Try Orange Treats and Quick Fudge Balls the next

Try Orange Treats and Quick Fudge Balls the next time you have a yen to make candies for Christmas. Concentrated frozen orange juice gives the unique flavor to ready-to-eat cereal in the Orange Treats. If wrapped in saran and tied with gaily colored Christmas ribbons, Orange Treats make wholesome sweets to decorate the Christmas tree. It’s a good idea to try out Christmas canjiy recipes before making batches for Christmas presents. Then you. Will develop shill so your gift candies will be of nigh quality. The use of breakfast cereals in candy making increases the nutritional value of the confection by the addition of protein, B-complex vitamins and minerals. Orange Treats 1 6-ounce can fresh-frozen 7 cups pro-sweetened rice cereal or orange juice concentrate pre-sweetened puffed wheat 1 cup sugar cereal or % teaspoon salt 6 cups puffed rice or puffed 1 tablespoon butter or wheat or oven-toasted rice cereal margarine | Combine orange juice and sugar in heavy aluminum saucepan. Cook slowly to hard ball stage (265°F.), stirring constantly. Add butter or margarine and pour over cereal in buttered bowl. Mix thoroughly. Let cool slightly until it can be handled. Butter fingers lightly and shape mixture into small balls. Place on buttered cooky sheet to harden. Yield: 4 dozen balls, I Vi inches in diameter. • Quick Fudge Balls Vi cup sweet cocoa mix 2 cups sifted confectioner’s .V■ • 4 “tablespoons butter or sugar (about) . .V'.margarine 1 teaspoon vanilla 2 tablespoons milk \ cup pre-sweetened rice cereal Combine cocoa mix, butter, and milk in saucepan. Place over low heat until butter is melted and cocoa mix is dissolved, stirring constantly. Remove from heat. Add 1 cup of the sugar and vanilla. Mix well. Blend in remaining sugar gradually until mixture is stiff enough to knead with fingers. Knead for 2 or 3 minutes. Then shape mixture into small balls and roll in the cereaL Shape and roll a few balls at a time. Yield: . About 40 balls