Vodka and Birthday Cake: Super-Secret Family Recipe Christmas Chocolate

Each year as December unfolds, I look forward checking the mail...not to see if any packages have arrived (yeah right, that too), but to see if any Christmas cards have arrived. You know the cards, they typically feature a recently engaged or newlywed couple, families with new babies or children who've been in six or seven years worth of cards, even the family animals (love those!). These seasonal cards fill me with laughter and smiles and bring an added warmth to my holiday decor. This year, I wanted to send a Christmas wish to my friends and family, but was confident it shouldn't be a photo of myself walking through a sea of Aspen trees in my fall best, so I decided to put on my baking cap (crock pot lid) and send out edible Christmas cards. Wouldn't you rather eat chocolate made by yours truly than see another picture of me?!

*It must be said...this is the easiest candy to make...in the entire world. You do not have to be a confectioner or skilled in the kitchen to make this, you just need to know how to turn on a crock pot. Seriously. I really hate admitting that this is not a difficult recipe, so just don't tell a lot of people, okay? If anyone asks for the recipe, say it's a super-secret family recipe and it cannot be shared.

Christmas Chocolate:

Ingredients

16 oz unsalted peanuts
16 oz salted peanuts
12 oz semi sweet chocolate chips
12 oz milk chocolate chips
2-10 oz peanut butter chips
2-lb white almond bark - or vanilla candy coating

Recipe

Layer all ingredients in large crock pot-start with peanuts and add the rest
Turn pot on low and cover with lid
Leave for 2 hours then stir to combine
Cover and leave for 30 minutes
Stir and then spoon mixture onto wax paper or non stick aluminum pan
Let harden at least 1 hour
Break into pieces

Turning the Chocolate into Send-Worthy Christmas Cards

Go to any craft store and you'll find an assortment of cute bags, tins, and boxes to place your chocolates in
Pick up gift tags and a marker to write your Christmas wish (the smaller the tag, the less you have to write!)
Choose a ribbon that coordinates with your gift bags (you'll use the ribbon twice: first to tie the baggie holding the chocolate and second to tie the gift bag and secure the tag)
Place chocolate inside cheap sandwich bags and tie with ribbon
Place wrapped chocolate inside gift bags
Secure tag with ribbon and close the gift bag
Put on your Santa hat and hand out to local friends and family (so fun and if delivered to offices most will bring you down office party snacks, bonusssss)
Box up and ship to friends and family out of town