Christmas Card Boxes That Are Too Pretty To Throw Away? -Fill Them With Homemade Fudge!!!!

I can't bear to just throw away

those pretty boxes that Christmas cards come in.

I hate to throw them away because

they have such "pretty" faces.

They make GREAT gift boxes filled with fudge!

I did a post about this before but some of you

may not have been following me then to see this.

THE EASIEST HOMEMADE

PEANUT BUTTER FUDGE

ever. period.

I wish I could tell you where

I got the recipe but I can't remember.

So...

Drag those pretty boxes out that you have saved.

Here's how to take the box below

and turn it into a special

gift.

Open the box and line it with tin foil.

Butter the tin foil.

Then make this:

In pan over medium heat melt

2 sticks of butter

When melted stir in 

1 cup peanut butter, creamy or crunchy.

Like this.

Stir in one teaspoon REAL vanilla.

Add 2-3/4 cups CONFECTIONERY SUGAR

(not granulated)

(That old tin scoop belonged to my Mom-Good  Housekeeping 1954)

I beat it quickly with a hand mixer

(it sets up fast) 

and then pour it into the 

buttered foil lined box.

You should get 2 or 3 boxes full-depending on box size.

Put it in the fridge to harden

and as soon as it sets up

lift it out , peel off the tinfoil 

and wrap it in parchment paper.

Then wrap it with a piece

of ribbon and place it

back in the box.

 I pick up  spare knives all year here and there

and include one in each box.

The fudge stays fresh 

until they cut it.

Put the lid on and it presents

like this when opened.

Recipe:

SMOOTH AND EASY

PEANUT BUTTER FUDGE

2 sticks butter

1 cup peanut butter

1 teaspoon vanilla

2-3/4 cups confectionery sugar

In saucepan:

Melt butter

Stir in peanut butter and vanilla.

Use hand mixer and quickly

mix sugar in. It sets up fast.

Place in tinfoil lined box and

set in fridge until hard.

This is the smoothest peanut

butter candy I have ever made.

This recipe makes two card boxes 

full OR 1 8x8 buttered pan.

It's quick, easy and just

a sweet little surprise.

Save a few pieces for your friends.

 Let them eat this while you sip

black coffee or diet Coke.

Remember...

The fatter THEY get the 

THINNER YOU LOOK

next to them!

Amen