{"id":16220,"date":"2013-12-11T12:49:33","date_gmt":"2013-12-11T18:49:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/?p=16220"},"modified":"2013-12-11T21:23:16","modified_gmt":"2013-12-12T03:23:16","slug":"yummy-christmas-candy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/2013\/12\/11\/yummy-christmas-candy\/","title":{"rendered":"Yummy Christmas Candy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/photo3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-16228\" alt=\"photo3\" src=\"http:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/photo3-225x300.jpg\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/photo3-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/photo3-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/photo3.jpg 1224w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>My sister, Nicole, and our kids and I made some delicious, easy, and kid-friendly Christmas treats this weekend. You just need a few simple ingredients and you are ready to go.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Items Needed<\/strong><\/span>: <a href=\"http:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/photo2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-16229\" alt=\"photo2\" src=\"http:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/photo2-225x300.jpg\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/photo2-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/photo2-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/photo2.jpg 1224w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Snowflake Ritz crackers<br \/>\nCreamy Peanut Butter<br \/>\nPretzels \u2013 2 types: Rods and Tiny Twists<br \/>\nWhite Chocolate Bark \u2013 2 Packages<br \/>\nRed and Green Sprinkles<\/p>\n<p>Wax Paper<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Directions<\/strong><\/span>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>First make peanut butter sandwiches out of your Ritz crackers and Peanut Butter <a href=\"http:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/photo1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-16227\" alt=\"photo1\" src=\"http:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/photo1-300x185.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"185\" srcset=\"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/photo1-300x185.jpg 300w, https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/photo1-1024x632.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/photo1.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Second, lay down wax paper on the table or cabinet to place the candy for drying.<\/li>\n<li>Next, melt your white chocolate in the microwave or on the stove top. Make sure you stir thoroughly during the melting process. We used two packages for all of the candy we made. We melted each package separately to make the melting process easier.<\/li>\n<li>Once the chocolate is melted, put the peanut butter sandwiches in the chocolate and remove with a spoon once it is coated. Do the same thing with the pretzel twists. For the pretzel rods, break in half, and just dip the tip into the chocolate.<\/li>\n<li>Place the candy on wax paper.<\/li>\n<li>Now, sprinkle the pretzels with either the red or green sprinkles\u00a0of your choice.<\/li>\n<li>Let the chocolate harden and enjoy this tasty treat.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Happy Candy Making!<\/p>\n<p>Amy<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My sister, Nicole, and our kids and I made some delicious, easy, and kid-friendly Christmas treats this weekend. You just need a few simple ingredients and you are ready to go. &nbsp; Items Needed: Snowflake Ritz crackers Creamy Peanut Butter Pretzels \u2013 2 types: Rods and Tiny Twists White Chocolate Bark \u2013 2 Packages Red [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":108,"featured_media":16228,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[15],"tags":[2884,3038,4690,1287,425,4781],"class_list":["post-16220","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-at-home-with-gch","tag-amy-boyd","tag-at-home-w-gch","tag-cooking-with-kids","tag-gch","tag-girlfriends-coffee-hour","tag-yummy-christmas-candy","entry"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/photo3.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p39pHp-4dC","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16220","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/108"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16220"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16220\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16230,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16220\/revisions\/16230"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16228"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16220"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16220"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16220"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}