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Want the “wow” factor the next time you bring a plate to a Christmas function? Try making these delicious treats using MallowPuffs (or equivalents).
I saw the recipe by Simon Holst in the Little Treasures magazine a year ago, and thought they were the cutest things! I made a tray of these for the Family Home Evening we had last week at my friend’s house.
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Christmas Pudding Puffs
Ingredients:
MallowPuffs (or equivalents)
Jaffas (or some sort of red candy)
Spearmint leaf lollies (I found these at The Warehouse)
Icing – You can either use melted white chocolate, or make your own icing with icing sugar. I used the icing sugar version. As I assembling each “pudding”, I would put it straight into the fridge to allow the icing to harden so the “holly” wouldn’t start sliding off.
Icing
1 Tablespoon butter
1 Tbsp boiling water
1 cup icing sugar
1-2 tsp extra water if required
Put the butter in a medium-sized bowl, add the boiling water and stir until the butter has melted. Sift in the icing sugar, then mix to make a soft, smooth icing. Add 1-2 tsp extra water if required, but don’t make the icing too soft or you won’t be able to stick the decorations on.
Assembling the “puddings”
Spread about a teaspoon of icing on each MallowPuff then decorate with a couple of spearmint leaf lollies and a jaffa or two!
(I used 1 packet of jaffas, a packet of spearmint leaves and 3 packets of MallowPuffs and it made a huge tray full.)
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I don’t think my kids have ever seen a traditional Christmas pudding!
Yum! I saw these for the first time at the cafe at the Christmas Wonderland Christmas tree display and I was very impressed with such a simple idea looking so great. I had been planning on making Jo Seagar’s Christmas Pudding truffles but I think I will scale back and make these instead – much less sticky, and will probably be much more popular without all the yucky raisins and peel in there!
They are delicious! And I must admit not all the jaffas, mint leaves and mallowpuffs made it into the finished product *double yum!*
If you get frustrated with the “holly” slipping off the icing, just pop it in the fridge like the post says and then move any leaves that are slipping back into place while still in the fridge…hope that makes sense!! Good luck!
Scrumptious and they look fantastic!
Well, hello, New Zealand! I have to say that those little treats look so pretty! I am a huge fan of treats that look good AND taste good. Yum. Have to try and find the equivalents here in America and take them to the next party.
They look FANTASTIC! IMPRESSIVE! Not to mention a great opportunity to tell your kids about ‘old-school’ Christmas fare!
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