Next, I made chocolate covered marshmallow spoons for the hot chocolate. Unfortunately, I didn't bookmark the site that I got the tutorial from, but these are pretty easy. Take a regular plastic spoon, pour any kind of melted chocolate you like (milk, semi-sweet, dark or white) into dip in spoon, add marshmallow. Let sit overnight until firm. Next, dip entire spoon into melted chocolate and decorate as desired.
I did some semi-sweet (my favorite) and some white chocolate (for relatives that have a cocoa allergy) and alternated between Christmas-style sprinkles and crushed candy canes. These were a huge hit with kids and adults alike.
I also made bell ornaments as party favors for the kids. My mother-in-law had tons of silver bells, I created the tag saying " The bell still rings for all who truly believe" in Photoshop, added some extra jute I had lying around to hold everything together and viola!
And of course, don't forget the cake. Everyone (my son most importantly) l-o-v-e-d this cake. I found an image online and knew this is what we had to have. Brandi at Sweet Treats made this for us and she did wonderful. I almost didn't want to cut it, but I'm glad I did- it was delish!
I did not take photos of the food we served, but here are Pinterest links to the recipes:
Enjoy!
