Get your (and your little ones’) hands dirty in the kitchen this holiday when you make one (or both) of these scrumptious treats. Warning: the grown-ups may even enjoy these more than the kids.
Butterscotch popcorn balls
Makes 12 // Cooking time 25 minutes
Ingredients
6 cups popped popcorn (±¼ cup kernels)
375g castor sugar
90ml water
20g butter
Method
- Line a baking tray. Ensure you have ice-lolly sticks and a wooden spoon close by. (You’ll have to work quickly as the sugar sets fast.) Place popcorn in a bowl.
- Melt sugar and water in a pot over medium heat. To stop sugar crystals from forming, avoid stirring and swirl the pot now and then. When sugar is dark caramel in colour, remove it from the heat and stir in butter.
- Immediately start pouring the caramel over the popcorn, while stirring with the wooden spoon, ensuring all popcorn is covered.
- Start forming the mixture into balls using your hands. If it is too hot, use latex gloves.
- Insert a stick into each ball and place it on the tray to set. Store in an airtight container for up to a week.
Recipe & styling: Diane Heierli
Photography: Christoph Heierli
Drool-worthy Snickers s’mores
Makes 6 // Coking time 10 minutes
Ingredients
4 Snickers bars
6 chocolate cream biscuits
75g mini marshmallows
Method
- Cut the Snickers bars into slices. Separate 6 chocolate biscuits into halves.
- Place 6 biscuit halves on a plate and top each with pieces of chocolate. Microwave for 30–40 seconds, until melted.
- Place the other 6 biscuits on another plate. Top each one with marshmallows and microwave for 15–20 seconds.
- Sandwich the biscuit halves together and serve the s’mores immediately.
Recipe & styling: Amerae Vercueil
Photography: Kendall-Leigh Nash // HMimages.co.za
Also read: How to keep your kids active this holiday
