ACORN KISSES

 I saw a picture of these darling Acorn Kisses on Facebook. Where else you might ask. Anyway I thought they would be so cute to make and offer for the Cafe Treats at PWUMC and were they ever!

I checked them out and the first thing I learned was that there was such a thing as mini vanilla wafers that I needed. I was so disappointed! You see I bought two, yes two boxes of vanilla wafers a while back I think to make my husband some banana pudding and never got around to it. When I saw the picture my first thought was I had something else to do with the vanilla wafers. That's why I was disappointed to learn there was such a thing as mini vanilla wafers and that is what I needed to make the Acorn Kisses.

Everything else I had so it wasn't that much trouble to run down to the grocery store about a mile from our house and buy a box of the mini vanilla wafers. After that I just had to fit making them in with my busy schedule since you have to allow some drying/setting up time and I was in business.

Things you need to make Acorn Kisses:

Mini vanilla wafers

Hershey's kisses

1/4 cup chocolate chips

butterscotch chips

You start by laying the vanilla wafers top side down on a cookie sheet or platter, depends on how many you are going to make.

Unwrap the same number of kisses as vanilla wafers you are using. (I made 50 and was trying one out to see how it would fit on the wafer.)

Melt the 1/4 cup of chocolate chips in the microwave. I did 30 seconds on High, stirred, and

then did about 20 seconds more on High. Stirred until

smooth. This will be used as the "glue". 

Dab just a little of the melted chocolate on the broad flat side of the kiss and then press it gently in the center of the vanilla wafer.

Allow to cool and set. (I did other things and came back to them a couple of hours later.)

The last thing to do is to attach the butterscotch chip to the top of the vanilla wafer to represent the stem on the acorn.

My tip for you is what you can do to make adding the butterscotch chip easy. (I tried a couple of things but found the cooling rack was the best.)

I placed each kiss with vanilla wafer between the wire in the rack.

I couldn't get my butterscotch chips to melt, so I used the leftover melted chocolate for the glue for the butterscotch chips. 

I tried to use it sparingly so it didn't show, but wasn't always successful.

The patrons of the cafe didn't seem to care. They thought they were adorable and they didn't last long. A couple of children ended up sneaking two, but most only took one.

Open wide and enjoy.