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Easy candies. Great way to use up any left over chocolate or crunches too. These were shared with me by a friend.

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LIDA'S CAKE BALLS
1 cake- any flavor nuts -if desired
1 cup vanilla icing
Chocolate coating for dipping

Make cake. Tear into pieces and mix with icing. Add nuts or fruits for more interest. Dip in chocolate and roll in real chocolate sprinkle candies - or stripe with seasonal colors.

TIGER BUTTER
1 lb. White chocolate melted coating
1/2 c. Peanut butter
1/2 to 1 cup milk chocolate coating; melted

Pour melted white chocolate onto foil lied cookie sheet. Mix melted chocolate and peanut butter. Spoon or pour "pools" onto white chocolate. Marbleize or swirl with knife. Set up in fridge (or on deck). Break into pieces. NOTE: this is marvelous put into a shell mold for an authentic shell look.

OLD FAVORITES FOR LAST MINUTE GIVING

DREAM CYCLE/CREAM CYCLE
1 lb Guittard vanilla coating
1/2 to 1 lb Guittard orange coating

Melt chocolate in separate bowls. Spread vanilla onto parchment lined cookie sheet; drop spoonfuls of orange on top of white. Swirl with knife. Chill. Use extra orange to coat popcorn (yum).

SWIRLS - Melt two different chocolate coatings such as orange and vanilla (above) strawberry Guittard and semi-sweet, peanut butter and milk chocolate, or try flavoring green with mint and swirling with white chocolate coating. Festive, easy - choose your flavors and colors.

CANDY COATED POPCORN - Make recipe of microwave popcorn (use the no butter or low butter and low salt type). Melt chocolate coating (your choice of flavor and color) and mix popcorn into the chocolate. Spread and let dry. Add nuts if desired. Delicious and quick. Warning: this is addictive.

BRICKLES - Basic recipe is to melt chocolate coating, add "brickle" of choice; about 1/2 pound of crunch of choice. Spread onto parchment paper and freeze till set. Break into pieces; Put into colorful holiday cello bag.

PEPPERMINT BRICKLE - Melt 1 lb. White chocolate coating (or use red, or green, or pink) Add peppermint brickle (also add 1-2 drops peppermint oil for crisper flavor).

WHITE CHOCOLATE BRICKLES - Melt white chocolate coating. Add ONE of the following: toasted coconut, crispie rice pieces, raspberry, (NEW) heath toffee or butter brickle, peppermint brickle. For sugar free (as well as regular, you can add orange oil and macadamia nuts and broken pretzels. Remember to use sugar free chocolate when making this recipe.

MILK CHOCOLATE BRICKLES - Melt chocolate coating. Add one of the following: heath brickle, butter brickle, butterfinger brickle, toasted coconut, malted milk crunch, crispie rice pieces. Spread, chill, break up.  Enhance heath w/caramel flavor.

HAWAIIAN ROCKY ROAD
4 lb. milk chocolate coating
1/2 lb roasted & salted pecan pieces
1/4 lb toasted coconut
12 oz. marshmallows
orange Lorann oil to taste

Melt chocolate; add other ingredients - marshmallows last. Pour onto parchment lined pan; chill; break apart.

MARSHMALLOW CANDY
90 Large marshmallows
2 lb Dark chocolate coating
1 can condensed milk
1 tablespoon vanilla
2 cups nuts

Mix marshmallows, milk and chocolate and melt in double boiler; add nuts & vanilla. Pour into well greased pan and let stand overnight; cut into squares. Makes four pounds.

CANDY BAR FUDGE
1 lb milk chocolate coating
1 lb butterscotch coating
1 can Pillsbury chocolate fudge frosting supreme
4-5 (2 on) Snickers bars cut up

Line half sheet cake pan with foil extending foil over edges; lightly butter foil. Melt chocolate and butterscotch; stir till smooth; stir in frosting quickly & all but 4 tbsp of candy bar. Spread in foil lined pan; sprinkle with remaining candy bar crumbs. Refrigerate until firm. Remove fudge from pan by lifting foil. Makes about 150 pcs.

E-Z-PEANUT BUTTER CUPS
1 lb milk chocolate coating
1 lb peanut butter caps
1 cup crunchy peanut butter

Melt chocolate and peanut butter caps; stir in peanut butter. pour into peanut butter cup molds; chill in freezer. Put in red cups. For a more decorative effect, stripe with colored chocolate or dust with sprinkles. To make this sugar free, omit peanut butter caps and use the sugar free chocolate.

CARAMEL MALT PORCUPINES
1 lb caramel bits
1 pkg malted milk crunch
1 lb milk chocolate coating

Melt chocolate; press together ten caramel bits (if you warm them a bit they are easier to press together) into ball and dip into melted chocolate. Roll in malted milk crunch.

MINI HINT MARVELS
1 lb chow -your choice tiny foil cups
1 pkg mini mint non pareils

Melt chocolate; fill each foil cup about 3/4 full. Push non-pareil in pretty side up! Mint flavor in the non-pareil will flavor the chocolate you use. Diabetics use sugar free choc and use whole nut in center.

COCONUT CANDY COOKY TREETS
Best quality vanilla wafers
Toasted coconut dough
Dark chocolate coating
sprinkles or decorations

Dip cookie baller into cornstarch and then into coconut dough. press dough onto top of vanilla wafer. Dip into melted chocolate & decorate.