4 Easy No Bake Sweet Treats

I know that it is just about a couple of weeks before Christmas but many of us bakers have to prepare because that is what we give, the labor of out love as gifts. For the most part you can make kids happy with candy or cookies anytime and that elderly person that has everything always enjoys sweet treats as gifts.

I really love a fast and easy way to make sweets without turning on the oven and pulling out the flour so I am going to share a few recipes I have learned along the way from many different cooks that has been in my life at one time or another.

#1 - Black and Whites

 You`ll need :

Saltine crackers

White chocolate - bark or morsels

Milk chocolate or semi sweet- bark or morsels 

Peanut Butter

Wax paper

Take two crackers and put a thin coat of peanut butter inside. Make up as many as you want. 

Melt Milk chocolate in microwave, stirring each minute till melted. 

Dip one side into the chocolate and lay on wax paper to cool.

Melt white chocolate in microwave, stirring each minute till melted.

Dip the other side in the white chocolate and lay on wax paper to cool.

Store in ziploc container.

#2 Chocolate covered peanuts and raisins

 You`ll need :

Raisins 

Roasted peanuts

Milk Chocolate or semi sweet - morsels or bark

wax paper

Line two baking dishes with wax paper. On one pour raisins and smooth them out to make a single later, do the same with the peanuts in a separate dish.

Melt Chocolate in microwave, stirring each minute till melted.

Pour over raisins and peanuts. 

Let cool completely. 

Break into pieces and store in a ziploc container.

#3 Butterscotch drops

 You`ll need :

Butterscotch morsels

1/2 cup of peanut butter

1 cup roasted peanuts, chopped

Line a cookie sheet with wax paper.

Melt butterscotch morsels in the microwave, stirring after a minute. repeat till melted.

Add peanut butter and peanuts. Mix thoroughly . 

Drop from spoon to make little round mounds.

Chill for one hour. Store in a ziplic container.

There ya go! a few of my quick fix crowd pleasing sweet treats. 

By Andria Perry

Photo By Andria Perry