We are having to pull out the big guns this Christmas to make sure Santa stops by. See Crazy Cocker Spaniel is a little nervous this year (see picture below) as she has been on quite the Kleenex tissue shredding binge as of late. We call it making Christmas around these parts as she blankets the house with have chewed up Kleenex. I know she is just trying to be festive but it becomes a pain to clean up. So to better entice Santa to show up I had to offer up a little more than just cookies. So we are offering him hot chocolate with homemade marshmallows and some homemade Chocolate Caramel Covered Marshmallows. When I made the hard caramels the other day I also made a small batch of soft ones. I wanted to try my hand at the Chocolate Caramel Covered Marshmallows (I got the pictures downloaded...such a smart husband I  have). A candy maker I am not. If I was smart I would have put an indent into the marshmallows while they were setting up so that the caramel wouldn't slide off of them … [Read more...]