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How was your Thanksgiving weekend? Ours was filled with family, food and fun. We were so blessed to have Jeremy’s parents in from Arizona this year, so it was even more special for all of us. Once we celebrated Thanksgiving we were all ready to start thinking about the most wonderful time of the year; Christmastime!! Bring on the holiday music, yummy holiday baking, holiday decorating and holiday traditions.
One of the holiday traditions we have started creating with our kids is going to Santa’s Workshop at The North Pole in Colorado Springs Colorado. We were so happy to bring Grandma and Grandpa “from Arizona” to join us. It was a perfect chilly winter day. We were bundled up in our snow gear but had a fantastic time.
We did make one stop at Walmart for some holiday essentials and came across a great ibotta offer that had us stocking up with these great holiday favorites. If you haven’t used ibotta yet, it is a must have when trying to save some money this holiday season. Once we got home we started planning how to decorate the house for Santa!
Once the stockings were hung and the tree decorated perfectly we jumped right into some treats and crafts! The best part of the holidays – treats and crafts! Ha! My kids absolutely agree with me.
I pulled out a craft we saved from last Christmas, color your own mug craft. It was a hit. These little artists were busy for over an hour! They are perfect too, a memory we will have for a long time.
My kids have found a new love of Chocolate and Peanut Butter thanks to their dad so I knew that the first treat of the Christmas season needed to include those ingredients. I decided to make some Chocolate Covered Peanut Butter Cookie Pops. Yes, they taste as good as they sound, oh and in true Censie fashion – they are super easy too!
While the kids worked on coloring their hot cocoa mugs I focused on these delicious treats that I plan on making again for Santa in a few weeks…I know he will approve.
NILLA Wafers Peter Pan Simply Ground™, Creamy with a bit of crunch Melted chocolate – white and milk Sprinkles candy sticks
Directions:
1. After keeping peanut butter at room temperature for a couple of hours, spread a small amount on one flat side of a NILLA Wafer.
2. Place a candy stick onto the peanut butter on the wafer.
3. Place another NILLA Wafer on top of the peanut butter and candy stick creating a mini sandwich.
4. Melt your chocolate as directed on packaging. Any melting chocolate will work perfectly.
5. Dip the cookie pop into the melted chocolate and completely cover.
6. Set dipped cookie pops on wax paper and decorate with extra chocolate drizzle and holiday sprinkles.
7. Once decorated, place pops into the refrigerator and let set for 15 minutes.
8. Once cooled, serve and enjoy!
These turned out so yummy. The NILLA Wafers, peanut butter and chocolate are such a great flavor combination. Plus they look adorable. Not only do I plan on adding these to our sweet treats to make for Santa but I also think they will be perfect for our Christmas Day celebrations with family. Yummy!
To complete our Thanksgiving weekend (Christmas kick off weekend) we got the kiddos in their PJs and let them enjoy the cookie pops and Swiss Miss® Hot Cocoa with marshmallows in their newly decorated hot cocoa mugs.
Swiss Miss® is my very favorite hot cocoa to have on hand during the winter because it is indulgent, has a rich chocolate flavor, and is made with REAL milk. While snow wasn’t falling, we were certainly feeling in the Christmas spirit in front of the pretty tree. Don’t you just love this time of the year?
You can pick up all of these items at your local Walmart to get your holiday traditions off to a great start.
This holiday season, take time during the hustle and bustle to sit down with your family and enjoy some baking, crafting and memory making.
What holiday treats do you plan on making for Santa this year?
Your Chocolate Covered Peanut Butter Cookie Pops look great! I love that they're no-bake, and a fun way to include the kids in holiday treat making. They're a great idea for holidays year round too.
We usually make sugar cookies for Santa, or plain chocolate chip if I'm in a time crunch. (Santa prefers the sugar cookies though 😉 ) Christmas cookies are one of my favorite things about the holidays.
We had a wonderful weekend celebrating Thanksgiving. Going to Santa workshop sounds like a blast. Love how your family celebrates making crafts together. The detailed pictures of the pops look easy enough for the whole family to make together.
During the holiday season, we love to make yummy treats together as a family, too. I love the way your cookie pops came out. They look so fun and festive. They're perfect for a holiday party. I can't wait to try these!
Yum these are just like tagalongs…my favorite girl scout cookies before I discovered samoas! Unfortunately I have a recently discovered peanut allergy, but I'd totally make these for the kids to scarf down!
I love your kids' hot cocoa mugs! So cute and special. I can't wait to try your Santa Cookie Pops, either. They're so festive! I'm certain that my kids will love them, and Santa will, too. 🙂
These are so cute it looks like your family is really getting into the spirit of the season. I will have to share this with my daughter, we love doing stuff like this. Those pops look so yummy I am sure she will want to make them right away!
So funny–our Grandparents are differeniated by state as well! 😀 The Grandparents here are "Poppa and Grandma from Texas" and the others (my parents) are "Poppa and Grandma from Wyoming" 😀 XD So cute! Love this idea for Santa, too, and the mug craft is a great idea as well!
Your Chocolate Covered Peanut Butter Cookie Pops look great! I love that they're no-bake, and a fun way to include the kids in holiday treat making. They're a great idea for holidays year round too.
We usually make sugar cookies for Santa, or plain chocolate chip if I'm in a time crunch. (Santa prefers the sugar cookies though 😉 ) Christmas cookies are one of my favorite things about the holidays.
We had a wonderful weekend celebrating Thanksgiving. Going to Santa workshop sounds like a blast. Love how your family celebrates making crafts together. The detailed pictures of the pops look easy enough for the whole family to make together.
During the holiday season, we love to make yummy treats together as a family, too. I love the way your cookie pops came out. They look so fun and festive. They're perfect for a holiday party. I can't wait to try these!
Yum these are just like tagalongs…my favorite girl scout cookies before I discovered samoas! Unfortunately I have a recently discovered peanut allergy, but I'd totally make these for the kids to scarf down!
I love your kids' hot cocoa mugs! So cute and special. I can't wait to try your Santa Cookie Pops, either. They're so festive! I'm certain that my kids will love them, and Santa will, too. 🙂
These are so cute it looks like your family is really getting into the spirit of the season. I will have to share this with my daughter, we love doing stuff like this. Those pops look so yummy I am sure she will want to make them right away!
Those look delicious! I'm thinking Santa might want those left for him on Christmas Eve…I'll ask the kids what they think 😉
These look absolutely delicious! I need to try making them sometime. Yum! -Lynzy
So funny–our Grandparents are differeniated by state as well! 😀 The Grandparents here are "Poppa and Grandma from Texas" and the others (my parents) are "Poppa and Grandma from Wyoming" 😀 XD So cute! Love this idea for Santa, too, and the mug craft is a great idea as well!