So at about 1030pm I decided to get started on my contribution to the Christmas cookie associate appreciation event tomorrow at work. The leadership team has a tradition of bringing in homemade Christmas treats for the Call center associates. So I thought it might be fun to make one of my childhood faves, Cornflake Christmas wreathes with Cinnamon Red Hots. I followed a mixture of a few random recipes online and totally under estimated a few key items:
1) There IS such a thing as TOO MUCH butter...in both life and apparently Cornflake crispy mixture
2) Melted marshmallowy goodness holds a kind of sizzling lava heat only apparent once your hands are completely submerged
3) It is difficult, no--terrifyingly close to impossible to get off the firey gunk after learning tip #2
4) Stubborness knows no bounds
5) Lastly, I am convinced there is no way to gracefully form wreathes out of sticky gum like cornflakes
Sooooo.... This is what they will get--- I am calling them Christmas Droppings. Instead of Christmas wreathes, they look like what Elf poo might resemble... just droppings of mistletoe turds.
Sounds Yummy, right?!
Hopefully, I can slip them on to the table without anyone spotting me so I dont have to own up to them. I will be sure to stage them close to a garbage can so people dont have to run to far after the urge to hurl.
Epic Fail and major disappointment of a favorite Mrs. Kay used to bring to every Chrismas potluck at our church in Minnesota.