The Buckaroo Post
BHS Online Newsletter
Special Christmas 2018 Edition
High School Senior Interviews
Mary Poppins Return:
Bumblebee:
Aquaman:
Reindeer Food Christmas Recipe:
Ingredients:
1 16 oz. Box Golden Grahams Cereal
1 (11.5 oz) Bag Chocolate Chip
1 Bag Marshmallows
3 Tb Butter or Margarine
¾ Cup Corn Syrup
½ Cup Red Sixlets
Instructions:
1. In a large bowl empty the cereal box and put aside.
2. In a sauce pan mix the corn syrup, butter and chocolate chips. Bring to a boil on medium heat, stirring often.
3. Remove from the heat and pour the chocolate mixture on the cereal. Add the marshmallows right away to the cereal and mix all together until the marshmallows melt. Some of the marshmallows may not melt all the way and that's fine.
4. Top with red Sixlets to give it a festive look!
Source: www.the36thavenue.com/christmas-recipe-reindeer-food/
Santa Hat Pretzels:
Ingredients:
- Mini Twist Pretzels
- White Chocolate Almond Bark
- Red Sanding Sugar
- Mini Marshmallows
Instructions:
- Melt the white chocolate almond bark according to the directions on the package.
- Dip each mini twist pretzel halfway into the melted white chocolate almond bark.
- Dip each almond bark covered pretzel into the red sanding sugar until only a small amount of the almond bark is showing. Place on waxed paper.
- Cut the mini marshmallows in half. Use additional melted almond bark to adhere a mini marshmallow half onto the side of each pretzel. Allow time for the almond bark to set.
Source: http://www.freefunchristmas.com/christmas-recipes/christmas-santa-hat-pretzels/
Grinch Poppers:
Ingredients:
- Large Marshmallows
- Mini Marshmallows
- 1 pint or more of fresh strawberries
- A small bag of green grapes rinsed and patted dry
- Wooden kabob skewers
Instructions:
Thread a grape onto the kabob skewer
Cut a large marshmallow into thirds with kitchen scissors
Slide a slice of marshmallow onto the stick
Slice the top off a strawberry and thread onto the skewer (large side first)
Top with mini marshmallow
Serve plain or decorate with frosting.
Candy Cane Crunch Milkshake
Ingredients:
- 4 large scoops of vanilla ice cream
- 1 cup Cool Whip, thawed or frozen
- 1/4 cup milk
- 3 regular sized candy canes, unwrapped
- 1/4 cup chocolate chips
Instructions:
- Combine all the ingredients in a blender and blend for 20 seconds or until milkshake consistency.
- Pour into two cups.
- Top with additional cool whip and crushed candy canes for garnish (optional).
Source: https://iwashyoudry.com/candy-cane-crunch-milkshake/
Peppermint Bark
Ingredients:
- 1 block vanilla almond bark
- 2 jumbo candy canes crushed or 1 cup crushed candy canes
- 1/2 cup mini red & green m & ms
- 1/4 cup Red candy melts
- 1/4 cup White candy melts
- 1 1/2 tablespoons solid shortening
Instructions:
- Crush the candy canes.
- Melt the almond bark and shortening in a bowl in the microwave at 20 second intervals until a few lumps remain. Stir until smooth.
- Fold into the melted almond bark 1/2 of the crushed candy canes. Spread into a shallow baking pan that has been lined with parchment paper.
- Sprinkle the remaining crushed candy canes and mini m&m’s.
- Melt the red candy melts in a plastic sandwich bag. Snip a hole in a corner and drizzle over the top of the bark. Repeat with white candy melts.
- Allow bark to harden. Cut or break into bite size pieces.
Source: https://flouronmyface.com/easy-christmas-peppermint-bark/
Helping Seniors Look Forward
In the Thanksgiving edition, I focused on Nursing as a career for BHS seniors to look into, and for this issue I will focus on what it takes to become a veterinarian; we will also examine varying military careers. When we think of the military, we often picture in our minds boots on the ground, fighter jets, or even warships, and that's all very good, of course, but there are lots of interesting career paths available in the US armed services that you should investigate!