The Recipes
Mock Ice Cream sandwiches = graham crackers (regular or chocolate) or your choice of pop tarts & your choice ice cream, gelato, yogurt, or sorbet. Next up cool in the fridge for about an hour before taking out and eating. (If you do not have any of the cream ingredients, just use cool whip)
Bootleg Nutella ice cream = half empty Nutella jar, add milk and a little vanilla or peppermint extract, place small m&m’s in it, shake up, and put in the freezer for about an hour and a half, take out and enjoy the ice cream.
Hoochie Holler Crack bars = Rectangle cut wafer bars, melt peanut butter or caramel and sandwich it in between the wafers, cool the wafer sandwiches in the fridge for about an hour, take them out and dip them in melted chocolate mixed in with vanilla extract and coconut shavings, put them back in the fridge and let cool again for an hour, take them out and sprinkle all the bars down with peppermint or candy cane finishing sugar. (serve with tea, egg nogg, or hot cocoa)
Trailer Park chicken noodle = Cans of Chicken noodle soup, diced up Vienna Sausages, diced bell peppers (yellow or red), and mushrooms.
Shark Coochie Chips (aka Charcuterie Board Chips) = Lays sour cream and Onion chips, sliced ham, shredded mozzarella cheese (alternatively brie and gouda if your budget allows), a little black pepper, put in oven for a spell, and add on some hot honey or apricot jam on top, and parsley on top.
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