Candy Strawberries

Ingredients:
2 boxes Strawberry Jello
3/4 cup Eagle Brand Milk
1 cup finely chopped pecans
1 cup finely shredded coconut
red colored sugar
green colored sugar

Directions:
Mix all ingredients except colored sugar.
Place in refrigerator for several hours.
Form into strawberries.
Dip the pointed end in red sugar
And the stem in green sugar
Plae on wax paper in refrigerator for several hours.

Note: Granulated sugar may be colored by placing in a jar, add food coloring and shake.

Chicken Bits

Ingredients:
2 cans chicken (white packed in water)
1 (8 ounce) package of cream cheese
2 cans crescent rolls
1 teaspoon season salt
2 eggs
poppy seed

Directions:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees
Drain water from chicken and place in a bowl.
Add cream cheese and season salt.
Mix well.
Unroll crescent rolls, tear each section apart.
Spread chicken mixture over dough
And roll up as directed on crescent roll package
Use sewing thread to cut into small sections.
Placed on ungreased cookie sheet
Spread egg (beaten in bowl) over top of each
Top with Poppy Seed
Bake for 10 minutes at 350 degrees.

This recipe I picked up at my long ago baby sitters. Her daughter and her daughter's sister in law had made these for a school function,
This is one of my favorites for get togethers. Thanks to Cindy Carter and Patricia Payne from Winder.

Spice Nuts

Ingredients:
1 cup sugar
1/2 teaspoon cloves
1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
1 cup walnuts or pecans
2 teaspoon cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 cup water

Directions:
Combine sugar, sinnamon, cloves, slat, nutmeg and water
in a saucepan and mix well. Place on Medium Low heat,
stirring constantly until it boils.
Continue cooking until mixture reaches soft ball stage.
Remove from heat and stir in nuts.
Stir with wooden spoon until syrup coats nuts.
Spread on wax paper to cool.

Cheese Spread

Ingredients:
1 pound Cheddar Cheese Grated
3/4 cup mayonnaise
1 small onion grated
1 clove garlic pressed or 1 teaspoon minced garlic
1 teaspoon tabasco sauce
Directions:
mix all ingredients together.
Place in mold overnight or for several hours.
Place on glass plate.
In center, pepper jelly can be used since it goes good with it.
Serve with favorite crackers.

This is one of my favorite recipes for parties or family get togethers. This was given to me my the wife
of my favorite car salesman--Jerry Spayds--wife Katie.

Party Cheese Wreath

Ingredients:
2 packages (8 ounces each) Cream Cheese softened
1 package ( 8 ounces) Kraft shredded sharp Cheddar Cheese
1 tablesppon chopped red bell pepper
1 tablespoon finely chopped onion
2 teaspoons Worcestershire sauce
1 teaspoon lemon juice
Dash ground red pepper
Directions:
Mix cream cheese and chedder cheese with electric mixer
on medium speed until well blended.
Blend in remaining ingredients
Refrigerate several hours or overnight.
Place a drinking glass in center of serving platter.
Drop round tablespoons of cheese mixture around glass just touching outer edge
of glass to form ring.
smooth with spatula
Remove glass.
Garnish with chopped fresh parsley and additional chopped red pepper
Serve with crackers and bread sticks.

Original Chex Party Mix

Ingredients:
6 tablespoons butter or margarine
2 tablespoons Worcestershire sauce
1 1/2 teaspoon seasoned salt
3/4 teaspoon garlic powder
1/2 teaspoon onion powder
3 cups Corn Chex cereal
3 cups Rice Chex cereal
3 cups White Chex cereal
1 cup mixed nuts
1 cup pretzels (small ones)
1 cup garlic-flavor bagel chips

Directions:
Preheat oven to 250 degrees.
Melt butter in large roasting pan in oven.
Stir in seasons.
Gradually stir in remaining ingredients until evenly coated.
Bake 1 hour at 250 degrees.
Stir every 15 inutes.
Spread on paper towels to cool.
Store in airtight container.

Shrimp Mold

Ingredients:
1 can tomato soup
2 small package cream cheese
2 envelopes unflavored gelatin in 1/2 cup cold water
1/2 green pepper, chopped very fine
1 small yellow onion, chopped very fine
1 cup celery chopped very fine
2 cans tiny shrimp, rinsed soaked in cold water, drained, mashed with fork
1 cup mayonnaise

Directions:
Remove cream cheese from refrigerator to be reaching room temperature.
Mash with fork to soften
Heat soup, add gelatin dissolve
Add mixture to softened cream cheese
Stir well (mayonnaise last) and stir well
Place in mold, greased with small amount of oil to make removal easier
Can be served with crackers as spread or to be eaten with fork.

Cheese Dip

Ingredients:
1 pound ground beef
2 onions
2 pounds Velveeta Cheese
1/2 can green chiles and tomatoes
jalapena peppers (take out seeds)

Directions:
Brown hamburger with onions.
Set aside
Melt cheese over low heat.
Add other ingredients and serve while hot
Best with Doritos

Cucumber Dill Dip

Ingredients:
1 container (16 ounce) Sour Cream
1 Envelope Good Seasons Ranch Salad Dressing mix
1 medium cucumber, peeled, seeded and chopped
2 tablespoon finely chopped onion
1 teaspoon dill weed

Directions:
Mix all ingredients until well blended
Refrigerate

Velveeta Salsa Dip

Ingredients:
1 pound Velveet Cheese Spread--cubed
1 jar (8 ounce) Pace Picante Sauce or Salsa
2 Tablespoons chopped cilantro (optional)

Directions:
Microwave Velveeta spread and picante sauce in 1 1/2 quart
microwave bowl on high 5 mins.
or until cheese spread is melted, stirring after 3 minutes.
Stir in cilantro
Serve hot with tortilla chips or vegetable dippers.

Tipsy Dogs

Ingredients:
1 cup brown sugar
1 cup bourbon
8 ounces chili sauce
3 pounds of hot dogs or small weiners

Directions:
Mix together all ingredients except hotdogs.
Pour over hotdogs.
Cook on low heat for about 5 hours in a crock pot or
can cook in oven on low heat.
Serve hot
Again I can't take credit for this great party recipe. Linda Smith, a former co-worker at USDA gave me this recipe
at least 20 years ago. Still a great party favorite.

Crab melt

Ingredients:
1/2 cup butter
1 8 ounce package Shredded Cheese
1 Tablespoon of Lemon Juice
1 Tablespoon Worchestershire Sauce
1/2 Tablespoon Garlic Salt
1 6 ounce can flaked crabmeat
1 ounce pimientos
1 pkg (2 loaves) ready to bake French Bread

Directions:
Preheat oven at 350 degrees.
Melt butter and cheese over low heat.
Add lemon juice, Worchestershire sauce and garlic salt.
Mix well.
Process in blender until smooth.
In bowl, fold in crabmeat and pimientos.
Mix well.
Slice bread into half inch slices and spread on crabmeat mixture.
Place on ungreased baking sheet.
Bake at 350 degrees for 15 minutes.
Serve immediately
Makes 20 slices

Cheese Straws

Ingredients:
1 pound Sharp Cheese
2 sticks margarine
3 cups sifted flour
Several dashes of red pepper

Directions:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
In mixer, combine cheese and margarine (room temperature)
Add flour and pepper.
Mix thoroughly.
Force through cookie press with star design into long strips on
greased cookie sheet.
Bake at 350 degrees, 12 to 15 minutes.
Cut in finger lengths.