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4 Tips to Make Christmas Cozy This Year for Family + Give the Gift of Home

November 10, 2015 by Jenni 1,058 Comments

This post was sponsored by Air Wick as part of an Influencer Activation for Influence Central. I received complimentary products to facilitate my review.

 

Tips to make Christmas cozy for family and friends this year! Simple and easy ways to make everyone feel at home during your holiday entertaining! www.sweetpenniesfromheaven.com

What scents remind you of home, and the holidays? There are so many for me. Cinnamon is a big one because my mom, my sisters, and I used to make homemade ornaments each year and we’d pour cinnamon in the salt dough, like there was no tomorrow!

I’m blessed to live in the old farmhouse that I grew up in. Most folks, move away from home and only get to visit every once in awhile. Trying to find those feelings of home and comfort in a brand new place can be really hard…especially during the holidays.

When family comes, we should welcome them with things that remind them that they’re back home. Things they remember from their childhood. Scents can play SUCH a big role in that! Scents spark happy memories! Holiday scents are one of the tips I use below, to help make Christmas cozy for your family and friends this season!

 

4 Tips to Make Christmas Cozy This Year…

 

Tips to make Christmas cozy for family and friends this year! Simple and easy ways to make everyone feel at home during your holiday entertaining! www.sweetpenniesfromheaven.com

1. Smell good holiday scents.

As soon as we walk through the door, something that smells good is usually the first thing we notice! I love it when someone comes through the door and says, “Oooohhh, what’s that smell?!?!”

With scents like Spiced Apple Crumble, Snowflake Vanilla Cookie, Emerald Woodland, and Berry Cool Winter you can’t go wrong. These are from the Life Scents Collection by Air Wick. Each is available in plugin refills, Freshmatic® Auto Spray Refills as well as candle and wax melts in select fragrances, you’re sure to find something that strikes a chord no matter your home décor.

 

2. Pretty holiday decor.

Place a few Christmas decorations on your front porch or a wintry wreath on the door! Let some Christmas decor be the first thing they see when they arrive. This instantly puts everyone in a festive mood!

 

3. Christmas music.

You know it!! Everyone loves a little Christmas music! I have a couple of playlists that are my favorite. Some are just instrumental and others are the oldie classics, like Bing Crosby!

 

4. Holiday traditional food.

Prepare some of your family tradition food favorites. Maybe it’s grandma’s banana pudding recipe that you only make once a year. Or that fudge pecan pie that your sister in law ooohs and aaaahs over every Christmas! Or the mulled cider recipe that your mom used to make every year!

 

 

Give the Gift of Home – Sometimes It’s the Sweetest Gift of All!

Air Wick wants everyone to feel like they’re home and they’ve created this “Give The Gift of Home” video for those who are missing home the most. It’s such a heartwarming video! This video brought tears to my eyes, literally! It’s just amazing to me, how much power there is in the scents that we associate with home.

 

In celebration of the new Life Scents Holiday Collection, Air Wick is donating $250,000 through a portion of their profits to benefit families in partnership with Habitat for Humanity International!

The new Life Scents Collection from Air Wick smell absolutely wonderful. Each is multi-layered so you get several scents in one. The new Life Scents Collection is also the perfect way to give someone the gift of Home this holiday! If they’re missing home, choose the scents that will remind them of home the most!

What scents remind you of home?

 

Filed Under: Christmas, Miscellaneous Tagged With: Air Wick, candles, Christmas, Entertaining, holidays

Chocolate Peppermint Truffles | An Easy Holiday Recipe

November 2, 2015 by Jenni 1,295 Comments

This post brought to you by The Hershey Company. The content and opinions expressed below are that of Sweet Pennies From Heaven.

These chocolate peppermint truffles are our new family favorite holiday treat! We've got the recipe at www.sweetpenniesfromheaven.com

Chocolate Peppermint Truffles

 

It’s that sweet time of year. The time when the family gets together and makes yummy holiday treats! We spend hours in the kitchen, making our favorite family recipes. This year – I wanted to put a fun spin on one of our faves and I created these chocolate peppermint truffles!

Peppermint and chocolate just go together. Kinda like Lucy and Ethel. Don’tcha think?! I’m thinking Lucy is the peppermint (cause she’s a hot little number) and Ethel is the chocolate. Always consistent. Yeah.

 

 

These chocolate peppermint truffles are our new family favorite holiday treat! We've got the recipe at www.sweetpenniesfromheaven.com Do you have any family traditions for the holidays? What fun family favorite recipes can you put a twist on? These chocolate peppermint truffles have been family approved, and devoured. They’re for sure a new treat tradition of ours for the holidays!

Since the holidays are the sweetest time for our family, my sister and I usually get together with a ginormous list of treats to create. We head to the grocery store, with lists in hand, and come home with bags and bags of goodies. You can’t plan on baking and treat makin’ without the time tested and ancestor approved baking products from The Hershey Company. They have stood the test of time. From the classic ingredients like Hershey’s Chocolate Chips and Hershey’s Cocoa  – even to the iconic Hershey’s Kisses Chocolates.    

 

 

These chocolate peppermint truffles are our new family favorite holiday treat! We've got the recipe at www.sweetpenniesfromheaven.com Hershey’s products help make our treat traditions for the holidays fun and delicious! Take our lead, and let them help you start new sweet traditions with your family this year! If you’re on social media, chat about your new traditions using #NewTraditions! We’d love to see your sweet posts and photos in the kitchen!

Chocolate Peppermint Truffles Ingredients:

  • 2 cups chocolate hazelnut spread
  • 1/2 cup cold butter, cubed
  • 2 cups confectioners sugar
  • 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
  • 12 oz. bag of Hershey’s Kisses Candy Cane Mint candies
  • 12 oz. bag of Hershey’s Semi-Sweet Chocolate Chips
  • 1/4 cup shortening
  • crushed candy canes for dusting the tops of truffles (I used 3 candy canes)

Instructions:

These chocolate peppermint truffles are our new family favorite holiday treat! We've got the recipe at www.sweetpenniesfromheaven.com

These chocolate peppermint truffles are our new family favorite holiday treat! We've got the recipe at www.sweetpenniesfromheaven.com1.) In a large bowl and using your hands, combine chocolate hazelnut spread, confectioners sugar, butter, and vanilla. Combine well. You want the “dough” to be able to hold together well enough to roll into a ball without crumbling. If it’s too dry, add more hazelnut spread. If it’s too moist – add more confectioners sugar.

2.) Scoop out enough dough to roll into a ball (roughly about 1 to 1 1/2 ” in diameter) using your hands. Place ball into your palm, and with your finger or thumb, press down into the ball to create a “pocket” for the Hershey’s Kisses Candy Cane Mint candies to sit into.

These chocolate peppermint truffles are our new family favorite holiday treat! We've got the recipe at www.sweetpenniesfromheaven.com3.) Then press the dough up around the candies, and roll into a ball again. Lay them on a wax or parchment paper lined baking sheet.

 

These chocolate peppermint truffles are our new family favorite holiday treat! We've got the recipe at www.sweetpenniesfromheaven.com ** Tip: Have the Hershey’s Kisses Candy Cane Mint candies already opened and ready to go. It makes the process much easier. (wink)

 

These chocolate peppermint truffles are our new family favorite holiday treat! We've got the recipe at www.sweetpenniesfromheaven.com4.) Melt the Hershey’s Semi-Sweet Chocolate Chips according to the packages melting directions. Add shortening to the melted chocolate, and combine really well. You may need to stick back in the microwave for 15 seconds to finish melting. The shortening thins out the chocolate and adds a nice sheen to the finished product.

5.) Add candy canes to a zippered plastic bag and crush using a rolling pin. Place the candy cane dust into a shallow dish, for easy grabbing in a few minutes.

6.) Dip a truffle into the melted chocolate, using a fork. Roll it around to make sure the whole truffle is coated and then let the excess chocolate drip through the fork prongs. Use a butter knife to scoop the truffle off the fork onto another sheet of wax paper.

I have two baking sheets, so I just transfer them from one onto another. While the chocolate is still wet – sprinkle with candy cane dust. Repeat this process till all truffles are finished. Let dry on wax paper for a few hours or overnight. Yields approximately 2 and 1/2 dozen.

 

 

These chocolate peppermint truffles are our new family favorite holiday treat! We've got the recipe at www.sweetpenniesfromheaven.com

Storing Chocolate Peppermint Truffles:

You have a couple of options here. You can either leave out in an airtight container at room temperature or keep chilled in the refrigerator. I like them at room temp. but my husband likes them cold out of the fridge. The Hershey’s Kisses Candy Cane Mint candies stay hard when kept in the fridge.   Make sure to include all of these awesome Hershey products to your shopping list to create your yummy sweet traditions:

  • Hershey’s Semi-Sweet Chocolate Chips
  • Hershey’s Cocoa Powder
  • Hershey’s Kisses Milk Chocolate chocolates in red, green, and silver foils
  • Reese’s Peanut Butter Chips
  • Heath Milk Chocolate Toffee Bits
  • Hershey’s Kisses Candy Cane Mint candies
  • Hershey’s Milk Chocolate Chips
  • Hershey’s Special Dark Chocolate Chips
  • Hershey’s Special Dark Cocoa Powder

What are your family holiday baking traditions?

Do you have any new traditions you’d love to create or recreate?

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