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New Year's Eve Treats for Kids
by Penny Warner
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New Year's Eve doesn't have to be just
for grown ups! Children can make these fun and festive recipes to celebrate
the coming of the new year.
The Menu
Confetti Popcorn Balls
Pink Champagne Punch
Sparkling Fruit Sundae
Winter Snowballs
 Confetti Popcorn Balls
vegetable spray
4 cups popcorn, popped
1 cup multicolored gumdrops, chopped
1/2 cup peanuts, chopped
3 cups miniature marshmallows
3 tbsp margarine
Spray large bowl with vegetable spray. Combine popcorn, gumdrops and peanuts
in bowl. Combine marshmallows and margarine in large saucepan and melt over
medium heat, stirring constantly. Pour marshmallow mixture over popcorn,
candy, and nuts, toss until coated. With buttered hands, shape popcorn mixture
into 8 balls. Work quickly to shape balls before mixture cools and hardens.
Allow to set until serving time.
Variation: Use Gummy Bears, M&M's, small fruit snacks, or other
colorful additives instead of gumdrops.
Pink Champagne Punch
1 12-ounce bottle white grape juice
1 6-ounce can frozen lemonade concentrate, thawed
1 16-ounce pkg. frozen whole strawberries, thawed
1 12-ounce can lemon-lime soda, chilled
8 cherries (optional)
Combine 1/2 of the grape juice, lemonade, and strawberries in a blender.
Whirl until smooth and pour into drink container. Repeat steps 1 and 2 with
remaining juice, lemonade, and strawberries. Add soda and stir well. Pour
into 8 fancy plastic glasses. Add a cherry to the glass for garnish.
Variation: You can substitute regular grape juice for white grape
juice.
Note: Add more soda if you want a less slushy drink. Use plastic champagne
glasses; they look great and won't break.
Sparkling Fruit Sundae
1 cup red, green, or purple seedless grapes
1 10-ounce can mandarin orange slices, drained
1 8-ounce can pineapple chunks, drained, but reserve the juice
1 pear, apple, or 1/2 melon, cubed
1 banana, sliced
1/4 cup orange juice
1 cup sparkling apple cider
Combine grapes, oranges, pineapple, pear, and banana in a large bowl. Distribute
mixed fruit into 8 individual dessert bowls. Combine reserved pineapple juice.
orange juice, and sparkling apple cider. Pour juice into each dessert bowl
and stir gently.
Variations: Substitute ginger ale or other bubbly drink for apple
cider. Use any fruits you like to make your sundae.
Note: Refrigerate fruit for half an hour to blend flavors before adding
sparkling apple cider.
Winter Snowballs
1 12-ounce pkg. white chocolate chips
1.2 cup walnuts or peanuts, chopped
1/2 cup dates, chopped
1/2 cup cherries, chopped
16 cherries, cut in half
Cover a cookie sheet with wax paper. Melt chips in microwave for 1 minute,
and then in 20 second intervals, until melted, stir until smooth. Stir nuts,
dates, and cherries into melted chips. Drop by teaspoons onto cookie sheet
to form snowballs. Place half cherry in center of each ball. Refrigerate
until serving time (at least one hour for cookies to set).
Variations: Tint the white chocolate different colors for a rainbow
effect.
About the Author
These
recipes reprinted with permission from Penny Warner's book
"Kid's Party Cookbook!".
Penny Warner has sold over 25
books for parents and kids, featuring ideas for parties, games, activities,
snacks, and fun. She also writes mysteries and gives tips on getting published
at her home page. Warner has a
Bachelor's Degree in Early Childhood Education and a Master's Degree in Special
Education. She lives in Danville, CA, with her husband of 29 years, and has
two children, Rebecca, 21, and Matt, 25.
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