{"id":2424,"date":"2008-12-10T13:17:52","date_gmt":"2008-12-10T17:17:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.loraleelewis.com\/blog\/?p=2424"},"modified":"2009-12-28T12:35:56","modified_gmt":"2009-12-28T16:35:56","slug":"layered-peppermint-cocoa-cones","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.loraleelewis.com\/blog\/layered-peppermint-cocoa-cones\/","title":{"rendered":"Layered Peppermint Cocoa Cones"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.loraleelewis.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/12\/hot-chocolate-collage.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.loraleelewis.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/12\/hot-chocolate-collage.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"hot-chocolate-collage\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2427\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<em>After about 20 years of marriage, I&#8217;m finally starting to scratch the surface of what women want. And I think the answer lies somewhere between conversation and chocolate<\/em>.&#8221; &#8211; Mel Gibson<br \/>\nChocolate, conversation, and girlfriends is a recipe for success.  Give the gift of all three this season with our easy Layered Peppermint Cocoa Cones.  Truly there is nothing more delightful than sitting with a friend sipping hot cocoa and laughing by the fire while waiting for St. Nick.  Below is our <strong>No Fuss Fabulous<\/strong> recipe for Layered Peppermint Cocoa Cones. They are a perfect gift for friends, neighbors and even teachers.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.loraleelewis.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/12\/collage11-copy.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.loraleelewis.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/12\/collage11-copy.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"collage11-copy\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2437\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>RECIPE INGREDIENTS:<br \/>\n 1\/2 cup cocoa mix<br \/>\n 2 (6- by 12-inch) cone-shaped cellophane bags<br \/>\n 1\/4 cup  chocolate chips<br \/>\n 3\/4 cup mini marshmallows or white chocolate chips<br \/>\nCrushed candy cane chunks <\/p>\n<p>1. Pour cocoa mix into one of the bags. Close the bag with a clear rubber band, then trim the end of the bag 1 inch above the band.<br \/>\n2. Place the cocoa-filled bag into the second bag and flatten its top so the end doesn&#8217;t stick up. This will prevent the cocoa from mixing with the other layers.<br \/>\n3. Layer the chocolate chips and\/or marshmallows, then top with crushed peppermint candy canes. Secure the bag with a holiday ribbon and tag.<\/p>\n<p><em>Other fun ingredient layers:<\/em><br \/>\nButterscotch Chips<br \/>\nMint Chips<br \/>\nHoliday Non-pareils<br \/>\nCinnamon Sticks<br \/>\nHoliday shaped marshmallows<br \/>\nReeses bits<br \/>\nCaramel bits<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;After about 20 years of marriage, I&#8217;m finally starting to scratch the surface of what women want. And I think the answer lies somewhere between conversation and chocolate<\/em>.&#8221; &#8211; Mel Gibson<\/p>\n<p>Chocolate, conversation, and girlfriends is a recipe for success.  Give the gift of all three this season with our easy Layered Peppermint Cocoa Cones.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1051],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2424","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-holidays-parties"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.loraleelewis.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2424","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.loraleelewis.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.loraleelewis.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.loraleelewis.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.loraleelewis.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2424"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.loraleelewis.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2424\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.loraleelewis.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2424"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.loraleelewis.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2424"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.loraleelewis.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2424"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}