Good morning! I am typing this post from a hotel room … the hubby and I are on “spring break”. We are not college kids, but the parents of a college kid left at home to go to work and school while we have fun! I like this version of a spring break and highly recommend it 😉 These little pops were made the night before we skipped town. It has been a year since I made Nutter Butter Chicks … they grew up … into Nutter Butter Chickens!
While the kid is home studying … maybe he can figure out the answer to this question …
I love these little guys … or girls … easy to make and guaranteed to put a smile on everyone’s face.
Here are the easy peasy instructions and stuff that you will need to make about 16 Nutter Butter Chickens …
- 1 pound white/vanilla candy coating (such as CandiQuik)
- 1 package Nutter Butter Cookies
- 16 sticks (I used wooden coffee stirrers)
- 32 white Jordan Almonds
- 32 orange Reese’s Pieces (I found a pack of orange ones shaped like a carrot in the Easter candy at Target)
- 32 candy eyeballs
- 16 yellow candy chips (such as Wilton Rainbow Chips)
- 16 each jumbo & small red heart sprinkles
- Tweezers may be helpful!
- Melt candy coating. Line a tray with wax paper or parchment. Use the coffee stirrer to separate a Nutter Butter, use a little melted candy to attach the stirrer, put cookie back together immediately.
- Dip cookie into melted candy, tap off excess, drag bottom of cookie across the bowl’s edge to remove excess candy and place on prepared tray. Move to step 3 immediately.
- Place 2 Jordan Almonds against cookie to form wings, add 2 orange candies for feet and then add a large red heart in the top/middle as the “comb”. Note: it may be necessary to hold this still for a moment for it to stick, tweezers help! Chill to set or let sit at room temp.
- Use a dot of melted candy to attach small heart (wattle), beak and eyeballs.
My guys gave opinions …
- The Peanut Butter Man says … the chickens look like Casper (the friendly ghost) … silly man! … corrected himself rather quickly … also added that the Nutter Butter came before the chicken!
- Son #3 says … they look like cartoon chickens … smart man! … just the look I was going for 🙂
I love your comments!
♦ I share my stuff with these fun parties ♦
Baby pics …
Mmmm, I want those Jordan Almonds, Brenda. Are you and PB man on a week-long Spring break or just a day or two? What will the boys do for food while you’re gone?!
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Hi Kathleen! was gone for a girls’ weekend Friday to Sunday … hubby and I left Monday and won’t be home until Friday … hope they survive and learn to cook!
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Adorable!! I can’t wait to make these cute little guys!
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Thank you Lisa ;).
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Oh my sweetness, I love these little guys! 🙂
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Thank you Jill 🙂
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Spring break for the adults! woo hoo that sounds like the best plan I have heard so far. I also think your cute little chickens look like cartoon chickens. Do you remember tweetie?
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Hi Bobbi! Do you rEmember Foghorn Leghorn? I think these guys look like him as a youngster! I just made you Chai biscuits, dairy free … Excellent!
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I remember Foghorn Leghom…those were the times of the good cartoons. I am delighted that you tried my recipe. They are very addicting and healthy, you have to love that. Have a great Easter holiday!
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So – now you have mama chicks (the almond arms) and baby chicks (yellow M&M’s). Good going.
Actually I think Peanut Butter Man may have inadvertently given you another great idea – Casper – who could be made at Halloween with a color and a few edible embellishment changes. Interesting how people see things so differently. WE immediately saw chicks while he saw something else.
Tavette – South Florida
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Tavette … The Peanut Butter Man may have accidentally given me a new idea … let’s keep it our secret … success goes to his head, LOL 😉
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These are super cute!! I wish I saw them last week 🙂 I know a few kids that would have loved to have received these!
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Thank you so much 😉 I made the chickens for Easter, but they would be cute for any ol’ day!
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These are too adorable!!
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Thank you Dorothy 😉
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I can’t get over how cute these chickens are! 😉 Love them!
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Thank you Jocelyn 🙂
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These look delicious AND adorable!!! YUm!
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Thank you so much Kathleen 😉
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These are too cute!
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Thank you Jill 😉
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