Peppermint Bark: Frugal Recipe & Christmas Gift

Purchasing Ingredients:

Shop the Home for the Holiday’s promotion at Safeway and do the following deal scenario:

Buy 10 Bags of Nestle White Chocolate Chips @ $2.50 ea
Use (10) if you have that many $0.50/1 Nestle Morsels from 11/1 RP
or (5) $0.50/2 Nestle Tollhouse Morsels printable
GET back $5.00 OYNO Coupon for Safeway
Pay $15.00 – $17.50 OOP

Submit for THIS Real Simple rebate when you buy $15.00 or more worth of participating products.

Final Price: $10.00 – $12.50 for 10 bags of Nestle Morsels

Recipe:

I got this VERY simple and quick recipe from Paula Dean but changed it a bit.

Ingredients:

• 1 cup crushed candy canes
• 1 package white chocolate

Directions:

Place candy canes in a plastic bag and hammer into 1/4-inch chunks or smaller.

Melt the chocolate in a double boiler. * I don’t have a double boiler, so I just put a pyrex bowl over a pot of boiling water with a butter knife stuck in to let out the steam.*

Combine candy cane chunks with chocolate.  Pour mixture onto a cookie sheet covered with parchment or waxed paper and place in the refrigerator for 30 minutes or until firm. Remove from cookie sheet and break into pieces (like peanut brittle.)

This was SUPER easy and easily yielded a 9X13 pan full of candy.  The kids loved pounding the candy canes and we were all surprised at how quickly it was ready to sample.  I plan to break it up and put a few pieces into separate little bags and give out to family members & friends with a Christmas card this year.  My daughter will also be selling these at our Home School Co-Op Christmas sale.

Total Cost: $2.00 per 9X13 cookie sheet of Peppermint Bark = At least 5 gifts

Tagged as: Frugal Recipes, Kid Friendly Frugal Fun