Santa understands that it can take a very long time for Christmas Eve to actually arrive when you’re little so after he signs his letters Love Santa, he turns the page over and writes a bit more.
As well as being fun, Santa loves kids cooking and learning useful skills – especially if some is left out as Santa’s snacks!
Santa’s recipe
Back in 2009, this is part of what Santa wrote on the back of some letters:
I travel a lot on Christmas Eve and it is really special when I arrive to find something made by children just for me. These apricot balls are very yummy – and if you make enough, you could wrap some in cellophane to give as gifts as well as leaving some for me!
For this recipe, you will need: 400g condensed milk, 250g Marie biscuits, 3 tablespoons fresh orange juice, 1 cup desiccated coconut, 1 cup chopped dried apricots, ¾ cup chopped pecan or cashew nuts (optional)
What to do:
Mix everything together.
Roll into balls
Roll the balls in extra coconut, sprinkles or sesame seeds if you want
Put the balls in the fridge to set – you can even freeze them!
These apricot balls are very yummy so why not try them while you’re waiting for Santa and his letter to arrive? If you have made anything Santa has suggested, from a recipe or a craft, let us know how it turned out!
And don’t forget to look for many Santa snack recipe ideas here in our blog!
* Photo courtesy of 123rf
We tried this with dried strawberries and cranberries to see if it would work as the red would make them more Christmassy. Not the best rest we’ve ever had but yummy enough to disappear pretty quickly! Santa may well get some on Christmas Eve…
That’s a good suggestions, Jackie – we’ll give that variation a go, too. Maybe Santa will adjust his recipe and add it to a future letter… (not this year though – he has already got that one written to go out with his letters…)
These look particularly yummy! Thank you for sharing. I love anything with apricots or coconut so this is double delightful!
Hope you enjoy them, Tabitha 🙂
Maybe someone here can help me. Ever since I was a little girl, my dad would go on and on about a cake she would make only on Christmas eve. Its called “SPOTTED DOG CAKE”. I know the name through me off too. I have located a recipe or two on the Internet , but my dad said they were not right. It’s suppose to be some sort of shortbread cake with fruit and nuts. Any help would be greatly appreciated!
Maybe he meant spotted dick, pocs – it is a traditional British pudding with lots of fruit in it.
Here’s a couple of recipes for it:
http://www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/Spotted-Dick-103210
http://uktv.co.uk/food/recipe/aid/513173
http://www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes/spotteddick_78629
MMMMMMM….I can just imagine how apppetizing these aprocot ball should look. Anything with condensed milk is right up my alley.
They are very yummy…
Thanks. I will check with him on the name, I believe the recipe had Scottish origins. The pictures look amazing , nothing like mine did. I’ll test out one of the recipes soon and let you know !
If it turns out to not be your Dad’s favourite, you can still eat some yummy experiements!
This just goes to prove that Sante is a wise old man with the joy and happiness of children as his goal. Not to mention the joy of mum’s having something tasty to nibble on with a gin and tonic to hand.
Who said Santa only brings joy to kids 🙂 He is wise enough to know happy parents make happier kids anyway, lol!
That is such a cute idea! I like the idea of Santa leaving a note with the recipe and telling the child he/she can give it away for gifts. I am going to try that this year.