You could easily make these Valentine popcorn bag treats for any occasion but I needed a quick fix for my son’s Valentine’s Day party.   I could make a number of things but since one of the little girls in his class is allergic to red dye, I decided to go with a general treat, placed in a themed bag.  This is super easy, fast, budget friendly, and goes great with all the other fun treats & gifts that me and my Mom bought for Truett’s class.  I have to give a HUGE thank you to my Mom for buying all the fantastic, fun little mailboxes and all the goodies inside!! She really went out of her way to make sure Truett and his friends enjoyed Valentine’s Day.  Thank you Mom, I LOVE YOU!

You simply melt almond bark, drizzle over plain popped popcorn, let them set, and fill the goodie bags!  That’s it!

I used the stripe bags for the boys and hearts for the girls.  I put these bags, their mailboxes with goodies, pencils, and a few other treats inside a twist tie bag (I used great value), then cut pieces of Valentine themes ribbon (that my Mom bought), and tied the bags closed.

TOO STINKIN’ CUTE!

WHAT KIND OF QUICK FIX TREATS DO YOU MAKE FOR VALENTINE’S DAY?

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More Halloween Treats!  Boo babies–Now tell me those aren’t the cutest things ever!  Pretty simple to make too!

INGREDIENTS

• 1 pkg. Nutter Butter Peanut Butter Cookies
• White Chocolate Morsels or
• Vanilla candy coating squares
• Mini Chocolate Chips
• Waxed Paper

DIRECTIONS

Melt the white chocolate in a double boiler or in the microwave. Place each cookie in the chocolate and coat both sides. Lift out with a fork and place on waxed paper. Add mini chocolate chips for eyes while white chocolate is still soft.

In need of a very good treat to give for the holiday?  Almond bark, popcorn, pretzels, peanuts oh my!!  This is the perfect, affordable treat that when wrapped in cute holiday buckets and plastic goody bags, will make anyone smile!   You can make it small and large batches and even use different themed bags & buckets for different holidays.

INGREDIENTS:

• *Air pop corn popper-because my husband is a freak and thinks that Microwave ovens (along with everything else in this world) cause cancer.  I think that SEX causes cancer and that we need to keep that out of our house too!!!!! (lol)
• *Vanilla Almond Bark
• *Spanish peanuts
• *Pretzels
• *Popcorn

DIRECTIONS:

I melt one entire block thingy of Almond Bark on my stove top (again the microwave issue with the man) in a plain ole pot on LO to MEDIUM LO, until completely melted. While the candy is melting, Me & Orville Redenbacher get the poppin’ party started!! I fill the popcorn to the level indicated 2 times. This usually gives me enough popped corn for a full batch of Goodies. I used a fairly HUGE bowl.. Add popcorn, peanuts, & pretzels. When the candy is completely melted (whew, my arm is tried of stirring occasionally to prevent scalding) I add the melted candy and mix until completely covered.

Pour onto a wax paper to cool, as a little holiday cheer, I sprinkle red and green candy decor (sugar) over popcorn goodness before it cools.. Fill up your favorite holiday gift bags, add a cute lil bow or ribbon. There you have a perfect scrumptious homemade gift.

I also have a picture of just a Christmas candy that I make, just excluded the popcorn. Mix candy, pretzels, and peanuts until covered, and plop down on wax paper until cool. I also add the colored sprinkles for some holiday flare…..Get your filthy hands outta there I am taking a picture…….

Get your filthy candy grabber’s outta there, you no microwave wanting Nymph…or you’ll pull back a stump..

Happy Holidays Ya’ll!!