Pink Coconut Ice

Whip up a batch of these simple confections to serve your coconut- loving Valentine.

14 oz. can sweetened condensed milk

5 cups confectioner's sugar

5 cups shredded coconut

pink food coloring (optional)

Line an 8 or 9 inch square baking pan with parchment or waxed paper. In a large bowl, combine milk, and confectioner's sugar. Stir in coconut. Mix until well combined, and a stiff mixture is achieved. Divide mixture in half. Press half of mixture into lined baking pan. Gently roll a drinking glass back and forth to smooth it out. Gently knead in a few drops of food coloring to the second half of mixture. Press it on top of first layer. Roll again with drinking glass. Cover well and chill. After several hours or overnight, cut into 3/4 to 1 inch squares.

Can be stored in an airtight container for several weeks.

Strawberry Candies

15 oz can Eagle Brand Milk

1 pound ground fine coconut

7 oz. almond paste

2 boxes Strawberry Jello (regular size)

4 oz. red sugar to roll berries in

strawberry stems

Mix Eagle Brand Milk, coconut, almond paste, and Jello. Refrigerate for one hour. Roll into small balls and shape like strawberries. Roll in red sugar. Insert strawberry stem.

Refrigerate in tins or Tupperware containers. This also freezes well.

Cream Cheese Mints

otherwise known as : Wedding Mints

3 oz cream cheese at room temperature

2 1/2 c. powdered sugar peppermint oil, or other flavor of your choosing

granulated sugar

Mix cream cheese and powdered sugar together. Start with 4 drops of flavoring, and then carefully add flavoring and coloring as desired. Knead until consistency of pie dough. Add more powdered sugar if necessary. Take a small pinch and roll into a ball, and roll the ball in granulated sugar. Press into molds, and unmold at once onto waxed paper. Store in an airtight container in the refrigerator, or freezer.

Peanut Butter Filling for Peanut Butter Cups

1 sleeve graham crackers, finely crushed
1 cup extra chunky peanut butter
1 stick butter or margarine
1/2 pound (8 oz.) powdered sugar
1 tsp. vanilla

Mix all together. Will keep in refrigerator for six months if tightly sealed.

Chocolate Truffles

8 oz. cream cheese
5 (1 oz.) squares unsweetened chocolate, melted
1 tsp. vanilla
4 c. powdered sugar

Mix all. Chill slightly. Roll into 1 inch balls. Roll in melted dark chocolate or cocoa powder. Store in a cool dry place in an airtight container.

Microwave Peanut Brittle

1 cup sugar
1/2 cup light corn syrup
1 cup roasted, salted peanuts
1 tsp. butter
1 tsp. vanilla
1 tsp. baking soda


In a 1 1/2 quart, microwave safe bowl combine the corn syrup and sugar. Stir well. This mixture will be thick.









Pop the mixture in the microwave, uncovered. Cook 4-5 minutes.








Stir in one cup of peanuts.








The mixture will look like this. Place the bowl back into the microwave, and cook for another 3-5 minutes.







It will look like this. Add the butter, and vanilla. Stir well. Microwave for another 1-2 minutes.






Add the baking soda. Gently stir until the mixture is foamy, and the baking soda is fully incorporated.








It's very sticky, and hot!







Pour the mixture onto a buttered cookie sheet. let cool about 30 minutes.





Break into pieces. Each recipe makes one pound of brittle.








An alternative to the cookie sheet! Butter two pie plates, and pour half of the hot mixture into each plate. Let cool.







Remove from the pie plates, and present a round disk of peanut brittle, letting the recipient break it into pieces on their own.







This makes for a lovely presentation! One half pound per disk!

Hard Tack Candy

1 cup sugar
1/2 cup water
1/3 cup corn syrup
1/4 tsp. flavoring (Lorann flavor oils)
food coloring

Mix and boil sugar, water, and corn syrup to the hard tack stage (300 F). Remove from heat. Quickly add the flavoring and food coloring. Stir well.

Pour onto a buttered platter or cookie sheet. Cut into pieces immediately. Some people like to let this get hard, and then break it, but the broken pieces are very sharp, resembling broken glass.
You may dust these with powdered sugar if desired.