{"id":3372,"date":"2013-11-09T23:52:01","date_gmt":"2013-11-10T04:52:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/professional-organizer.com\/WordPress\/?p=3372"},"modified":"2013-11-10T07:35:50","modified_gmt":"2013-11-10T12:35:50","slug":"make-ahead-holiday-treats","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/professional-organizer.com\/WordPress\/make-ahead-holiday-treats\/","title":{"rendered":"Make ahead Holiday Treats"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I love the idea of bringing a little something to share with a hostess at holiday time. \u00a0I also love sending small treats to friends and family during the holiday season. \u00a0These holiday chocolates and pretzels are \u00a0a wonderful small something to share. \u00a0Depending on the holiday, I vary the M&amp;M colors. \u00a0I use red for valentine&#8217;s, orange for Halloween and red and green for Christmas. \u00a0I make ahead holiday treats to save time and energy plus add the joy of the season to my home with sharing easy, simple and fun small bites. \u00a0Enjoy these treats and a sweet holiday season!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/allrecipes.com\/video\/2786\/chocolate-pretzels\/detail.aspx?prop24=RD_VideoTipsTricks\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" id=\"imgVideo\" title=\"Chocolate Pretzels\" alt=\"Chocolate Pretzels\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/brightcove.vo.llnwd.net\/d21\/unsecured\/media\/1033249144001\/1033249144001_1997941778001_th-1902618688001.jpg?w=1500\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Ingredients<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>24 square pretzels<\/li>\n<li>24 chocolate kisses (milk or semisweet)<\/li>\n<li>24 M&amp;Ms<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div>Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Place pretzels on baking sheets. Unwrap candy kisses and place one in the center of each pretzel.<\/li>\n<li>Place in preheated oven 1 to 2 minutes, until kisses melt. Remove from oven and place one candy-coated chocolate in the center of each pretzel. Chill in refrigerator until set.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Just a smidge of chocolate and a salty pretzel base. \u00a0Easy to make and share for any holiday! \u00a0Wishing you a joyful holiday season!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Want to rethink the gift giving?<a title=\"Clutter free gifts\" href=\"http:\/\/professional-organizer.com\/WordPress\/2009\/11\/02\/start-a-new-holiday-tradition-clutter-free-gifts\/\" target=\"_blank\"> Clutter free gifts<\/a> make the difference! Join me on pinterest for <a title=\"happy holidays\" href=\"http:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/EllenDelap\/happy-holidays\/\">Happy Holidays.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Don&#8217;t miss out on upcoming organizing tips and techniques! Click here to subscribe to my <a title=\"monthly newsletter\" href=\"http:\/\/www.professional-organizer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">monthly newsletter.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I love the idea of bringing a little something to share with a hostess at holiday time. \u00a0I also love sending small treats to friends and family during the holiday season. \u00a0These holiday chocolates and pretzels are \u00a0a wonderful small something to share. \u00a0Depending on the holiday, I vary the M&amp;M colors. \u00a0I use red [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1053],"tags":[1205,1204],"class_list":["post-3372","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-holiday-organizing-2","tag-holiday-treats","tag-make-ahead"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Make ahead Holiday Treats - Ellen&#039;s Blog, Professional Organizing for Kingwood &amp; Houston<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Enjoy these make ahead holiday treats. 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