Chocolate Peppermint Popcorn YUMMY!!

I need to bring a Christmas treat or Cookie for an exchange tomorrow.
Since I moved to Colorado..I just can not bake.
So...............I am making

  Chocolate Peppermint Popcorn

Here is What I used:
1 Bag Microwave Popcorn (plain) popped
1 bag Peppermint Marshmellows
6 Blocks of Melting Chocolate
2 Blocks of white melting Chocolate
Red and White Sprinkles ( do not use the sugar kind, it's too grainy)
Several Candy canes Crushed
Wax paper
 2 cookie Sheets
25 Christmas Sandwich Bags.

1. Lay out the wax paper in the Cookie Sheets.
2. Melt 2 blocks of the Cho. and drizzle across the wax paper.
3. Spread the popped popcorn across the Drizzzled cookie Sheets.
4. Sprinkle the marshmellows across the pop corn.
5. Melt the rest of the Choc. and drizzile across them again.
6. Sprinklle with the Crushed peppermint and the sprinkles.
7. Melt the white Choc. and Drizzle that also Across them.
8. Flip the mixture around gently, lightly coating the popcorn and the marshmellows.

9. Leave them To Dry about a hour, then divide into individual portions

putting them in the ssandwich bags.

Makes 25 individual bags, plus some left over for you to try.

Merry Christmas!



Peppermint Christmas Dog collar Crochet Pattern

Peppermint Dog or Pet Collar Crochet Pattern

 By Sara Sach of Posh Pooch Designs

Peppermint Dog Collar

Crochet Pattern

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Skill: Easy

Materials :
Hook - H / 5.00 MM
Yarn- Bulky (5 or 6) Bernat Denim- Lava Wash 
              (This is a chunky Yarn, you can also use strand
                 each of a Red and White Worsted weight yarn.)
Peppermint Button or PLASTIC decorations- 
                     I found these in the mini. Christmas Tree Section
                     at Hobby Lobby. Do Not Use real Peppermints!!!


Stitches:
Chain (ch)
Single Crochet (sc)
Double Crochet (dc)
Slip Stitch ( sl st)

First measure your dog, cat, bunny or pets neck.


Ch 27 for a 10 inch neck - 
(to make larger or smaller add chs in increments of 4.)


R: 1 Sc in the 2nd ch from the hook, *skip the next ch, 4 dc in the next ch, 
skip the next ch, 1 sc in the next ch, Repeat from * 5 more times for 6 shells,
 1 sc in the last ch, ch1


R: 2 - Working down the opposite side of the ch, 1 sc in the 1st sc,
 *skip the next ch, 4 dc in the next ch (should be in the center of the last shell) 
skip the next ch, sc in the next ch, repeat 5 more times for 6 shells, sc in the last ch.
 do not tie off.


1st Tie - Ch 25, 1 dc in the 2nd ch from the end, sl st back down the ch to the collar, 
join with a sl st and tie off.

2nd Tie - join yarn to the opposite end of the collar with a sl st, Ch 25, 
1 dc in the 2nd ch from the end, sl st back down the ch to the collar,
 join with a sl st and tie off.

I cut off the loops from the plastic peppermints. 

Then I Hot Glued one in each shell center. 

The package comes with 9 peppermints, 

so if you need to make the collar larger you have a few extra.

Keep the collar on securely so dogs are not tempted
 to bite or chew on the peppermint pieces.

Rosie is wearing the Reindeer hat. 

You can find the Pattern in my Ravelry shop

Happy Stitching!