for a birthday gift!

Cookie dough truffles

and

The dipped pretzel sticks you see on the left hand side of movie basket

so here are the recipes for the truffles and the pretzels!

PRETZELS!
a package of pretzel rods
Kraft Caramels
Almond bark

melt Caramels as directed over stove or in microwave

dump the melted caramel in a tall glass and dip your pretzels till about half dipped placing them on a piece of foil for 30 minutes till cooled and set

melt almond bark over double broiler and dip your now set pretzels in the melted bark and place on foil lined cookies sheet sticking in the fridge till set.

COOKIE DOUGH TRUFFLES!

you favorite cookie dough minus the EGG! in place of eggs add a half can of sweetened condensed milk. mix till smooth and chill in fridge for an hour. using table spoon, spoon out dough rolling in your hands to make one inch balls and set back in fridge for 45 minutes

melt almond bark in flavor of your choice over double broiler and rolls cookie dough in chocolate using fork sit back on cookie sheet to set when done dipping.

AND NOW FOR THE MAIN EVENT!!!!

THE CAKE!!!!

I made a Chocolate Covered Cherry Cake!

 It was a HIT!!!! 

this is what was left!

Its your Basic Chocolate Cake with white icing the secret is the Cherries!

I bought a jar of Maraschino Cherries WITH steams, the night before I took all the cherries out of the jar saving the juice in case I want to use it for something else and dried them on paper towels in the fridge(about 16 hours), then took dark chocolate(any kind) and melted it. Taking the 9 cherries I was going to use on the top of my cake I left the steams on and dipped them in the chocolate placing on foiled cookie sheet sitting upright. With the rest of the cherries I took off the steams and coated them in the chocolate all of these went on the foiled sheet as well and went back in the fridge till ready for use! There you have it a DELICIOUS Chocolate Covered Cherry Caked!