Christmas Candy (no bake)

I’ve been raiding my mother’s (Ruthlace) recipe book. There are several reasons for this: I love to cook, she has so many wonderful recipes, and people are always looking for good, tried-and-true recipes. I’m not sure where she got this recipe, but I’ve made it and it’s wonderful and delicious. It’s a great recipe to make with children because there’s no cooking involved (except for melting the chocolate/paraffin coating mixture), and it makes such a great presentation. It looks MUCH harder than it is. Here’s the easy (and delicious) recipe for candy. Easy Christmas Candy

Christmas (or anytime) Candy

1/4 cup sweetened condensed milk

1 box confectioners sugar

1 stick margarine or butter

1/2 tsp. salt

1 tsp. vanilla

1/2 cup chopped pecans (or walnuts)

Mix together well. Roll into balls (marble-size). Place in the refrigerator to harden for an hour. Stick a toothpick in each ball. In a double boiler melt the following:

1 cup chocolate (baking chocolate - semi-sweet is good but you could also use dark chocolate or white chocolate)

1 cup paraffin (equal parts to the chocolate).

Dip each candy ball in the chocolate mixture, hold in the air for a moment to dry and place on wax paper and remove the toothpick. Once you’ve dipped all the candy balls, you can use a small spoon to add a drop of the chocolate mixture to cover the hole made by the toothpick. They’re ready to eat immediately.