DIY Christmas gifts: sweet and tasteful. Funny Christmas snowmen

On the eve of the upcoming holiday, you should think about what presents you can please your friends and loved ones. Perfect solution there will be gifts from sweets for the New Year 2018, made by hand. Sweets will appeal to everyone and will complement the numerous decorations in the house, while maintaining the appropriate atmosphere.

First of all, in new year's eve you can not do without the foamy splashes of champagne under the loud chimes. However, the bottle will not look so monotonous and will make a splash if presented in the appropriate packaging. For example, disguised as tropical fruit- pineapple, one of the favorite treats on the festive table at this time of the year.

To create such a gift, in addition to a bottle of champagne, you will need:

• sweets in golden wrappers, approximately 70-90 pieces;
• ribbon-aspidistra (it can be purchased at a florist's shop);
• a little sisal fiber to taste;
• glue gun.

You can take more sweets by offering them to guests for tea. If you don't have a glue gun at home, superglue will replace it, but it's worth getting a few.

First you need to remove the tails. They should not be cut off. It is enough to bend them to the back of the candy and put them on hot glue. It is necessary to work very carefully, as you can burn yourself.

Don't apply too much glue. Its surplus will give the gift an untidy look, in addition, the sweets may melt. After bending the tails, it is recommended to give them time to dry, and then put the candies in the refrigerator so that they do not lose their shape and do not flow, because in the future they will again need to be applied with hot glue.

As shown in photo 4, a drop of glue should be applied to the very tip. For convenience, you can iron the candy with a pencil, but do not press hard on it so as not to flatten it.

When the blanks are finished, you can start decorating the bottle. Approximately in the center of reverse side candy must be applied with glue, and until it has hardened, press it to the bottle. It is recommended to start from the bottom, leaving no gaps between the sweets. Sisal fibers can be added to hide any glue protrusions. They will also make the pineapple more natural.

Photo 8 clearly shows which part of the bottle should be left untouched. With the help of yellow sisal, all the gaps between the sweets are filled. This stage is not required, but it will give the gift a more elegant look.

Then the tape is cut into segments of approximately the same length. Instead of tape, you can use corrugated paper or other materials to taste. The edges of each segment should be sharpened.

It is recommended to start gluing the leaves from the very top, in the center of the cork, gradually descending to the sweets. The top of the fluffy pineapple tail is formed from four pieces of ribbon. Then it is pasted over with four more sheets, spreading them in different directions and giving splendor.

At the next stage, the neck is glued over, covering it with sheets. It will take about seven tiers to convey realistic foliage. Do not do more, otherwise it will look too cumbersome.

Finally, you can tie the neck with light sisal or make a bow with red ribbon to soften the transition from green to treats. On this New Year's gift with a surprise is ready.

Candy tree

The next original and easy-to-make sweet gift will be a small Christmas tree. This perfect solution, because such a tree will not crumble, will retain its outfit and will delight the eye even at the end of the festive week.

To create such a beauty you will need:

• thick cardboard for the cone;
• sweets in golden or any other wrappers;
• thread with beads of the same or contrasting color;
• PVA glue or another at your discretion;
• thin double-sided tape;
• scissors.

It is worth noting that in this master class they will not be required, however, thanks to the example in photo 16, it is easier to determine the desired diameter of the Christmas tree.

At the first stage, a blank for the cone is cut out. You can purchase a ready-made foam cone at the store or pre-cut the base from paper, and then attach it to cardboard and cut it along the contour, thus reducing the risk of spoiling or carelessly bending the material.

You should not make a cone out of paper, as it will not support the weight of sweets. After folding the cardboard, it is necessary to fix it around the edges with glue and leave to dry for a while.

Then, using double-sided tape, glue the resulting figure with sweets. In this case, they have a pyramidal shape, but you can choose the most common sweets and glue them on one of the tails of the wrapper. It is important to place sweet treats evenly, starting at the very base of the cone and gradually rising to its top.

Since the cone is pointed towards the top, with each new tier typed, the number of sweets should be reduced by 2-3. Only 5-6 candies will remain in the last row, but less can be. The main thing is that the tree does not look bulky.

The top of the Christmas tree is traditionally decorated with a star. You can use one of the elements of the Christmas tree garland, buy a finished figurine or cut it out of cardboard, paint it with varnish, acrylic or wrap it in foil.

Upon completion, a string of beads is stretched between the rows of sweets, in places grabbing it with glue. Additional decorations are selected at your discretion. This completes the master class.

Sweet Christmas tree with tinsel

As an alternative, consider sweet tree, decorated with green tinsel. Such a gift will be a wonderful decoration for the house, leaving behind expensive artificial trees.

To create you will need:

• cardboard or thick paper;
• tinsel (one turn should be enough);
• thin double-sided tape;
• regular tape or glue;
• oblong sweets in colorful wrappers;
• scissors.

Based on the previous master class, you need to cut and glue a cardboard cone. Its edges are fixed with glue or tape.

Then, along the very edge of the base of the cone, a strip of tinsel is glued with double-sided tape. To keep it well, it is recommended to iron it several times with your fingers, pressing it against the cardboard, and then slightly fluff it. Next, a new strip of adhesive tape for sweets is glued on top of the tier with tinsel.

They are fixed at the very tip of the wrapper. The main thing is that in the end the layer with sweets slightly, but not completely, covers part of the greenery. Sweet treats are placed as close to each other as possible to fit as many as possible, but as mentioned earlier, with each new tier their number will decrease.

Tinsel should be glued so that it covers the ponytails for which the sweets are hung. Thus, gaps can be avoided. In total, such tiers can turn out 5-6. For additional fixation, sweets can be grabbed from above with ordinary tape. Upon completion, 3-4 sweets are glued to the top and wrapped with tinsel. On this, the Christmas tree is ready.

In general, you can make various sweet gifts for the New Year 2018 with your own hands. Having mastered the technique of creating amazing animal figures from sweets, you can surprise your friends by presenting them as a present in the form of a patron of the coming year.

For example, here is such a funny dog. It can be based on both a cone and a cylinder. Paws and other additional details are formed from sweets and glued to already finished basis. She can also hold some kind of bag or box.

most desired New Year's treat for children, there will be a sleigh with chocolate Santa Claus, because it is 100% made of goodies that you can eat. If the previous gifts could serve as excellent decorative elements, then this gift should first of all be tested by heart.

For this set you will need:

• striped lollipops as skis;
• a large chocolate bar or a set of chocolate sticks;
• chocolate slices in wrappers or bulk sweets;
• figurine of Santa Claus;
• wide decorative ribbon;
• ready-made bow for decorating gifts;
• glue gun or double sided tape.

You can use any other treats that your child will definitely like. The top of the sleigh can also be topped with a chocolate surprise egg. This will surely make the baby happy.

First you need to create the base of the sled. To do this, the lollipops are placed with the curved ends up, and a chocolate bar is placed on top of them. In this master class, all the elements are put on hot glue, but it will be much easier for the child to take the desired delicacy if it is glued with double-sided tape. It doesn't grab treats as much, thus reducing the risk of damaging them when trying to peel them off.

At the next stage, sweets are ironed over the chocolate bar. They should be ironed out with a pyramid, with each tier reducing the number by one, until a small hill is formed. The most delicious candy is placed on top of it.

At the last stage, the sleigh is tied with a ribbon, a bow is glued on top and Santa Claus is put forward. In this case, two pieces of tape were used. First, their ends were glued, and then the tapes themselves were centered among themselves.

If desired, you can place in the center of the sleigh chocolate egg with a surprise. To do this, you should lay out stable high sides around the edges of the chocolate bar from sweets, and then arrange an egg there and fill the sleigh with various goodies. In this case, a ribbon with a bow will be out of place. Company Santa Claus can make sweet figurine puppy.

Bouquet of sweets

As New Year's gifts from sweets with your own hands, you can make several delicate bouquets for dear women, please your mothers, grandmothers, girlfriends and daughters.

To create you will need:

• several round sweets with or without a golden wrapper;
• corrugated paper in two colors to taste;
• several pieces of wire, depending on the number of colors and their sizes;
• decorative wrapping paper (if necessary);
• scissors large and small;
• Golden thread;
• glue gun.

The first step is to wrap the candy. For example, if they were from a set. For this, ordinary foil is suitable or you can purchase decorative paper. The photo shows how to properly wrap the candy. It is important to tighten the thread tightly.

Then two squares are cut out of pink paper, folded in half vertically and one corner is slightly smoothed with scissors almost to the middle. Thus, the basis for the bud was obtained.

At the next stage, the candy is carefully placed in the center of the workpiece and the edges are folded over, overlapping one another. The bud is fixed with a thread.

After that, the workpiece is applied to the bud and everything is grabbed with a glue gun. You should not use too much hot glue, as its excess will spoil the whole impression of the flower.

It remains only to plant a flower on a piece of wire and with a thin strip of corrugated paper give it its final look.

Making gifts with your own hands may not be easy at first, but patience and practice will achieve truly impressive results. Making sweet presents and other New Year's attributes can be a great hobby and the beginning of your self-development in the field of needlework.

Watch the video on how to make a bouquet of sweets:

Dikmi: Mint snowflakes and strawberry Christmas trees, snow-white snowmen with joyful faces, marshmallows and chocolate nests ... Mmmm ... The anticipation of the upcoming holiday makes my stomach ache sweetly! However, the very preparation of New Year's desserts can be turned into a magical ritual and made family tradition for years to come! From the fact that you will cook all together, the treat will become even more magical! That's it, I'm silent ... It's time to start conjuring! As promised, my simple but priceless recipes!

CHRISTMAS TREE WITH Puffed RICE - ORIGINAL NEW YEAR SURPRISE

This dessert can be prepared even by schoolchildren! And it looks amazing, right?

To make these Christmas trees, you will need:

6 cups puffed rice
300 gr. butter
250gr. marshmallow
green food coloring
12 chocolate mini cupcakes
1 pack of M&Ms
12 caramel stars
3 cups powdered sugar
3 art. spoons of milk
3 tablespoons sugar syrup

Silicone baking dish or wafer pastry cones

How to cook:

1. Take a pot with a thick bottom. Put on slow fire, put there butter, melt.
2. Without boiling, add marshmallows and, stirring, bring to complete dissolution.
3. Add green food coloring to the butter marshmallow mass to make the mixture dark green.
4. Remove the mass from the heat and add puffed rice. Let rest for 4-5 minutes.
5. Start shaping Christmas trees. To facilitate the process of putting the rice-zephora mixture into the molds, grease your palms with oil.

Dikmi: We form the Christmas tree in several stages. The first - the tree looks like a cone. Then let it cool down a bit and dry. Add a second layer of the mixture. And so on until the result satisfies you.

6. While the Christmas tree dries up, boil the sugar syrup. To do this, mix powdered sugar, milk and some water. Bring the mixture to a boil over low heat, stirring occasionally.
7. Using sugar syrup, glue the Christmas tree to the cupcake leg, fasten a caramel star to the top of the tree and decorate it with bright M&Ms beads.
8. Put the treat in the refrigerator to solidify completely.

Dikmi: In turn, I will add: and make sure that no one spins around them until the very holiday! And then I know such kids who love to collect stars from Christmas trees in advance! However, this innocent theft is also cute moments of family happiness! Keep them in your memory and soul!

STRAWBERRY CHRISTMAS

Dikmi: Another very original and obscenely simple version of Christmas trees. In order to serve this beauty to the festive table, you just need:

1. Peel fresh strawberries from the stalk, chop it on a toothpick and dip it in green icing (how to cook - see previous recipe).
2. Then strawberries in sweet green the fur coat needs to be installed on a chocolate double cookie (oreo can be).
3. Sprinkle marmalade, caramel, coconut flakes on top. christmas tree with a huge fiery heart is ready to serve!

HOME NEW YEAR'S MARMALADE

Dikmi: Abroad, marmalade is considered the most popular New Year's gift. They take it with them when they go to visit on New Year's Eve, they give it to adults and children. And the more original the delicacy looks, the more joyfully the eyes of your gifted people will shine!

To cook New Year's marmalade, you need:

2.5 cups sugar
1.5 cups applesauce
2 packets of flavored jelly (red or green is best)
2 packs of 30 gr. concentrated gelatin
1 teaspoon lemon juice

How to cook:

1. Put the baking dish in the freezer.
2. Put 2 tbsp. sugar, applesauce, red or green jelly, gelatin and lemon juice in a saucepan. Let stand for 1 minute so that all the ingredients get used, mixed with each other. Then bring to a boil over medium heat, stirring constantly.
3. Pour the mixture into the chilled baking dish and refrigerate for three hours.
4. When the surface of the marmalade becomes hard, cut it into the pieces you need, roll them in powdered sugar.

Christmas marmalade is ready!

Dikmi: In order for marmalade to turn from a simple dish into a New Year's gift, pack it in a beautiful box with symbols characteristic of the holiday!

FUNNY CHRISTMAS SNOWMANS

Dikmi: But these guys will amuse anyone! Funny, carefree, insanely festive, they will become not only a sweet delicacy, but also a decoration for the New Year's table! The main thing is to let your imagination run wild in the process of preparing them.
I won’t talk about the cookie base for snowmen. Every home has its own favorite pastry. It can be both sugar, honey and shortbread, crumbly cookies. But let's talk about decoration - muzzles!

So, you will need:

1. Cook the glaze white color medium density, fill it with a pastry syringe with the front of the cookie. Let dry (leave for about 30 minutes).
2. Next, with bright glaze (here it already depends on personal taste and imagination) fill the area of ​​\u200b\u200bthe hat. Allow to dry completely (at least 4 hours).
3. When the hat and face are dry, decorate the edge of the hat with white glaze of a higher concentration.
4. Draw eyes and mouth with chocolate or black icing, sprinkle cheeks with pink powdered sugar. Let the snowman dry completely, and then pack it in a festive, New Year's package.

Dikmi: For a complete master class on applying glaze on a snowman's face, see here:

CARAMEL PRETNEL

Dikmi: And here is also an absolutely stunning New Year's dessert, which is downright saturated with delight and tenderness! It's so genuinely homemade and easy to make!

For this dish, you will need to purchase 1 kg of salted pretzel crackers, and caramel and glaze can be prepared as follows:

Caramel:

. 6 art. spoons of butter
. 1/4 teaspoon salt
. 1 cup granulated sugar
. 1 cup cream (divided into 2 portions)
. 1/2 tsp vanilla (it is important that this is exactly vanilla powder not sugar!)

Glaze: melt a bar of dark chocolate in a water bath, add 1 tbsp. butter, 1 tbsp. l. cream. Stir.
How to make caramel:

1. Take a saucepan with a thick bottom, put oil, salt, sugar, a little water and 1.5 tbsp. cream. Cook over medium heat, stirring constantly.
2. When the first boiling bubbles appear on the surface of the mixture, add the second half of the cream. Bring to a boil again and let rest for 10-15 minutes.
3. While the caramel is resting, line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
4. Prepare the chocolate and pour it in an even layer on the parchment.
5. Put the pretzel on top of the chocolate, fill everything with caramel.
6. You can decorate your sweet creation chocolate chips.
7. When the pretzels are completely frozen, divide them into small squares and serve to the table, or bring them to visit! On New Year's table Surely there is a place for such a delicacy!

NEW YEAR ZEFIR

Dikmi: The main advantage of this New Year's dessert is that it takes exactly 15 minutes to cook. Well, the role of a chef can (and should!) be given to a child!

So what you need:

1 child to crush candy (optional, but fun!)
20 pcs. big marshmallow
small christmas candies
Melted chocolate (dark is best)
Caramel or coconut flakes

How to do:

1. Stick a caramel stick into a large marshmallow.
2. Holding the marshmallow, dip it into the melted chocolate, letting the excess chocolate drip off.
3. Dip the treat in crushed caramel or coconut flakes.
4. “Line up” the finished marshmallow on parchment paper, let the chocolate harden.
5. Serve to the table!

MINT SNOWFLAKES

Dikmi: But this recipe New Year's sweets I am especially fond of! After all, he comes from my childhood. I remember that at the age of 7-8 we often cooked this delicacy and touched our parents and grandparents!

In order to prepare mint snowflakes, you need:

150 gr. milk or dark chocolate
150 gr. white chocolate
1 tsp vegetable oil
¼ tsp mint extract
crushed candy or mints
Silicone mold "snowflake"

How to cook:

1. Pour milk (chocolate) and ½ tsp into a medium bowl. vegetable oil. Melt in the microwave, mix well.
2. When the mass becomes homogeneous, add half of the mint extract. Stir again.
3. Pour the mixture into snowflake molds with a spoon, sprinkle with crushed sweets, cool for at least 30 minutes.
4. Do the same with white chocolate.
5. After complete solidification, remove the snowflakes from the mold. Before serving, store in the refrigerator.

ZEFIR IN CHOCOLATE

Dikmi: But marshmallows in chocolate - favorite treat my mother. I remember when we were little, she always saved a lot of marshmallows for the New Year and Christmas. She kept it in the refrigerator and secretly, when everyone was sleeping, she took one piece at a time. Mint tea with marshmallows, it was her evening, obligatory ritual. So she relieved stress, and you should have seen how she smiled at the same time! By the way, she always made marshmallows herself, because homemade is definitely the best!

So here's a family recipe for you! Yield: about 50 pcs. marshmallows in chocolate

What you will need:

7.5 cups powdered sugar
1/3 cup condensed milk (raw)
3 tbsp coconut oil extract
100 gr. bitter chocolate
A little bit of caramel

How to cook:

1. In a large bowl, whisk together sugar, milk, Coconut oil and mint. Place in refrigerator for 30 minutes.
2. Sprinkle a piece of parchment with fine powdered sugar, put the mass out of the refrigerator, roll it out to a thickness of 0.4 cm and cut out the circles. Put it in the refrigerator again, now for 8-12 hours.
3. Melt the chocolate, dip the frozen marshmallow into it (this is easy to do by pricking it on a fork). Sprinkle with caramel flakes.
4. Let rest in the refrigerator for about an hour. The dessert is ready to meet the arrival of the New Year with you and your guests!

Dikmi: If you are going to give a mint New Year's marshmallow to your friends, pack it in such a bucket, first covering the bottom and walls with parchment paper! Looks amazing, right?

CHOCOLATE TRuffles

Dikmi: But many songs have already been sung and words have been said about truffles! This is a delicacy of the gods and those men who want to conquer the women they like on New Year's Eve!

Servings: 20

What you need:

3 tbsp butter
100 gr. brown sugar
2/3 cup heavy cream
200 gr. bittersweet chocolate
Baking sheet, parchment
100 gr. milk
cocoa powder
Edible silver balls
Chopped nuts (walnuts, hazelnuts or almonds)

How to cook:

1. Put the butter, sugar and cream in a saucepan, heat over low heat, bring almost to a boil.
2. Chop the chocolate into small pieces and place in a heatproof bowl. Add the melted butter and cream mixture to it and stir.
3. Cool, cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate.
4. Then take the mixture with a teaspoon and roll the balls. Lay out on prepared parchment. Place a walnut in the middle.
5. Warm up the chocolate, dip each truffle into it, let it harden.
6. Ready truffles can be rolled in coconut, caramel or waffle crumbs.

Dikmi: Seduce your favorite women on New Year's Eve! It's so nice!

NEW YEAR'S LOLLIPOPS

Dikmi: You won't believe it, but such beauty will take you only 7 pre-holiday minutes!

What you will need:

2 tbsp. Sahara
2 tsp flavored extract (mint, vanilla, orange)
caramel crumb
Plastic or wooden sticks

How to cook:

1. Prepare space for lollipops: fill a large bowl with water and ice, cover two large baking sheets with parchment paper.
2. Mix sugar and ¼ tbsp. water in a small saucepan, put on medium fire. Bring the mixture to a boil and cook for 5-7 minutes.
3. Quickly transfer the saucepan to a bowl of ice and water.
4. Using corn syrup make circles with a diameter of 5-7 cm on parchment. Gently pour the sugar mixture on these circles, keeping a distance between the sweets.
5. Stick the sticks in and sprinkle the caramel over the lollipops.
6. Let it dry completely and enjoy the taste of the holiday!

Dikmi: Invent new recipes based on old ones! Create, have fun, give to each other festive mood, anticipation, love! The main thing is to do everything together, fill your sweets with dreams and meaning and wait New Year's miracles! After all, anything happens on New Year's Eve!

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Gifts and surprises

Delicious gifts can truly be considered universal, because everyone will be delighted with them - from children to work colleagues and the chef. The confectionery industry is trying to provide the widest choice already. finished products. But do-it-yourself sweet gifts for the new year are still considered original and memorable. You can show your confectionery skills at home, using your imagination and introducing creative ideas.

Content:

Christmas packaging for gift sweets

You can not waste time and effort, but simply purchase a ready-made packaging box, but they are all so similar to each other that the recipient will not receive much joy. Another thing is a beautiful independent design. It is a pleasure to unwrap such gifts.

Idea number 1.Boot or mitten in Christmas style.

Such packaging is the most recognizable and is suitable for the New Year theme. Here you can put sweets and chocolates for children or other sweets, depending on the preferences of the addressee. If it is not possible to sew such a package yourself, replace it with an ordinary red mitten (try to get a larger size), on which you simply sew New Year symbols - a small snowman, snowflakes, or you can simply adapt a shiny rain.

Option number 2. Santa's Sleigh

This is essentially the most joyful and original gift for little sweet teeth. And it's not hard at all to make it:

1) Cook everything necessary components: colored candy canes and chocolates (from large to small), glue, tape;

2) Set the lollipops parallel to each other at a distance corresponding to the width of the largest candy, put a little glue on them and put the sweetness;

3) Assemble the next “pyramid” of sweets using a drop of glue so that the structure keeps its shape;

4) Tie everything with a festive ribbon.

Idea number 3. Surprise in Christmas balls

This gift option is suitable for all ages. Such a toy can decorate the Christmas tree, and at the end of the holidays be used with pleasure for its intended purpose.

Prepare:

How to do?

1) Take the balls and remove the plugs, then wash them until completely transparent and dry;

2) All components must be covered in layers: cocoa, powder, chocolate chips, marshmallow (pre-grind);

3) Replace the cap.

A ready-made gift can be presented to friends or relatives.

Advice! Warn about how a sweet present should be used: pour all the contents into a cup and add warmed milk.

Idea number 4. Candy wreath.

Christmas wreaths are not only made from natural materials and holiday paraphernalia. Candy design may well become original gift.

For this you will need:

• wire;
• candies;
• stapler;
• ribbon (rain and other materials for decoration).
  

Progress:

1) Weave a wire frame in the form of a circle;

2) Wrap it with sweets (connect with a stapler for candy wrappers);

3) Sweets should go in a spiral, wrapping around the wire;

4) Decorate with a ribbon bow or other prepared materials.

Idea number 5. Figurines from marmalade on a skewer

Prepare and lay out in front of you:

• marmalades on any subject (animals, birds, fruits, etc.);
• 10 - 15 skewers;
• ribbon for decoration (other materials of your choice can be used for this);
• bags (you can buy them or make them yourself);
• scissors.

Implementing such an idea is quite simple: pierce jelly candies with a skewer and string one after another, not bringing to the end about 3-4 cm.

The topmost candy should cover the sharp end of the skewer.

When all the candies are strung, put the bag on top and tie the bottom with a beautiful ribbon.

Cooking for the New Year

On holidays and holidays Everywhere you can find all kinds of culinary masterpieces. If you do not want to just buy them, then preparing them yourself will only cause words of approval and encouragement.

Option number 1. Amber apples.

For this dessert you will need:

• 4 medium apples;
• a little less glass Sahara;
• butter (50 g);
• lemon juice (1 tsp);
• water.

Prepare as follows:

1) Mix sugar, oil, lemon juice and water in a saucepan;

2) Put on fire and cook until thick and brownish-golden;

3) String washed, dried apples on skewers (or long toothpicks);

4) Dip the apples in caramel, pour with a spoon on all sides and on top so that the syrup covers the entire fruit;

5) When the caramel is almost set, sprinkle everything with coconut or chocolate chips and put on a plate greased with oil.

New Year's Eve:

Option number 2.Christmas tree dessert

Prepare the following ingredients:

• 100 gr. cottage cheese;
• 6-8 tsp condensed milk;
• 2 tsp gelatin;
• 50 ml. water;
• kiwi;
• up to 20 pcs. pomegranate seeds;
• vanillin (at the tip of tsp).
  

Do the following:

1) Pour gelatin into water and leave for 20 minutes;

2) Beat the cottage cheese with a blender so that there is not a single lump left, add vanillin and condensed milk, beat again;

3) Dissolve the gelatin over low heat, and then add to the whipped ingredients;

4) B silicone mold pour the resulting mixture in the form of a Christmas tree and refrigerate;

5) After an hour and a half, remove the form from the refrigerator. Transfer the workpiece to a flat dish, lay out the kiwi slices, and decorate with pomegranate seeds.

Option number 3.Gingerbread Christmas Gingerbread

Prepare the following:

• egg;
• 55-65 gr. butter;
  
• baking powder (half tsp);
• honey (1 tablespoon);
• 200 gr. flour;
• at the tip of tsp ground ginger and the same amount of cinnamon;
• 1 small bag of granulated sugar.

Cooking:

1) Cool the butter and sift the flour, put everything in one bowl;

2) Add cinnamon, ginger, baking powder;

3) Put honey and granulated sugar here;

4) Beat in the egg (last);

5) Mix all the ingredients with a blender, the mass should turn out to be very thick;

6) Quickly crumple the dough with your hands and roll out on parchment to a thickness of 3-4 mm .;

7) Cover with cling film and refrigerate for 30-40 minutes;

8) Take out the dough and cut out any Christmas shapes from it - Christmas trees, deer, snowflakes, bunnies, snowmen, etc.;

9) Spread the parchment with cookies on a baking sheet and put in the oven for 15 minutes, preheated to 180 ° C;

10) Remove and cool on a wire rack;

11) Decorate sweet dessert powdered sugar, icing, grated chocolate, etc.

Chocolate Christmas candies

In order to start working on chocolate figurines, take:

• chocolate (whatever you prefer)
• parchment paper;
• forms.

Manufacturing:

1. Break the tile into several pieces and soften (in microwave oven, in a water bath or simply on a battery);

2. Pour the soft chocolate into the molds and tap lightly on a flat surface until the mass is uniform and air escapes;

3. Put in the freezer for 2-3 hours until completely frozen.

Advice! To make the figurines a little shiny, like gloss, after freezing, heat them again to 30 ° C.

What kind of chocolate is supposed to give in accordance with etiquette?

A chocolate gift will be considered a present in the subject and with taste, if you know what kind of chocolate the recipient prefers. You can ask relatives and friends, as if by the way, but in order to find out what the chef likes, you will have to try very hard.

If suddenly unlucky, and you were in the dark about preferences, there are generally accepted rules.

For children

All types of chocolate and candy products are suitable, taking into account their naturalness.

For women

It is considered successful to give a tender milk or White chocolate, you can with jam or other fillers. The bitter version of sweetness is suitable in rare cases, but chocolate masterpieces in glaze and other powders will go with a bang.

For men

Usually chocolate is pure form men are not given. Such tasty addition(bitter option) can be paired with the main present.

Fun, good mood and sweets are integral parts of the New Year. Appreciate every minute and please yourself and others with goodies in various variations and decorations.

Many consider baking aerobatics, which only experienced chefs can do. This is wrong. Anyone can bake. If he wants! ;)

"What do you! I’m sure something will burn or crumble!” Indeed, it is a shame to show guests a burnt cake or a pie with an escaped filling. But don't panic! To surprise loved ones New Year sweets, it is not necessary to be a hereditary confectioner.

You only need:

1. Simple recipes. Without multi-way combinations, water baths, caramelization and other terrible words.
2. Convenient kitchen utensils. The more assistants you have, the less hassle and the more enjoyable the process.
3. Positive attitude. Can't be done sweet pie with bitter thoughts in my head. If you have already decided to bake, and not buy, then approach the process creatively. Turn on pleasant music, call a friend for help, or better, bake with the children - it's fun and sincere.

We took on the first two points - read on and act! But component number 3 depends only on you.

Cottage cheese cupcakes with chocolate

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Dessert in the form of portioned cupcakes is a great solution for a New Year's party. To save space on the festive table, they can be placed on a special separate table along with drinks and fruits. Guests will come up and, like at a buffet table, take treats.

You will need:

• 250 g flour;
• 200 g of cottage cheese;
• 100 g of sugar;
• 100 g sour cream;
• 100 g butter;
• 2 eggs;
• 1 orange;
• milk chocolate bar;
• a bag of baking powder;
• vanillin to taste;
• form for muffins;
• reliable whisk.

Cottage cheese must be ground to a homogeneous mass. This will require a comfortable, lightweight and not slipping out of the hands. Ideal - with a handle made of soft-touch plastic.

Add softened butter and sour cream to the cottage cheese, beat again with a whisk. Then, without ceasing to mix, add eggs, sugar and vanillin to the mixture. Peel the orange and grate its zest fine grater and add to the dough. Mix thoroughly again.

In a separate bowl, combine flour and baking powder. Then pour them into the batter and mix with a whisk. The dough for cupcakes does not need to be kneaded for a long time. Even if there are small lumps - it's not scary.

For baking cupcakes, it is best to use a silicone mold. It is much easier to extract products from it. There will be no incident when the top comes out, and the bottom part of the cake falls off, sticking to the bottom.

Spread the dough into the cells of the form. Fill each one about two-thirds full as the cupcakes will rise during baking. If you fill the form to the brim, they will run away. In each cell, slightly drowning in the dough, put a slice of your favorite chocolate.

Preheat oven to 190°C and bake cupcakes for 15-20 minutes.

sponge cake

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Cake is the king of the family New Year's feast. If you've never baked cake before, try starting with biscuit version. In this case, you will not need to bake a lot of cakes. One biscuit, cut in half, is enough.

You will need:

• 160 g flour;
• 60 g of powdered sugar;
• 6 eggs;
• 1 teaspoon vanilla sugar;
• a bag of baking powder;
• cherry liqueur;
• detachable round shape;
• yolk-white separator.

The trickiest part of this recipe is separating the egg yolks from the whites. Breaking an egg and carefully draining the white, trying not to let the yolk slip out, is long and nervous. It's easier to break the eggs into a bowl and transfer the yolks to another bowl with a special one.

For baking a biscuit, it is best to use a detachable Lekue. It will allow you to remove the cake intact and easily move it to the serving tray. Do not be afraid that the dough will leak. This is out of the question.

Pour the dough into a mold and send it to the oven, preheated to 180 ° C, for 30 minutes. The readiness of the biscuit can be checked by making a small puncture with a toothpick. If it stays dry and clean, the cake is ready. When it cools down a bit, cut it long and soak each half with cherry liqueur.

Ginger cookie

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What could be better than having played enough snowballs, come home, brew fragrant tea and drink it with spicy cookies? Maybe just eat gingerbread before bedtime with cocoa or hot chocolate.

Ginger cookie can be baked on New Year's Eve. Immediately a lot to feast on throughout the holidays. It will not dry out or deteriorate.

You will need:

• 350 g wheat flour;
• 150 g butter;
• 150 g of powdered sugar;
• 2 eggs;
• 2 tablespoons of honey;
• 2 teaspoons ground ginger;
• 2 teaspoons of cinnamon;
• 2 teaspoons vanilla sugar;
• a bag of baking powder;
• form for cookies;
• good rock.

We start kneading the dough with dry ingredients. Pour flour, powdered sugar, baking powder into a deep bowl, vanilla sugar, ginger and cinnamon. Mix everything well. Stir butter into dry mixture. To make it pliable, take it out of the refrigerator in advance and let it stand for half an hour at room temperature.

Break the eggs into a separate bowl, separating the whites from the yolk. So far, only the yolks are needed, but the whites should not be poured. Lightly beat the yolks with a fork and add them to the bowl with the dry mixture and oil. Send two tablespoons of honey there, preferably liquid.

Then knead the dough with your hands until smooth. Put it in the refrigerator for an hour. After 60 minutes, remove and roll out the dough into a layer no more than a centimeter thick. The task is not easy. Requires a lot of physical strength - you may have to involve a man in the process. The original will help to lure him into the kitchen.

From an even layer of dough you need to cut out cookies. You can use any molds, but it is better if they correspond to the New Year theme. For example, one of Santa's teams makes square cookies with an asterisk in the center.

Santa's reindeer shape
With a spatula it is convenient to distribute the cream

Treat

So the desserts are ready. It remains only to beautifully serve them on the festive table. There are several secrets here.

Do not put sweet treats on the table at the beginning of the evening. Adults are unlikely to want them, and for children they will only kill their appetite. In addition, if the room is hot, the cream and icing can melt - the treats will lose their festive look. Better keep them in the fridge until it's their turn.

The cake is served on It is effective if it is transparent: all attention will be to the decor and your efforts.

Round cake stand

At the same time, treats should be cut in advance. This is not a wedding, which means there is no point in a cake-cutting ceremony at the table. It is more convenient if the guest can immediately come up and take the piece they like.

Muffins, cupcakes and any other cupcakes with cream on top are framed with paper “cups” and served on a special multi-level “bookcase”.

Eat muffins and cupcakes as shown in the picture below. So you and your guests will not get dirty with cream.

Learning to eat cupcakes correctly

Cookies should be poured into a basket lined with paper napkins.

Do not forget about the table setting where sweets will stand. Decorate it: put candles in, make a spruce composition, put a couple of Christmas decorations. Prepare dishes: saucers, teaspoons, dessert knives. Think about drinks that will accompany sweets.Enjoyme.ru. By promo code lifehackerNY You'll get 10% discount for the entire range (not cumulative with the current offers of the store). We hope this little nice bonus will help put you in the holiday spirit! ;)

Sweet New Year!