HOMEMADE CHOCOLATES

CHOCOLATES

1 can sweetened condensed milk

3 small packages of icing sugar

2 tablespoons of corn syrup

8 tablespoons butter or margarine

Melt butter,add corn syrup,milk

Mix in icing sugar

These can be flavoured with peppermint,maple ,orange,coffee,flavorings.Wrap a maraschino cherry with the batter for a cherry chocolate.When you get them shaped put on a wax paper lined cookie sheet and put in the fridge to get cool so they dip easier.That firms them up.

Chocolate for dipping

8 ozs of semi-sweet chocolate

1/3 cake of parawax

Melt this in a small pot in a larger pot of hot water on the stove.Keep it on the heat while you dip the chocolates.I use a large darning needle to dip the chocolates.Stick the needle in the prepared

shaped center and dip in the chocolate and parawax mixture.As you dip them put them back on the wax paper to harden.

Christmas Day

MERRY XMAS
It has been a long day but enjoyable.I started the day by cooking 2 turkeys,rolls and fudge ,that I did not get made before Xmas.I had planned on making chocolates ,but just did not have time to make them.It has been a tradition for years.I will make them between now and New Years.
There were 22 family members for dinner.We are lucky to have our family all here in Nova Scotia,except for four,2 in Nfld,1 in Alberta and the other is in B.C.They were one of the lucky ones that made it home before Xmas,with all the cancellations,by the airlines because of the weather.
Everyone enjoyed the meal and exchange of gifts and have returned home .It was nice weather for travelling.
Watch for my chocolate recipe .Will post it tomorrow