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HOLIDAY CANDY TRAINS

Source of Recipe

Betty Crocker


Recipe Introduction

Choo-choo! Holiday Candy Trains can brighten as well as add fun to any buffet or table arrangement. To see a picture of these, go to this web address. You’ll be glad you did: http://www.bettycrocker.com/recipes/Recipe.aspx?recipeId=36362

List of Ingredients

Glue gun and glue sticks
4 sixteen-inch lengths 3/8-inch-wide red or green ribbon
16 packages chewing gum, (5 sticks each)
12 packages (1 1/2 ounces each) raisins
64 rounds peppermint candies
4 rolls ring-shaped hard candies
4 foil-wrapped Kisses milk chocolates
Assorted foil-wrapped candies
12 miniature candy cane sticks


Recipe

For cars of each train, glue end of 1 ribbon onto wide side of 1 gum package, 1 raisin package, 2 more gum packages and 1 more raisin package, spacing cars about 1/2 inch apart. For wheels, glue 4 peppermint candies onto sides of gum packages and 2 candies onto sides of raisin packages.

For engine, glue roll of ring-shaped candies onto first ribbon-topped gum package. Glue 2 foil-wrapped candies onto top of engine.

Glue additional candies, candy canes and raisin packages to train cars as shown in photo or as desired.

Repeat to make remaining 3 trains.