14 mini sticks Recipes

sweetened condensed milk, divided (not evaporated milk), milk chocolate chips, divided, marshmallow, whole graham crackers , halved crosswise, chopped peanuts (optional) or mini candy covered plain chocolate candies (optional) or candy sprinkles (optional)

pizza dough (either homemade, ready to form or purchased,raw), ricotta cheese (if it s liquidy, drain til it s dry), diced pepperoni (i used a stick and diced it), ham steak, diced, fresh mozzarella , shredded, fresh mushrooms, diced (give these a real quick saute to render the liquid, then drain well.), fresh italian herbs, garlic, minced, egg or white, beaten and mixed with a tsp or so of water, marinara or pizza sauce for dipping, fresh grated parmesan , optional

nutter butter cookies, white candy coating, melted, chocolate chips, m & s brand ini chocolate candies, pretzel sticks, halved, orange and red decorating gel or frosting

unsalted butter (16 tbsp or 2 sticks), softened, light brown sugar, eggs, dark molasses (not blackstrap), pure vanilla extract, cake flour, ground ginger, ground cinnamon, baking soda, salt, gingerbread house templates , recipe follows, sugar , plus more as needed, egg whites, heavy cardboard base for the house, pastry bag with a medium plain tip and a small plain tip, frosted shredded mini-wheats for the roof, as needed, tootsie rolls for a fence, as needed, white hershey kisses for roof top spikes, as needed, candy canes for a lamp post outside the door, as needed, granulated sugar for snow drifts, as needed, necco wafers for a cobblestone path, as needed, marshmallows , for snow man, pretzel sticks, for snowman arms, as needed, whole cloves, for snowman eyes, graham crackers to build a shed, as needed, assorted candy such as gum drops , peppermint drops, m & m s, white chocolate chips, red hots, non-pareils or snow caps, silver dragees, green mint jelly leaves, life savers, and animal crackers

crisco original no-stick cooking spray, pillsbury angel food cake, strawberry sugar free preserves or 1 cup smucker s special recipe strawberry preserves, semisweet mini chocolate chips

spice cake mix, pack pumpkin (not pumpkin pie filling), water, eggs, vegetable oil, vanilla extract, butter flavoring, nut flavoring, apple cider, divided, apple cider, divided, cinnamon sticks or 2 tsp ground, cornstarch, caramel ice cream topping (optional)

wooden craft sticks, apples, semisweet chocolate mini-morsels, peanut butter morsels, vegetable oil, chopped peanuts (optional)

sugar, all-purpose flour, yellow cornmeal, baking soda, baking powder, salt, low-fat buttermilk, canola oil, shredded low-fat cheddar cheese, canned chipotle chiles , rinsed of adobo sauce,chopped fine, non-stick canola cooking spray

vegetable oil cooking spray, yellow cornmeal , plus, yellow cornmeal, all-purpose flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda, ground cumin, salt, yellow cheddar cheese, grated, fresh corn or 1/2 cup frozen corn, thawed if frozen, pepperoni, sliced and finely chopped, fresh cilantro, chopped, buttermilk , well-shaken, butter, melted and cooled, egg

whole chocolate graham crackers, nonedible icing, decorations : candy canes, red cinnamon candy, hard peppermint candy disks, soft chocolate candy roll, fat peppermint sticks, large green and red gumdrops, semisweet chocolate mini morsels, cardboard, cotton ball, artificial snow (see note ), fresh greenery clippings

low-fat chocolate chunk ice cream, slightly softened, graham cracker sticks, crushed, marshmallow creme, semisweet chocolate mini-morsels, whole graham cracker sticks

recipe sugar cookie dough, at room temperature, chilled, sugar, for rolling, seedless raspberry or cherry jam, canned or jarred whole dark cherries in syrup, drained, equipment : non-stick mini-muffin tin