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A quick and easy way to enjoy mint-chocolate coffee!
My sister-in-law makes these, and
they sell them at school events to raise money for the parochial
school where her son is enrolled. She says they "sell like
hotcakes." Suggested price: 2 for $1. If you want to make gifts for
people for birthdays or Christmas or other special occasions, or as
party favors, the coffee spoons work well for that too.
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Ordinary plastic spoons
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Bars of Hershey's chocolate
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Hard peppermint candy or, for
something different, try dinner mints
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Saran Wrap or other plastic wrap
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Short pieces of ribbon
Melt the chocolate. Dip the
plastic spoons in the chocolate. Lay spoons on wax paper. Before the
chocolate sets, place a mint in the middle of the spoon.
When the chocolate has cooled and
hardened, cover spoon with Saran Wrap (or other plastic wrap). Tie a
ribbon around handle of the spoon to hold the plastic wrap in place.
(Use colored plastic wrap and coordinating colors for the ribbon, if
you prefer.)
To use: pour a cup of hot
coffee, take the plastic wrap off the spoon, stick the spoon in the
coffee and stir. And TA-DA! -- mint chocolate coffee.
Note: You might want to add
some chocolate chips to the melted chocolate to give it a somewhat
firmer consistency when it cools off. You may also want to
experiment a bit with dipping the spoons a couple of times.
Another note: you could
also experiment with other flavors. What about vanilla almond bark
and butterscotch candy? Or chocolate and butterscotch? Or chocolate
and raspberry candy? You get the picture, I'm sure.
About The Author
LeAnn R. Ralph is the author of the books "Cream of the Crop (More
True Stories from Wisconsin Farm)" (trade paperback, Sept. 2005);
"Christmas in Dairyland (True Stories from a Wisconsin Farm" (trade
paperback 2003); "Give Me a Home Where the Dairy Cows Roam" (trade
paperback 2004); "Preserve Your Family History (A Step-by-Step Guide
for Interviewing Family Members and Writing Oral Histories" (e-book
2004). You are invited to read sample chapters, order books and sign
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