Who hasn’t chuckled at the thought of someone getting a lump of coal for Christmas? This Christmas coal recipe makes a great gag gift for the guys in your life.
Homemade Christmas Coal Recipe
1/4 cup butter
10 ounces marshmallows
1/8 tsp. black food coloring
4 cups rice cereal
Melt butter and add marshmallows in a large saucepan. Add black food coloring and mix in well. Add rice cereal and stir until blended. Drop by small spoonfuls onto waxed or parchment paper. Make different shapes and sizes. Cool.
Place 3-5 of them into a small cellophane or ziptop bag and tie with ribbon.
Include a tag saying…
“I heard you have been naughty not nice,
And Santa even checked his list twice.
So all the way from the cold North Pole
all you’re getting is a bag of coal.”
The clumsycrafter.com has a great way to make it with dipped chocolate marshmallows.
Lorannoils.com has a way to make Christmas coal that is a hard candy.
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So cute to give to all the “naughty” people in your life!
THIS IS GREAT!!! I was just searching for some good holiday cooking ideas, but this came up and its perfect! Everyone in my office is getting some of these this year! And my wife is gonna freak out when I show her what she can send to my mother for Christmas… very cool!
Wow! Thanks.
One year when my younger sister had been really mean to her siblings in the last few weeks before Christmas, my parents put charcoal briquets in her stocking, instead of gifts!! The next few months were quite a relief!!
HELP! You printed a column about low cost vacation that included bringing your crock pot so that your food would be hot when you got back to your hotel room. I can’t find it. Could you steer me to it?
I remember that about the crock pot but can’t remember where it was. I think it was a comment from one of our readers but not sure where but here are 3 of our main posts on vacations and it might be in the comments in them. If you can’t find it holler if you have a specific question and I might be able to help.
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Oh, my word!!! This is AWESOME!!!! The fact that it is edible too is over the top. BOOM! Thank you!