during that time. It’s been 9 years since I lost my leg to melanoma cancer and unable to work but to this day I still get request’s from fellow past workers and friends for my Mom’s Buckeyes. It seems that everyone that has had them all say the same thing “The best Buckeyes I’ve ever had!” I think it’s the Rice Krispies that sets them apart from other Buckeye Candies.  I’m sure you’ll agree, let me know! These are not diabetes friendly but are delicious. We tried making them by using reduced fat Peanut Butter and Sugar Free Chocolate but they just didn’t come out the same.


Ingredients:

Recipe will make about 60 balls

1 - Stick Butter, Blue Bonnet Light Stick Butter
1 - Box (1 LB) Confectioner Sugar
2 - Cups Jiff Smooth Peanut Butter
3 - Cups Rice Krispies
1 - 12 oz. Package Chocolate Chips
1 - Small Bar Hershey’s Milk Chocolate
1/2 Bar Paraffin Wax


Directions:

* In a large bowl mix Butter, Sugar, Peanut Butter, and Rice Krispies  (With Hands)
* Chill the mixture for at least 2 hours.
* Then take the mixture and roll into individual balls. The size can vary no set size.
* Melt all the Chocolate and Paraffin Wax in a double broiler or in a sauce pan on low heat stirring until smooth.
* With one or two forks dip each of the balls into the Chocolate/Wax. Drain excess off the balls and place on a sheet pan covered with wax paper and refrigerate for several hours until Chocolate has hardened into a shell covering the balls.
* Now enjoy them!

The Old Family Buckeye Recipe

Back when I was working I wasn't one to switch jobs too often. A total of three full time jobs during that time. It's been 9 years since I lost my leg to melanoma cancer and unable to work but to this day I still get request's from fellow past workers for my Mom's Buckeyes. It seems that everyone that has had them all say the same thing "The best Buckeyes I've ever had!" I'm sure you'll agree, let me know!

Ingredients

Recipe will make about 60 balls

1 Stick Butter
1 Box (1 LB) Confectioner Sugar
2 Cups Jiff Smooth Peanut Butter
3 Cups Rice Krispies
1 12 oz. Package Chocolate Chips
1 Small Bar Hershey's Milk Chocolate
1/2 Bar Paraffin Wax

* In a large bowl mix Butter, Sugar, Peanut Butter, and Rice Krispies  (With Hands)
* Chill the mixture for at least 2 hours.
* Then take the mixture and roll into individual balls. The size can vary no set size.
* Melt all the Chocolate and Paraffin Wax in a double broiler or in a sauce pan on low heat stirring until smooth.
* With one or two forks dip each of the balls into the Chocolate/Wax. Drain excess off the balls and place on a sheet pan covered with wax paper and refrigerate for several hours until Chocolate has hardened into a shell covering the balls.
* Now enjoy them!